USA TODAY has been honoring the nation's best football teams and players for 30 years, from Rod Woodson and Thurman Thomas to Randy Moss and Adrian Peterson. To celebrate our 30th anniversary -- and the start of another high school football season -- we're excited to unveil the first Preseason American Family Insurance ALL-USA Football Team.
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The 24-man team below was selected by USA TODAY Sports’ Jim Halley, with help from recruiting analysts Mike Farrell of Rivals.com, Tom Lemming of CBS Sports Network and JC Shurburtt of 247sports.com. Some of these names you've probably heard before, others you may not have. All of them have a good chance to earn a spot on the final 2012 ALL-USA Team, but there's an entire season for other players to make their case. We'll be watching every week.
Note: All players are members of the Class of 2013 (seniors) unless noted. Check out stats and highlight videos of this year's team here: Offense | Defense
| American Family Insurance 2012 Preseason ALL-USA Team - Offense | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Ht./Wt. | School | College |
| Cooper Bateman | QB | 6-3/200 | Cottonwood (Sandy, Utah) | Alabama |
| Max Browne | QB | 6-5/214 | Skyline (Sammamish, Wash.) | USC |
| Cameron Denson* | WR/DB | 6-1/175 | Salpointe Catholic (Tucson, Ariz.) | Undecided |
| Robert Foster | WR | 6-3/170 | Central Valley (Monaca, Pa.) | Undecided |
| O.J. Howard | TE | 6-6/226 | Autauga Academy (Prattville, Ala.) | Alabama |
| Ty Isaac | RB | 6-3/215 | Joliet Catholic (Joliet, Ill.) | USC |
| Ryan Switzer | ATH | 5-9/170 | Geo. Washington (Charleston, W. Va.) | North Carolina |
| Kelvin Taylor | RB | 5-11/216 | Glades Day (Belle Glade, Fla.) | Florida |
| Cody Thomas | QB | 6-5/210 | Colleyville Heritage (Colleyville, Texas) | Oklahoma |
| Laquon Treadwell | WR | 6-3/190 | Crete-Monee (Crete, Ill.) | Undecided |
| Laremy Tunsil | OT | 6-6/295 | Columbia (Lake City, Fla.) | Undecided |
| Joseph Yearby* | RB | 5-9/191 | Miami Central (Miami, Fla.) | Florida St. |
| American Family Insurance 2012 Preseason ALL-USA Team - Defense | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Ht./Wt. | School | College |
| Andrew Brown* | DT | 6-4/292 | Oscar Smith (Chesapeake, Va.) | Undecided |
| Reuben Foster | LB | 6-2/228 | Auburn (Auburn, Ala.) | Auburn |
| Da'Shawn Hand* | DE | 6-4/248 | Woodbridge (Woodbridge, Va.) | Undecided |
| Vernon Hargreaves III | CB | 5-11/185 | Wharton (Tampa, Fla.) | Florida |
| Canton Kaumatule** | DE | 6-7/260 | Punahou (Honolulu, Hawaii) | Undecided |
| Leon McQuay III | DB | 6-2/185 | Armwood (Seffner, Fla.) | Undecided |
| Robert Nkemdiche | DE | 6-5/270 | Grayson (Loganville, Ga.) | Clemson |
| Scott Pagano | DT | 6-4/275 | Moanalua (Honolulu, Hawaii) | Clemson |
| Jabrill Peppers | RB/CB | 6-0/190 | Paramus Catholic (Paramus, N.J.) | Undecided |
| Jaylon Smith | LB | 6-3/225 | Bishop Luers (Fort Wayne, Ind.) | Notre Dame |
| Vincent Taylor | DT | 6-3/277 | Madison (San Antonio, Texas) | Oklahoma St. |
| Tim Williams | DE | 6-4/230 | University Lab (Baton Rouge, La.) | Undecided |
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