Nine Bama Football Players Named SEC Coaches Preseason All-SEC
7/20/2005 12:00:00 AM | Football
The University of Alabama football team placed nine players on the 2005 Southeastern Conference Coaches preseason All-SEC Football team, announced today by the league office.
The Crimson Tide had five defensive players, three offensive players and special teams member listed on the coaches preseason All-SEC team.
The UA defense, which led the nation last season in pass defense, had three first-team selections, including linebackers DeMeco Ryans (Sr., 6-2, 232, Bessemer) and Freddie Roach (Sr., 6-2, 239, Killen) and defensive back Roman Harper (Sr., 6-1, 197, Prattville).
Defensive back Charlie Peprah (Sr., 5-11, 193, Plano, Texas) was a second team selection, while defensive back Anthony Madison (Sr., 5-9, 180, Thomasville) was a third-team All-SEC pick.
Alabama had three players offensive players selected to the preseason All-SEC squad, including two second-team picks and one, third-team selection.
Center JB Closner (Sr., 6-4, 290, San Antonio, Texas) and tailback Kenneth Darby (Jr., 5-11, 205, Huntsville) were second team selections.
Quarterback Brodie Croyle (Sr., 6-3, 205, Rainbow City) was the third-team quarterback on the preseason All-SEC team.
Return specialist Tyrone Prothro (Jr., 5-8, 176, Heflin) was a second-team team on the special teams as a kick returner.
This is the second year of the SEC Coaches Pre-Season All-SEC Football Team. It is released in advance of the 2005 SEC Football Media Days, which will be held July 27-29, at the Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover, Ala.
Alabama head coach Mike Shula, Croyle and Harper will meet with the media attending SEC Media Days on Friday, July 29 beginning at 8:30 a.m.
The entire listing of the 2005 SEC Coaches Pre-Season All-SEC Football Team is below:
2005 SEC COACHES PRE-SEASON ALL-SEC FOOTBALL TEAM
(*-Ties / #-Unanimous Selection)
(Coaches could not vote for themselves or their own players)
| Pos. | Name | School | Ht. | Wt. | Cl. | Hometown |
| FIRST-TEAM ALL-SEC -- OFFENSE | ||||||
| TE | Leonard Pope | Georgia | 6-7 | 250 | Jr. | Americus, Ga. |
| OL | #Marcus McNeill | Auburn | 6-9 | 337 | Sr. | Decatur, Ga. |
| OL | Max Jean-Gilles | Georgia | 6-4 | 340 | Sr. | Miami, Fla. |
| OL | Andrew Whitworth | LSU | 6-7 | 325 | Sr. | West Monroe, La. |
| OL | *Randy Hand | Florida | 6-6 | 305 | Sr. | Fort Myers, Fla. |
| OL | *Arron Sears | Tennessee | 6-4 | 338 | Jr. | Russellville, Ala. |
| C | Mike Degory | Florida | 6-6 | 306 | Sr. | Palm Bay, Fla. |
| WR | Andre Caldwell | Florida | 6-1 | 195 | Jr. | Tampa, Fla. |
| WR | Courtney Taylor | Auburn | 6-2 | 204 | Jr. | Carrollton, Ga. |
| QB | Jay Cutler | Vanderbilt | 6-4 | 225 | Sr. | Santa Claus, Ind. |
