2010 College Football: The Preseason All Conference Teams

With the nation in a craze with the annual March Madness frenzy, some are forgetting that Spring Ball is now upon us. Players are shining up their cleats and coaches are dusting off their whistles as they prepare for another exciting season of college football.

Soon enough, we will be bombarded with preview magazines telling us who they feel deserve Preseason accolades. I am taking this opportunity to list some of the players I feel are most deserving of Preseason All Conference Honors.

ACC

QB – Josh Nesbitt (Georgia Tech)

QB – Christian Ponder (Florida State)

RB – Ryan Williams (Virginia Tech)

RB – Montel Harris (Boston College)

WR – Torrey Smith (Maryland)

WR – Greg Little (North Carolina)

WR – Donovan Varner (Duke)

TE – George Bryan (North Carolina State)

TE – Lansford Watson (Maryland)

OL – Anthony Castonzo (Boston College)

OL – Rodney Hudson (Florida State)

OL – Orlando Franklin (Miami)

OL – Andrew Datko (Florida State)

OL – Sean Bedford (Georgia Tech)

OL – Chris Hairston (Clemson)

DL – Marvin Austin (North Carolina)

DL – Allen Bailey (Miami)

DL – Robert Quinn (North Carolina)

DL – Jacobbi McDaniel (Florida State)

DL – Da’Quan Bowers (Clemson)

LB – Bruce Carter (North Carolina)

LB – Luke Kuechly (Boston College)

LB – Alex Wujciak (Maryland)

LB – Quan Sturdivant (North Carolina)

LB – Barquell Rivers (Virginia Tech)

DB – Ras I Dowling (Virginia)

DB – Kendric Burney (North Carolina)

DB – Brandon Harris (Miami)

DB – Deunta Williams (North Carolina)

DB – DeAndre McDaniel (Clemson)

Kicker – Casey Barth (North Carolina)

Punter – Matt Bosher (Miami)

Returner – Greg Reid (Florida State)

Honorable Mention

QB – Jacory Harris (Miami)

RB – Jermaine Thomas (Florida State)

WR – Leonard Hankerson (Miami)

OL – Blake Dechristopher (Virginia Tech)

DL – Jarvis Jenkins (Clemson)

LB – Nigel Bradham (Florida State)

DB – Rashad Carmichael (Virginia Tech)

Big East

QB – Tom Savage (Rutgers)

QB – B.J. Daniels (South Florida)

RB – Noel Devine (West Virginia)

RB – Dion Lewis (PITT)

WR – Jonathan Baldwin (PITT)

WR – Mohamed Sanu (Rutgers)

WR – Armon Binns (Cincinnati)

TE – Ben Guidugli (Cincinnati)

TE – Ryan Griffin (UCONN)

OL – Jason Pinkston (PITT)

OL – Art Forst (Rutgers)

OL – Zach Hurd (UCONN)

OL – Josh Jenkins (West Virginia)

OL – Lucas Nix (PITT)

OL – Alex Hoffman (Cincinnati)

DL – Greg Romeus (PITT)

DL – Derek Wolfe (Cincinnati)

DL – Jonathan Freeny (Rutgers)

DL – Chandler Jones (Syracuse)

DL – Julian Miller (West Virginia)

LB – Lawrence Wilson (UCONN)

LB – J.T. Thomas (West Virginia)

LB – Max Gruder (PITT)

LB – Derrell Smith (Syracuse)

LB – Manny Abreu (Rutgers)

DB – Brandon Hogan (West Virginia)

DB – Max Suter (Syracuse)

DB – Dom DeCicco (PITT)

DB – Robert Sands (West Virginia)

DB – Dominique Battle (Cincinnati)

Kicker – Dan Hutchins (PITT)

Punter – Rob Long (Syracuse)

Returner – Tavon Austin (West Virginia)

Honorable Mention

QB – Zach Collaros (Cincinnati)

RB – Victor Anderson (Louisville)

WR – Jock Sanders (West Virginia)

TE – Cameron Graham (Louisville)

OL – Chris Jacobson (PITT)

DL – Chris Neild (West Virginia)

LB – JK Schaffer (Cincinnati)

DB – Drew Frey (Cincinnati)

Big Ten

QB – Terrelle Pryor (Ohio State)

QB – Ricky Stanzi (Iowa)

RB – Evan Royster (Penn State)

RB – John Clay (Wisconsin)

WR – DeVier Posey (Ohio State)

WR – Keith Smith (Purdue)

WR – Derrell Johnson-Koulianos (Iowa)

