Kayvon Thibodeaux, Verone McKinley III named AP first team All-Americans

Kayvon Thibodeaux and Verone Kinley III become the seventh and eighth Ducks to be named AP First-Team All-Americans.

With all of Oregon football success, something like this doesn’t happen very often.

Kayvon Thibodeaux and Verone McKinley III became the seventh and eighth Oregon Duck football players in history to be named First-Team All-Americans by the Associated Press.

They also became the second pair of teammates to receive the honor in the same season. Marcus Mariota and Ifo Ekpre-Olomu were honored as such in 2014.

Both Thibodeaux and McKinley were named First-Team All-Pac-12 last week. Thibodeaux led the Ducks with seven sacks and McKinley led the conference with six interceptions.

Thibodeaux has already announced that he will not be participating in the Alamo Bowl and is expected to be an early first-round NFL draft pick. So far, McKinley has not stated his plans for the bowl game and he’s good to go to play against Oklahoma for now.