Underclass All-American is an honorific for high school and college athletes for excellence in competition.
ESPN HS chooses 25 non-senior high school football players as its Underclass All-Americans.
[4] MaxPreps selects an Underclass All-American team for juniors, sophomores, and freshmen, naming a national player of the year for each grade.
[5] National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's college basketball Freshman All-American teams are chosen annually by rotating selectors.
[8][9] In some years, CFN has chosen NCAA Division I men's college football Sophomore All-American teams.