With the college football season in the books, our panel of experts was faced with plenty of difficult decisions when convening to select the 2024 CBS Sports / 247Sports All-America team. Experts from CBS Sports and 247Sports joined forces once again to honor the players who shined the brightest on the gridiron over the last three-plus months.
Unanimous selections generally play a significant role in building these teams; however, for the second straight year, only three players receive that honor: Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty, Texas offensive lineman Kelvin Banks and Florida State punter Alex Mastromanno. Jeanty and Banks were similarly unanimous picks on the midseason team, while Banks and Mastromanno are two of 11 players who were previously 2024 CBS Sports / 247Sports Preseason All-America first-team selections.
Wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan (Arizona), offensive lineman Will Campbell (LSU), defensive lineman Mason Graham (Michigan), linebacker Danny Stusman (Oklahoma), and defensive backs Caleb Downs (Ohio State), Malaki Starks (Georgia) and Xavier Watts (Notre Dame) all return from holding top honors this preseason.
Colorado star Travis Hunter not only repeats his preseason honors as a cornerback and all-purpose player on the first team, he has also been selected as a wide receiver on the second team. Hunter is the first player since Houston's Marcus Jones to earn three All-America placements, though Jones only had one first-team honor in 2021.
In total, 38 programs across nine conferences (plus Notre Dame) are represented across the two teams of 54 total selections.
Colorado, Ohio State, Penn State and Texas each saw two first-team selections, while CU, OSU, Georgia, Michigan and Oregon each received three All-America nods overall with six additional teams getting multiple placements.
The Big Ten regained its top spot on the CBS Sports / 247Sports All-America team from the SEC, which held it in 2023. In total, 15 Big Ten players received All-America honors with seven of its programs represented. The SEC actually had the most programs with selections (eight) with the same number of first-team selections as the Big Ten (six).
| Conference | First team | Total selections |
|---|---|---|
| Big Ten | 6 | 15 |
| SEC | 6 | 12 |
| Big 12 | 6 | 9 |
| ACC | 3 | 9 |
| Mountain West | 2 | 2 |
| MAC | 1 | 3 |
| Ind. (Notre Dame) | 1 | 1 |
| Sun Belt | 1 | 1 |
| Conference USA | 1 | 1 |
| American | 0 | 1 |
2024 CBS Sports All-America
* unanimous selection | classes from official team rosters
First team
| Offense | | | |
|---|---|---|---|
QB | Cam Ward | Miami | Senior |
RB | Ashton Jeanty* | Boise State | Junior |
RB | Cam Skattebo | Arizona State | Senior |
WR | Nick Nash | San Jose State | Redshirt senior |
WR | Tetairoa McMillan | Arizona | Junior |
TE | Tyler Warren | Penn State | Senior |
C | Seth McLaughlin | Ohio State | Senior |
OL | Kelvin Banks* | Texas | Junior |
OL | Will Campbell | LSU | Junior |
OL | Wyatt Milum | West Virginia | Senior |
OL | Tyler Booker | Alabama | Junior |
| Defense | | | |
| DL | Abdul Carter | Penn State | Junior |
| DL | Mason Graham | Michigan | Junior |
DL | Donovan Ezeiruaku | Boston College | Junior |
LB | Shaun Dolac | Buffalo | Senior |
LB | Jay Higgins | Iowa | Senior |
LB | Danny Stutsman | Oklahoma | Senior |
CB | Travis Hunter | Colorado | Junior |
CB | Jahdae Barron | Texas | Senior |
DB | Caleb Downs | Ohio State | Sophomore |
DB | Malaki Starks | Georgia | Junior |
DB | Xavier Watts | Notre Dame | Redshirt senior |
| Special teams | | | |
K | Kenneth Almendares | Louisiana | Redshirt senior |
P | Alex Mastromanno* | Florida State | Redshirt senior |
KR | Keelan Marion | BYU | Redshirt junior |
PR | Kam Shanks | UAB | Redshirt freshman |
AP | Travis Hunter | Colorado | Junior |
Second team
| Offense | | | |
|---|---|---|---|
QB | Dillon Gabriel | Oregon | Redshirt senior |
RB | Kaleb Johnson | Iowa | Junior |
RB | Omarion Hampton | North Carolina | Junior |
WR | Travis Hunter | Colorado | Junior |
WR | Xavier Restrepo | Miami | Senior |
TE | Harold Fannin Jr. | Bowling Green | Junior |
C | Jake Slaughter | Florida | Sophomore |
OL | Josh Conerly | Oregon | Junior |
OL | Addison West | Western Michigan | Redshirt senior |
OL | Ajani Cornelius | Oregon | Senior |
OL | Spencer Fano | Utah | Sophomore |
| Defense | | | |
| DL | Kyle Kennard | South Carolina | Senior |
| DL | Walter Nolen | Ole Miss | Sophomore |
DL | Antwaun Powell-Ryland | Virginia Tech | Redshirt senior |
LB | Carson Schwesinger | UCLA | Redshirt junior |
LB | Jalon Walker | Georgia | Junior |
LB | Kyle Louis | Pittsburgh | Redshirt sophomore |
CB | Nohl Williams | California | Senior |
CB | Will Johnson | Michigan | Junior |
DB | D'Angelo Ponds | Indiana | Sophomore |
DB | Nick Emmanwori | South Carolina | Junior |
DB | Lathan Ransom | Ohio State | Senior |
| Special teams | | | |
K | Dominic Zvada | Michigan | Junior |
P | Brett Thorson | Georgia | Junior |
KR | Rayshawn Pleasant | Tulane | Redshirt sophomore |
PR | Josh Cameron | Baylor | Redshirt junior |
AP | Desmond Reid | Pittsburgh | Junior |
Honorable mentions
These players were high vote-getters who barely missed out on the CBS Sports / 247Sports All-America teams.
QB Shedeur Sanders (Colorado), C Jacob Gardner (Colorado State), LB Barrett Carter (Clemson), CB Trey Amos (Ole Miss), CB Zah Frazier (UTSA), P Eddie Czaplicki (USC), AP Brashard Smith (SMU)