TE – Lance Kendricks (Wisconsin)

TE – Charlie Gantt (Michigan State)

OL – Gabe Carimi (Wisconsin)

OL – Justin Boren (Ohio State)

OL – Stephen Schilling (Michigan)

OL – Stefen Wisniewski (Penn State)

OL – Joel Foreman (Michigan State)

OL – Mike Adams (Ohio State)

DL – Adrian Clayborn (Iowa)

DL – Cam Heyward (Ohio State)

DL – Ryan Kerrigan (Purdue)

DL – Jack Crawford (Penn State)

DL – Ryan Van Bergen (Michigan)

LB – Greg Jones (Michigan State)

LB – Ross Homan (Ohio State)

LB – Brian Rolle (Ohio State)

LB – Jeremiah Hunter (Iowa)

LB – Chris Borland (Wisconsin)

DB – Chimdi Chekwa (Ohio State)

DB – Tyler Sash (Iowa)

DB – Devon Torrence (Ohio State)

DB – Tavon Wilson (Illinois)

DB – Jermale Hines (Ohio State)

Kicker – Phillip Welch (Wisconsin)

Punter – Ryan Donahue (Iowa)

Returner – Keshawn Martin (Michigan State)

Honorable Mention

QB – Tate Forcier (Michigan)

RB – Ralph Bolden (Purdue)

WR – Tandon Doss (Indiana)

OL – Josh Oglesby (Wisconsin)

DL – Broderick Binns (Iowa)

LB – Martez Wilson (Illinois)

DB – Niles Brinkley (Wisconsin)

Big Twelve

QB – Jerrod Johnson (Texas A&M)

QB – Landry Jones (Oklahoma)

RB – DeMarco Murray (Oklahoma)

RB – Daniel Thomas (Kansas State)

WR – Ryan Broyles (Oklahoma)

WR – Uzoma Nwachukwa (Texas A&M)

WR – Scotty McKnight (Colorado)

TE – Mike McNeil (Nebraska)

TE – Andrew Jones (Missouri)

OL – Nate Solder (Colorado)

OL – Kyle Hix (Texas)

OL – Tanner Hawkinson (Kansas)

OL – Stephen Good (Oklahoma)

OL – Ryan Miller (Colorado)

OL – Cory Brandon (Oklahoma)

DL – Von Miller (Texas A&M)

DL – Jared Crick (Nebraska)

DL – Jeremy Beal (Oklahoma)

DL – Sam Acho (Texas)

DL – Adrian Taylor (Oklahoma)

LB – Travis Lewis (Oklahoma)

LB – Drew Dudley (Kansas)

LB – Brian Duncan (Texas Tech)

LB – Will Ebner (Missouri)

LB – Keenan Robinson (Texas)

DB – Prince Amukamara (Nebraska)

DB – Aaron Williams (Texas)

DB – Quinton Carter (Oklahoma)

DB – Blake Gideon (Texas)

DB – Curtis Brown (Texas)

Kicker – Grant Ressel (Missouri)

Punter – Tress Way (Oklahoma)

Returner – Eric Stephens (Texas Tech)

Honorable Mention

QB – Robert Griffin (Baylor)

RB – Christine Michael (Texas A&M)

WR – Niles Paul (Nebraska)

TE – Ryan Deehan (Colorado)

OL – Dan Hoch (Missouri)

DL – Aldon Smith (Missouri)

LB – Bront Bird (Texas Tech)

DB – Tysyn Hartman (Kansas State)

Pac 10

QB – Jake Locker (Washington)

QB – Andrew Luck (Stanford)

RB – Jacquizz Rodgers (Oregon State)

RB – LaMichael James (Oregon)

WR – James Rodgers (Oregon State)

WR – Ronald Johnson (USC)

WR – Ryan Whalen (Stanford)

TE – Blake Ayles (USC)

TE – Kavario Middleton (Washington)

OL – Kristofer O’Dowd (USC)

OL – Colin Baxter (Arizona)

OL – Bo Thran (Oregon)

OL – Butch Lewis (USC)

OL – Chae Beeler (Stanford)

OL – David DeCastro (Stanford)

DL – Jurrell Casey (USC)

DL – Kenny Rowe (Oregon)

DL – Stephen Pea (Oregon State)

DL – Tom Keiser (Stanford)

DL – Ricky Elmore (Arizona)

LB – Michael Morgan (USC)

LB – Vontaze Burfict (Arizona State)

LB – Mike Mohamed (CAL)

LB – Akeem Ayers (UCLA)

