The all-county football team looks different.

Even with 300-pound offensive linemen Hezekiah Banks and Daniel Jones on board, the team got smaller.

Recent all-county teams swelled to as many as 37 players, sometimes with a half-dozen running backs and linebackers and sometimes with fewer than the necessary number of offensive linemen required by the rulebook.

Sometimes there was no punter. Sometimes there was no kicker. Both of those are important. It is, after all, football.

This team was chosen by position and is the first All-Rowan County team to be chosen in that manner since 1997. One quarterback, two receivers, three running backs, five offensive linemen, three defensive lineman, four linebackers and four DBs.

Besides the 11-man offensive and defensive units, the team includes three specialists (punter, kicker, kick returner) and one all-purpose player. That’s a total of 26.

Teams in the county use different offensive and defensive alignments. Next season there may be three receivers and two running backs or four defensive linemen and three linebackers, but the plan is for it be a team that could line up and play a game.

The Post received nominations from each high school in Rowan County. The Post sports staff picked the 26 players based on those nominations.

Good players left off. But that’s the case every year. Football in Rowan County is pretty good. Two guys played in the Shrine Bowl this year and 40 players from the six high schools made all-conference teams.