Alabama Leads Conference with 6 First Team Preseason All-SEC Players

The University of Alabama football team had 12 players selected to the 2015 SEC Media Days All-SEC Team Friday. The list of 12 Crimson Tide players was comprised of six first-team members, two second-team honorees and four third-team selections. The squads were chosen by those in attendance at the conference’s annual week-long media day.

The six members of the first team included: offensive linemen Cam Robinson and Ryan Kelly, defensive lineman A’Shawn Robinson, linebacker Reggie Ragland, defensive back Cyrus Jones and punter JK Scott. Running back Derrick Henry and defensive lineman Jonathan Allen both were selected to the second team, while the four third-teamers were running back Kenyan Drake, tight end O.J. Howard, defensive lineman Jarran Reed and defensive back Eddie Jackson.

Robinson and Kelly return experience on an offensive line that will look to replace three starters from a season ago. Running behind that line will be Henry, the team’s leader with 990 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns last season, while Drake will return for his final year at the Capstone after an injury-shortened season in 2014. Howard will be looked to throughout the season in the passing game as a veteran amongst a young receiving corps.

An experienced defensive squad, Alabama returns seven of its 11 starters from 2014. Along the front, Robinson, Ragland, Allen and Reed make up a potent front seven. Jones (corner) and Jackson (safety) will look to lead a secondary that must replace two starters from a season ago. Punter JK Scott will look to continue his standout performance from a season ago, in which he led the nation with 48.0 yards per kick and a net punting average of 44.7 yards per boot.

Alabama opens its 2015 season on Sept. 5 in Arlington, Texas, as the Crimson Tide squares off with Wisconsin in the annual AdvoCare Classic inside AT&T Stadium. The matchup is scheduled for a 7 p.m. CT kickoff on ABC.

2015 PRE-SEASON MEDIA DAYS ALL-SEC TEAM

(Total points earned in parenthesis)

OFFENSE

First-Team

QB       Dak Prescott, Mississippi State (170)

RB        Nick Chubb, Georgia (189)

RB        Leonard Fournette, LSU (180)

WR      Laquon Treadwell, Ole Miss (169)

WR      D'haquille Williams, Auburn (154)

TE        Evan Engram, Ole Miss (128)

OL        Cam Robinson, Alabama (167)                  

OL        Laremy Tunsil, Ole Miss (159)

OL        Vadal Alexander, LSU (131)

OL        John Theus, Georgia (129)

C          Ryan Kelly, Alabama (144)                 

Second-Team

QB       Jeremy Johnson, Auburn (89)

RB        Derrick Henry, Alabama (151)         

RB        Jonathan Williams, Arkansas (82)

WR      Pharoh Cooper, South Carolina (147)

WR      De'Runnya Wilson, Mississippi State (59)

TE        Hunter Henry, Arkansas (97)

OL       Germain Ifedi, Texas A&M (124)

OL        Dan Skipper, Arkansas (95)

OL        Denver Kirkland, Arkansas (85)

OL        Greg Pyke, Georgia (83)

C          Mike Matthews, Texas A&M (108)

Third-Team

QB       Joshua Dobbs, Tennessee (62)

RB        Alex Collins, Arkansas (80)

RB        Kenyan Drake, Alabama (34)      

WR      Malcolm Mitchell, Georgia (50)

WR      Josh Reynolds, Texas A&M (39)

TE        O.J. Howard, Alabama (87)               

OL        Sebastian Tretola, Arkansas (72)

OL        Alex Kozan, Auburn (69)

OL        Avery Young, Auburn (57)

OL        Brandon Shell, South Carolina (50)

C          Evan Boehm, Missouri (81)

DEFENSE

First-Team

DL        Robert Nkemdiche, Ole Miss (173)

DL        A'Shawn Robinson, Alabama (160)            

DL        Myles Garrett, Texas A&M (155)

DL        Carl Lawson, Auburn (131)

LB        Reggie Ragland, Alabama (181)            

LB        Jordan Jenkins, Georgia (121)

LB        Curt Maggitt, Tennessee (102)

DB       Vernon Hargreaves, Florida (186)

DB       Cyrus Jones, Alabama (126)          

DB       Jonathan Jones, Auburn (122)

DB       Jalen Mills, LSU (118)

Second-Team

DL        Jonathan Bullard, Florida (115)

DL        Derek Barnett, Tennessee (105)

DL        Jonathan Allen, Alabama (99)          

DL        Chris Jones, Mississippi State (93)

LB        Kendell Beckwith, LSU (93)

LB        Leonard Floyd, Georgia (92)

LB        Cassanova McKinzy, Auburn (80)

DB       Tony Conner, Ole Miss (117)

DB       Cameron Sutton, Tennessee (115)

DB       Will Redmond, Mississippi State (79)

DB       Tre'Davious White, LSU (61)

Third-Team

DL        Montravius Adams, Auburn (90)

DL        Jarran Reed, Alabama (60)             

DL        Davon Godchaux, LSU (40)

DL        Marquis Haynes, Ole Miss (34)

LB        Kris Frost, Auburn (77)

LB        Antonio Morrison, Florida (66)

LB        Kentrell Brothers, Missouri (61)

DB       A.J. Stamps, Kentucky (59)

DB       Eddie Jackson, Alabama (58)            

DB       Jamal Adams, LSU (56)

DB       Johnathan Ford, Auburn (52)

SPECIALISTS

First-Team

P          JK Scott, Alabama (161)          

PK        Marshall Morgan, Georgia (100)

RS        Speedy Noil, Texas A&M (117)

AP        Pharoh Cooper, South Carolina (112)

Second-Team

P          Drew Kaser, Texas A&M (92)

PK        Elliott Fry, South Carolina (87)

RS        Pharoh Cooper, South Carolina (75)

AP        Leonard Fournette, LSU (85)

Third-Team

P          Jamie Keehn, LSU (52)

PK        Austin MacGinnis, Kentucky (59)

RS        Leonard Fournette, LSU (66)

AP        Speedy Noil, Texas A&M (84)