Sporting News 2021 Midseason All-Americans

Bill Bender

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We're halfway through the 2021 college football season, and Sporting News' midseason All-American team featured some interesting debates. 

Who is the best quarterback in the FBS right now? SN chose Pitt's Kenny Pickett, a super senior with huge numbers, ahead of Ole Miss' Matt Corral and Coastal Carolina's Grayson McCall. Pickett is averaging 322 passing yards per game with a 70 percent completion rate. He has 21 touchdowns and just one interception for the 5-1 Panthers. There are other quarterbacks looming in the second half, too, in a season that has gone off script from the start. 

Some of our SN Preseason All-Americans made the list. That included Texas' Bijan Robinson, Ohio State's Chris Olave and Iowa's Tyler Linderbaum on offense and Oklahoma's Nik Bonnito, Alabama's Will Anderson Jr. and Notre Dame's Kyle Hamilton on defense.

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Six schools had two players on our team. That's Alabama, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan State, Ohio State and Oklahoma. 

Sporting News is one of five outlets used to determine consensus All-American status, so it's a good idea to stay on this team. With that in mind, our picks for 2021 midseason All-Americans:

SN Midseason All-Americans: Offense 

POSPLAYERYEARSCHOOL
QBKenny PickettSr.Pitt
RBKenneth Walker IIIJr.Michigan State
RBBijan RobinsonSo.Texas
WRChris OlaveSr.Ohio State
WRDrake LondonJr.USC
TEIsaiah LikelySr.Coastal Carolina
TIkem EkwonuSo.NC State
GKenyon GreenJr.Texas A&M
CTyler LinderbaumJr.Iowa
GDarian KinnardSr.Kentucky
TEvan NealJr.Alabama
ATHTreVeyon HendersonFr.Ohio State

SN Midseason All-Americans: Defense

POSPLAYERYEARSCHOOL
DLAidan HutchinsonSr.Michigan
DLJordan DavisSr.Georgia
DLDeMarvin LealJr.Texas A&M
EDGENik BonnitoJr.Oklahoma
LBWill Anderson Jr.So.Alabama
LBNakobe DeanJr.Georgia
LBDevin LloydJr.Utah
CBRiley MossSr.Iowa
CBAhmad GardnerJr.Cincinnati
SKyle HamiltonJr.Notre Dame
SJaylan FosterSr.South Carolina

Special teams 

KGabe BrkicJr.Oklahoma
PMatt AraizaJr.San Diego State
RETJayden ReedJr.Michigan State

Bill Bender

Bill Bender graduated from Ohio University in 2002 and started at The Sporting News as a fantasy football writer in 2007. He has covered the College Football Playoff, NBA Finals and World Series for SN. Bender enjoys story-telling, awesomely-bad 80s movies and coaching youth sports.