Bowl season isn’t quite over, with the final four College Football Playoff teams competing in the Orange and Cotton Bowls. However, with the non-CFP bowls complete and 45 postseason contests to dissect, there’s no shortage of talent to fill the CFN 2024 All-Bowl Season College Football Team.
2024 All-Bowl Season College Football Team Honors
Bowl Season Offensive Player of the Year: Harold Fannin Jr., TE, Bowling Green
Kyle McCord became the ACC’s all-time single-season passing yardage leader in the Holiday Bowl. Cam Skattebo nearly single-handedly carried Arizona State past Texas in the College Football Playoff. And Jeremiah Smith torched Oregon for a jaw-dropping 7-187-2 receiving line. Yet, no offensive performance embodied bowl season quite like Harold Fannin Jr.’s.
Although the Bowling Green Falcons lost to the Arkansas State Red Wolves in the Ventures Bowl, Fannin did all he could, catching 17 passes for 213 yards (both bow records for a TE) and one score while adding another eight yards on one carry.
Fannin finished the season as the FBS leader in receptions (117) and receiving yards (1,555), with both numbers shattering single-season records for TEs.
Bowl Season Defensive Player of the Year: Jahdae Barron, CB, Texas
Fisher Camac had the sacks.’ Chandler Martin had the tackles. Tamarcus Cooley and Jaylon Jimmerson had the interceptions. But no single defender impacted a game, especially one of such importance, more than Jahdae Barron in the CFP quarterfinal against Arizona State.
Barron led the Texas Longhorns with 11 total tackles from his outside corner position, seven of which were solo. Typically, when a corner has that many tackles, it means he allowed plenty of receptions. But that’s not the case here.
Barron was targeted just four times on 101 total snaps, allowing only two catches for 12 yards. That means nine of his tackles came as a support defender, which is not common from the position.
Bowl Season Special Teams Player of the Year: Blake Craig, K, Missouri
Heading into the final quarter of the Missouri Tigers’ bout with the Iowa Hawkeyes, kicker Blake Craig had yet to attempt a field goal.
Yet, there was no rust when he trotted onto the field for back-to-back 50+ yarders, nailing kicks from 51 and 56 yards out to tie and ultimately take the lead with under five minutes to go.
Bowl Season Head Coach of the Year: Brian Newberry, Navy
The Navy Midshipmen’s history dates back to 1891. Head coach Brian Newberry led the program to just its sixth double-digit win campaign in only his second year at the helm.
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After a 6-0 start, the Midshipmen fell in three of their next four games, putting a 10-win season in jeopardy. But Newberry’s squad rose to the challenge, defeating East Carolina and service academy rival Army to close out the regular season. They had one opponent left: the Oklahoma Sooners.
The SEC squad opened as 9-point favorites in the Armed Forces Bowl. When the dust settled, it was Navy who sat on top. After allowing 14 points in the first quarter, the Midshipmen conceded zero until the final defensive drive. With Oklahoma going for two and the game on the line, Navy did what it did all year: execute.
First-Team All-Bowl Season Offense
QB: Kyle McCord, Syracuse
RB: Rahjai Harris, East Carolina
RB: Cam Skattebo, Arizona State
WR: Jeremiah Smith, Ohio State
WR: Jeremiah Webb, South Alabama
WR: Giles Jackson, Washington
TE: Harold Fannin Jr., Bowling Green
Flex: Blake Horvath, QB, Navy
OT: J.C Davis, Illinois
G: Drew Moss, Colorado State
C: Brady Small, Army
G: Tomas Rimac, West Virginia
OT: Caleb Etienne, BYU
Honorable Mention All-Bowl Season Offense
- Demond Williams Jr., QB, Washington
- Jaxson Dart, QB, Ole Miss
- Bryson Daily, QB, Army
- Damien Martinez, RB, Miami-FL
- Dylan Edwards, RB, Kansas State
- Kevin Davis, RB, Miami-OH
- Kaytron Allen, RB, Penn State
- Lincoln Pare, RB, Texas State
- Junior Vandeross III, WR, Toledo
- Jordan Watkins, WR, Ole Miss
- Matthew Golden, WR, Texas
- Ja’Kobi Lane, WR, USC
- Oronde Gadsden II, TE, Syracuse
- Connor Finucane, OT, Army
- Mitchell Walters, OL, Missouri
- Jacob Gardner, C, Colorado State
- Xavier Hill, G, Memphis
First-Team All-Bowl Season Defense
EDGE: Fisher Camac, UNLV
EDGE: Cashius Howell, Texas A&M
DT: Tim Smith, Alabama
DT: Vernon Broughton, Texas
LB: Red Murdock, Buffalo
LB: Elijah Herring, Memphis
LB: Marsel McDuffie, UNLV
CB: Jahdae Barron, Texas
CB: Jaylon Jimmerson, Sam Houston
CB: Aamir Hall, Michigan
S: Cam’Ron Silmon-Craig, Colorado
S: Adon Shuler, Notre Dame
Flex: Tamarcus Cooley, NC State
Honorable Mention All-Bowl Season Defense
- Derrick Harmon, DT, Oregon
- Darius Alexander, DT, Toledo
- Fatafehi Vailea, DT, North Texas
- Jack Sawyer, EDGE, Ohio State
- JT Tuimoloau, EDGE, Ohio State
- Deontae Craig, EDGE, Iowa
- Colin Simmons, EDGE, Texas
- Eric O’Neill, EDGE, James Madison
- Shaun Dolac, LB, Buffalo
- Chandler Martin, LB, Memphis
- Daveon Crouch, LB, Boston College
- Curley Young Jr., LB, Jacksonville State
- Jackson Woodard, LB, UNLV
- LaMareon James, CB, TCU
- Isaiah Hamilton, CB, Ole Miss
- Jordan Oladokun, CB, Bowling Green
- Jett Elad, S, UNLV
- Jack Henderson, S, Minnesota
- Keyshawn Swanson, S, Western Kentucky
First-Team All-Bowl Season Special Teams
Kicker: Blake Craig, Missouri
Punter: James Burnip, Alabama
Kick Returner: Zavion Thomas, LSU
Punt Returner: Parker Kingston, BYU
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