As we reach the midseason point of the season, media outlets have come out with their best players from the first half, and the Associated Press did it with its Midseason All-America Team.
The SEC landed 7 players on the team, including Alabama’s Bryce Young and Evan Neal on offense, along with Kentucky’s Eli Cox. On defense, there’s Georgia’s Jordan Davis and Nakobe Dean, alongside Texas A&M’s Demarvin Leal and Alabama’s Will Anderson.
The team contains a handful of new names and adjustments from the preseason team released in late August. It was picked by a group of AP Top 25 poll voters.
Here is the full team:
OFFENSE
Quarterback — Bryce Young, sophomore, Alabama.
Running backs — Kenneth Walker III, junior, Michigan State; Bijan Robinson, sophomore, Texas.
Tackles — Evan Neal, junior, Alabama; Ikem Ekwonu, junior, North Carolina State.
Guards — Eli Cox, sophomore, Kentucky; Zion Johnson, senior, Boston College.
Center — Tyler Linderbaum, junior, Iowa.
Tight end — Isaiah Likely, senior, Coastal Carolina.
Wide receivers — Drake London, junior, Southern California; Jerreth Sterns, junior, Western Kentucky.
All-purpose player — Sean Tucker, freshman, Syracuse.
Kicker — Nick Sciba, senior, Wake Forest.
DEFENSE
Ends — Aidan Hutchinson, senior, Michigan; Cody Roscoe, senior, Syracuse.
Tackles — Jordan Davis, senior, Georgia; Demarvin Leal, junior, Texas A&M.
Linebackers — Will Anderson Jr., sophomore, Alabama; Devin Lloyd, junior, Utah; Nakobe Dean, junior, Georgia.
Cornerbacks — Ahmad Gardner, junior, Cincinnati; Matt Hankins, senior, Iowa.
Safeties — Kyle Hamilton, junior, Notre Dame; Jaquan Brisker, senior, Penn State.
Punter — Matt Araiza, junior, San Diego State.
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
