SI's 2012 PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA TEAM
STEWART MANDEL
August 20, 2012
Trojan playmakers, Crimson Tide big uglies, Bayou B engals defenders and a pair of Fighting Irishmen who bypassed the NFL to return to school are among college football's best and brightest
OFFENSE
Matt Barkley
QB, SR., USC
Early Heisman favorite threw for 3,528 yards, 39 TDs and only seven INTs in 2011.
Montee Ball
RB, SR., WISCONSIN
2011 Heisman finalist was last year's top rusher, with 1,923 yards and 33 scores.
Marcus Lattimore
RB, JR., SOUTH CAROLINA
A knee injury cost him half of 2011, but the workhorse is ready to be a star again.