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The preseason accolades continue to pile up for Devonte Fields heading into his second and final season as a Cardinal.
Also, how ridiculous is it to have a preseason coach of the year? Preseason player of the year awards are dumb enough, but predicting which coach is going to do the best job in the upcoming months is just ridiculous.
Regardless, here’s CBS’ list of preseason honors for the upcoming college football season which kicks off exactly one week from today.
Preseason Awards
Player of the Year: Deshaun Watson, QB, Clemson
Coach of the Year: Nick Saban, Alabama
Preseason All-America Teams
| CBS SPORTS FIRST TEAM | |||
| OFFENSE | |||
| QB | Deshaun Watson* | Clemson | Junior |
| RB | Leonard Fournette* | LSU | Junior |
| RB | Dalvin Cook | Florida State | Junior |
| WR | JuJu Smith-Schuster* | USC | Junior |
| WR | Calvin Ridley | Alabama | Sophomore |
| TE | Jake Butt | Michigan | Senior |
| C | Pat Elfein | Ohio State | Senior |
| OL | Roderick Johnson* | Florida State | Junior |
| OL | Cam Robinson | Alabama | Junior |
| OL | Dan Feeney | Indiana | Senior |
| OL | Zach Banner | USC | Senior |
| DEFENSE | |||
| DE | Myles Garrett* | Texas A&M | Junior |
| DE | Jonathan Allen | Alabama | Senior |
| DT | Malik McDowell | Michigan State | Junior |
| DT | Carlos Watkins | Clemson | Senior |
| LB | Raekwon McMillan | Ohio State | Junior |
| LB | Jarrad Davis | Florida | Senior |
| LB | Tim Williams | Alabama | Senior |
| CB | Desmond King | Iowa | Senior |
| CB | Jalen (Teez) Tabor | Florida | Junior |
| S | Derwin James | Florida State | Sophomore |
| S | Jamal Adams | LSU | Junior |
| SPECIAL TEAMS | |||
| K | Andy Phillips | Utah | Senior |
| P | JK Scott | Alabama | Junior |
| KR | Evan Berry | Tennessee | Junior |
| PR | Cameron Sutton | Tennessee | Senior |
| AP | Christian McCaffrey | Stanford | Junior |
| * Denotes unanimous selection | |||
| CBS SPORTS SECOND TEAM | |||
| OFFENSE | |||
| QB | Baker Mayfield | Oklahoma | Junior |
| RB | Christian McCaffrey | Stanford | Junior |
| RB | Royce Freeman | Oregon | Junior |
| WR | Christian Kirk | Texas A&M | Sophomore |
| WR | Corey Davis | Western Michigan | Senior |
| TE | O.J. Howard | Alabama | Senior |
| C | Brian Allen | Michigan State | Junior |
| OL | Dan Voltz | Wisconsin | Junior |
| OL | Mike McGlinchey | Notre Dame | Senior |
| OL | Mitch Hyatt | Clemson | Sophomore |
| OL | Conor McDermott | UCLA | Senior |
| DEFENSE | |||
| DE | Derek Barnett | Tennessee | Junior |
| DE | DeMarcus Walker | Florida State | Senior |
| DT | Eddie Vanderdoes | UCLA | Junior |
| DT | Lowell Lotulelei | Utah | Junior |
| LB | DeVonte Fields | Louisville | Senior |
| LB | Reuben Foster | Alabama | Senior |
| LB | Anthony Walker | Northwestern | Junior |
| Jabrill Peppers | Michigan | Junior | |
| CB | Jourdan Lewis | Michigan | Senior |
| CB | Adoree Jackson | USC | Junior |
| S | Budda Baker | Washington | Junior |
| S | Marcus Maye | Florida | Senior |
| SPECIAL TEAMS | |||
| K | Daniel Carlson | Auburn | Junior |
| P | Austin Rehkow | Idaho | Senior |
| KR | Rashaad Penny | San Diego State | Junior |
| PR | William Likely | Maryland | Senior |
| AP | Adoree Jackson | USC | Junior |