9 SEC players named first-team All-American by Athlon Sports
The college football season is right around the corner, and All-American teams are starting to be released.
The latest is from Athlon Sports, which named nine SEC players first-team All-Americans.
To headline the release, Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa was named first-team All-American over Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence. Overall the SEC had the most players (26) listed of any conference. The Big Ten was second with 21 and the ACC was third with 18.
Below are all the SEC players included on all four All-American teams:
First-Team
QB Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama
WR Jerry Jeudy, Alabama
TE Albert Okwuegbunam, Missouri
OL Andrew Thomas, Georgia
OL Jedrick Willis, Alabama
DL Derrick Brown, Auburn
LB Dylan Moses, Alabama
S Grant Delpit, LSU
P Braden Mann, Texas A&M
Second-Team
RB Najee Harris, Alabama
D’Andre Swift, Georgia
AP Ke’Shawn Vaughn, Vanderbilt
DL Raekwon Davis, Alabama
CB Kristian Fulton, LSU
S Xavier McKinney, Alabama
S JR Reed, Georgia
K Rodrigo Blakenship, Georgia
PR Jaylen Waddle, Alabama
Third-Team
OL Tre’Vour Wallace-Simms, Missouri
OL Prince Tega Wanogho, Auburn
CB CJ Henderson, Florida
Fourth-Team
QB Jake Fromm, Georgia
OL Alex Leatherwood, Alabama
DL Justin Madubuike, Texas A&M
LB Cale Garrett, Missouri
CB Cameron Dantzler, Mississippi State
According to SCar fans, Mizzou is overrated. Apparently Athlon sports didnt get the memo. I’m squinting really hard while reading this and still not seeing any Lamecocks on that list.
This just proves my point further, at the end of the season none of these Mizz players will be on the list, because Mizz will still suck and will be proven to be overrated yet again. Tiger TD is one of the biggest dipsh*t’s on this site, like other Mizz fans he has to have fun with the preseason because once the season starts Tiger TD will ghost just like Mizz.
I’m really high on Albert O this year. I think he’s going to be the best TE in the nation and potentially a first round pick next year.
Albert O is really the only Mizz player that has a chance of making the list at seasons end.
How do you overrate a guy that had over 100 tackles in each of the last two years and led the SEC in solos last year?
Easy, he finished 33 overall in solo tackles nothing extraordinary, only 6 of those tackles were for a loss. I guarantee you a LB with more tackles for losses/ sacks will replace Garrett on this list.
Mizzou has been in the SEC for 7 seasons and has finished with a better record than SCar 4 times. Not once have we been as terrible as South Carolina in 2015, with a pathetic 3 win season. Im trying to figure out how you’ve proven a point here… Are you saying that your prognostication about a future event somehow “proves” you are right? You do realize facts don’t work that way, right? The only thing you’ve proven is the effect meth has on the human brain.
So long as the Tigers stay away from rain, they will be fine…
xD
Except you have Tiger TD, you finished below SC last year despite having a better record because Mizz can’t beat SC. That’s why you have to reference 2015. SC is 5-2 against Mizz since Mizz joined the SEC. Simply put, facts prove SC is better than Mizz, perhaps have one of your relatives that aren’t the product of incest losen your foam helmet and explain it to you.
Missed the point Bill. He’s saying since Mizzou joined the SEC they have never had a worse season than SC’s 2015 season.
@gator I haven’t missed anything, Tiger has argued repeatedly that Mizz is a better team, all he has is the 2015 season. Again SC is 5-2 vs Mizz since they joined, and despite his comments about Mizz having a better record last year, they still finished behind SC in the final SEC standings because they can’t beat SC head to head.
We were both 4-4 in SEC play, and Mizzou was better overall. Sure, you won at home in a hurricane on the last play. I guess that proves SCar is just lightyears better than Mizzou, eh? Whatever, pal. You’re really splitting hairs trying establish a pretty weak argument.
No weak argument here, just disproving your weak argument as a measure of success. You tout that better overall Record, but you still finished below us in SEC play because again Mizz has not been able to beat SC in SEC play except for the rare occasion. Fact is SC plays Clemson every year and our cross division rival is a lot more dominate than Mizz’s so overall Record isn’t a great indicator, head to head would be and SC is 5-2 since Mizz joined the SEC, so again to answer your initial question, Mizz has a losing streak against SC because Mizz sucks and SC is just better.
We played bama last year… you played ole miss. Nice try.
You drew Bama one year, we play Clemson every year including last year and our cross division rival is Texas A&M, you have Arkansas, year in year out we have a tougher schedule, so you try again.
