The 2022 college football midseason All-America team

We've reached the midpoint of the 2022 assemblage shot season, and immoderate caller faces -- some teams and players -- person navigated their mode to the beforehand of the line.

Tennessee is unbeaten and ranked No. 3, the Vols' highest in-season AP ranking since 2001. Ole Miss besides is unbeaten and the No. 7 Rebels person won 11 consecutive regular-season games dating backmost to past year. TCU and UCLA cracked the AP apical 10 this week. It's the highest ranking for the Horned Frogs (No. 8) since 2017 and the highest for the Bruins (No. 9) since 2015.

The caller faces widen to ESPN's midseason All-America team, which includes lone 5 players who were connected our preseason team. Alabama, Ohio State and Tennessee each placed 2 players connected the team. Overall, the 26 players selected connected offense, defence and peculiar teams travel from 23 teams:

Offense

QB: Hendon Hooker, Tennessee

Alabama's Bryce Young and Ohio State's C.J. Stroud are peculiar players, but Hooker gets the nod. The fifth-year elder has been the bosom and psyche of Tennessee's resurgence. He's 3rd nationally among Power 5 quarterbacks successful full discourtesy (350.7 yards per game) and has accounted for 18 touchdowns with conscionable 1 interception, and he's done it without his astir accomplished receiver (Cedric Tillman) for overmuch of the season.

RB: Blake Corum, Michigan

The 5-foot-8, 210-pound Corum is simply a dynamo. Opposing defenses cognize he's going to get the ball, and it doesn't matter. He conscionable keeps piling up the yardage. Corum has 666 of his 901 rushing yards successful his past 4 games and has rushed for an FBS-leading 13 touchdowns. He leads each Power 5 moving backs with 11 runs of 20 yards oregon longer and is averaging 6.2 yards per carry.

RB: Bijan Robinson, Texas

One of Robinson's galore specialties is making defenders miss. Pro Football Focus has him No. 1 among Power 5 backs erstwhile it comes to creating missed tackles. The 6-foot, 222-pound junior, who is simply a carryover from our preseason team, besides catches the shot similar a wide receiver. He's the lone FBS subordinate to person much than 700 rushing yards (780) and 200 receiving yards (239). He has 11 full touchdowns, including 10 connected the ground, and has rushed for much than 100 yards successful each of his past 5 games.

WR: Marvin Harrison Jr., Ohio State

When has Ohio State not been loaded with talented receivers? Emeka Egbuka and Harrison person formed an explosive one-two punch with Jaxon Smith-Njigba slowed by a hamstring injury. Harrison, a 6-4, 205-pound sophomore, is tied for 2nd among Power 5 players with 9 touchdown catches and is averaging 17.3 yards per catch. He has the astir targets (46) without a driblet successful the Power 5, according to Pro Football Focus.

WR: Jalin Hyatt, Tennessee

Hyatt has been 1 of assemblage football's astir compelling stories and besides 1 of the nation's astir improved players. He torched Alabama with a school-record 5 touchdown catches and has 10 touchdowns for the season. The 6-foot, 180-pound inferior has elite velocity and has been overmuch much accordant successful each country of his game. He had made conscionable 2 vocation starts anterior to this play and has stepped successful for the injured Tillman arsenic the Vols' go-to receiver.

T: Paris Johnson Jr., Ohio State

Johnson's determination from defender to near tackle has been a large crushed Ohio State's discourtesy has been arsenic explosive arsenic ever. The Buckeyes fertile archetypal nationally successful scoring discourtesy (48.8 points per game) and person fixed up conscionable 3 sacks. The 6-6, 310-pound Johnson, 1 of the 3 violative linemen who besides made our preseason team, hasn't allowed a sack since the 2020 season, and his tackle cohort connected the close side, Dawand Jones, besides is simply a apical NFL prospect.

G: Nick Broeker, Ole Miss

This is Broeker's 3rd consecutive play arsenic a starter, and helium has blossomed arsenic the Rebels' starting near defender aft playing near tackle arsenic a sophomore and junior. Lane Kiffin's offenses ever tally the shot effectively, and the 6-5, 315-pound Broeker has been a mauler. Ole Miss is 3rd nationally successful rushing (271.4 yards per game), and Quinshon Judkins and Zach Evans person made a surviving moving down Broeker.

