2 Stanford players on AP first team
Two Stanford players were on the Associated Press preseason AllAmerica team, and one Cal player landed on the second team.
Offensive tackle Walker Little and cornerback Paulson Adebo, both juniors, were selected. Cal linebacker Evan Weaver was named to the second team.
Stanford and Cal each will open at home Aug. 31. The Cardinal will host Northwestern at 1 p.m. The Bears face UC Davis at Memorial Stadium at 3:30 p.m.
Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence headlines the first team, and he has two teammates from the topranked Tigers with him on the first team.
Lawrence, the first true freshman quarterback to lead a team to a national championship in more than 30 years, was joined on the firstteam offense by Clemson running back Travis Etienne in the list released Tuesday. Clemson linebacker Isaiah Simmons was a firstteam selection on defense. Clemson and No. 2 Alabama tied for the most firstteam selections with three.
Wide receiver Jerry Jeudy, an AllAmerican last season, was selected to the preseason first team, along with defensive lineman Raekwon Davis and linebacker Dylan Moses.
Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, the Heisman Trophy runnerup, was selected to the second team.
Led by Alabama, the SEC placed eight players on the first team, one more than the Big Ten.
Besides the two Stanford players, the only other Pac12 player to make the first team was Oregon senior guard Shane Lemieux. Coach’s wife dies: Wendy Anderson, the wife of Arkansas State head coach Blake Anderson, died after a twoyear fight with breast cancer. She was 49.
Blake Anderson says his wife died Monday night, just hours after the school announced he would be taking a leave of absence. He said on Twitter: “She passed as peacefully & gracefully as you could ever hope.”
“I have been so blessed to have her by my side each day for the past 27 years,” he wrote. “Thank you so much to all who have walked, prayed, cried, and loved her through this brutal 2 year battle.”
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said on Twitter: “The whole state shares your loss.” Earlier Monday, the library at Arkansas State was illuminated pink in Wendy Anderson’s honor.
Assistant head coach and defensive coordinator David Duggan will serve as interim head coach, athletic director Terry Mohajir said.
Anderson has gone 3925 record in five seasons at Arkansas State. The Red Wolves open the season Aug. 31 by hosting SMU. Freshman to start for Auburn: Freshman Bo Nix will be Auburn’s starting quarterback in the season opener.
Auburn announced head coach Gus Malzahn’s decision on Twitter, officially ending a competition with redshirt freshman Joey Gatewood. Nix will lead the 16thranked Tigers against No. 11 Oregon on Aug. 31 in Arlington, Texas.
He was a fivestar prospect rated the nation’s top dualthreat quarterback in the 247Sports composite rankings. Nix’s father, Patrick, played quarterback for the Tigers from 1992 through ’95.