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Throughout its illustrious football history, the SEC has boasted 77 first-team All-American defensive backs.
The Alabama Crimson Tide leads the conference with 16 of its own, claiming an All-American as recently as this past season (Landon Collins). No other school can claim more than 9 first-teamers, and only one school failed to claim a single All-American defensive back (Kentucky).
Take a look below at the full list of SEC All-American defensive backs through the years. Keep in mind that players from Missouri and Texas A&M who earned All-America honors before 2012 did not earn those honors while playing in the SEC.
Also keep in mind this list only contains players regarded as first-team All-Americans by the following outlets:
- Associated Press
- American Football Coaches Association
- Football Writers Association of America
- Sports Illustrated
- The Sporting News
- Time Magazine
- Walter Camp Football Foundation
Without further ado, here’s the full list:
ALABAMA: 16
Ed Salem, 1950
Bobby Johns, 1967
Mike Washington, 1974
Don McNeal, 1979
Tommy Wilcox, 1981, 1982
Jeremiah Castille, 1982
Antonio Lagham, 1992, 1993
Kevin Jackson, 1996
Rashad Johnson, 2008
Javier Arenas, 2009
Mark Barron, 2010, 2011
Dre Kirkpatrick, 2011
DeQuan Menzie, 2011
Dee Millner, 2012
Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, 2013
Landon Collins, 2014
ARKANSAS: 2
Jim Mooty, 1959
Martine Bercher, 1966
AUBURN: 6
Buddy McClinton, 1969
Larry Willingham, 1970
Brian Robinson, 1994
Chris Shelling, 1994
Carlos Rogers, 2004
Junior Rosegreen, 2004
FLORIDA: 9
Louis Oliver, 1987, 1988
Jarvis Williams, 1987
Will White, 1990
Fred Weary, 1997
Lito Sheppard, 2000
Keiwan Ratliff, 2003
Reggie Nelson, 2006
Joe Haden, 2009
Matt Elam, 2012
GEORGIA: 8
Jake Scott, 1968
Scott Woerner, 1980
Jeff Sanchez, 1984
John Little, 1986
Champ Bailey, 1998
Thomas Davis, 2004
Greg Blue, 2005
Bacarri Rambo, 2011
KENTUCKY: 0
No first-team All-American defensive backs
LSU: 8
Tommy Casanova, 1969, 1970, 1971
Mike Williams, 1974
Corey Webster, 2003, 2004
LaRon Landry, 2006
Craig Steltz, 2007
Patrick Peterson, 2010
Morris Claiborne, 2011
Tyrann Mathieu, 2011
MISSISSIPPI STATE: 2
Fred Smoot, 2000
Johnthan Banks, 2012
MISSOURI: 4
Johnny Roland, 1965
Roger Wehrli, 1968
John Moseley, 1973
Bill Whitaker, 1980
OLE MISS: 4
Billy Clay, 1965
Glenn Cannon, 1969
Cody Prewitt, 2013
Senquez Golson, 2014
SOUTH CAROLINA: 4
Dick Harris, 1970
Rick Sanford, 1978
Sheldon Brown, 2000
Ko Simpson, 2006
TENNESSEE: 5
Bobby Majors, 1971
Roland James, 1979
Dale Carter, 1991
Deon Grant, 1999
Eric Berry, 2008, 2009
TEXAS A&M: 8
Tommy Maxwell, 1968
Dave Elmendorf, 1970
Pat Thomas, 1974, 1975
Lester Hayes, 1976
Kevin Smith, 1991
Patrick Bates, 1992
Ray Mickens, 1995
Jason Webster, 1999
VANDERBILT: 1
Leonard Coleman, 1983
A former newspaper reporter who has roamed the southeastern United States for years covering football and eating way too many barbecue ribs, if there is such a thing.
