Chubb & Samuels are SI Preseason All-Americans

Sports Illustrated released their 2017 Preseason All-American Teams, and NC State’s Jaylen Samuels made the 1st Team and Bradley Chubb made the 2nd Team.

Here’s what they had to say about Samuels:

What are we supposed to call Samuels? A freakishly athletic tight end? A gadget wideout? A fullback? Whatever he is, he’s nearly impossible to gameplan for when the Wolfpack offense is feeding him the ball. The 5′ 11″, 223 pound hybrid weapon has tallied 14 receiving touchdowns and 15 rushing touchdowns over the past two years.

1st Team All American

Offense
QB: BAKER MAYFIELD, OKLAHOMA, SR.
RB: DERRIUS GUICE, LSU, JR.
RB: SAQUON BARKLEY, PENN STATE, JR.*
WR: JAMES WASHINGTON, OKLAHOMA STATE, SR.
WR: CALVIN RIDLEY, ALABAMA, JR
TE: TROY FUMAGALLI, WISCONSIN, SR.
OT: CONNOR WILLIAMS, TEXAS, JR.
G: QUENTON NELSON, NOTRE DAME, SR.*
C: BILLY PRICE, OHIO STATE, SR.
G: CODY O’CONNELL, WASHINGTON STATE, RS SR.
OT: ORLANDO BROWN, OKLAHOMA, RS JR.

Defense
DL: HAROLD LANDRY, BOSTON COLLEGE, SR.
DL: ED OLIVER, HOUSTON, SOPH.*
DL: DEXTER LAWRENCE, CLEMSON, SOPH.
LB: ARDEN KEY, LSU, JR.
LB: CAMERON SMITH, USC, JR.
LB: AZEEM VICTOR, WASHINGTON, RS SR.
LB: JEROME BAKER, OHIO STATE, JR.
CB: TARVARUS MCFADDEN, FLORIDA STATE, JR.
CB: JAIRE ALEXANDER, LOUISVILLE, JR.
S: DERWIN JAMES, FLORIDA STATE, JR.
S: MINKAH FITZPATRICK, ALABAMA, JR.
K: DANIEL CARLSON, AUBURN, SR
P: MITCH WISHNOWSKY, UTAH, JR.
ALL-PURPOSE: JAYLEN SAMUELS, NC STATE, SR.
RETURN MAN: CHRISTIAN KIRK, TEXAS A&M, JR.

2nd Team All-American

Offense
QB: Sam Darnold, USC
RB: Royce Freeman, Oregon
RB: Myles Gaskin, Washington
WR: Courtland Sutton, SMU
WR: Richie James, Middle Tennessee
TE: Mike Gesicki, Penn State
OT: Mitch Hyatt, Clemson
OT: Mike McGlinchey, Notre Dame
G: Tyrone Crowder, Clemson
G: Sean Welsh, Iowa
C: Frank Ragnow, Arkansas

Defense
DL: Christian Wilkins, Clemson
DL: Rashan Gary, Michigan
DL: Bradley Chubb, NC State
LB: Josey Jewell, Iowa
LB: Tegray Scales, Indiana
LB: Tremaine Edmunds, Virginia Tech
LB: Malik Jefferson, Texas
CB: D.J. Reed, Kansas State
CB: Jordan Thomas, Oklahoma
S: Armani Watts, Texas A&M
S: Quin Blanding, Virginia

*NC State players in bold
*ACC players in italics