SEC players on the 2011 watch list for the Chuck Bednarik Award (the nation's top defensive player): Alabama has five players (the most in the country) 5 -- Bama (S Barron, S Lester, CB Kirkpatrick, LB Hightower, LB Upshaw) 3 -- LSU (Baker, Claiborne, Mathieu) 2 -- Arkansas (DE Bequette, LB Franklin) 2 -- South Carolina (DE Taylor, CB Gilmore) 2 -- Vandy (CB Hayward, LB Marve) 1 -- Georgia (CB Boykin) 1 -- Florida (DT Howard) 1 -- Tennessee (S Waggner) 1 -- Kentucky (LB Trevathan) Chris Low's comments: Bednarik list includes 18 from SEC - SEC Blog - ESPN
SEC coaches have released their 2011 Preaseason All-SEC Team: 2011 SEC Coaches Preseason All-SEC Team > SEC > NEWS 1st Team Offense TE Orson Charles, Georgia OL Cordy Glenn, Georgia OL Barrett Jones, Alabama OL Bradley Sowell, Ole Miss OL Larry Warford, Kentucky C Williams Vlachos, Alabama WR Greg Childs, Arkansas WR Alshon Jeffery, South Carolina QB Aaron Murray, Georgia RB Marcus Lattimore, South Carolina RB Trent Richardson, Alabama 1st Team Defense DL Jake Bequette, Arkansas DL Josh Chapman, Alabama DL Malik Jackson, Tennessee DL Devin Taylor, South Carolina LB Dont'a Hightower, Alabama LB Chris Marve, Vanderbilt LB Danny Trevathan, Kentucky DB Mark Barron, Alabama DB Stephon Gilmore, South Carolina DB Robert Lester, Alabama DB Morris Claiborne, LSU 1st Team Specialists PK Blair Walsh, Georgia P Drew Butler, Georgia RS Brandon Boykin, Georgia AP Joe Adams, Arkansas By School: 14 -- Arkansas (3 first team, 5 second team, 6 third team) 13 -- Alabama (7 first team, 3 second team, 3 third team) 9 -- Georgia (6 first team, 3 second team, 0 third team) 9 -- South Carolina (4 first team, 3 second team, 2 third team) 7 -- LSU (1 first team, 4 second team, 2 third team) 7 -- Auburn (0 first team, 2 second team, 5 third team) 6 -- Florida (0 first team, 2 second team, 4 third team) 4 -- Ole Miss (1 first team, 2 second team, 1 third team) 4 -- Vanderbilt (1 first team, 3 second team, 0 third team) 4 -- Miss State (0 first team, 1 second team, 3 third team) 3 -- Kentucky (2 first team, 0 second team, 1 third team) 2 -- Tennessee (1 first team, 0 second team, 1 third team)
Not showing much talent during the start of the year, must be a great coaching job done by this staff...
