Eight Buckeyes Named to Phil Steele's 2015 Preseason All-American Teams

By D.J. Byrnes on June 1, 2015 at 12:55 pm
Joey Bosa, Urban Meyer, and Ezekiel Elliott
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It's no secret: Ohio State's 2015 roster is stacked, but today we got another example of how many cards are in Urban Meyer's deck.

Football oracle Phil Steele released his 2015 All-American teams, and the Buckeyes lead the way with eight players in the first three teams.

Steele's website lists the full teams, but here are the only names that matter:

BUCKEYES on PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN TEAMS
TEAM PLAYER POSITION
FIRST JOEY BOSA DE
FIRST EZEKIEL ELLIOTT RB
SECOND TAYLOR DECKER OT
SECOND PAT ELFLEIN OG
SECOND ADOLPHUS WASHINGTON DT
THIRD DARRON LEE LB
THIRD VONN BELL S
THIRD JALIN MARSHALL PR

(To those who will inevitably ask: USC's Cody Kessler, TCU's Trevone Boykin, Mississippi State's Dak Prescott, and Michigan State's Connor Cook were the QBs to be named over Ohio State's #QBWeaponX.)

On the All-Big Ten level, it's Ohio State and then everybody else. Fun fact: 29% of Phil Steele's Preseason All-Big Ten team wears the Scarlet and Grey. 

BUCKEYES ON ALL-BIG TEN
TEAM NAME POSITION
FIRST EZEKIEL ELLIOTT RB
FIRST MIKE THOMAS WR
FIRST PAT ELFLEIN OG
FIRST TAYLOR DECKER OT
FIRST DARRON LEE LB
FIRST JOEY BOSA DE
FIRST VONN BELL S
FIRST ADOLPHUS WASHINGTON DT
SECOND J.T. BARRET QB
SECOND JALIN MARSHALL WR & PR
SECOND NICK VANNETT TE
SECOND CAMERON JOHNSTON P
SECOND JOSHUA PERRY LB
THIRD RAEKWON MCMILLAN LB
THIRD ELI APPLE CB
FOURTH BILLY PRICE OG
FOURTH: TYVIS POWELL CB

I guess this means Phil Steele thinks J.T. Barrett starts in Blacksburg, or that he'll supplant the starter with enough time to have an All-Conference season.

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