| RB | Jerious Norwood | Miss. State | 6-0 | 202 | Sr. | Brandon, Miss. |
| RB | Gerald Riggs, Jr. | Tennessee | 6-0 | 217 | Sr. | Chattanooga, Tenn. |
| SECOND-TEAM ALL-SEC -- OFFENSE | ||||||
| TE | Cooper Wallace | Auburn | 6-4 | 265 | Sr. | Nashville, Tenn. |
| OL | Tre' Stallings | Ole Miss | 6-4 | 317 | Sr. | Magnolia, Miss. |
| OL | Cody Douglas | Tennessee | 6-4 | 330 | Sr. | LaMarque, Texas |
| OL | Na'Shan Goddard | South Carolina | 6-5 | 313 | Sr. | Dayton, Ohio |
| OL | Zac Tubbs | Arkansas | 6-6 | 358 | Sr. | Cullman, Ala. |
| C | JB Closner | Alabama | 6-4 | 290 | Sr. | San Antonio, Texas |
| WR | Marcus Monk | Arkansas | 6-6 | 224 | So. | Lepanto, Ark. |
| WR | Dallas Baker | Florida | 6-3 | 205 | Sr. | N. Smyrna Beach, Fla. |
| QB | Chris Leak | Florida | 6-0 | 195 | Jr. | Charlotte, N.C. |
| RB | Kenneth Darby | Alabama | 5-11 | 205 | Jr. | Huntsville, Ala. |
| RB | Alley Broussard | LSU | 6-0 | 233 | Jr. | Lafayette, La. |
| THIRD-TEAM ALL-SEC -- OFFENSE | ||||||
| TE | Eric Butler | Miss. State | 6-2 | 246 | So. | Moss Point, Miss. |
| OL | Rob Smith | Tennessee | 6-4 | 306 | Jr. | Fort Thomas, Ky. |
| OL | Jabari Levey | South Carolina | 6-6 | 312 | Sr. | Moncks Corner, S.C. |
| OL | Brian Anderson | Miss. State | 6-5 | 303 | Jr. | Butler, Ala. |
| OL | *Bobby Harris | Ole Miss | 6-4 | 310 | Sr. | Decatur, Ga. |
| OL | *Tavares Washington | Florida | 6-3 | 307 | Sr. | Greenville, Miss. |
| C | Chris McNeil | Miss. State | 6-3 | 294 | Sr. | Petal, Miss. |
| WR | Chad Jackson | Florida | 6-1 | 202 | Jr. | Hoover, Ala. |
| WR | *Glenn Holt | Kentucky | 6-2 | 195 | Sr. | Opalocka, Fla. |
| WR | *Ben Obomanu | Auburn | 6-1 | 198 | Sr. | Selma, Ala. |
| QB | Brodie Croyle | Alabama | 6-3 | 205 | Sr. | Rainbow City, Ala. |
| RB | Thomas Brown | Georgia | 5-8 | 183 | So. | Tucker, Ga. |
| RB | Danny Ware | Georgia | 6-1 | 216 | So. | Rockmart, Ga. |
| FIRST-TEAM ALL-SEC -- DEFENSE | ||||||
| DL | Stanley McClover | Auburn | 6-3 | 247 | Jr. | Fort Lauderdale, Fla. |
| DL | Jesse Mahelona | Tennessee | 6-2 | 297 | Sr. | Kailua-Kona, Hawaii |
| DL | McKinley Boykin | Ole Miss | 6-2 | 285 | Sr. | Bessemer, Ala. |
| LB | DeMeco Ryans | Alabama | 6-2 | 232 | Sr. | Bessemer, Ala. |
| LB | Travis Williams | Auburn | 6-1 | 207 | Sr. | Columbia, S.C. |
| LB | Moses Osemwegie | Vanderbilt | 6-0 | 228 | Sr. | Nashville, Tenn. |
| LB | Freddie Roach | Alabama | 6-2 | 239 | Sr. | Killen, Ala. |
| DB | LaRon Landry | LSU | 6-2 | 187 | Jr. | Ama, La. |
| DB | Jason Allen | Tennessee | 6-2 | 202 | Sr. | Muscle Shoals, Ala. |
| DB | Ko Simpson | South Carolina | 6-1 | 199 | So. | Rock Hill, S.C. |
| DB | *Greg Blue | Georgia | 6-2 | 214 | Sr. | College Park, Ga. |
| DB | *Roman Harper | Alabama | 6-1 | 197 | Sr. | Prattville, Ala. |
