Alabama Places Six on All-SEC Coaches' Football Team
12/4/2007 12:00:00 AM | Football
Birmingham, Ala. ?? The University of Alabama football team was well represented on the All-SEC Coaches’ Football Team with four first team selections and two second team selections. Sophomore offensive tackle Andre Smith, senior defensive end Wallace Gilberry, senior cornerback Simeon Castille and junior safety Rashad Johnson were voted to the first team while senior wide receiver D.J. Hall and junior offensive lineman Antoine Caldwell earned second team honors.
SEC Champion LSU had a league-high 10 representatives on the 2007 All-Southeastern Conference Coaches’ Football Team, while also leading with seven members on the first team, the league office announced on Tuesday.
Eleven of the 12 SEC schools had a member on the first-team All-SEC squad. Alabama and Arkansas had four players on the first team with South Carolina and Tennessee with three each, while Florida, Kentucky, Ole Miss and Vanderbilt had two.
Florida and Arkansas had the second-most players on both the first and second units with eight each, while Tennessee had seven and Alabama had six. Florida had a league-high six players on the second unit followed by Arkansas, Mississippi State and Tennessee with four. Kentucky and LSU had three each.
Every SEC squad had at least two players represented on the first and second teams.
There were five unanimous selections to this year’s All-SEC squad - Arkansas running back Darren McFadden, Kentucky linebacker Wesley Woodyard and the LSU trio of defensive lineman Glenn Dorsey, linebacker Ali Highsmith and safety Craig Steltz. Coaches were not permitted to vote for their own players, thus a unanimous selection earns 11 of 12 first-team votes.
The All-SEC squad had 13 first-team seniors and 18 underclassmen, including 11 juniors, six sophomores and one freshman. Georgia’s Knowshon Moreno was the only freshman on the first team. On the second team, nine seniors were selected, 13 juniors, seven sophomores and three freshmen. Tennessee defensive back Eric Berry, kicker Daniel Lincoln and Auburn punter Ryan Shoemaker were the freshmen on the second-team. Arkansas’ Felix Jones made the team twice, once as a first-team return specialist and once a second-team running back.
The SEC individual award winners will be released on Wednesday and the SEC All-Freshman Team will be announced on Thursday.
2007 ALL-SEC FOOTBALL TEAM
(*-Ties / #-Unanimous Selection) (Coaches could not vote for their own players)
FIRST-TEAM ALL-SEC -- OFFENSE
Pos.
Name
School
Ht.
Wt.
Class
Hometown
TE
Jacob Tamme
Kentucky
6-5
240
Sr.
Danville, Ky.
OL
Robert Felton
Arkansas
6-4
320
Sr.
Houston, Texas
OL
Andre Smith
Alabama
6-4
348
So.
Birmingham, Ala.
OL
Anthony Parker
Tennessee
6-3
305
Jr.
Jonesboro, Ga.
OL
*Herman Johnson
LSU
6-7
356
Jr.
Olla, La.
OL
*Michael Oher
Ole Miss
6-5
325
Jr.
Memphis, Tenn.
OL
*Chris Williams
Vanderbilt
6-6
320
Sr.
Glynn, La.
C
Jonathan Luigs
Arkansas
6-4
315
Jr.
Little Rock, Ark.
WR
Kenny McKinley
South Carolina
6-0
177
Jr.
Mableton, Ga.
WR
Earl Bennett
Vanderbilt
6-1
202
Jr.
Birmingham, Ala.
QB
Tim Tebow
Florida
6-3
235
So.
Jacksonville, Fla.
RB
# Darren McFadden
Arkansas
6-2
215
Jr.
Little Rock, Ark.
RB
Knowshon Moreno
Georgia
5-11
207
Fr.
Belford, N.J.
SECOND-TEAM ALL-SEC -- OFFENSE
Pos.
Name
School
Ht.
Wt.
Class
Hometown
TE
Cornelius Ingram
Florida
6-4
230
Jr.
Hawthorne, Fla.
OL
Carlton Medder
Florida
6-5
319
Sr.
Clermont, Fla.
OL
Michael Brown
Mississippi State
6-5
300
Jr.
College Park, Ga.
OL
*Ciron Black
LSU
6-5
320
So.
Tyler, Texas
OL
*Antoine Caldwell
Alabama
6-4
288
Jr.
Montgomery, Ala.
OL
*Nate Garner
Arkansas
6-7
318
Sr.
Roland, Ark.
OL
*Mitch Petrus
Arkansas
6-4
300
Jr.
Carlisle, Ark.
OL
*Jim Tartt
Florida
6-3
316
Jr.
Sopchoppy, Fla.
