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College Football All-Americans & Players of the Year for 2024 | Action Network

Getty Images. Design by Action Network. Pictured (left to right): Ohio State’s Caleb Downs, Colorado’s Travis Hunter, Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty and Penn State’s Abdul Carter.

Heisman Trophy finalists Travis Hunter and Ashton Jeanty headline the Action Network’s 2024 All-America team.

Jeanty was named the Offensive Player of the Year, Hunter the Defensive Player of the Year and Georgia’s Brett Thorson the special teams player of the year.

There are six players listed as first-team All-Americans representing schools that qualified for the College Football Playoff: defensive end Abdul Carter (Penn State), defensive tackle Alfred Collins (Texas), cornerbacks Jahdae Barron (Texas) and Jermod McCoy (Tennessee), and safeties Caleb Downs (Ohio State) and Xavier Watts (Notre Dame).

Texas offensive tackle Kelvin Banks Jr. (Texas) is the lone first-team offensive selection in the playoff. Also, Georgia’s Brett Thorson was the first-team selection at punter.

There are 39 schools represented on the 52-player first- and second-teams. Nine teams had multiple selections: Arizona State, Bowling Green, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan Ole Miss, Penn State and Texas.

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1st-Team Offense

Shedeur Sanders

Ashton Jeanty**

Nick Nash

Xavier Restrepo

Tetairoa McMillan*

Harold Fannin Jr.

Kelvin Banks Jr.

Miles Frazier

Jacob Gardner

Paolo Gennarelli

Wyatt Milum

1st-Team Defense

Abdul Carter*

Josaiah Stewart

Alfred Collins

Mason Graham**

Austin Romaine

Jay Higgins*

Shaun Dolac

Travis Hunter*

Jermod McCoy

Xavier Watts*

Caleb Downs**

1st-Team Specialists

Dominic Zvada

Brett Thorson

Kaden Wetjen

Ricky White III**

* 2024 Action Network Preseason All-American

** 2023 Action Network All-American

AP: All-Purpose Player

2nd-Team Offense

Kurtis Rourke

Cam Skattebo

Jordyn Tyson

Andrew Armstrong

Eric Rivers

Tyler Warren

Logan Brown

Addison West

Jake Slaughter

Willie Lampkin

Armand Membou

2nd-Team Defense

Dylan Stewart

Donovan Ezeiruaku

Payton Zdroik

Tim Keenan III

Matt Salopek**

Chris Paul Jr.

Danny Stutsman*

Cobee Bryant

Jahdae Barron

Terry Moore

Malaki Starks

2nd-Team Specialists

Lucas Carneiro

Eddie Czaplicki

Keelan Marion

Winston Wright Jr.

* 2024 Action Network Preseason All-American

** 2023 Action Network All-American

AP: All-Purpose Player

2024 Action Network Players of the Year

Offensive Player of the Year

Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty

Defensive Player of the Year

Colorado CB Travis Hunter

Special Teams Player of the Year

Georgia P Brett Thorson

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