Sports Illustrated 2017-18 All-Bowl Team

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A bowl season that began with blowout after blowout eventually delivered the goods, rewarding college football fans with the best semifinal in the four-year history of the College Football Playoff and capping off the year with an overtime thriller between two SEC behemoths that refused to back down.

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QB: TUA TAGOVAILOA, ALABAMA (NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME)
A true freshman quarterback who comes off the bench and leads his team to a national title will get the nod in this spot every time. Sent out to start the third quarter in place of Jalen Hurts, Tagovailoa threw three touchdowns, including the winning score in overtime, to help the Crimson Tide erase a 13-point halftime deficit.

RB: SONY MICHEL, GEORGIA (ROSE BOWL)
RB: RASHAAD PENNY, SAN DIEGO STATE (ARMED FORCES BOWL)
WR: CHRISTIAN KIRK, TEXAS A&M (BELK BOWL)
WR: CEDRICK WILSON, BOISE STATE (LAS VEGAS BOWL)
TE: CAM SERIGNE, WAKE FOREST (BELK BOWL)
OFFENSIVE LINE: NAVY (MILITARY BOWL)

DL: DEADRIN SENAT, SOUTH FLORIDA (BIRMINGHAM BOWL)
DL: SAM HUBBARD, OHIO STATE (COTTON BOWL)

DL: DA’SHAWN HAND, ALABAMA (SUGAR BOWL)
Da’Ron Payne earned the headlines with his 21-yard interception return and touchdown catch to put Clemson away, but Hand was instrumental in helping hold the Tigers to 1.9 yards rushing on 33 carries. Hand had five tackles and a sack in the game.

LB: KYAHVA TEZINO, SAN DIEGO STATE (ARMED FORCES BOWL)
LB: SHAQUEM GRIFFIN, CENTRAL FLORIDA (PEACH BOWL)
LB: JAWUAN JOHNSON, NORTHERN ILLINOIS (QUICK LANE BOWL)

LB: MACK WILSON, ALABAMA (SUGAR BOWL)
Pressed into starting duties due to serious depth issues in the Alabama front seven, Wilson played the run and pass equally well in New Orleans, finishing with six tackles (a career high he doubled a week later in Atlanta) and two passes defensed, including a pick-six that helped send the Tide to the national title game.

DB: DAMON WEBB, OHIO STATE (COTTON BOWL)
DB: JULIAN BLACKMON, UTAH (HEART OF DALLAS BOWL)
DB: MARK MCLAURIN, MISSISSIPPI STATE (TAXSLAYER BOWL)
DB: AMIK ROBERTSON, LOUISIANA TECH (FRISCO BOWL)

P: MICHAEL DICKSON, TEXAS (TEXAS BOWL)
K: COLE BUNCE, TCU (ALAMO BOWL)
ALL-PURPOSE: AKRUM WADLEY, IOWA (PINSTRIPE BOWL)

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