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Lamar Jackson, Jabrill Peppers lead SI.com's 2016 Midseason All-America Team

Published Jun. 30, 2017 6:28 p.m. ET

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A lot has changed through half of the 2016 college football season. Among the 26 players to make SI’s Preseason All-America Team, only 11 return to the Midseason All-America Team. Standouts like Louisville’s Lamar Jackson, the only unanimous selection to the Midseason All-America squad, didn’t even make the second team in the preseason.

While Jackson’s rise has gotten plenty of attention as he has helped lift Louisville into the ACC title and College Football Playoff races, some of the other big stars of the first half of the season have flown under the radar. Vanderbilt’s Zach Cunningham has been one of the most consistent playmakers on defense despite the Commodores’ 3–4 record. Arizona State’s Zane Gonzalez quietly set an NCAA record.

Still, on the whole, the All-America Team is dominated by players whose squads are in the thick of conference championship and playoff hunts. Ohio State led all teams with four players on the first team while Alabama, Michigan and Wisconsin each earned two representatives. The Big Ten topped all conferences with 10 of the 26 first-teamers while the SEC got seven, the Pac-12 four, the ACC three, and one each for the Big 12 and the Group of Five conferences.

Find the complete first and second teams below, and for more on the state of the 2016 college football season at its midpoint, check out SI’s Midseason Power Rankings and Bowl Projections as well as Andy Staples’s predictions for when each of the remaining 11 undefeated teams will lose.

*Indicates a unanimous selection

SI.com Midseason All-America Team

OFFENSE

Second Team

Offense

QB: J.T. Barrett, Jr., Ohio State
RB: Jamaal Williams, Sr., BYU
RB: D'Onta Foreman, Jr., Texas
WR: Corey Davis, Sr., Western Michigan
WR: Amba Etta-Tawo, Sr., Syracuse
TE: Jeremy Sprinkle, Sr., Arkansas
T: Connor Williams, Soph., Texas
G: Quenton Nelson, Soph., Notre Dame
C: Frank Ragnow, Jr., Arkansas
G: Dorian Johnson, Sr., Pittsburgh
T: Mike McGlinchey, Jr., Notre Dame

Defense

DE: Ejuan Price, Sr., Pittsburgh
DT: Christian Wilkins, Soph., Clemson
DE: DeMarcus Walker, Sr., Florida State
LB: Tim Williams, Sr., Alabama
LB: Jarrad Davis, Sr., Florida
LB: T.J. Watt, Jr., Wisconsin
LB: Duke Ejiofor, Jr., Wake Forest
CB: Desmond King, Sr., Iowa
S: Justin Evans, Sr., Texas A&M
S: Jamal Adams, Jr., LSU
CB: Tre'Davious White, Sr., LSU

Special Teams

K: Jake Elliott, Sr., Memphis
P: Johnny Townsend, Jr., Florida
R: Adoree' Jackson, Jr., USC
AP: Christian McCaffrey, Jr., Stanford

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