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Former LSU star wide receiver Justin Jefferson made a little history on the professional level on Friday.
Jefferson joined fellow famed Minnesota Vikings wideouts Randy Moss and Cris Carter in an exclusive group of being unanimously voted as a 1st-team Associated Press All-Pro selection during their illustrious careers.
Jefferson was 1 of many former SEC stars to make the NFL’s best-of-the-best 1st-team list.
Joining Jefferson on the 1st team from the conference was: former Alabama safety Minkah Fitzpatrick of the Pittsburgh Steelers; former Auburn kicker Daniel Carlson of the Las Vegas Raiders; former Tennessee and Florida punter Tommy Townsend of the Kansas City Chiefs; former South Carolina kick returner Keisean Nixon of the Green Bay Packers; former Mississippi State interior lineman Chris Jones of the Chiefs; former Alabama interior lineman Quinnen Williams of the New York Jets; former Georgia linebacker Roquan Smith of the Baltimore Ravens; and former Alabama running back Josh Jacobs of the Raiders.
The AP All-Pro team was selected by a national panel of 50 media members.
Clearly, the perennially supreme talent level that exists in the SEC has once again trickled onto many NFL rosters and straight up to the elite level among those professional rosters.
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.