2013 Pre-Season All-Mack Team

So....another year...another summer...Another nearly insufferable long summer with nothing to do with football season taking forever to get here. So to keep us afloat, here is the latest installment of the All-Mack Preseason team. Some different things this time around. Instead of doing a write-up on the players who are chosen for the team, I just linked to highlights from last season, because after all, seeing is believing. And as an Alabama grad & fan, no Alabama players are eligible for the Pre-Season All-Mack team, for several reasons. The first one is that, as I said, I have a vested interest, and unlike homers, I tried to remain unbiased when compiling these types of lists. Secondly, the last time I had Bama players on here, they all wound up having injuries that cost them and their team. And finally, with the way they're loaded now, I could, with a clear conscience, just put up a link to RollTide.com for the Pre-Season All-Mack team every season until this current run stops. But that's no fun....So...for the rest of the college football world outside of Tuscaloosa and especially for those who believe football isn't played outside of the SEC, without further adieu, I proudly present the 2013 Preseason All-Mack Team. Enjoy!

OFFENSE

Quarterback

Tajh Boyd – Clemson

Honorable mentions:

Teddy Bridgewater – Louisville, Johnny Manziel – TAMU, Aaron Murray – UGA, Marcus Mariota – Oregon, Braxton Miller - Ohio St., Brett Hundley – UCLA

Running Back

Todd Gurley – Georgia and De’Anthony Thomas – Oregon

Honorable mentions:

James White – Wisconsin, Ka'Deem Carey – Arizona, Lache Seastrunk – Baylor, Duke Johnson – Miami (FL), Charles Sims – W. Va

Wide Receiver

Marqise Lee – USCw and Sammy Watkins – Clemson

Honorable mentions:

Mike Evans – TAMU, Jordan Matthews – Vanderbilt, Brandin Cooks – Oregon St. , Stefon Diggs – Maryland, Brandon Coleman – Rutgers

Tight End

Austin Seferian-Jenkins – Washington

Honorable mentions:

Colt Lyerla – Oregon, Nick O’Leary – Florida St., Jacob Pedersen – Wisconsin, Luke Kaumatule – Stanford

Tackle

Jake Matthews – TAMU and Taylor Lewan - Michigan

Honorable mentions:

La'el Collins – LSU, Ja’Wuan James – Tennessee, Brandon Thomas – Clemson, Antonio Richardson – Tennessee

Guard

David Yankey – Stanford and Gabe Jackson – Mississippi St.

Honorable mentions:

Chris Burnette – Georgia, A.J. Cann – South Carolina, Xavier Su'a-Filo – UCLA, Andrew Norwell – Ohio St., Mason Walters – Texas

Center

Travis Swanson – Arkansas

Honorable mentions:

Gabe Ikard – Oklahoma, Bryan Stork – Florida St.

DEFENSE

Defensive End

Jadeveon Clowney – South Carolina and Stephon Tuitt – Notre Dame

Honorable mentions:

Aaron Lynch – South Florida, Jackson Jeffcoat – Texas, Aaron Donald – Pitt, Scott Crichton – Oregon St., Devonte Fields – TCU, Ben Gardner – Stanford, David Gilbert – Wisconsin

Defensive Tackle

Anthony Johnson – LSU and Will Sutton – Arizona St.

Honorable mentions:

Leonard Williams – USC, Roosevelt Nix – Kent St., Louis Nix, III – Notre Dame, Daniel Mccullers – Tennessee, Kelsey Quarles – South Carolina, Dominique Easley – Florida

Linebackers

Anthony Barr – UCLA, Kyle Van Noy – BYU, AJ Johnson –Tennessee

Honorable mentions:

Ryan Shazier – Ohio St., Khalil Mack (no relation) – Buffalo, Shayne Skov – Stanford, Prince Shiembo – Notre Dame, Christian Jones – Florida St., Max Bullough – Michigan St., Chris Borland – Wisconsin

Cornerbacks

Loucheiz Purifoy – Florida and Bradley Roby – Ohio St.

Honorable mentions:

Marcus Roberson – Florida, Ifo Ekpre-Olomu – Oregon, Damian Swann – Georgia, Antone Exum – Va. Tech, Lamarcus Joyner, Florida St., Jason Verrett – TCU

Safety

Ed Reynolds – Stanford and Craig Loston – LSU

Honorable mentions:

Andre Hal – Vanderbilt, Phillip Gaines – Rice, Isaiah Lewis – Michigan St. , Sam Carter – TCU

Kicker

Cairo Santos – Tulane

Honorable mentions:

Jeff Budzien – Northwestern

Punter

Kyle Christy – Florida

Honorable mentions:

Steven Clark – Auburn