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Offense
| Pos. | Name | Ht. | Wt. | Cl. | School | Coach | Hometown (High School) |
| WR | Marqise Lee | 6-0 | 195 | So. | USC | Lane Kiffin | Inglewood, Calif. (Serra) |
| WR | Terrance Williams | 6-2 | 205 | Sr. | Baylor | Art Briles | Dallas, Texas (W.T. White) |
| TE | Zach Ertz | 6-6 | 252 | Sr. | Stanford | David Shaw | Alamo, Calif. (Monte Visa) |
| OL | Chance Warmack | 6-3 | 320 | Sr. | Alabama | Nick Saban | Atlanta, Ga. (Westlake) |
| OL | Luke Joeckel | 6-6 | 310 | Jr. | Texas A&M | Kevin Sumlin | Arlington, Texas (Arlington) |
| C | Dalton Freeman | 6-5 | 285 | Sr. | Clemson | Dabo Swinney | Pelion, S.C. (Pelion) |
| OL | Jonathan Cooper | 6-3 | 295 | Sr. | North Carolina | Larry Fedora | Wilmington, N.C. (Hoggard) |
| OL | David Yankey | 6-5 | 301 | Jr. | Stanford | David Shaw | Roswell, Ga. (Centennial) |
| QB | Tajh Boyd | 6-1 | 225 | Jr. | Clemson | Dabo Swinney | Hampton, Va. (Phoebus) |
| RB | Kenjon Barner | 5-11 | 192 | Sr. | Oregon | Chip Kelly | Riverside, Calif. (Notre Dame) |
| RB | Montee Ball* | 5-11 | 215 | Sr. | Wisconsin | Bret Bielema | Wentzville, Mo. (Timberland) |
| Pos. | Name | Ht. | Wt. | Cl. | School | Coach | Hometown (High School) |
| DL | Jadeveon Clowney | 6-6 | 256 | So. | South Carolina | Steve Spurrier | Rock Hill, S.C. (South Pointe) |
| DL | Bjoern Werner | 6-4 | 255 | Jr. | Florida St. | Jimbo Fisher | Berlin, Germany (Salisbury [Conn.]) |
| DL | Damontre Moore | 6-4 | 250 | Jr. | Texas A&M | Kevin Sumlin | Rowlett, Texas (Rowlett) |
| DL | Will Sutton | 6-1 | 267 | Jr. | Arizona St. | Todd Graham | Corona, Calif. (Centennial) |
| LB | Manti Te’o | 6-2 | 255 | Sr. | Notre Dame | Brian Kelly | Laie, Hawaii (Punahou) |
| LB | Jarvis Jones* | 6-3 | 241 | Jr. | Georgia | Mark Richt | Columbus, Ga. (Carver) |
| LB | C.J. Mosley | 6-2 | 232 | Jr. | Alabama | Nick Saban | Theodore, Ala. (Theodore) |
| DB | Eric Reid | 6-2 | 212 | Jr. | LSU | Les Miles | Geismar, La. (Dutchtown) |
| DB | Dee Milliner | 6-1 | 199 | Jr. | Alabama | Nick Saban | Millbrook, Ala. (Stanhope Elmore) |
| DB | Jordan Poyer | 6-0 | 190 | Sr. | Oregon St. | Mike Riley | Astoria, Ore. (Astoria) |
| DB | Phillip Thomas | 6-1 | 215 | Sr. | Fresno St. | Tim DeRuyter | Bakersfield, Calif. (Bakersfield) |
| Pos. | Name | Ht. | Wt. | Cl. | School | Coach | Hometown (High School) |
| P | Ryan Allen | 6-2 | 215 | Sr. | Louisiana Tech | Sonny Dykes | Salem, Ore. (West Salem) |
| PK | Quinn Sharp | 6-1 | 205 | Sr. | Oklahoma St. | Mike Gundy | Mansfield, Texas (Summit) |
| AP | Tavon Austin | 5-9 | 171 | Sr. | West Virginia | Dana Holgorsen | Baltimore, Md. (Dunbar) |