The Associated Press preseason All-America teams are out, and LSU put three players on the board with the 2026 season just 18 days away.
Trey'Dez Green led the way, landing on the first team at tight end. Jordan Seaton was named to the second team at tackle, and Ty Benefield earned second-team honors at safety. For a Tigers team already sitting at No. 11 in the AP preseason poll, it’s another sign that the roster in Baton Rouge is packed with recognized talent.
Green’s selection is the headliner. The LSU tight end is heading into Year 3 after arriving as a five-star recruit in the 2024 class, and his first two seasons have already produced 46 catches, 534 yards and 11 touchdowns. At 6-foot-7 and 240 pounds, he now steps into 2026 with Sam Leavitt delivering the ball and a chance to be a major problem in Lane Kiffin’s offense.
“Everything that Coach Kiffin and Coach Weis have told me that they were going to do has happened so far and I'm loving it,” Green told Geaux247 at SEC Media Days. “I'm having so much fun in this offense… This tempo offense is just so unfair for defenses. I feel like when you put me in a different position and I can make plays, it's just unstoppable.”
“It creates mismatches,” Green added. “I get matched up with corners - I get matched up with safeties and linebackers. By us going to tempo, we catch teams off-guard.
Seaton’s rise has been one of the loudest storylines of LSU’s offseason. The Colorado transfer arrived as the No. 1 offensive tackle in the NCAA Transfer Portal, picking the Tigers over Oregon and others.
Since getting to Baton Rouge, he has reshaped his body, dropping more than 20 pounds and cutting his body fat percentage to 17%. That work earned him second-team AP preseason All-America recognition.
“How could you not come here? There's so many things great about this place, not just the history, but what we have now.
I think that's what makes this place great- is what we have now. The work that's going to be put in, like that's all I can preach about, is the work,” Seaton said this offseason.
“That meant a lot for me, but it also showed the dedication he has to not just me, but this program, this state. That's something I value.
I'm a big dedicated guy and once I'm all in, I'm all in. That stuck out but just the place here itself, like everything about this place, it's one of one.”
Benefield has also made a fast impression since arriving from Boise State. The safety brings 187 tackles over the last two seasons and has quickly become one of the most talked-about players on LSU’s roster. He’s known for reading plays early, stepping into traffic against the run, and making his presence felt all over the field.
“You could just see me doing everything. That's the beauty of coach Baker trusting his players and seeing the potential that they have and the athletic ability they have. That's what makes him such a great coach is that he knows guys very well and he knows what they can do,” Benefield said last week.
“But the thing that gets me really going is just making plays for my team, whether it be a tackle, whether it be setting an edge, little things like that.
“But for sure that ball, like I want that ball. I want to go pick that ball off any chance that I get and I will when the time comes. I'm putting in a lot to do that and you guys will see that.”
The AP’s offensive first team also included Mississippi running backs Kewan Lacy and Ahmad Hardy, Indiana’s Carter Smith and Texas’ Trevor Goosby at tackle, Cincinnati’s Evan Tengesdahl and Houston’s Shadre Hurst at guard, Iowa center Kade Pieper, Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith, Miami’s Malachi Toney and Texas’ Cam Coleman at receiver, UCLA’s Wayne Knight as the all-purpose player, and Oklahoma kicker Tate Sandell.
On defense, the first team featured Texas edge Colin Simmons and South Carolina edge Dylan Stewart; Oregon tackle A'Mauri Washington and Oklahoma tackle David Stone; Texas linebacker Rasheem Biles, Auburn linebacker Xavier Atkins and Indiana linebacker Rolijah Hardy; Notre Dame corner Leonard Moore and Georgia corner Ellis Robinson IV; Georgia safety KJ Bolden and Oregon safety Koi Perich; Alabama defensive back Bray Hubbard; and Troy punter Evan Crenshaw.
The second-team offense included Mississippi quarterback Trinidad Chambliss, Miami running back Mark Fletcher Jr., BYU running back LJ Martin, Missouri tackle Cayden Green, LSU tackle Jordan Seaton, Minnesota guard Greg Johnson, Ohio State guard Luke Montgomery, Georgia center Drew Bobo, Texas Tech tight end Terrance Carter Jr., Florida State receiver Duce Robinson, Indiana receiver Charlie Becker, Rutgers receiver KJ Duff, West Virginia all-purpose player Cam Cook, and Mississippi kicker Lucas Carneiro.
The second-team defense listed Minnesota edge Anthony Smith, Michigan edge John Henry Daley, Indiana tackle Tyrique Tucker, Mississippi tackle Will Echoles, Clemson linebacker Sammy Brown, Georgia linebacker Raylen Wilson, Notre Dame linebacker Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa, Oregon corner Brandon Finney Jr., and Alabama corner Zabien Brown.
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