Pat Elflein, Curtis Samuel and Malik Hooker Named First Team All-Americans by Sporting News; Billy Price, Raekwon McMillan to Second Team

By Eric Seger on December 7, 2016 at 2:01 pm
Malik Hooker, Pat Elflein and Curtis Samuel were named first team All-Americans by Sporting News on Wednesday.
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Pat Elflein, Curtis Samuel and Malik Hooker are getting trees in Buckeye Grove.

The three Ohio State stars were named first-team All-Americans by Sporting News on Wednesday. That means each player will get their own tree in Buckeye Grove just south of Ohio Stadium on campus.

Elflein and Hooker were selected at their obvious positions of center and safety, while Samuel got the nod as an "athlete." Guard Billy Price and middle linebacker Raekwon McMillan found their names on the second team. These are the first All-American awards for each player this season.

Elflein received second-team All-American honors last season both from the Associated Press and Sports Illustrated. McMillan was named a freshman All-American by Athlon's, 247Sports and Scout.com in 2014 and earned second-team honors a year ago from the Walter Camp voters.

FIRST TEAM
OFFENSE DEFENSE SPECIALISTS
QB: LAMAR JACKSON, LOUISVILLE DE: DEMARCUS WALKER, FLORIDA STATE K: ZANE GONZALEZ, ARIZONA STATE
RB: DALVIN COOK, FLORIDA STATE DE: MYLES GARRETT, TEXAS A&M KR: QUADREE HENDERSON, PITT
RB: D'ONTA FOREMAN, TEXAS DT: JONATHAN ALLEN, ALABAMA P: MITCH WISHNOWSKY, UTAH
WR: DEDE WESTBROOK, OKLAHOMA DT: ED OLIVER, HOUSTON PR: QUADREE HENDERSON, PITT
WR: ZAY JONES, EAST CAROLINA LB: JABRILL PEPPERS, MICHIGAN ATH: CURTIS SAMUEL, OHIO STATE
TE: EVAN ENGRAM, OLE MISS LB: REUBEN FOSTER, ALABAMA  
T: CAM ROBINSON, ALABAMA LB: ZACH CUNNINGHAM, VANDERBILT  
G: CODY O'CONNELL, WASHINGTON STATE CB: JOURDAN LEWIS, MICHIGAN  
C: PAT ELFLEIN, OHIO STATE CB: ADOREE' JACKSON, USC  
G: DORIAN JOHNSON, PITT S: BUDDA BAKER, WASHINGTON  
T: RYAN RAMCZYK, WISCONSIN S: MALIK HOOKER, OHIO STATE  
SECOND TEAM
OFFENSE DEFENSE SPECIALISTS
QB: DESHAUN WATSON, CLEMSON DE: JORDAN WILLIS, KANSAS STATE K: DANIEL CARLSON, AUBURN
RB: DONNEL PUMPHREY, SAN DIEGO STATE DE: CHRISTIAN WILKINS, CLEMSON KR: T.J. LOGAN, NORTH CAROLINA
RB: SAQUON BARKLEY, PENN STATE DT: CHRIS WORMLEY, MICHIGAN P: MICHAEL DICKSON, TEXAS
WR: COREY DAVIS, WESTERN MICHIGAN DT: DEREK BARNETT, TENNESSEE PR: T.J. LOGAN, NORTH CAROLINA
WR: AMBA ETTA-TAWO, SYRACUSE LB: KENDALL BECKWITH, LSU ATH: CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY, STANFORD
TE: JAKE BUTT, MICHIGAN LB: JARRAD DAVIS, FLORIDA  
T: CONNOR WILLIAMS, TEXAS LB: RAEKWON MCMILLAN, OHIO STATE  
G: BILLY PRICE, OHIO STATE CB: TRE'DAVIOUS WHITE, LSU  
C: ETHAN POCIC, LSU CB: MINKAH FITZPATRICK, ALABAMA  
G: ALEX KOZAN, AUBURN S: QUIN BLANDING, VIRGINIA  
T: RODERICK JOHNSON, FLORIDA STATE S: WESTON STEELHAMMER, AIR FORCE  
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