Five Alabama Football Players Selected to SEC All-Freshman Team
12/12/2019 9:23:00 AM | Football
The Crimson Tide’s five first-year players were recognized for their efforts by the league coaches
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alabama football's Christian Barmore, Christian Harris, Shane Lee, Evan Neal and Ty Perine were selected to the Southeastern Conference's All-Freshman Team, the league office announced Thursday. The team was voted on by the league's 14 head coaches, who were not allowed to vote for their own players.
Barmore worked in 11 games with one start during his redshirt freshman season. The Philadelphia native totaled 24 tackles, including six for loss (-26 yards) and two sacks (-12 yards), to go with four quarterback pressures and a pass breakup. His role expanded as the season wore on, with Barmore accumulating half of his stops across the final three regular-season contests.
Harris saw time in all 12 games, including 11 starts in his first season with the Tide. The linebacker recorded 54 tackles, good for seventh among first-year defenders in the league and notched 5.5 of those for a loss (-12 yards) to tie for fourth in the SEC among freshmen. Lee joined Harris with a standout season after being thrown into the starting middle linebacker role a week before the season opener. The Burtonsville, Md., native accumulated 77 tackles to lead the league's freshmen and added 5.5 for loss (-23 yards) to match Harris at fourth in the SEC.
Starting in all 12 games at left guard, Neal played a prominent role along the Tide's offensive line that only surrendered 12 sacks in 381 pass attempts during the regular season. He helped Alabama's offense rank second nationally in scoring (48.3 points per game), third in passing (343.5 ypg) and seventh in total offense (513.3 ypg) heading into the bowls.
A walk-on, Perine earned the starting job at punter midway through the Tennessee game and never looked back. Since that matchup, the first-year punter has average 44.7 yards per punt, sending 13 boots for a total of 581 yards. He has posted three punts of 50-plus yards and dropped two punts inside the opponents' 20-yard line.
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