Joe Alt Earns Sporting News All-American Honors
Notre Dame offensive tackle Joe Alt has been named to yet another All-American squad, with Sporting News being the latest to place him on their first-team All-America team.
Alt has now been named a first-team All-America by Walter Camp, the Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America, CBS Sports, USA TODAY Sports, The Athletic and Pro Football Focus.
Sporting News is one of the five All-American teams that determines consensus and unanimous All-Americans. Alt had already qualified for consensus All-American honors, but with Sporting News also putting him on the first-team he is now one All-American honor away from being a unanimous All-American. The American Football Coaches of America is the one remaining All-American teams.
Alt had a brilliant career at Notre Dame. He took over halfway through his freshman season and finished that season by earning Freshman All-American honors. He broke out as one of the best blockers in college football in 2022, which created sky high expectations for him in 2023.
Alt more than lived up to expectations this fall, and he quickly proved he's not only one of the best tackles in football, he's arguably the very best. The junior allowed just one sack this season and he didn't allow a single sack as a sophomore in 2022. According to Pro Football Focus, Alt allowed just five total pressures all season.
While the line around him played up and down most of the season, Alt remained a steady force on the left side of the line. He was not only a stellar pass blocker, Alt also developed into a strong run blocker, making him an all-around dominant player.
Should Alt continue piling up first-team honors he would become Notre Dame's first unanimous All-American along the offensive line since Quenton Nelson earned it back in 2017. He would be the team's first overall unanimous All-American since Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah in 2020.
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