I just checked multiple sources regarding strength of schedule for 2018 and Mizzou had a tougher schedule than USC last year. And if you’re talking history here, Mizzou played TAMU as our annual West rival for the first 3 years in the SEC. We won 2 of 3. Remind me, how many times has USC beaten TAMU?? I’ll hold while you check. Keep trying, son.
@tiger TD of course your sos is going to be tougher because Mizz sucks, lol. That means every opponent is tough in your schedule. Other teams bring your strength up while Mizz brings theirs down. And your flex is really saying your losing record against A&M is better than ours, lol congrats I guess. A&M is a better team than Arkansas and Clemson year in year out is better than what Mizz schedules. Also end of argument we own you 5-2 in SEC head to heads, keep trying dumba$$
Like i said, it’s the greatest mystery in sports. You lose to Florida and we demolished them. We win 8 games and you only won 7 with a weaker schedule. Facts are painful, but maybe one day your team won’t be mediocre. You better bring your hurricane to COMO this fall, might be your only chance to win.
Again Mizzou sucks, there’s no mystery there unless you are a dumba$$. Facts are painful, and the fact is SC finished above Mizz in The SEC last year and won the head to head, in a down year for SC. Good luck competing with Vandy, and TN for last place again. Don’t worry SC will make it 6-2 against Mizz in the SEC this year, with a little rain or shine, poot.
God, I am loving these threads.
If Mizzu is better than why did you lose to a mediocre team. Your own words. I’ve already read the weather excuse. Do you have another since both teams played in the same weather.
This is pretty funny watching two fans of irrelevant teams arguing like a couple of little girls over a barbie doll.
@gator I don’t know what Urban Meyer vid you’ve been searching on Pornhub for, but it’s been a minute since your gators have been relevant. Honestly GA owns the east and the rest of the teams are fighting to catch up, we are all fighting over the Barbie doll here
If finishing in the top 10 doesn’t at least make you “relevant” then there is only one or two relevant teams in CFB it seems..
I would argue finishing in the 10 consistently makes you relevant, being a viable threat to win your conference or be in talks for the playoff consistently makes you relevant. GA is finally there, Alabama is there, Clemson is there, Oklahoma is there, Ohio State is still there for now, etc.
What’s consistently, twice?
I think twice in a row would be in the conversation, three times definitely. College football being cyclical and having moving parts such as recruiting cycles and staff changes every few years, it’s safe to say relevance tends to change every 3-4 years, except for elite teams like Alabama and Clemson.
Maybe but Mullen taking UF to a top ten team in his first season is nothing to rag on IMO…
Are we irrelevant? Mizzou was literally 2 last second plays away from finishing 2nd in the East (above Florida) in 2018. Easily should have been 6-2 in SEC play. The untimed down awarded to Kentucky that ultimately gave them the win was one of the most egregious calls ever, and I have a feeling this was one of the exhibits of horrid officiating that led Greg Sankey to bring in consultants to review SEC officiating.
If relevancy refers only to competing for a playoff spot, remind me when Florida was invited to the dance?
Sure.. It’s the refs fault Missouri gets beat..
@bama I agree Mullen at FL is scary, and pulling that off in year one is amazing, but at the same time would we call Washington State relevant, they finished in the top 10 last year, see what I’m saying. Honestly there is one team from the East that is relevant right now and that is GA, until another team steps up and consistently dethrones them IMO. Best of luck in the season Bamatime not that you guys have needed much luck.
You’re still wrong. Relevance changes each year. Last year Kentucky was “relevant” and most likely wont be this year.
@tiger You still here?, I thought you were off somewhere crying about rain or how refs have conspired against you. I’m absolutely right but I’ll play along… Is Washington State a relevant Football program?
They were certainly relevant in the PAC12 last year. They were ranked #7 heading into their last game against Washington, which they lost. I could make an argument for saying they have a good chance to be relevant in the PAC12 again, and likewise for Kentucky in the SEC. But they could lose their relevance by week 3 with losses, just like anyone else.
The fact that CJ Henderson, just tells you the lists are lazy. All they are is taking players from the preseason favorite teams. Hard to understand how a player who gave up 0 touchdowns last year in the nations best conference is only third team.
I agree the lists are lazy. I was halfway wondering why Jaycee Horn wasn’t 3rd or 4th team on this list. That kid is as good a corner as anyone in the conference…
Can I get a fifth team!?!
That would include the remainder of LSU’s secondary.
And Bama’s walkons.
I think twice in a row would be in the conversation, three times definitely. College football being cyclical and having moving parts such as recruiting cycles and staff changes every few years, it’s safe to say relevance tends to change every 3-4 years, except for elite teams like Alabama and Clemson.