2001 Preseason
All-America Team
1st Team Offense
| Position | Player | Team |
| QB | George Godsey | Georgia
Tech |
| RB | Damien Anderson |
Northwestern |
| RB | Ken Simonton | Oregon State
|
| WR | Antonio Bryant | Pittsburgh
|
| WR | Roy Williams | Texas
|
| TE | Jeremy Shockey | Miami
|
| *OL | Seth McKinney | Texas A&M
|
| *OL | Bryant McKinnie | Miami
|
| *OL | Joaquin Gonzalez | Miami
|
| *OL | Brett Williams | Florida
State |
| *OL | Toniu Fonoti | Nebraska
|
| K | Jonathan Ruffin | Cincinnati
|
1st Team Defense
| Position | Player | Team |
| *DL | Greg Gathers | Georgia Tech
|
| *DL | Julius Peppers | North
Carolina |
| *DL | Nick Eason | Clemson
|
| *DL | John Henderson |
Tennessee |
| LB | Rocky Calmus | Oklahoma
|
| LB | Levar Fisher | NC State
|
| LB | Mario Haggan | Mississippi
State |
| *DB | Edward Reed | Miami
|
| *DB | Pig Prather | Mississippi
State |
| *DB | Lito Sheppard | Florida
|
| *DB | Quentin Jammer | Texas
|
| P | Preston Gruening | Minnesota
|
| AP | Andre Davis** | Virginia Tech
|
*Regardless of position
**Could also be considered a WR
2nd Team Offense
| Position | Player | Team |
| QB | Eric Crouch | Nebraska |
| RB | Lee Suggs | Virginia Tech
|
| RB | DeShaun Foster | UCLA
|
| WR | Jabar Gaffney | Florida
|
| WR | Kelly Campbell | Georgia Tech
|
| TE | Jerramy Stevens | Washington
|
| *OL | Terrence Metcalf | Mississippi
|
| *OL | Chris Gibson | Oregon
State |
| *OL | Mike Pearson | Florida
|
| *OL | LeCharles Bentley | Ohio
State |
| *OL | Andre Gurode | Colorado
|
| K | Alex Walls | Tennessee |
2nd Team Defense
| Position | Player | Team |
| *DL | Alex Brown | Florida
|
| *DL | Wendell Bryant | Wisconsin
|
| *DL | Larry Tripplett | Washington
|
| *DL | Will Overstreet |
Tennessee |
| LB | Joe Cooper | Ohio State
|
| LB | Trev Faulk | LSU |
| LB | Kalimba Edwards | South
Carolina |
| *DB | Mike Echols | Wisconsin
|
| *DB | Mike Rumph | Miami
|
| *DB | Dennis Weathersby | Oregon
State |
| *DB | Ramon Walker | Pittsburgh
|
| P | Jeff Ferguson | Oklahoma
|
| AP | Aaron Lockett** | Kansas
State |
*Regardless of position
**Could also be considered a WR
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