Notre Dame's Joe Alt, Xavier Watts named to Walter Camp All-America team
Somehow Notre Dame junior offensive tackle Joe Alt got overlooked for both the Lombardi and Outland awards, the latter being given out on Friday night.
The Walter Camp Foundation didn’t miss.
Both Alt and Irish senior safety Xavier Watts were named first-team All-Americans Friday by the Walter Camp Foundation. Grad senior nose guard Howard Cross III made the second team.
There have been several All-America teams that have been released in the past few days, but the Walter Camp team is one of the five that counts toward consensus and unanimous All-America honors. Players who are first-teamers on at least three of the five clinch consensus stats.
They must be first-teamers on all five for unanimous All-America honors. The other teams in play are the to-be-announced teams from the Associated Press, American Football Coaches Association, Football Writers Association of America and The Sporting News.
2023 WALTER CAMP ALL-AMERICA TEAMS
FIRST TEAM OFFENSE
Pos. Name, School Ht Wt. Class Hometown
WR Marvin Harrison, Jr., Ohio State * 6-4 205 Jr. Philadelphia, PA
WR Malik Nabers, LSU 6-0 200 Jr. Youngsville, LA
TE Brock Bowers, Georgia # 6-4 240 Jr. Napa, CA
OL Joe Alt, Notre Dame # 6-8 322 Jr. North Oaks, MN
OL Cooper Beebe, Kansas State 6-4 335 Sr. Kansas City, KS
OL Zak Zinter, Michigan 6-6 322 Sr. North Andover, MA
OL Olumuyiwa Fashanu, Penn State # 6-6 317 Jr. Waldorf, MD
C Jackson Powers-Johnson, Oregon 6-3 320 Jr. Draper, UT
QB Michael Penix, Jr., Washington 6-3 213 Sr. Tampa, FL
RB Ollie Gordon II, Oklahoma State 6-1 211 Soph. Fort Worth, TX
RB Omarion Hampton, North Carolina 6-0 220 Soph. Clayton, NC
PK Graham Nicholson, Miami University 6-0 185 Jr. Cincinnati, OH
FIRST TEAM DEFENSE
Pos. Name, School Ht Wt. Class Hometown
DL Laiatu Latu, UCLA 6-5 265 Sr. Sacramento, CA
DL Jalen Green, James Madison 6-1 245 Sr. Baltimore, MD
DL Jonah Elliss, Utah 6-2 246 Jr. Moscow, ID
DL T’Vondre Sweat, Texas 6-4 362 Sr. Huntsville, TX
LB Edgerrin Cooper, Texas A&M 6-3 230 Jr. Covington, LA
LB Payton Wilson, North Carolina State 6-4 238 Sr. Hillsborough, NC
LB Jason Henderson, Old Dominion 6-1 227 Jr. Dingmans Ferry, PA
DB Xavier Watts, Notre Dame 5-11 204 Sr. Omaha, NE
DB Cooper DeJean, Iowa 6-1 207 Jr. Odebolt, IA
DB Malaki Starks, Georgia 6-1 205 Soph. Jefferson, GA
DB Beanie Bishop, West Virginia 5-10 184 Sr. Louisville, KY
P Tory Taylor, Iowa 6-4 232 Sr. Melbourne, Australia
KR Jayden Harrison, Marshall 5-11 195 Jr. Antioch, TN
SECOND TEAM OFFENSE
Pos. Name, School Ht Wt. Class Hometown
WR Rome Odunze, Washington 6-3 215 Jr. Las Vegas, NV
WR Malik Washington, Virginia 5-8 194 Sr. Lawrenceville, GA
TE Dallin Holker, Colorado State 6-4 235 Jr. Lehi, Utah
OL JC Latham, Alabama 6-6 360 Jr. Oak Creek, WI
OL Clay Webb, Jacksonville State 6-3 290 Jr. Oxford, AL
OL Taliese Fuaga, Oregon State 6-6 334 Jr. Tacoma, WA
OL Luke Kandra, Louisville 6-4 314 Soph. Cincinnati, OH
C Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia 6-4 310 Jr. New Orleans, LA
QB Jayden Daniels, LSU 6-4 210 Sr. San Bernardino, CA
RB Blake Corum, Michigan * 5-8 213 Sr. Marshall, VA
RB Cody Schrader, Missouri 5-9 214 Sr. St. Louis, MO
PK Jose Pizano, UNLV 5-9 220 Sr. Lehi, UT
SECOND TEAM DEFENSE
Pos. Name, School Ht Wt. Class Hometown
DL Jer’Zhan Newton, Illinois # 6-2 295 Jr.. St. Petersburg, FL
DL Howard Cross III, Notre Dame 6-1 288 Sr. Paramus, NJ
DL Ashton Gillotte, Louisville 6-3 270 Jr. Boca Raton, FL
DL Tyleik Williams, Ohio State 6-2 290 Jr. Manassas, VA
LB Jay Higgins, Iowa 6-2 233 Sr. Indianapolis, IN
LB Dallas Turner, Alabama 6-4 253 Jr. Fort Lauderdale, FL
LB Danny Stutsman, Oklahoma 6-4 236 Jr. Windermere, FL
DB Kris Abrams-Draine, Missouri 5-11 178 Jr. Mobile, AL
DB Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama 6-1 195 Jr. Birmingham, AL
DB Denzel Burke, Ohio State 6-1 190 Jr. Phoenix, AZ
DB Tyler Nubin, Minnesota 6-2 210 Sr. St. Charles, IL
P Matt Hayball, Vanderbilt 6-1 187 Sr. West Adelaide, Australia
KR Zachariah Branch, USC 5-10 175 Fr. Las Vegas, NV
* – 2022 First Team Walter Camp All-America selection
# – 2022 Second Team Walter Camp All-America selection