JACKSONVILLE – Offensive lineman
Clay Webb grabbed a prestigious honor on Friday night, when the Jax State junior was named to the 2023 Walter Camp All-America Team.
Webb, a native of nearby Oxford and the Gamecocks' starter at left guard, was a second-team selection to the 134
th edition of the Walter Camp All-America team, the nation's oldest college football All-America team. Twenty-five players were selected to the first team by the 131 Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors. In addition, 25 players were selected to the Second Team.
The honor comes just four days after he Webb was named to College Football Network's All-America Team, while also being tabbed CFN's National Offensive Guard of the year. He started every game but one at left guard for the Gamecocks in 2023 and was a key piece in an offensive line that led the Gamecocks to fifth-best rushing offense in FBS through the regular season.
Webb led the Gamecocks to an 8-4 record and a 6-2 conference mark in their first season as a member of Conference USA. He helped pave the way for an offense that is averaging 232.2 yards per game on the ground and has run for at least 140 in every game but one in 2023, including seven games with more than 200 yards and a CUSA-record 522 rushing yards against LA Tech.
The Gamecocks are preparing for the upcoming R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl on Dec. 16. They become just the fifth program to play in a bowl in its first season vs. an FBS slate and the first since Marshall in 1997.
The 2023 Walter Camp All-Americans will be honored at the Foundation's annual Awards
Weekend on March 15-16, 2024, in New Haven, Connecticut.
FIRST TEAM OFFENSE
Pos. Name, School Hgt Wgt. Class Hometown
WR Marvin Harrison, Jr., Ohio State * 6-4 205 Jr. Philadelphia, PA
WR Malik Nabers, LSU 6-0 200 Jr. Youngsville, LA
TE Brock Bowers, Georgia # 6-4 240 Jr. Napa, CA
OL Joe Alt, Notre Dame # 6-8 322 Jr. North Oaks, MN
OL Cooper Beebe, Kansas State 6-4 335 Sr. Kansas City, KS
OL Zak Zinter, Michigan 6-6 322 Sr. North Andover, MA
OL Olumuyiwa Fashanu, Penn State # 6-6 317 Jr. Waldorf, MD
C Jackson Powers-Johnson, Oregon 6-3 320 Jr. Draper, UT
QB Michael Penix, Jr., Washington 6-3 213 Sr. Tampa, FL
RB Ollie Gordon II, Oklahoma State 6-1 211 So. Fort Worth, TX
RB Omarion Hampton, North Carolina 6-0 220 So. Clayton, NC
PK Graham Nicholson, Miami University 6-0 185 Jr. Cincinnati, OH
FIRST TEAM DEFENSE
Pos. Name, School Hgt Wgt. Class Hometown
DL Laiatu Latu, UCLA 6-5 265 Sr. Sacramento, CA
DL Jalen Green, James Madison 6-1 245 Sr. Baltimore, MD
DL Jonah Elliss, Utah 6-2 246 Jr. Moscow, ID
DL T'Vondre Sweat, Texas 6-4 362 Sr. Huntsville, TX
LB Edgerrin Cooper, Texas A&M 6-3 230 Jr. Covington, LA
LB Payton Wilson, North Carolina State 6-4 238 Sr. Hillsborough, NC
LB Jason Henderson, Old Dominion 6-1 227 Jr. Dingmans Ferry, PA
DB Xavier Watts, Notre Dame 5-11 204 Sr. Omaha, NE
DB Cooper DeJean, Iowa 6-1 207 Jr. Odebolt, IA
DB Malaki Starks, Georgia 6-1 205 So. Jefferson, GA
DB Beanie Bishop, West Virginia 5-10 184 Sr. Louisville, KY
P Tory Taylor, Iowa 6-4 232 Sr. Melbourne, Australia
KR Jayden Harrison, Marshall 5-11 195 Jr. Antioch, TN
SECOND TEAM OFFENSE
Pos. Name, School Hgt Wgt. Class Hometown
WR Rome Odunze, Washington 6-3 215 Jr. Las Vegas, NV
WR Malik Washington, Virginia 5-8 194 Sr. Lawrenceville, GA
TE Dallin Holker, Colorado State 6-4 235 Jr. Lehi, Utah
OL JC Latham, Alabama 6-6 360 Jr. Oak Creek, WI
OL Clay Webb, Jacksonville State 6-3 290 Jr. Oxford, AL
OL Taliese Fuaga, Oregon State 6-6 334 Jr. Tacoma, WA
OL Luke Kandra, Louisville 6-4 314 So. Cincinnati, OH
C Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia 6-4 310 Jr. New Orleans, LA
QB Jayden Daniels, LSU 6-4 210 Sr. San Bernardino, CA
RB Blake Corum, Michigan * 5-8 213 Sr. Marshall, VA
RB Cody Schrader, Missouri 5-9 214 Sr. St. Louis, MO
PK Jose Pizano, UNLV 5-9 220 Sr. Lehi, UT
SECOND TEAM DEFENSE
Pos. Name, School Hgt Wgt. Class Hometown
DL Jer'Zhan Newton, Illinois # 6-2 295 Jr. St. Petersburg, FL
DL Howard Cross III, Notre Dame 6-1 288 Sr. Paramus, NJ
DL Ashton Gillotte, Louisville 6-3 270 Jr. Boca Raton, FL
DL Tyleik Williams, Ohio State 6-2 290 Jr. Manassas, VA
LB Jay Higgins, Iowa 6-2 233 Sr. Indianapolis, IN
LB Dallas Turner, Alabama 6-4 253 Jr. Fort Lauderdale, FL
LB Danny Stutsman, Oklahoma 6-4 236 Jr. Windermere, FL
DB Kris Abrams-Draine, Missouri 5-11 178 Jr. Mobile, AL
DB Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama 6-1 195 Jr. Birmingham, AL
DB Denzel Burke, Ohio State 6-1 190 Jr. Phoenix, AZ
DB Tyler Nubin, Minnesota 6-2 210 Sr. St. Charles, IL
P Matt Hayball, Vanderbilt 6-1 187 Sr. West Adelaide, Australia
KR Zachariah Branch, USC 5-10 175 Fr. Las Vegas, NV
* - 2022 First Team Walter Camp All-America selection
# - 2022 Second Team Walter Camp All-America selection
About Walter Camp
Walter Camp, "The Father of American football," first selected an All-America team in 1889. Camp – a former Yale University athlete and football coach – is also credited with developing play from scrimmage, set plays, the numerical assessment of goals and tries and the restriction of play to eleven men per side. The Walter Camp Football Foundation – a New Haven-based all-volunteer group – was founded in 1967 to perpetuate the ideals of Camp and to continue the tradition of selecting annually an All-America team.
The Walter Camp Football Foundation is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA). The NCFAA was founded in 1997 as a coalition of the major collegiate football awards to protect, preserve and enhance the integrity, influence and prestige of the game's predominant awards. The NCFAA encourages professionalism and the highest standards for the administration of its member awards and the selection of their candidates and recipients.