C: John Michael Schmitz, Minnesota

One of assemblage football's astir experienced and ascendant interior violative linemen, the 6-4, 320-pound Schmitz has 29 vocation starts. The sixth-year elder has helped wide the mode for Mohamed Ibrahim, who is 4th nationally successful rushing yards per crippled (138.8). Schmitz's 91.2 run-block grade, according to Pro Football Focus, leads each different centers by a wide margin. Schmitz is simply a carryover from our preseason team.

G: Steve Avila, TCU

After starting 11 games astatine halfway a twelvemonth ago, Avila shifted to near defender this season. He's the unquestioned person of the TCU violative enactment and has played his mode into being a apical NFL prospect. A 6-4, 330-pound senior, Avila has made starts during his vocation astatine center, defender and tackle. His play successful the interior of the TCU violative enactment has helped the unbeaten Frogs determination into the apical 25 nationally successful some rushing and passing offense.

T: Peter Skoronski, Northwestern

The Wildcats person struggled, but Skoronski continues to play his near tackle presumption arsenic good arsenic anybody successful the country. The 6-4, 315-pound inferior has been a fixture successful the Northwestern lineup since his existent freshman play successful 2020, erstwhile helium stepped successful for Rashawn Slater. Skoronski, who besides made our preseason team, has the footwork and spot to play anyplace connected the violative line, but helium has excelled astatine tackle.

TE: Michael Mayer, Notre Dame

There are a batch of bully choky ends to take from. Utah's Dalton Kincaid and Georgia's Brock Bowers are some having large years, but Mayer has been the astir implicit choky extremity to this point. He leads Notre Dame successful catches (33), receiving yards (351) and touchdown catches (five). The 6-4, 265-pound inferior is simply a bully runner aft the drawback and much than holds his ain arsenic a blocker.

All-purpose: Jahmyr Gibbs, Alabama

The transportation from Georgia Tech has been invaluable for an Alabama discourtesy that has had to trust acold excessively overmuch connected Young. Gibbs is the lone FBS subordinate with much than 600 rushing yards (635), 200 receiving yards (268) and 150 instrumentality yards (164). He has 5 rushing touchdowns and 3 receiving touchdowns and is 1 of those players who looks similar he's going to people each clip helium touches the ball.

Defense

DE: Tuli Tuipulotu, USC

Tuipulotu has been 1 of the astir disruptive defenders successful the Pac-12 aft earning first-team all-conference honors arsenic a sophomore. The 6-4, 290-pound Tuipulotu is diversion capable that helium tin bash a small spot of everything. He leads each FBS antiaircraft linemen with 12.5 tackles for nonaccomplishment and leads each Power 5 antiaircraft linemen with 7 sacks.

DT: Calijah Kancey, Pittsburgh

A ascendant pass-rusher connected the interior, Kancey had 3.5 tackles for nonaccomplishment and a sack against Georgia Tech and heads into the 2nd fractional of the play with a full of 8.5 tackles for nonaccomplishment and 3 sacks portion generating six backmost hurries. The 6-foot, 280-pound Kancey has besides freed up different teammates to marque plays due to the fact that he's perpetually facing treble teams and crushing the pocket.

DE: Felix Anudike-Uzomah, Kansas State

Chris Klieman's Wildcats (5-1) are contending successful the Big 12 and their defence has led the way. They're ranked 14th nationally successful scoring defence (16.7 points per game), and the 6-4, 255-pound Anudike-Uzomah has picked up close wherever helium near disconnected a twelvemonth ago. He has 6.5 sacks (11 past season) and 2 forced fumbles (six past season), and his changeless unit disconnected the borderline has fueled Kansas State's stifling defense.

LB: Will Anderson Jr., Alabama

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Alabama's Will Anderson Jr. returns interception 25 yards to the house.

Alabama utilized Anderson a small otherwise successful the nonaccomplishment to Tennessee, and helium didn't person large numbers, but he's inactive 1 of the astir feared defenders successful assemblage shot and a subordinate who indispensable beryllium accounted for connected each play. The 6-4, 243-pound junior, the last carryover from our preseason team, is tied for sixth nationally with 10.5 tackles for loss, including 5 sacks. He has 9 backmost hurries, an interception instrumentality for a touchdown and blocked a tract extremity effort successful the 1-point triumph implicit Texas.

LB: Jack Campbell, Iowa

Campbell is simply a fierce person and rival and has been 1 of assemblage football's astir productive defenders from his mediate linebacker presumption the past 2 years. The 6-5, 246-pound elder has 63 tackles, including 3 for loss, and recorded a information successful Iowa's 7-3 triumph implicit South Dakota State. Campbell's beingness successful the mediate is simply a large crushed the Hawkeyes person held opponents to conscionable 2 rushing TDs this season.

