As you tear out a page in your calendar — and wonder why in 2015 you still have a paper calendar — you realize it’s June and that means preseason awards and watch lists are coming.
Of all the college football prognosticators, none is as accurate or as respected in the industry as Phil Steele, who on Monday released his preseason All-American list.
To little surprise the Florida Gators had one player named to Steele’s First Team All-American Team, cornerback Vernon Hargreaves III. Hargreaves is one of two players in the country (joining Florida State kicker Roberto Aguayo) to be named to Steel’s First Team in consecutive years. Antonio Morrison was named a Third Team All-American as well.
Steele also released his Preseason All-SEC teams, with, again, Hargreaves being the lone first team selection. Jon Bullard and Demarcus Robinson were Second Team All-SEC selections on defense and offense respectively and Austin Hardin and Brian Poole made the Third-Team and Fourth-Team All-SEC list as well.