This time a year ago, only a few conferences were planning to play college football because of COVID-19 concerns.
Therefore, ESPN's preseason All-America team was reduced to a smaller pool of players. But our 2021 team is back to full strength, and 14 of the 26 players are on teams ranked in the top 10 of the Associated Press preseason poll.
The only two players returning from our 2020 postseason All-America team are Iowa State running back Breece Hall and LSU place-kicker Cade York.
As we do every year in unveiling our preseason All-America team, just a reminder that this is not a list of the top NFL draft prospects, even though many of these guys will go on to long pro careers.