| SECOND-TEAM ALL-SEC -- DEFENSE | ||||||
| DL | Claude Wroten | LSU | 6-3 | 293 | Sr. | Bastrop, La. |
| DL | Willie Evans | Miss. State | 6-2 | 259 | Sr. | Waynesboro, Miss. |
| DL | Parys Haralson | Tennessee | 6-2 | 248 | Sr. | Flora, Miss. |
| LB | Omar Gaither | Tennessee | 6-2 | 230 | Sr. | Charlotte, N.C. |
| LB | Antarrious Williams | Auburn | 5-11 | 206 | Sr. | Columbus, Ga. |
| LB | Earl Everett | Florida | 6-2 | 224 | Jr. | Webster, Fla. |
| LB | Kevin Simon | Tennessee | 5-11 | 234 | Sr. | Walnut Creek, Calif. |
| DB | Charlie Peprah | Alabama | 5-11 | 193 | Sr. | Plano, Texas |
| DB | Jarvis Herring | Florida | 5-11 | 201 | Jr. | Opelika, Ala. |
| DB | *Tim Jennings | Georgia | 5-8 | 178 | Sr. | Orangeburg, S.C. |
| DB | *Demetrice Webb | Florida | 5-11 | 190 | Jr. | Jacksonville, Fla. |
| DB | *Travis Johnson | Ole Miss | 6-1 | 191 | Sr. | Shannon, Miss. |
| DB | *Muhammad Abdullah | Kentucky | 6-0 | 205 | Sr. | Folkston, Ga. |
| THIRD-TEAM ALL-SEC -- DEFENSE | ||||||
| DL | Quentin Groves | Auburn | 6-3 | 245 | So. | Greenville, Miss. |
| DL | Kyle Williams | LSU | 6-2 | 295 | Sr. | Ruston, La. |
| DL | Kedric Golston | Georgia | 6-4 | 292 | Sr. | Tyrone, Ga. |
| LB | Pierre Brown | Arkansas | 6-0 | 227 | Sr. | Birmingham, Ala. |
| LB | Brandon Siler | Florida | 6-2 | 230 | So. | Orlando, Fla. |
| LB | Quinton Culberson | Miss. State | 6-0 | 228 | Jr. | Jackson, Miss. |
| LB | *Cameron Vaughn | LSU | 6-4 | 237 | Sr. | Terrytown, La. |
| LB | *Patrick Willis | Ole Miss | 6-2 | 230 | Jr. | Bruceton, Tenn. |
| DB | DeMario Minter | Georgia | 6-0 | 198 | Sr. | Stone Mountain, Ga. |
| DB | Kevin Dockery | Miss. State | 5-10 | 185 | Sr. | Hernando, Miss. |
| DB | *Trumaine McBride | Ole Miss | 5-10 | 180 | Jr. | Clarksdale, Miss. |
| DB | *Anthony Madison | Alabama | 5-9 | 180 | Sr. | Thomasville, Ala. |
| DB | *Ronnie Prude | LSU | 5-11 | 182 | Sr. | Shreveport, La. |
| FIRST-TEAM ALL-SEC -- SPECIAL TEAMS | ||||||
| PK | John Vaughn | Auburn | 6-1 | 201 | Jr. | Brentwood, Tenn. |
| P | Kody Bliss | Auburn | 5-11 | 177 | Jr. | Brentwood, Tenn. |
| RS | Skyler Green | LSU | 5-10 | 195 | Sr. | Westwego, La. |
| SECOND-TEAM ALL-SEC -- SPECIAL TEAMS | ||||||
| PK | James Wilhoit | Tennessee | 5-10 | 198 | Jr. | Hendersonville, Tenn. |
| P | Eric Wilbur | Florida | 6-2 | 192 | Jr. | Winter Park, Fla. |
| RS | Tyrone Prothro | Alabama | 5-8 | 176 | Jr. | Heflin, Ala. |
| THIRD-TEAM ALL-SEC -- SPECIAL TEAMS | ||||||
| PK | *Josh Brown | South Carolina | 6-3 | 203 | Sr. | Clarksburg, Md. |
| PK | *Taylor Begley | Kentucky | 6-0 | 200 | Sr. | Danville, Ky. |
| P | Gordon Ely-Kelso | Georgia | 6-2 | 234 | Jr. | Athens, Ga. |
| RS | Tre Smith | Auburn | 5-10 | 199 | Jr. | Venice, Fla. |
