Media Preseason All-SEC Team Announced
Florida and Alabama Have Most Selections
SEC Press Release
July 24, 2009
HOOVER, Ala. -- Defending SEC and national champion Florida Gators had a league-high 12 representatives on the 2009 All-Southeastern Conference Media Days Football Team, while defending Western Division Champion Alabama had eight total selections in a vote of media attending the 2009 SEC Football Media Days, held July 22-24 at the Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover, Ala.
The 64 voters also selected the Gators to play the Crimson Tide in the SEC Football Championship Game on Dec. 5 in Atlanta.
The Gators were on 63 of 64 ballots for the winner of the SEC Championship Game and were on all 64 ballots to win the Eastern Division. Ole Miss was the only other team to receive an SEC Championship vote. Filling out the Eastern Division, Georgia was predicted to finish second, South Carolina third, Tennessee fourth, Vanderbilt fifth and Kentucky sixth.
Florida is the first team to be a unanimous selection to a division since the league started divisional play in 1992.
Alabama had 33 first place votes in the Western Division, while Ole Miss had 16 and LSU had 15. Filling out the votes in the Western Division, LSU was second, Ole Miss third, Arkansas fourth, Auburn fifth and Mississippi State sixth.
Ten of the 12 SEC Schools had a member on the first-team All-SEC squad. Each SEC school had at least one student-athlete on either the first or second team.
Georgia, LSU and Ole Miss each had five student-athletes on either the first or second team followed by Arkansas, Auburn, Kentucky and Tennessee with three each.
Florida had the most first-team selections with eight followed by Alabama with six. Arkansas, LSU and Ole Miss had two each.
There were no unanimous selections on the All-SEC team. The leading vote-getters were Tennessee defensive back Eric Berry (62), Florida quarterback Tim Tebow (61) and Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes (61).
The 2009 SEC Media Days Pre-Season All-SEC Football Team and predicted order of finish is listed below.
2009 SEC FOOTBALL MEDIA DAYS PRE-SEASON ALL-SEC FOOTBALL TEAM
(#-Ties) (Total Votes in parenthesis)
| Pos. |
Name, School |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Class |
Hometown |
| FIRST-TEAM ALL-SEC -- OFFENSE |
| TE |
D.J. Williams, Arkansas (38) |
6-2 |
251 |
Jr. |
Little Rock, Ark. |
| OL |
Ciron Black, LSU (60) |
6-5 |
325 |
Sr. |
Tyler, Texas |
| OL |
Mike Johnson, Alabama (55) |
6-6 |
305 |
Sr. |
Pensacola, Fla. |
| OL |
John Jerry, Ole Miss (49) |
6-5 |
350 |
Sr. |
Batesville, Miss. |
| OL |
Mike Pouncey, Florida (35) |
6-5 |
312 |
Jr. |
Lakeland, Fla. |
| C |
Maurkice Pouncey, Florida (39) |
6-5 |
312 |
Jr. |
Lakeland, Fla. |
| WR |
Julio Jones, Alabama (58) |
6-4 |
210 |
So. |
Foley, Ala. |
| WR |
A.J. Green, Georgia (53) |
6-4 |
207 |
So. |
Summerville, S.C. |
| QB |
Tim Tebow, Florida (61) |
6-3 |
240 |
Sr. |
Jacksonville, Fla. |
| RB |
Charles Scott, LSU (59) |
5-11 |
233 |
Sr. |
Saline, La. |
| RB |
Michael Smith, Arkansas (48) |
5-7 |
176 |
Sr. |
Tallahassee, Fla. |
| SECOND-TEAM ALL-SEC -- OFFENSE |
| TE |
Aaron Hernandez, Florida (18) |
6-3 |
255 |
Jr. |
Bristol, Conn. |
| OL |
Clint Boling, Georgia (12) |
6-5 |
297 |
Jr. |
Alpharetta, Ga. |
| OL |
Trinton Sturdivant, Georgia (8) |
6-5 |
306 |
So. |
Wadesboro, N.C. |
| OL |
Lee Ziemba, Auburn (6) |
6-8 |
285 |
Jr. |
Rogers, Ark. |
| OL |