LB: Ivan Pace Jr., Cincinnati

Pace didn't person to look acold for his caller home, and his transportation from Miami (Ohio) has paid dividends for some him and Cincinnati. After opening the play astatine extracurricular linebacker, the 6-foot, 235-pound elder has created havoc from his mediate linebacker presumption and is tied for the FBS pb with 12.5 tackles for loss, including 5 sacks. He's been remarkably accordant with an mean of 10.3 tackles per game.

LB: Drew Sanders, Arkansas

The Alabama transportation -- and a subordinate the Tide could usage close present connected defence -- moved to wrong linebacker astatine Arkansas and has been a unit for the Hogs. His antiaircraft coordinator, Barry Odom, says the 6-5, 233-pound inferior is playing astatine an "elite" level, and Sanders' numbers backmost up those words. He has 7.5 tackles for loss, including 6.5 sacks, and has forced 3 fumbles. He ranks 4th successful the SEC with 63 full tackles.

CB: Clark Phillips III, Utah

Phillips has started each crippled since helium came to Utah, including each 5 games during the 2020 shortened play erstwhile helium was a freshman. During that time, Phillips has developed into 1 of the apical corners successful the state and is tied for the FBS pb with 5 interceptions this season. He had interception returns for touchdowns successful back-to-back games earlier this play against Oregon State and UCLA.

CB: Emmanuel Forbes, Mississippi State

Wherever the shot is, you'll find Forbes. He's 1 of the champion screen cornerbacks successful the state and already has 5 interceptions this play to adhd to the 3 helium had a twelvemonth ago. The 6-foot, 180-pound inferior has returned 2 of his interceptions for touchdowns this play against Texas A&M (33 yards) and Kentucky (59 yards) and has 5 pick-sixes successful his Mississippi State career.

S: Christopher Smith, Georgia

It's nary concealed however overmuch endowment the Dawgs mislaid connected defence to the NFL past season, and they've besides been hampered by injuries to immoderate cardinal players. But Smith's consistency and acquisition person been captious to a Georgia defence that ranks 2nd nationally successful scoring defence (9.1 points per game) and 3rd successful full defence (247 yards per game). The 5-11, 195-pound elder has 3 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions and 1 fumble recovery.

S: Jartavius Martin, Illinois

Illinois and Bret Bielema person thing peculiar brewing successful Champaign, and it starts with a defence ranked archetypal nationally successful scoring defence (8.9 points per game). The Fighting Illini (6-1) person been particularly hard connected opposing passing games. They've allowed conscionable 2 touchdown passes and collected 12 interceptions. Martin is portion of a information tandem on with Kendall Smith that has been terrific. Martin is 2nd connected the squad successful tackles (33) and has besides intercepted 2 passes.

Special teams

PK: Christopher Dunn, NC State

There's perfect, and past there's Christopher Dunn. He's 14-of-14 connected field-goal attempts and hasn't missed an other constituent this season. Eight of Dunn's tract goals person been from 40 yards oregon longer. The Wolfpack (5-2) would person a 3rd nonaccomplishment had it not been for Dunn making each 4 of his tract goals successful the 19-17 triumph implicit Florida State. He kicked a 53-yarder successful the 4th fourth of that crippled and the go-ahead 27-yarder with 6:33 to play.

P: Bryce Baringer, Michigan State

Baringer has been booming footballs seemingly everlastingly successful the Big Ten. He started his vocation astatine Illinois and is present successful his sixth collegiate season. It's been his champion to this point, arsenic helium leads the state with a 51.4-yard mean (the lone FBS punter implicit 50 yards). He's had 7 of his 30 punts downed wrong the 10-yard enactment and has a agelong of 70 yards, the champion successful the Big Ten this season.

KR: Eric Garror, Louisiana

Garror, a fifth-year elder cornerback, is the lone FBS subordinate with 2 punt returns for touchdowns. Garror had an 83-yard instrumentality for a people successful the Ragin' Cajuns' opener against Southeastern Louisiana and took 1 backmost 69 yards for a touchdown against South Alabama. Garror is averaging 18.4 yards connected 13 returns, and helium besides had a 34-yard instrumentality to acceptable up a touchdown against Eastern Michigan.