LB – Mason Foster (Washington)

DB – Rahim Moore (UCLA)

DB – Javes Lewis (Oregon)

DB – Trevin Wade (Arizona)

DB – John Boyett (Oregon)

DB – Delano Howell (Stanord)

Kicker – Kai Forbath (UCLA)

Punter – Jeff Locke (UCLA)

Returner – Chris Owusu (Stanford)

Honorable Mention

QB – Matt Barkley (USC)

RB – Chris Polk (Washington)

WR – Jermaine Kearse (Washington)

TE – Konrad Reuland (Stanford)

OL – Chris Guarnero (CAL)

DL – Lawrence Guy (Arizona State)

LB – Shayne Skov (Stanford)

DB – Robert Golden (Arizona)

SEC

QB – Ryan Mallett (Arkansas)

QB – Greg McElroy (Alabama)

RB – Mark Ingram (Alabama)

RB – Washaun Ealey/Caleb King/Richard Samuel (Georgia)

WR – A.J. Green (Georgia)

WR – Julio Jones (Alabama)

WR – Terrance Toliver (LSU)

TE – Wesley Saunders (South Carolina)

TE – Luke Stocker (Tennessee)

OL – Lee Ziemba (Auburn)

OL – Mike Pouncey (Florida)

OL – Clint Boling (Georgia)

OL – Marcus Gilbert (Florida)

OL – Aaron Douglas (Tennessee)

OL – James Carpenter (Alabama)

DL – Marcell Dareus (Alabama)

DL – Jerrell Powe (Ole Miss)

DL – Lawrence Marsh (Florida)

DL – Cliff Matthews (South Carolina)

DL – Pernell McPhee (Mississippi State)

LB – Kelvin Sheppard (LSU)

LB – Dont’a Hightower (Alabama)

LB – Chris Marve (Vanderbilt)

LB – Josh Bynes (Auburn)

LB – Justin Houston (Georgia)

DB – Mark Barron (Alabama)

DB – Patrick Peterson (LSU)

DB – Will Hill (Florida)

DB – Chris Culliver (South Carolina)

DB – Corey Broomfield (Mississippi State)

Kicker – Wes Byrum (Auburn)

Punter – Drew Butler (Georgia)

Returner – Warren Norman (Vanderbilt)

Honorable Mention

QB – Stephen Garcia (South Carolina)

RB – Jeff Demps (Florida)

WR – Alshon Jeffery (South Carolina)

TE – DJ Williams (Arkansas)

OL – DeMArcus Love (Arkansas)

DL – Mike Blanc (Auburn)

LB – Shaq Wilson (South Carolina)

DB – Neiko Thorpe (Auburn)

Non BCS

QB – Kellen Moore (Boise State)

QB – Colin Kaepernick (Nevada)

RB – Bernard Pierce (Temple)

RB – Donald Buckram (UTEP)

WR – Michael Floyd (Notre Dame)

WR – Eric Page (Toldeo)

WR – Austin Pettis (Boise State)

TE – Kyle Rudolph (Notre Dame)

TE – Ladarius Green (Louisiana-Lafayette)

OL – Matt Reynolds (BYU)

OL – Marcus Cannon (TCU)

OL – Nate Potter (Boise State)

OL – Rob McGill (Louisiana Tech)

OL – Andrew Jackson (Fresno State)

OL – Jah Reid (Central Florida)

DL – Adrian Robinson (Temple)

DL – Ryan Winterswyk (Boise State)

DL – Bruce Miller (Central Florida)

DL – Ian Williams (Notre Dame)

DL – Billy Winn (Boise State)

LB – Manti Te’o (Notre Dame)

LB – Korey Williams (Southern Miss)

LB – Carmen Messina (New Mexico)

LB – Wayne Daniels (TCU)

LB – Mario Harvey (Marshall)

DB – Tejay Johnson (TCU)

DB – Emmanuel Davis (East Carolina)

DB – Jeron Johnson (Boise State)

DB – Davon House (New Mexico State)

DB – Brian Lainhart (Kent State)

Kicker – Kevin Goessling (Fresno State)

Punter – Michael Such (Tulsa)

Returner – Dwayne Harris (East Carolina)

Honorable Mention

QB – Case Keenum (Houston)

RB – Armando Allen (Notre Dame)

WR – James Cleveland (Houston)

TE – Jeff Anderson (UAB)

OL – Zane Taylor (Utah)

DL – Anthony Gray (Southern Miss)

LB - Noah Keller (Ohio)

DB – Jaiquawn Jarrett (Temple)