As the start of the 2018 college football season draws near the preseason accolades continue to come in for juniors A.J. Brown and Greg Little. Both were selected to the AP All-America team on Tuesday.
Brown, who is on the watch list for the Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Award and Biletnikoff Award, earned first team honors at receiver, while Little was named to the second team as an offensive tackle.
Brown, a preseason first-team All-American by most major publications, finished the 2017 season as the Ole Miss single-season record-holder in receiving yards (1,252) and tied for the top spot in receiving touchdowns (11). He was tops in the SEC and ranked sixth nationally in receiving yards per game (104.3) during his sophomore campaign in 2017.
His six 100-yard receiving games tied for best in a single season, equaling Laquon Treadwell’s mark in 2015. The 2017 Conerly Trophy winner finished third on the single-season record charts in receptions (75).
Little, a junior from Allen, Texas, has appeared in every game at left tackle since arriving in Oxford two years ago. Little already had earned preseason All-America first team honors from the Sporting News and second-team accolades from Lindy’s, Athlon and Phil Steele.
Throughout the 2017 campaign, Little helped protect the Ole Miss quarterbacks that led the SEC and ranked 11th nationally in passing as a unit (328.4 ypg). Little is also on multiple watch lists, including the Outland Trophy, which is awarded to the best interior lineman in college football, as well as the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award.
The Rebels open the 2018 season vs. Texas Tech in the AdvoCare Texas Kickoff, in Houston, on Sept. 1. Kick is slated for 11 a.m. and will be televised on ESPN.
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