Six months after a record six Alabama football players were named first-team Associated Press All-Americans, six members of the Crimson Tide were named Wednesday to the Sporting News' 2010 Preseason All-America teams.
Running back Mark Ingram, the returning Heisman Trophy winner, was a first-team selection.
Wide receiver Julio Jones, defensive end Marcell Dareus, linebacker Dont'a Hightower and strong safety Mark Barron were named to the second team.
Guard Barrett Jones was a third-team selection.
Ingram became Alabama's first Heisman Trophy winner after rushing for a school-record 1,658 yards and scoring 20 touchdowns in 2009.
Julio Jones has combined for 101 receptions for 1,520 yards and eight touchdowns during his first two seasons at Alabama.
Barrett Jones is one of three returning starters on the Crimson Tide's offensive line.
Barron, Dareus and Hightower anchor a defensive unit that must replace nine starters from a season ago when the Tide ranked second nationally in total defense, scoring defense and rushing defense.
Earlier this month, Ingram and Julio Jones were named to the 2010 Playboy Preseason All-America Team. Jones also was a 2009 selection.
Senior quarterback Greg McElroy was named the winner of the Anson Mount Scholar-Athlete Award by the same publication. Playboy will send a check for $5,000 to the University of Alabama's general scholarship fund in McElroy's name.
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