Hope springs eternal in the college football spring season. Teams across the country are getting ready to include new players, coaches, and concepts into their practice routines, and soon spring games (now often televised) will introduce fans to exciting players from coast to coast. In the Transfer Portal era, there is more to learn than ever in March and April.
To celebrate the kickoff of spring ball across the college football landscape, we are releasing our first-ever Spring All-America Team. These are the 2022 players who are the best of the best, statistically and analytically, at their positions. Many position groups have quite a few worthy candidates, so when the decision was unclear, extra emphasis was given to overall career experience and schedule strength.
For example: Louisville QB Malik Cunningham was selected over Ohio State QB C.J. Stroud and Alabama QB Bryce Young (experience) and Coastal Carolina QB Grayson McCall (competition), even though all four have 99 or 100 career QB percentile ratings.
In a variation of the usual All-American listings, five slots are allotted to special teams: kickoff specialist (KO), punter (PT), field goal kicker (FG), kick returner (KR), and punt returner (PR). This was done to recognize the importance of all these distinct phases of the game, which are often unfairly lumped together into two or three categories.
wdt_ID Position Player Team Percentile
1
QB
Malik Cunningham
Louisville
100
2
RB
TreVeyon Henderson
Ohio State
94
3
WR
Jaxon Smith-Njigba
Ohio State
98
4
WR
Marvin Mims
Oklahoma
97
5
WR
Dantayvion Wicks
Virginia
90
6
OT
Brandon Kipper
Oregon State
90
7
OG
Emil Ekiyor Jr.
Alabama
91
8
OC
Rusty Staats
Western Kentucky
89
9
OG
Clark Barrington
BYU
90
10
OT
O'Cyrus Torrence
Florida
90
11
TE
Brock Bowers
Georgia
90
12
DE
Myles Murphy
Clemson
99
13
DT
Dante Stills
West Virginia
98
14
DT
Dom Peterson
Nevada
97
15
DE
Will McDonald IV
Iowa State
99
16
OLB
Will Anderson Jr.
Alabama
99
17
ILB
Carlton Martial
Troy
96
18
OLB
Nick Herbig
Wisconsin
98
19
CB
Riley Moss
Iowa
95
20
SF
Brandon Joseph
Notre Dame
91
21
SF
Ji'Ayir Brown
Penn State
88
22
CB
Emmanuel Forbes
Mississippi State
93
23
KO
B.T. Potter
Clemson
100
24
PT
Adam Korsak
Rutgers
100
25
FG
Harrison Mevis
Missouri
100
26
KR
Lideatrick Griffin
Mississippi State
96
27
PR
Phillip Brooks
Kansas State
89
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| wdt_ID | Position | Player | Team | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | QB | Malik Cunningham | Louisville | 100 |
| 2 | RB | TreVeyon Henderson | Ohio State | 94 |
| 3 | WR | Jaxon Smith-Njigba | Ohio State | 98 |
| 4 | WR | Marvin Mims | Oklahoma | 97 |
| 5 | WR | Dantayvion Wicks | Virginia | 90 |
| 6 | OT | Brandon Kipper | Oregon State | 90 |
| 7 | OG | Emil Ekiyor Jr. | Alabama | 91 |
| 8 | OC | Rusty Staats | Western Kentucky | 89 |
| 9 | OG | Clark Barrington | BYU | 90 |
| 10 | OT | O'Cyrus Torrence | Florida | 90 |
| 11 | TE | Brock Bowers | Georgia | 90 |
| 12 | DE | Myles Murphy | Clemson | 99 |
| 13 | DT | Dante Stills | West Virginia | 98 |
| 14 | DT | Dom Peterson | Nevada | 97 |
| 15 | DE | Will McDonald IV | Iowa State | 99 |
| 16 | OLB | Will Anderson Jr. | Alabama | 99 |
| 17 | ILB | Carlton Martial | Troy | 96 |
| 18 | OLB | Nick Herbig | Wisconsin | 98 |
| 19 | CB | Riley Moss | Iowa | 95 |
| 20 | SF | Brandon Joseph | Notre Dame | 91 |
| 21 | SF | Ji'Ayir Brown | Penn State | 88 |
| 22 | CB | Emmanuel Forbes | Mississippi State | 93 |
| 23 | KO | B.T. Potter | Clemson | 100 |
| 24 | PT | Adam Korsak | Rutgers | 100 |
| 25 | FG | Harrison Mevis | Missouri | 100 |
| 26 | KR | Lideatrick Griffin | Mississippi State | 96 |
| 27 | PR | Phillip Brooks | Kansas State | 89 |
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