Reebok Preseason All-American Team

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This was on a 'special advertising feature' near the back of my new edition of Sports Illustrated. It calls this the 'inaugural Reebok Preseason All-American Team', selecting student-athletes 'for their performance on the field and overall leadership'. This is the offensive team for the North (one of 6 regions), from the states of IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, ND, NE, OH, SD, and WI. Next week they will have the Defense, and in a few weeks will select 1 national team. Players are listed alphabetically, by position.

'North' Offense

QB - Demetrius Jones, Chicago
RB - James Aldridge, Crown Point, IN (ND verbal)
RB - Chris Wells, Akron (tOSU verbal)
WR - Keven Hagans, Milwaukee
WR - Raymond Small, Cleveland Glenville
TE - Jake Ballard, Springboro (tOSU verbal)
OL - Justin Boren, Pickerington (TSUN verbal)
OL - Aaron Brown, Cincinnati Princeton
OL - Matt Carufel, Forest Lake, MN
OL - Jeff Maddux, Temperance, MI
OL - Connor Smith, Cincinnati Colerain
PK - Greg Zuerlein, Lincoln, NE
ATH- Luke Schmidt, Jasper, IN (ND verbal)

Junior to Watch - Chris Smith, QB South Point, OH

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Here's the defense for the team described above.

'North' Defense

DL - Fritz Bentler, Bettenforf, IA
DL - Jamie Cumbie, Morris, IL (Clemson verbal)
DL - D.J. Jones, Omaha, NE (Nebraska verbal)
DL - Robert Rose, Cleveland Glenville
LB - Tommy Becker, Wayzata, MN
LB - Eric Gordon, Traverse City, MI (Mich St. verbal)
LB - Brandon Graham, Detroit (TSUN verbal)
LB - Ross Homan, Coldwater (tOSU verbal)
DB - Steve Brown, Columbus, IN
DB - Quincy Christie, Pierre, SD
DB - Jayme Murphy, Dubuque, IA
DB - Tony Purvis, McCook, NE
P - Alex Henery, Dubuque, IA

Junior to watch - Ronald Jackson, CB, Muskegon, MI