SEC lands 6 on Sports Illustrated First-Team preseason All-American list
By Andrew Olson
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Sports Illustrated unveiled its preseason All-America team on Wednesday, and the SEC East is nowhere to be found.
Alabama and LSU join Oklahoma, Florida State and Ohio State as the only teams with multiple first-team selections. Auburn and Texas A&M each had one specialist named to the first team.
Here are the SEC players named to SI’s 2017 Preseason All-America Team:
Offense:
- LSU RB Derrius Guice
- Alabama WR Calvin Ridley
- Arkansas C Frank Ragnow (2nd team)
Defense:
- LSU LB Arden Key
- Alabama S Minkah Fitzpatrick
- Texas A&M S Armani Watts (2nd)
Specialists:
- Auburn K Daniel Carlson
- Texas A&M RS Christian Kirk
- Ole Miss K Gary Wunderlich (2nd)
- Alabama P J.K. Scott (2nd)
The complete selections can be viewed here.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
