CBS Sports names 6 from SEC first-team preseason All-Americans

CBS Sports unveiled its 2017 preseason All-America team on Wednesday, and the SEC doesn’t get to claim top conference.

The ACC leads all conferences with seven first-team selections. The SEC comes in second with six picks, headlined by unanimous selections LSU LB Arden Key and Alabama S Minkah Fitzpatrick. Texas A&M’s Christian Kirk made first team as a punt returner and second team as a wide receiver and all-purpose player.

SEC players make for 15 selections in all on the team.

Offense:

• LSU RB Derrius Guice
• Arkansas C Frank Ragnow
• Texas A&M WR Christian Kirk (2nd team)
• Alabama WR Calvin Ridley (2nd)
• Alabama OL Jonah Williams (2nd)
• Florida OL Martez Ivey (2nd)

Defense:

• LSU LB Arden Key (unanimous)
• Alabama S Minkah Fitzpatrick (unanimous)
• Alabama DL Da’Ron Payne (2nd)
• Florida CB Duke Dawson (2nd)

Specialists

• Auburn K Daniel Carlson
• Texas A&M PR Christian Kirk
• Florida K Eddy Pineiro (2nd)
• Alabama P JK Scott (2nd)
• Texas A&M AP Christian Kirk (2nd)

The full team can be viewed here.

Andrew Olson

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.