Alabama is expected to be among the teams challenging for the SEC and BCS championships, and the number of Crimson Tide players selected to the 2011 SEC Coaches Preseason All-Conference Football Team reflects the reasons.
The Crimson Tide led all SEC teams with seven players on the first team offense and defense, including Memphis native Barrett Jones. Vanderbilt’s Chris Mavre, another Memphis product, was selected to the All-SEC first team defense.
Georgia had six players selected to the first team units, while South Carolina had four players and Arkansas had three. Kentucky was the only other school to have multiple players selected to the first team with two.
Nine of the 12 schools had at least one player selected on the All-SEC first team units.
There are six first team selections that were on last year’s All-SEC team which includes South Carolina team mates Alshon Jeffery, Stephon Gilmore and Marcus Lattimore, Kentucky linebacker Danny Trevathan, Alabama defensive back Mark Barron and Georgia kicker Blair Walsh.
This marks the eighth straight year of the SEC Coaches Preseason All-SEC Team. The team is announced each year in advance of the SEC Football Media Days. This year’s event will be held July 20-22 in Hoover, AL.
2011 SEC Coaches Preseason All-Conference Football Team
First Team Offense
TE Orson Charles, Georgia 6-3 241 Jr
OL Cordy Glenn, Georgia 6-5 348 Sr
OL Barrett Jones, Alabama 6-5 311 Jr
OL Bradley Sowell, Ole Miss 6-7 315 Sr
OL Larry Warford, Kentucky 6-3 340 Jr
C William Vlachos, Alabama 6-1 294 Sr
WR Greg Childs, Arkansas 6-3 217 Sr
WR Alshon Jeffery, South Carolina 6-4 233 Jr
QB Aaron Murray, Georgia 6-1 211 So
RB Marcus Lattimore, South Carolina 6-0 231 So
RB Trent Richardson, Alabama 5-11 224 Jr
First Team Defense
DL Jake Bequette, Arkansas 6-5 271 Sr
DL Josh Chapman, Alabama 6-1 310 Sr
DL Malik Jackson, Tennessee 6-5 270 Sr
DL Devin Taylor, South Carolina 6-7 248 Jr
LB Dont’a Hightower, Alabama 6-4 260 Jr
LB Chris Marve, Vanderbilt 6-0 235 Sr
LB Danny Trevathan, Kentucky 6-1 230 Sr
DB Mark Barron, Alabama 6-2 218 Sr
DB Stephon Gilmore, South Carolina 6-1 194 Jr
DB Robert Lester, Alabama 6-2 210 Jr
DB Morris Claiborne, LSU 6-0 177 Jr
Special Teams
PK Blair Walsh, Georgia 5-10 192 Sr
P Drew Butler, Georgia 6-2 214 Sr
RS Brandon Boykin, Georgia 5-10 183 Sr
AP Joe Adams, Arkansas 5-11 190 Sr
