2022 Consensus All-American team: Two-time selections Will Anderson, Deuce Vaughn lead way

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2022 Consensus All-American team: Two-time selections Will Anderson, Deuce Vaughn lead way image

The NCAA announced 2022 Consensus All-American Team on Thursday. 

Alabama's Will Anderson and Kansas State's Deuce Vaughn highlighted the list as two-time Consensus All-Americans. 

Anderson is the first two-time Unanimous All-American in Alabama school history. The junior linebacker had 10 sacks and 17 tackles for loss this season. He swept the Bednarik Award, Lombardi Award and Nagurski Awards this season. 

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Vaughn continued to be an exceptional running back with Kansas State. He totaled 1,803 yards from scrimmage from 11 TDs in 2022. He has 4,751 yards from scrimmage and 42 TDs the last three seasons for the Wildcats. 

Anderson and Vaughn have not made bowl decisions yet, but they could end up on the same field when Alabama plays Kansas State in the Allstate Sugar Bowl on Dec. 31. 

Anderson and Vaughn were among the 14 Unanimous All-Americans on this year's team. 

Sporting News is one of five outlets used to determine consensus All-Americans along with the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) and Walter Camp Foundation (WC).

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Here is a look at the team (*denotes Unanimous All-American selection)

2022 Consensus All-American Team

Consensus All-American offense

POS PLAYER YEAR SCHOOL
QB Caleb Williams* So. USC
RB Blake Corum* Jr. Michigan
RB Bijan Robinson* Jr. Texas
WR Jalin Hyatt* Jr. Tennessee
WR Marvin Harrison Jr.* Jr. Ohio State
TE Michael Mayer Jr. Notre Dame
OL Steve Avila Sr. TCU
OL Paris Johnson Jr. Jr. Ohio State
OL Peter Skoronski* Jr. Northwestern
OL O'Cyrus Torrence Jr. Florida
OL Olusegun Oluwatimi Sr. Michigan
K Christopher Dunn Sr. NC State
RET/AP Deuce Vaughn Jr. Kansas State

Consensus All-American defense

POS PLAYER YEAR SCHOOL
DL Jalen Carter* Jr. Georgia
DL Calijah Kancey* Jr. Pitt
DL Tuli Tuipolutu* Jr. USC
DL Isaiah Foskey Sr. Notre Dame
LB Will Anderson* Jr. Alabama
LB Jack Campbell* Sr. Iowa
LB Ivan Pace* Sr. Cincinnati
DB Christopher Smith* Sr. Georgia
DB Clark Phillips III* So. Utah
DB Emmanuel Forbes Jr. Mississippi State
DB Devon Witherspoon Jr. Illinois
P Bryce Baringer Sr. Michigan State

 

 

Bill Bender

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Bill Bender graduated from Ohio University in 2002 and started at The Sporting News as a fantasy football writer in 2007. He has covered the College Football Playoff, NBA Finals and World Series for SN. Bender enjoys story-telling, awesomely-bad 80s movies and coaching youth sports.