OL
*Garry Williams
Kentucky
6-4
325
Jr.
Louisville, Ky.
C
Fernando Velasco
Georgia
6-4
318
Sr.
Wrens, Ga.
WR
Percy Harvin
Florida
5-11
187
So.
Virginia Beach, Va.
WR
DJ Hall
Alabama
6-3
186
Sr.
Ft. Walton Beach, Fla.
QB
Andre’ Woodson
Kentucky
6-5
230
Sr.
Radcliff, Ky.
RB
Felix Jones
Arkansas
6-0
207
Jr.
Tulsa, Okla.
RB
Jacob Hester
LSU
6-0
228
Sr.
Shreveport, La.
FIRST-TEAM ALL-SEC -- DEFENSE
Pos.
Name
School
Ht.
Wt.
Class
Hometown
DL
# Glenn Dorsey
LSU
6-2
303
Sr.
Gonzales, La.
DL
Wallace Gilberry
Alabama
6-4
264
Sr.
Bay Minette, Ala.
DL
*Quentin Groves
Auburn
6-3
254
Sr.
Greenville, Miss.
DL
*Greg Hardy
Ole Miss
6-5
255
So.
Millington, Tenn.
DL
*Eric Norwood
South Carolina
6-0
258
So.
Acworth, Ga.
LB
# Ali Highsmith
LSU
6-1
225
Sr.
Miami, Fla.
LB
# Wesley Woodyard
Kentucky
6-1
212
Sr.
LaGrange, Ga
LB
Jerod Mayo
Tennessee
6-2
230
Jr.
Hampton, Va.
LB
Brandon Spikes
Florida
6-3
243
So.
Shelby, N.C.
DB
# Craig Steltz
LSU
6-2
209
Sr.
New Orleans, La.
DB
Chevis Jackson
LSU
6-0
184
Sr.
Mobile, Ala.
DB
* Simeon Castille
Alabama
6-1
189
Sr.
Birmingham, Ala.
DB
* Rashad Johnson
Alabama
6-0
186
Jr.
Sulligent, Ala.
DB
* Jonathan Hefney
Tennessee
5-9
185
Sr.
Rock Hill, S.C.
DB
* Captain Munnerlyn
South Carolina
5-9
180
So.
Mobile, Ala.
SECOND-TEAM ALL-SEC -- DEFENSE
Pos.
Name
School
Ht.
Wt.
Class
Hometown
DL
Titus Brown
Mississippi State
6-3
250
Sr.
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
DL
Derrick Harvey
Florida
6-4
262
Jr.
Greenbelt, Md.
DL
Jeremy Jarmon
Kentucky
6-3
268
So.
Collierville, Tenn.
LB
Jonathan Goff
Vanderbilt
6-4
235
Sr.
Lynn, Mass.
LB
Rico McCoy
Tennessee
6-1
215
So.
Washington, D.C.
LB
Darry Beckwith
LSU
6-1
230
Sr.
Baton Rouge, La.
LB
*Jamar Chaney
Mississippi State
6-1
236
So.
Fort Pierce, Fla.
LB
*Dannell Ellerbe
Georgia
6-1
232
Jr.
Hamlet, N.C.
DB
D.J. Moore
Vanderbilt
5-10
180
Jr.
Spartanburg, S.C.
DB
Emanuel Cook
South Carolina
5-11
211
So.
Riviera Beach, Fla.
DB
Michael Grant
Arkansas
5-11
186
Sr.
Stone Mountain, Ga.
DB
*Eric Berry
Tennessee
5-11
195
Fr.
Fairburn, Ga.
DB
*Derek Pegues
Mississippi State
5-10
196
Jr.
Batesville, Miss.
FIRST-TEAM ALL-SEC -- SPECIAL TEAMS
Pos.
Name
School
Ht.
Wt.
Class
Hometown
PK
Colt Davis
LSU
5-9
173
Jr.
Grapevine, Texas
P
Patrick Fisher
LSU
6-5
238
Sr.
Hyattsville, Md.
RS
Felix Jones
Arkansas
6-0
207
Jr.
Tulsa, Okla.
SECOND-TEAM ALL-SEC -- SPECIAL TEAMS
Pos.
Name
School
Ht.
Wt.
Class
Hometown
PK
Daniel Lincoln
Tennessee
6-0
204
Fr.
Ocala, Fla.
P
*Britton Colquitt
Tennessee
6-3
205
Jr.
Knoxville, Tenn.
P
*Ryan Shoemaker
Auburn
6-0
188
Fr.
Birmingham, Ala.
RS
Brandon James
Florida
5-6
181
So.
St. Augustine, Fla.
