As you might guess, it takes great players to become among the elite teams in college football. And many of those great college players were outstanding high school players.

USA TODAY High School Sports looked back at the American Family Insurance ALL-USA football teams since 2010 to see how many members will be on the rosters Jan. 1. in the inaugural College Football Playoff. Ohio State faces Alabama in the Sugar Bowl and Oregon plays Florida State in the Rose Bowl.

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Alabama is the leader with 20 selections (11 first-teamers and nine second-teamers; two players were selected twice). The Crimson Tide is followed by Ohio State with 11 (six first-teamers and five second-teamers; one player was selected twice). The Buckeyes’ total includes suspended defensive lineman Noah Spence.

Florida State has seven (three first-teamers and four second-teamers) and Oregon has two (one first team and one second team).

This does not include players who declared early for the NFL draft and would still be in college. Some of these names will be more familiar than others, but all of them were prep stars.

Note: Year listed is the fall of their senior season so a 2010 ALL-USA player would have signed his letter of intent in February 2011.

ALABAMA

2010

First team

Arie Kouandijo, OL, DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.)

Second team

Trey DePriest, LB, Springfield (Ohio)

Jabriel Washington, DB, Trinity Christian (Jackson, Tenn.)

2011

First team

Landon Collins, DB, Dutchtown (Geismar, La.)

Second team

T.J. Yeldon, RB, Daphne (Ala.)

2012

First team

Derrick Henry, RB, Yulee (Ala.)

Robert Foster, WR, Central Valley (Monaca, Pa.)

Grant Hill, OL, Huntsville (Ala.)

Marlon Humphrey, DB, Hoover (Ala.)

Reuben Foster, LB, Auburn (Ala.)

Dee Liner, DL, Muscle Shoals (Ala.)

Second team

Jonathan Allen, DL, Stone Bridge (Ashburn, Va.)

Tony Brown, DB, Ozen (Beaumont, Texas)

Da’Shawn Hand, DL, Woodbridge (Va.)

A’Shawn Robinson, DL, Arlington Heights (Fort Worth, Texas)

2013

First team

Da’Shawn Hand, DL, Woodbridge (Va.)

Cameron Robinson, OL, West Monroe (La.)

Marlon Humphrey, DB, Hoover (Ala.)

Second team

Christian Miller, LB, Spring Valley (Columbia, S.C.)

Tony Brown, DB, Ozen (Beaumont, Texas)

OHIO STATE

2010

First team

Curtis Grant, LB, Hermitage (Richmond, Va.)

Second team

Michael Bennett, OL, Centerville (Ohio)

Doran Grant, DB, St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron, Ohio)

2011

First team

Noah Spence, DL, Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg, Pa.)

Tommy Schutt, DL, Glenbard West (Glen Ellyn, Ill.)

2012

First team

Evan Lisle, OL, Centerville (Ohio)

Second team

Joey Bosa, DL, St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)

Raekwon McMillan, LB, Liberty County (Hinesville, Ga.)

2013

First team

Dante Booker, LB, St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron, Ohio)

Raekwon McMillan, LB, Liberty County (Hinesville, Ga.)

Second team

Demetrius Knox, OL, All Saint’s Episcopal Day School (Fort Worth, Texas)

FLORIDA STATE

2010

Second team

Nick O’Leary, TE, Dwyer (West Palm Beach, Fla.)

2011

First team

Jameis Winston, QB, Hueytown (Ala.)

Mario Edwards, DL, Ryan (Denton, Texas)

Second team

Eddie Goldman, DL, Friendship Collegian (Washington, D.C.)

Ronald Darby, DB, Potomac (Oxon Hill, Md.)

2013

First team

Dalvin Cook, RB, Miami Central

Second team

Demarcus Christmas, DL, Manatee (Bradenton, Fla.)

 

OREGON

2011

Second team

Arik Armstead, OL, Plesant Grove (Elk Grove, Calif.)

2012

First team

Thomas Tyner, RB, Aloha (Ore.)