Zipp Duncan, Kentucky (4) |
6-5 |
291 |
Sr. |
Magnolia, Ky. |
| C |
Josh McNeil, Tennessee (12) |
6-4 |
280 |
Sr. |
Collins, Miss. |
| WR |
Brandon LaFell, LSU (9) |
6-3 |
209 |
Sr. |
Houston, Texas |
| WR |
Dexter McCluster, Ole Miss (6) |
5-8 |
165 |
Sr. |
Largo, Fla. |
| QB |
Jevan Snead, Ole Miss (2) |
6-3 |
215 |
Jr. |
Stephenville, Texas |
| RB |
Mark Ingram, Alabama (6) |
5-10 |
215 |
So. |
Flint, Mich. |
| RB |
Anthony Dixon, Miss. State (5) |
6-1 |
235 |
Sr. |
Jackson, Miss. |
| FIRST-TEAM ALL-SEC -- DEFENSE |
| DL |
Terrence Cody, Alabama (55) |
6-5 |
365 |
Sr. |
Fort Myers, Fla. |
| DL |
Greg Hardy, Ole Miss (53) |
6-4 |
265 |
Sr. |
Millington, Tenn. |
| DL |
Carlos Dunlap, Florida (46) |
6-6 |
290 |
Jr. |
North Charleston, S.C. |
| DL |
Antonio Coleman, Auburn (32) |
6-3 |
250 |
Sr. |
Mobile, Ala. |
| LB |
Brandon Spikes, Florida (61) |
6-3 |
245 |
Sr. |
Shelby, N.C. |
| LB |
Rolando McClain, Alabama (50) |
6-4 |
249 |
Jr. |
Decatur, Ala. |
| LB |
Eric Norwood, South Carolina (38) |
6-1 |
252 |
Sr. |
Acworth, Ga. |
| DB |
Eric Berry, Tennessee (62) |
5-11 |
203 |
Jr. |
Fairburn, Ga. |
| DB |
Trevard Lindley, Kentucky (50) |
6-0 |
179 |
Sr. |
Hiram, Ga. |
| DB |
Joe Haden, Florida (45) |
5-11 |
185 |
Jr. |
Ft. Washington, Md. |
| DB |
Javier Arenas, Alabama (23) |
5-9 |
198 |
Sr. |
Tampa, Fla. |
| SECOND-TEAM ALL-SEC -- DEFENSE |
| DL |
Geno Atkins, Georgia (21) |
6-1 |
290 |
Sr. |
Pembroke Pines, Fla. |
| DL |
Malcolm Sheppard, Arkansas (12) |
6-2 |
280 |
Sr. |
Bainbridge, Ga. |
| DL |
Jermaine Cunningham, Florida (10) |
6-3 |
257 |
Sr. |
Stone Mountain, Ga. |
| DL |
Charles Alexander, LSU (7) |
6-3 |
310 |
Sr. |
Breaux Bridge, La. |
| LB |
Rennie Curran, Georgia (25) |
5-11 |
222 |
Jr. |
Snellville, Ga. |
| LB |
Rico McCoy, Tennessee (4) |
6-1 |
220 |
Sr. |
Washington, D.C. |
| #LB |
Micah Johnson, Kentucky (3) |
6-2 |
258 |
Sr. |
Ft. Campbell, Ky. |
| #LB |
Jamar Chaney, Miss. State (3) |
6-1 |
245 |
Sr. |
Fort Pierce, Fla. |
| DB |
Ahmad Black, Florida (20) |
5-9 |
190 |
Jr. |
Lakeland, Fla. |
| DB |
Chad Jones, LSU (12) |
6-3 |
214 |
Jr. |
New Orleans, La. |
| DB |
Myron Lewis, Vanderbilt (12) |
6-2 |
205 |
Sr. |
Pompano Beach, Fla. |
| DB |
Major Wright, Florida (7) |
6-0 |
200 |
Jr. |
Miramar, Fla. |
| FIRST-TEAM ALL-SEC -- SPECIALISTS |
| PK |
Leigh Tiffin, Alabama (31) |
6-1 |
199 |
Sr. |
Muscle Shoals, Ala. |
| P |
Chas Henry, Florida (43) |
6-4 |
215 |
Jr. |
Dallas, Ga. |
| RS |
Brandon James, Florida (35) |
5-7 |
186 |
Sr. |
St. Augustine, Fla. |
| SECOND-TEAM ALL-SEC -- SPECIALISTS |
| PK |
Joshua Shene, Ole Miss (26) |
5-8 |
170 |
Sr. |
Oklahoma City, Okla. |
| P |
Clinton Durst, Auburn (10) |
6-1 |
192 |
Sr. |
Destin, Fla. |
| RS |
Javier Arenas, Alabama (21) |
5-9 |
198 |
Sr. |
Tampa, Fla. |
* - Unanimous Selections
# - Ties
POSITIONS BY SCHOOL
| School |
1st Team |
2nd Team |
Total |
| Alabama |
6 |
2 |
8 |
| Arkansas |
2 |
1 |
3 |
| Auburn |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| Florida |
8 |
4 |
12 |
| Georgia |
1 |
4 |
5 |
| Kentucky |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| LSU |
2 |
3 |
5 |
| Ole Miss |
2 |
3 |
5 |
| Mississippi State |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| South Carolina |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Tennessee |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| Vanderbilt |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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