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With the 2023 college football season — the last of an era, in many ways — just weeks ahead, our panel of college football experts were faced with plenty of difficult decisions when convening to select the 2023 CBS Sports / 247Sports Preseason All-America team. Experts from CBS Sports and 247Sports joined forces once again to honor the players who they believe will shine brightest on the gridiron over the next few months.
Just three players received unanimous All-America selections: Michigan running back Blake Corum, Ohio State wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. and Georgia tight end Brock Bowers.
Corum and Harrison lead five players who return as preseason first-team selections after ending the 2022 campaign in the same position. USC quarterback Caleb Williams — the reigning Heisman Trophy winner and the 2023 CBS Sports Preseason Player of the Year — Miami defensive back Kamren Kitchens and Indiana kick returner Jaylin Lucas are the others.
Alabama’s Kool-Aid McKinstry is another noteworthy selection this preseason as he was chosen to the first team at both cornerback and punt returner. 
In total, 31 programs are represented across the two teams of 54 selections.
Two-time reigning national champion Georgia enters with the most first-team selections (four) as well as the 2023 CBS Sports Preseason Coach of the Year in Kirby Smart. Alabama and Ohio State (three each) and Penn State (two) also have multiple players with top honors. UGA and OSU lead the pack with five combined picks across the two teams, while Bama and Michigan are just behind them with four selections each.
Alabama also enters the season with the 2023 CBS Sports Preseason Freshman of the Year in defensive back Caleb Downs.
The Big Ten and SEC each contributed nine first-team selections, though the former edged the latter with one more total pick (16-15). Combined, the Big Ten and SEC had 31 of 54 total selections (57.4%). Eight SEC teams and seven Big Ten programs are represented among the All-America selections.
In an effort to modernize our All-America team and make it more representative of the current game, CBS Sports in 2022 adjusted the defensive roster positions, adding an additional defensive back slot. Furthermore, any EDGE rushers voted onto the team are positioned as listed on official team rosters.
*  unanimous selection | classes from official team rosters
QB
Caleb Williams
USC
Junior
RB
Blake Corum *
Michigan
Senior
RB
Quinshon Judkins
Ole Miss
Sophomore
WR
Marvin Harrison Jr. *
Ohio State
Junior
WR
Rome Odunze
Washington
Junior
TE
Brock Bowers *
Georgia
Junior
C
Sedrick Van Pran
Georgia
Redshirt junior
OL
Joe Alt
Notre Dame
Junior
OL
Olu Fashanu
Penn State
Junior
OL
Cooper Beebe
Kansas State
Senior
OL
JC Latham
Alabama
Junior
DL
Jer’Zhan Newton
Illinois
Junior
LB
Harold Perkins
LSU
Sophomore
LB
Tommy Eichenberg
Ohio State
Graduate
LB
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. 
Clemson
Junior
CB
Kalen King
Penn State
Junior
CB
Kool-Aid McKinstry
Alabama
Junior
DB
Kamren Kinchens
Miami
Junior
DB
Malaki Starks
Georgia
Sophomore
DB
Javon Bullard
Georgia
Junior
K
Joshua Karty
Stanford
Senior
P
Tory Taylor
Iowa
Senior
KR
Jaylin Lucas
Indiana
Sophomore
PR
Kool-Aid McKinstry
Alabama
Junior
AP
Travis Hunter
Colorado
Sophomore
QB
Drake Maye
North Carolina
Redshirt sophomore
RB
Braelon Allen
Wisconsin
Junior
Raheim Sanders
Arkansas
Junior
WR
Emeka Egbuka
Ohio State
Junior
Xavier Worthy
Texas
Junior
TE
Ja’Tavion Sanders
Texas
Junior
C
Zach Frazier
West Virginia
Junior
OL
Zak Zinter
Michigan
Senior
OL
Graham Barton
Duke
Senior
OL
Kelvin Banks Jr.
Texas
Sophomore
OL
Donovan Jackson
Ohio State
Junior
DL
Tyler Davis
Clemson
Graduate
DL
Kris Jenkins
Michigan
Senior
LB
Jamon Dumas-Johnson
Georgia
Junior
LB
Dallas Turner
Alabama
Junior
LB
Barrett Carter
Clemson
Junior
CB
Cooper DeJean
Iowa
Junior
CB
Will Johnson
Michigan
Sophomore
DB
Calen Bullock
USC
Junior
DB
Benjamin Morrison
Notre Dame
Sophomore
DB
Cole Bishop
Utah
Junior
K
John Hoyland
Wyoming
Junior
P
Kai Kroger
South Carolina
Senior
KR
Lideatrick Griffin
Mississippi State
Senior
PR
Anthony Gould
Oregon State
Redshirt junior
AP
Ainias Smith
Texas A&M
Graduate
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