Four Bulldogs named 2023 Sporting News Preseason All-Americans

Four Georgia Bulldogs have been named 2023 Sporting News Preseason All-Americans, according to an announcement on Tuesday.

UGA football players named to the Sporting News Preseason All-America First-Team are junior tight end Brock Bowers of Napa, Calif., and junior linebacker Jamon Dumas-Johnson of Hyattsville, Md.

Center Sedrick Van Pran of New Orleans, La., and safety Javon Bullard of Milledgeville, Ga., were each named to the Sporting News Preseason All-America Second-Team.

The Ohio State Buckeyes lead all teams with four first-team selections and five players across the first- and second-teams. Georgia and Penn State had four players named across both teams.

Below is the complete Sporting News Preseason All-American list:

First-Team Offense
QB: Caleb Williams, USC
RB: Blake Corum, Michigan
RB: Quinshon Judkins, Ole Miss
WR: Marvin Harrison Jr., Ohio State
WR: Emeka Egbuka, Ohio State
WR: Rome Odunze, Washington
TE: Brock Bowers, Georgia
T: Olu Fashanu, Penn State
G: Cooper Beebe, Kansas State
C: Zach Frazier, West Virginia
G: Christian Haynes, UConn
T: Joe Alt, Notre Dame
ATH: Will Shipley, Clemson

First-Team Defense
DL: Jared Verse, Florida State
DL: Jer’Zhan Newton, Illinois
DL: J.T. Tuimoloau, Ohio State
EDGE: Harold Perkins, LSU
LB: Tommy Eichenberg, Ohio State
LB: Jeremiah Trotter Jr., Clemson
LB: Jamon Dumas-Johnson, Georgia
CB: Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama
CB: Kalen King, Penn State
S: Kamren Kinchens, Miami
S: Calen Bullock, USC

First-Team Specialists
K: Joshua Karty, Stanford
P: Tory Taylor, Iowa
RET: Anthony Gould, Oregon State

Second-Team Offense
QB: Drake Maye, North Carolina
RB: Raheim Sanders, Arkansas
RB: Nick Singleton, Penn State
WR: Malik Nabers, LSU
WR: Johnny Wilson, Florida State
WR: Dorian Singer, USC
TE: Oronde Gadsden II, Syracuse
T: Graham Barton, Duke
G: Donovan Jackson, Ohio State
C: Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia
G: Zak Zinter, Michigan
T: JC Latham, Alabama
ATH: Travis Hunter, Colorado

Second-Team Defense
DL: Chop Robinson, Penn State
DL: Dontay Corleone, Cincinnati
DL: Mekhi Wingo, LSU
EDGE: Bralen Trice, Washington
LB: Cedric Gray, North Carolina
LB: Jaylen Ford, Texas
LB: Laitau Latu, UCLA
CB: Benjamin Morrison, Notre Dame
CB: Cooper DeJean, Iowa
S: Tyler Nubin, Minnesota
S: Javon Bullard, Georgia

Second-Team Specialists
K: John Hoyland, Wyoming
P: Mason Fletcher, Cincinnati
RET: Lideatrick Griffin, Mississippi State

The back-to-back national champion Georgia Bulldogs are scheduled to open the 2023 season on Saturday, Sept. 2 against the UT Martin Skyhawks at Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Ga. The game will kickoff at 6:00pm ET and will be a streaming-only event on SEC Network+ and ESPN+.

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