Phil Steele’s preseason 2015 All-Pac-12 teams
Phil Steele released his preseason All-Pac-12 teams for the 2015 college football season and a few eye-popping surprises await.
With Marcus Mariota gone from Oregon after winning the Heisman Trophy and leading the Ducks to the national championship game in 2014, the Pac-12 race could be wide open for USC, UCLA, Arizona or another team from the league to take the league crown.
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The Trojans and Bruins are generating a lot of preseason hype and love from the collective media, including veteran college football expert, Phil Steele, who shared his preseason All-Pac-12 teams on Monday. It would seem Steele is buying the hype with USC quarterback Cody Kessler not only the first-team pick for the conference but also his first-team QB on his All-American team.
USC, UCLA, Stanford and Oregon placed two players on the first-team offense and UCLA leads the way with four on the first-team defense, including second-team All-American linebacker Myles Jack.
Utah had the best special teams in the country last year and they could again this year with kicker Andy Phillips and punter Tom Hackett the first-team picks at their positions.
Check out Steele’s preseason All-Pac-12 team below and visit his website to see his wealth of information for the college football fanatic.
OFFENSE | ||||
1st TEAM | 2nd TEAM | 3rd TEAM | 4th TEAM | |
QB | Cody Kessler, USC | Jared Goff, California | Kevin Hogan, Stanford | Anu Solomon, Arizona |
RB | Royce Freeman, Oregon | Paul Perkins, UCLA | Nick Wilson, Arizona | Demario Richard, Ariz St |
RB | Devontae Booker, Utah | Daniel Lasco, California | Storm Woods, Oregon State | Dwayne Washington, Wash |
WR | Nelson Spruce, Colorado | Gabe Marks, Washington St | Devon Cajuste, Stanford | Byron Marshall, Oregon |
WR | DJ Foster, Ariz St | Cayleb Jones, Arizona | Kenny Lawler, California | Dom Williams, Washington St |
WR | Jordan Payton, UCLA | JuJu Smith, USC | Bryce Treggs, California | Victor Bolden, Oregon St |
TE | Austin Hooper, Stanford | Joshua Perkins, Wash | Evan Baylis, Oregon | Thomas Duarte, UCLA |
C | Max Tuerk, USC | Jake Brendel, UCLA | Siaosi Aiono, Utah | Alex Kelley, Colorado |
OL | Isaac Seumalo, Oregon St | Chris Borrayo, California | Alex Redmond, UCLA | Viane Talamaivao, USC |
OL | Joshua Garnett, Stanford | Nick Kelly, Ariz St (C) | Vi Teofilo, Ariz St | Gavin Andrews, Oregon St |
OL | Caleb Benenoch, UCLA | Zach Banner, USC | Sean Harlow, Oregon St | Toa Lobendahn, USC |
OL | Tyler Johnstone, Oregon | Kyle Murphy, Stanford | Joe Dahl, Washington State | Christian Westerman, Ariz St |
DEFENSE | ||||
1st TEAM | 2nd TEAM | 3rd TEAM | 4th TEAM | |
DE | DeForest Buckner, Oregon | Reggie Gilbert, Arizona | Christian French, Oregon | Edmond Boateng, Ariz St |
DT | Eddie Vanderdoes, UCLA | Antwaun Woods, USC | Lowell Lotulelei, Utah | Claude Pelon, USC |
DT | Kenny Clark, UCLA | Alex Balducci, Oregon | Tashon Smallwood, Ariz St | Harrison Phillips, Stanford |
DE | Hunter Dimick, Utah | Delvon Simmons, USC | Solomon Thomas, Stanford | Lavonte Barnett, Oregon St |
LB | Myles Jack, UCLA | Jared Norris, Utah | Deon Hollins, UCLA | Addison Gillam, Colorado |
LB | Su’a Cravens, USC | Salamo Fiso, Ariz St | Antonio Longino, Ariz St | Rodney Hardrick, Oregon |
LB | Scooby Wright, Arizona | Joe Walker, Oregon | Jason Whittingham, Utah | Kevin Anderson, Stanford |
LB | Blake Martinez, Stanford | Michael Barton, California | Peter Kalambayi, Stanford | Anthony Sarao, USC |
DB | Adoree’ Jackson, USC | Larry Scott, Oregon State | Lloyd Carrington, Ariz St | Priest Willis, UCLA |
DB | Fabian Moreau, UCLA | Kweishi Brown, Ariz St | Darius White, California | Stefan McClure, California |
DB | Budda Baker, Wash | Zach Hoffpauir, Stanford | Reggie Daniels, Oregon | Leon McQuay III, USC |
DB | Jordan Simone, Ariz St | Kenneth Crawley, Colorado | William Parks, Arizona | Tedric Thompson, Colorado |
SPECIAL TEAMS | ||||
1st TEAM | 2nd TEAM | 3rd TEAM | 4th TEAM | |
K | Andy Phillips, Utah | Cameron Van Winkle, Wash | Garrett Owens, Oregon St | Zane Gonzalez, Ariz St |
P | Tom Hackett, Utah | Drew Riggleman, Arizona | Korey Durkee, Wash | Matt Mengel, UCLA |
KR | Adoree’ Jackson, USC | Phillip Lindsay, Colorado | Trevor Davis, California | Ishmael Adams, UCLA |
PR | Charles Nelson, Oregon | Christian McCaffrey, Stanford | Dante Pettis, Wash | DaVonte’ Neal, Arizona |
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