South Carolina senior wide receiver Deebo Samuel earned spots on both the Associated Press and ESPN preseason All-American teams Tuesday as an all-purpose player.
ESPN put Samuel on its first team, while the AP slotted him into its second team.
Samuel electrified college football through three weeks last season, scoring six touchdowns before breaking his leg and missing the rest of the year. The hype leading up to his return in 2018 has included him being named first-team All-SEC in three different spots in the league’s preseason poll.
The player selected as the AP’s first team all-purpose player ahead of Samuel, Washington running back Myles Gaskin, scored 24 touchdowns last season for the Huskies.