2020 Preseason All-SEC football teams revealed: Alabama’s roster is stacked

Alabama leads the way with the most selections on the preseason All-SEC teams with 11 while the Florida Gators have a first-team quarterback for the first time in a long time.

The SEC coaches voted on who would make up the three preseason All-SEC football teams. Alabama led the way with 11 players making one of the three teams, followed by Georgia with 10, followed by Florida, LSU and Texas A&M with eight players apiece. SEC coaches couldn’t vote for any of their own players.

First Team Preseason All-SEC

Offense

• Quarterback: Kyle Trask (Florida)
• Running Backs: Najee Harris (Alabama), Kylin Hill (Mississippi State)
• Tight End: Kyle Pitts (Florida)
• Wide Receivers: DeVonta Smith (Alabama), Jaylen Waddle (Alabama)
• Center: Drake Jackson (Kentucky)
• Offensive Line: Landon Dickerson (Alabama), Darian Kinnard (Kentucky), Alex Leatherwood (Alabama), Trey Smith (Tennessee)
• All-Purpose: Jaylen Waddle (Alabama)

Defense

• Defensive Line: Bobby Brown (Texas A&M), Big Kat Bryant (Auburn), Jordan Davis (Georgia), LaBryan Ray (Alabama)
• Linebackers: Nick Bolton (Missouri), K.J. Britt (Auburn), Dylan Moses (Alabama)
• Defensive Backs: Richard LeCounte (Georgia), Jacoby Stevens (LSU), Derek Stingley (LSU), Patrick Surtain II (Alabama)

Special Teams

• Kicker: Brent Cimaglia (Tennessee)
• Punter: Max Duffy (Kentucky)
• Return Specialist: Jaylen Waddle (Alabama)

The Alabama Crimson Tide has eight players making the first team, including Waddle making the list three different times. With star players like Harris, Smith and Moses, no wonder the Crimson Tide are favored to win the SEC this year and contend for a playoff berth.

Second Team Preseason All-SEC

Offense

• Quarterback: Kellen Mond (Texas A&M)
• Running Backs: Rakeem Boyd (Arkansas), Isaiah Spiller (Texas A&M)
• Wide Receivers: Terrace Marshall (LSU), George Pickens (Georgia)
• Tight End: Jalen Wydermyer (Texas A&M)
• Center: Trey Hill (Georgia)
• Offensive Line: Deonte Brown (Alabama), Austin Deculus* (LSU), Brodarius Hamm* (Auburn), Sadarius Hutcherson (South Carolina), Ed Ingram* (LSU), Wanya Morris* (Tennessee), Landon Young (Kentucky)
• All-Purpose: Derek Stingley (LSU)

Defense

• Defensive Line: Malik Herring (Georgia), Dayo Odeyingbo (Vanderbilt), Aaron Sterling (South Carolina), Kobie Whiteside (Missouri)
• Linebackers: Nakobe Dean* (Georgia), Ventrell Miller* (Florida), Monty Rice (Georgia), Erroll Thompson* (Mississippi State), Henry To’o To’o (Tennessee)
• Defensive Backs: Kaiir Elam (Florida), Tyree Gillespie* (Missouri), Israel Mukuamu* (South Carolina), Demani Richardson (Texas A&M), Eric Stokes (Georgia), Marco Wilson* (Florida)

Special Teams

• Kicker: Cade York (LSU)
• Punter: Jake Carmada (Georgia)
• Return Specialist: Jerrion Ealy (Ole Miss)

* = Ties in voting process

The Preseason All-SEC Second Team is littered with Georgia Bulldogs and Texas A&M Aggies. Headlining the Second Team Offense is A&M quarterback Kellen Mond and Georgia wide receiver George Pickens. The SEC Team Defense features the likes of Georgia’s Nakobe Dean, Malik Herring and Monty Rice in the front-seven with Texas A&M’s Demani Richardson in the secondary.

Third Team Preseason All-SEC

Offense

• Quarterback: Bo Nix (Auburn)
• Running Backs: Jerrion Ealy (Ole Miss), Larry Rountree (Missouri)
• Wide Receivers: Elijah Moore (Ole Miss), Seth Williams (Auburn)
• Tight End: Arik Gilbert (LSU)
• Center: Landon Dickerson (Alabama)
• Offensive Line: Carson Green (Texas A&M), Kenyan Green (Texas A&M), Evan Neal (Alabama), Dan Moore (Texas A&M)
• All-Purpose: Jerrion Ealy* (Ole Miss), Kadarius Toney* (Florida), Christian Tutt* (Auburn)

Defense

• Defensive Line: Zachary Carter (Florida), Kobe Jones (Mississippi State), Glen Logan (LSU), Josh Paschal (Kentucky)
• Linebackers: Ernest Jones* (South Carolina), Andre Mintz* (Vanderbilt), Dimitri Moore (Vanderbilt), Nolan Smith* (Georgia), Boogie Watson (Kentucky)
• Defensive Backs: Yusuf Corker (Kentucky), Jaycee Horn (South Carolina), Josh Jobe* (Alabama), Bryce Thompson (Tennessee), Christian Tutt* (Auburn)

Special Teams

• Kicker: Evan McPherson (Florida)
• Punter: Mac Brown (Ole Miss)
• Return Specialist: Christian Tutt (Auburn)

There is a good bit of representation league-wide with the Preseason All-SEC Third Team, but we do need to point out a pair of guys of made the Third Team multiple times: Ole Miss Rebels running back Jerrion Ealy makes it a second time as an all-purpose player. Auburn Tigers defensive back Christian Tutt makes it three times, including as an all-purpose player and a return specialist.

Overall, every team is represented at least once on one of these three teams. However, there’s a reason many people are keen on Alabama and Georgia having such great seasons. It’s because they have more good players than the rest of their SEC counterparts. Though they may not meet for a second time in Atlanta in December, they certainly have the players to get them there.

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