College Football's 2015 Postseason All-America Team
With the completion of college football’s regular season, it’s time to take a look back and honor the best of the best and top performers from 2015. Whether it was on offense, defense or special teams, there was no shortage of clutch performances by players at every position.
The bowl season kicks off on Dec. 19 and continues until the national championship on Jan. 11 in Glendale, Ariz. While the teams are preparing for their final contests of the season, it’s time to unveil Athlon Sports’ first-, second- and third-team All-Americans.
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As usual, it’s never easy assembling three All-America teams. There are plenty of standout performers that won’t make the cut, but we tried to blend talent, production and consistency to form the top three teams.
2015 Conference Awards
ACC | Big 12 | Big Ten | Pac-12 | SEC
Athlon Sports 2015 All-America Team
| FirstTeam | SecondTeam | ThirdTeam |
QB | Deshaun WatsonClemson | QB Baker MayfieldOklahoma | QB Brandon DoughtyWKU |
RB | Derrick HenryAlabama | RB Leonard FournetteLSU | RB Royce FreemanOregon |
RB | Dalvin CookFlorida State | RB Ezekiel ElliottOhio State | RB Alex CollinsArkansas |
AP | Christian McCaffreyStanford | AP Tyler ErvinSan Jose State | AP Jaylen SamuelsNC State |
WR | Corey ColemanBaylor | WR Will FullerNotre Dame | WR Laquon TreadwellOle Miss |
WR | Josh DoctsonTCU | WR JuJu Smith-SchusterUSC | WR Sterling ShepardOklahoma |
TE | Hunter HenryArkansas | TE Jake ButtMichigan | TE Jordan LeggettClemson |
C | Ryan Kelly | C Jack AllenMichigan State | C Austin BlytheIowa |
OG | Joshua GarnettStanford | OG Sebastian TretolaArkansas | OG Jordan WalshIowa |
OG | Landon TurnerNorth Carolina | OG Dan FeeneyIndiana | OG Pat ElfleinOhio State |
OT | Spencer DrangoBaylor | OT Ronnie StanleyNotre Dame | OT Vadal AlexanderLSU |
OT | Jack ConklinMichigan State | OT Taylor DeckerOhio State | OT Kyle MurphyStanford |
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DE | Joey BosaOhio State | DE Shaq LawsonClemson | DE Emmanuel OgbahOklahoma State |
DE | Carl NassibPenn State | DE DeForest BucknerOregon | DE Myles GarrettTexas A&M |
DT | A'Shawn RobinsonAlabama | DT Sheldon DayNotre Dame | DT Robert NkemdicheOle Miss |
DT | Andrew BillingsBaylor | DT Kenny ClarkUCLA | DT Jon BullardFlorida |
LB | Jaylon SmithNotre Dame | LB Tyler MatakevichTemple | LB Gionni PaulUtah |
LB | Kentrell BrothersMissouri | LB Joe SchobertWisconsin | LB Eric StrikerOklahoma |
LB | Reggie RaglandAlabama | LB Su'a CravensUSC | LB Anthony WalkerNorthwestern |
CB | Jalen RamseyFlorida State | CB Jourdan LewisMichigan | CB Vernon Hargreaves IIIFlorida |
CB | Desmond KingIowa | CB Mackensie AlexanderClemson | CB Zack SanchezOklahoma |
S | Jeremy CashDuke | S Quin BlandingVirginia | CB Shawun LurryNorthern Illinois |
S | Vonn BellOhio State | S Jayron KearseClemson | S Trae ElstonOle Miss |
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K | Ka'imi FairbairnUCLA | K Jake ElliottMemphis | K Daniel CarlsonAuburn |
P | Tom HackettUtah | P Drew KaserTexas A&M | P Hayden HuntColorado State |
KR | Morgan BurnsKansas State | KR Evan BerryTennessee | KR Jakeem GrantTexas Tech |
PR | Christian KirkTexas A&M | PR William LikelyMaryland | PR Cameron SuttonTennessee |