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The 2022 HBCU college football Preseason All-America Team is ripe with talent. Jackson State leads the way with five players named to the team, including quarterback Shedeur Sanders, the HBCU Rookie of the Year in 2021. Sanders was seventh in FCS in completion percentage (.659) completing 272-of-413 passes for 3,231 yards with 30 touchdowns. He also rushed for three touchdowns and threw for 300 or more yards in a game three times.
Florida A&M linebacker Isaiah Land, the reigning BOXTOROW Willie Davis Defensive Player of the Year, had one of the best statistical season’s ever in 2021. The redshirt senior from Buffalo, N.Y. recorded 19 sacks, and 25.5 tackles for loss, leading FCS in both categories. He also registered 43 tackles (32 solo) and three pass breakups on his way to being named the Buck Buchanan Award winner for the best defensive player in FCS. FAMU had three players selected, tied for the next most selections.
Southern also had three players selected including Jason Dumas, a 2021 selection as a member of Prairie View A&M. Defending HBCU champion South Carolina State has two selections.
In total, 17 programs are represented of the 29 selections.
BOXTOROW has administered The HBCU All-America teams since 2007 and the voters are comprised of media members from around the nation that cover HBCU football.
The 2022 HBCU college football All-America Team
OFFENSE
QB: Shedeur Sanders, Jackson State, Soph., Canton, Texas
RB: Gary Quarles, Alabama A&M, Sr., Cottondale, Ala.
RB: Caleb Johnson, Mississippi Valley St., r-Jr., Memphis, Tenn.
RB: J.J. Davis, Norfolk State, r-Soph., Cincinnati, Ohio.
OL: Quindonte Bobo, Bowie State, Sr., White Plains, Md.
OL: Robert Lacey, Tennessee State, Sr., Mobile, Ala.
OL: Dallas Black, Southern, r-Jr.., New Orleans, La.
OL: Mark Evans, II, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Sr., Houston, Texas
OL: Tony Gray, Jackson State, r-Sr., Loganville, Ga.
TE: Kemari Averett, Bethune-Cookman, Sr., Atlanta, Ga.
WR: Abdul-Fatai Ibrahim, Alabama A&M, Sr., Miramar, Fla.
WR: Shaquan Davis, South Carolina State, r-Jr., Summerville, S.C.
DEFENSE
DL: Jason Dumas, Southern, Sr., Vacherie, La.
DL: Jeblonski Green, South Carolina State, r-Jr., Lamar, S.C.
DL: Jordan Lewis, Southern, Jr., Ocala, Fla.
DL: Sundiata Anderson, Grambling State, Jr., College Park, Ga.
LB: Isaiah Land, Florida A&M, r-Sr., Buffalo, N.Y.
LB: Aubrey Miller, Jr., Jackson State, Sr., Memphis, Tenn.
LB: Jacob Roberts, North Carolina A&T, Sr., Charlotte, N.C.
DB: BJ Bohler, Florida A&M, r-Sr., Ocoee, Fla.
DB: Shilo Sanders, Jackson State, r-Soph., Canton, Texas
DB: Brandon Barnes-Brown, Fayetteville State, Gr., Charlotte, N.C.
DB: Omari Hill-Robinson, Bethune-Cookman, Sr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
DB: Irshaad Davis, Alabama State, Jr., Carol City, Fla.
SPECIALISTS
P: Matt Noll, Delaware State, Soph., Robesonia, Pa.
PK: Jose Romo-Martinez, Florida A&M, Gr., Banning, Calif.
PR: Brandon Codrington, North Carolina Central, Jr., Raleigh, N.C.
KR: Isaiah Bolden, Jackson State, Sr., Tampa, Fla.
RS: Brandon Codrington, North Carolina Central, Jr., Raleigh, N.C.
RS: Dayron Johnson, Tennessee State, Jr., Springfield, Tenn.