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Rivals.com All-America Offense

With the regular season over and the final Farrell50 revealed, let’s take one last look at the best players in the country with the Farrell All-American Team.

Today we look at the offense.

MORE: The complete Farrell postseason 50

QUARTERBACK

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Second-team: DeShaun WatsonClemson

Farrell’s take: It was hard to narrow down to just two quarterbacks, but since I had to, Jackson and Watson - who rank No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, on the Farrell 50 rankings, are the choices. Jackson is a former four-star who surprised us at how his speed translated to college and Watson was a five-star by Rivals and Rivals alone.

RUNNING BACK

Second-team: Saquon Barkley, Penn State | Donnel Pumphrey, San Diego State

Farrell’s take: A five-star in Cook and a two-star in Foreman represent an interesting one-two punch at the position. Barkley was a four-star and Pumphrey a three-star, so we have every star represented. Foreman was a throw-in of sorts at Texas to get his brother and turned out to be a star, while Cook split time in high school as a running back but earned his fifth star in our last cycle. Barkley was undervalued a bit and Pumphrey wasn’t on many radars.

WIDE RECEIVER

Second-team: John Ross, Washington | Austin Carr, Northwestern

Farrell’s take: A JUCO four-star and a two-star with academic question marks, you could say that neither Westbrook nor Davis was wanted by many out of high school and emerged as great players. Ross was a tiny three-star and Carr wasn’t even in our database as a FCS kid and FBS recruited walk-on. This is an interesting group

TIGHT END

Second-team: Cole Hikutini, Louisville

Farrell’s take: Engram was a three-star coming out of high school while Hikuntini was a two-star out of JUCO. Engram was far and away the most productive tight end in the country, and Hikutini was also more productive than some of the bigger names, like Jake Butt, Jordan Leggett and O.J. Howard, who had more pre-season hype.

OFFENSIVE TACKLE

Second-team: Ryan Ramczyk, Wisconsin | Orlando Brown, Oklahoma

Farrell’s take: Williams was a tight end up until his senior season in high school but was still a four-star in our rankings, while Robinson was a five-star and one of the most hyped tackles in a long time. Ramczyk’s journey to the Power Five had several twists and turns, and Brown was a three-star who carried too much bad weight despite good bloodlines and some talent.

OFFENSIVE GUARD

Second-team: Billy Price, Ohio State | Quenton Nelson, Notre Dame

Farrell’s take: Feeney and O’Connell were mid-range three-stars while Price was a four-star and Nelson was a five-star, so there’s a good range here. Feeney and O’Connell being on top from non-traditional powers shows that players can develop and emerge from all over the country.

CENTER

Second-team: Tyler Orlosky, West Virginia

Farrell’s take: Elflein was a low three-star and a big surprise here, while Orlosky was a high three-star prospect. Centers usually aren’t ranked as high as tackles and even guards but are harder to find, and these two rose up and proved to be worth a higher ranking.

ALL-PURPOSE

Second-team: Christian McCaffrey, Stanford

Farrell’s take: There are two Rivals100 four-stars here with Samuel as a wide receiver who could play multiple positions as he has done at Ohio State and McCaffrey an all-purpose back we saw as a guy who would be used like Reggie Bush was at USC. Both clearly panned out.

KICKER

Second Team: Gary Wunderlich, Ole Miss

Farrell’s Take: Carlson was a three-star kicker ranked No. 4 nationally at his position out of Colorado in 2013, while Wunderlich was also a three-star but was No. 1 in 2014. Both had amazingly accurate seasons.

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