On the eve of the college football season, it's always fun to recognize Houston-area athletes who are staring on the college landscape.

Some former Bayou City house-hold names have become pillars of their respective teams. Alabama, the No. 2 team in the nation, has a bona fide pro WR in Episcopal's Jaylen Waddle. No. 4 Oklahoma is led by QB Jalen Hurts, WR CeeDee Lamb and LB Kenneth Murray.

No. 6 LSU has a first-rounder in DB Grant Delpit, North Shore's K'Lavon Chaisson and OL Austin Deculus of Cy-Fair.

The University of Houston's D'Eriq King is a legit Heisman candidate coming out of Manvel High School. How about the kickers? Braden Mann and Seth Small both hail from H'Town and are two of the best in the country.

Here is the VYPE All-VYPE College team for 2019.