With a new record of 243 ballots cast, the members of the media attending SEC Media Days 2013 have compiled their All-SEC Preseason Team, alongside the projected finishing order in both divisions of the conference.
90.7 WVUA-FM’s Baker Leyman, Brett Hudson and Richard Lee will post their complete ballots later. For now, here are the results of voting.
All Alabama players on all three team are in boldface type, with a numbers breakdown at the bottom of the post.
First Team
QB: Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M (on 119 of 243 ballots)
RB: T.J. Yeldon, Alabama (on 221 of 243 ballots)
RB: Todd Gurley, Georgia
WR: Amari Cooper, Alabama
WR: Jordan Matthews, Vanderbilt
TE: Arthur Lynch, Georgia
OL: Cyrus Kouandjio, Alabama
OL: Jake Matthews, Texas A&M
OL: Anthony Steen, Alabama
OL: Gabe Jackson, Mississippi State
C: Travis Swanson, Arkansas
DL: Jadeveon Clowney, South Carolina (on 223 of 243 ballots)
DL: Dominique Easley, Florida
DL: Anthony Johnson, LSU
DL: Chris Smith, Arkansas
LB: C.J. Mosley, Alabama (leading votegetter, on 231 of 243 ballots)
LB: A.J. Johnson, Tennessee
LB: Denzel Nkemdiche, Ole Miss
DB: HaHa Clinton-Dix, Alabama (on 203 of 243 ballots)
DB: Craig Loston, LSU
DB: Loucheiz Purifoy, Florida
DB: Deion Belue, Alabama
P: Kyle Christy, Florida
K: Carey Spear, Vanderbilt
Return: Odell Beckham, Jr., LSU
All-Purpose: Bruce Ellington, South Carolina
2nd Team
QB: AJ McCarron, Alabama (on 67 of 243 ballots)
RB: Tre Mason, Auburn
(tie)RB: LaDarius Perkins, Mississippi State
(tie)RB: Keith Marshall, Georgia
WR: Donte Moncrief, Ole Miss
WR: Mike Evans, Texas A&M
TE: Rory Anderson, South Carolina
OL: Antonio Richardson, Tennessee
OL: Jon Halapio, Florida
OL: Chris Burnette, Georgia
OL: Ju’Waun James, Tennessee
C: Reese Dismukes, Auburn
DL: Xzavier Dickson, Alabama
DL: Ed Stinson, Alabama
DL: Dee Ford, Auburn
DL: Jeoffrey Pagan, Alabama
LB: Adrian Hubbard, Alabama
LB: Jordan Jenkins, Georgia
LB: Lamin Barrow, LSU
DB: Damian Swann, Georgia
DB: Andre Hal, Vanderbilt
DB: Marcus Robinson, Florida
DB: Vinnie Sunseri, Alabama
P: Cody Mandell, Alabama
K: Cody Parkey, Auburn
Return: Bruce Ellington, South Carolina
All-Purpose: Odell Beckham, Jr., LSU
3rd Team
QB: Aaron Murray, Georgia
(tie)RB: Matt Jones, Florida
(tie)RB: Jeff Scott, Ole Miss
(tie)RB: Alfred Blue, LSU
WR: Malcolm Mitchell, Georgia
WR: Jarvis Landry, LSU
TE: Brian Vogler, Alabama
OL: La’el Collins, LSU
OL: Josh Williford, LSU
OL: Wesley Johnson, Vanderbilt
(tie)OL: A.J. Cann, South Carolina
(tie)OL: Zach Fulton, Tennessee
(tie)C: James Stone, Tennessee
(tie)C: Jonotthan Harrison, Florida
DL: Garrison Smith, Georgia
DL: Daniel McCullers, Tennessee
DL: Alvin Dupree, Kentucky
DL: C.J. Johnson, Ole Miss
LB: Ronald Powell, Florida
LB: Tahj Jones, LSU
(tie)LB: Trey Depriest, Alabama
(tie)LB: Avery Williamson, Kentucky
DB: E.J. Gaines, Missouri
DB: Charles Sawyer, Ole Miss
DB: Jalen Mills, LSU
DB: Chris Davis, Auburn
P: Steven Clark, Auburn
K: Zach Hocker, Arkansas
Return: Andre Dubose, Florida
All-Purpose: Loucheiz Purifoy, Florida
Projected Divisional Standings: West Division
1. Alabama (225 1st place votes; 1,681 total points)
2. Texas A&M (11; 1,333)
3. LSU (7;1,324)
4. Ole Miss (883)
5. Auburn (579)
6. Mississippi State (516)
7. Arkansas (488)
East Division
1. Georgia (149 1st place votes; 1,570 total points
2. South Carolina (75, 1,474)
3. Florida (19, 1,300)
4. Vanderbilt (858)
5. Tennessee (694)
6. Missouri (577)
7. Kentucky (331)
SEC Champions Prediction
1. Alabama (182 votes)
2. Georgia (38)
3. South Carolina (18)
4. Texas A&M (4)
5. LSU (1)
School Rankings for Most Players Selected
1. Alabama (16)
2. LSU (11)
3. Florida (10)
4. Georgia (9)
T-5. Auburn (6)
T-5. Tennessee (6)
T-7. South Carolina (5)
T-7. Ole Miss (5)
9. Vanderbilt (4)
T-10. Arkansas (3)
T-10. Texas A&M (3)
T-12. Kentucky (2)
T-12. Mississippi State (2)
14. Missouri (1)
Noteworthy
– Of the 243 ballots cast, 20 of them did not include South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney.
– Johnny Manziel, AJ McCarron and Aaron Murray accounted for 238 of 243 quarterback votes. The other five votes are not known.
– Alabama’s T.J. Yeldon and Georgia’s Todd Gurley combined to receive 427 of a possible 486 votes at the running back position (87.8%)
– Only 12 ballots were cast that did not include Alabama linebacker C.J. Mosley.
– Eleven of 14 schools had a player on the 1st Team. The only three left off were Missouri, Kentucky and Auburn.
– Alabama got 92.5 percent of the vote to win the SEC West Division and almost 75 percent of the vote to win the SEC Championship Game.
