13 Gators earn AP All-SEC Honors
Monday, December 8, 2008 | Football
The University of Florida football team had four players earn first-team All-SEC Honors, announced Monday by the Associated Press. Junior all-purpose player Percy Harvin (Virginia Beach, Va.), junior quarterback Tim Tebow (Jacksonville, Fla.) and senior offensive lineman Phil Trautwein (Voorhees, N.J.) were named to the first-team offense. Junior linebacker Brandon Spikes (Shelby, N.C.) was a unanimous selection to the first-team defense.
In addition to being a unanimous first-team selection, Tebow was named the SEC Offensive Player of the Year. Harvin was also named to the second-team as a wide receiver. Joining Harvin on the second-team are junior defensive end Jermaine Cunningham (Stone Mountain, Ga.), sophomore defensive end Carlos Dunlap (North Charleston, S.C.) and sophomore cornerback Joe Haden (Ft. Washington, Md.).
Earning Honorable Mention honors are junior all-purpose player Brandon James (St. Augustine, Fla.), senior kicker Jonathan Phillips (Wellington, Fla.), sophomore center Maurkice Pouncey (Lakeland, Fla.), sophomore offensive lineman Mike Pouncey (Lakeland, Fla.), senior offensive lineman Jason Watkins (Lakeland, Fla.) and sophomore safety Ahmad Black (Lakeland, Fla.).
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| *unanimous selection | |||||
| FIRST TEAM | |||||
| OFFENSE | Name | School | Height | Weight | Class |
| WR | Brandon LaFell | LSU | 6-3 | 209 | Jr. |
| WR | A.J. Green | Georgia | 6-4 | 200 | Fr. |
| OL | Michael Oher* | Mississippi | 6-5 | 318 | Sr. |
| OL | Andre Smith* | Alabama | 6-5 | 330 | Jr. |
| OL | Phil Trautwein | Florida | 6-6 | 310 | Sr. |
| OL | Clint Boling | Georgia | 6-5 | 286 | So. |
| OL | Herman Johnson | LSU | 6-7 | 375 | Sr. |
| C | Antoine Caldwell | Alabama | 6-3 | 305 | Sr. |
| TE | D.J. Williams | Arkansas | 6-2 | 250 | So. |
| QB | Tim Tebow* | Florida | 6-3 | 240 | Jr. |
| RB | Knowshon Moreno* | Georgia | 5-11 | 208 | So. |
| RB | Glen Coffee | Alabama | 6-1 | 198 | Jr. |
| K | Joshua Shene | Mississippi | 5-8 | 170 | Jr. |
| All-Purpose | Percy Harvin | Florida | 5-11 | 195 | Jr. |
| DEFENSE | Name | School | Height | Weight | Class |
| DE | Rahim Alem | LSU | 6-3 | 254 | Jr. |
| DE | Antonio Coleman | Auburn | 6-3 | 250 | Jr. |
| DT | Terrence Cody | Alabama | 6-5 | 365 | Jr. |
| DT | Peria Jerry | Mississippi | 6-2 | 290 | Sr. |
| LB | Brandon Spikes* | Florida | 6-3 | 245 | Jr. |
| LB | Rolando McClain | Alabama | 6-4 | 249 | So. |
| LB | Eric Norwood | South Carolina | 6-1 | 253 | Jr. |
| CB | Trevard Lindley | Kentucky | 6-0 | 175 | Jr. |
| CB | D.J. Moore | Vanderbilt | 5-10 | 182 | Jr. |
| S | Rashad Johnson* | Alabama | 6-0 | 186 | Sr. |
| S | Eric Berry | Tennessee | 5-11 | 195 | So. |
| P | Tim Masthay | Kentucky | 6-2 | 203 | Sr. |
| SECOND TEAM | |||||
| OFFENSE | Name | School | Height | Weight | Class |
| WR | Percy Harvin | Florida | 5-11 | 195 | Jr. |
| WR | Julio Jones | Alabama | 6-4 | 210 | Fr. |
| WR | Mohamed Massaquoi | Georgia | 6-2 | 204 | Sr. |
| OL | Garry Williams | Kentucky | 6-3 | 300 | Sr. |
| OL | Ciron Black | LSU | 6-5 | 325 | Jr. |
| OL | Mike Johnson | Alabama | 6-6 | 299 | Jr. |
| OL | Anthony Parker | Tennessee | 6-3 | 300 | Sr. |
| C | Jonathan Luigs | Arkansas | 6-4 | 314 | Sr. |
| TE | Jared Cook | South Carolina | 6-5 | 240 | Jr. |
| QB | Matthew Stafford | Georgia | 6-3 | 228 | Jr. |
| RB | Michael Smith | Arkansas | 5-7 | 173 | Jr. |
| RB | Charles Scott | LSU | 5-11 | 233 | Jr. |
| K | Colt David | LSU | 5-9 | 172 | Sr. |
| All-Purpose | Dexter McCluster | Mississippi | 5-8 | 165 | Jr. |
| DEFENSE | Name | School | Height | Weight | Class |
| DE | Robert Ayers | Tennessee | 6-3 | 270 | Jr. |
| DE | Jermaine Cunningham | Florida | 6-3 | 250 | Jr. |
| DE | Carlos Dunlap | Florida | 6-6 | 290 | So. |
| DE | Tyson Jackson | LSU | 6-5 | 290 | Sr. |
| DT | Malcolm Sheppard | Arkansas | 6-3 | 277 | Jr. |
| DT | Myron Pryor | Kentucky | 6-1 | 310 | Sr. |
| LB | Dominic Douglas | Mississippi St. | 6-2 | 235 | Sr. |
| LB | Rennie Curran | Georgia | 5-11 | 228 | So. |
| LB | Darry Beckwith | LSU | 6-1 | 232 | Sr. |
| LB | Patrick Benoist | Vanderbilt | 6-0 | 222 | Jr. |
| CB | Javier Arenas | Alabama | 5-9 | 198 | Jr. |
| CB | Joe Haden | Florida | 5-11 | 185 | So. |
| S | Emanuel Cook | South Carolina | 5-10 | 203 | Jr. |
| S | Reshad Jones | Georgia | 6-2 | 212 | So. |
| P | Jeremy Davis | Arkansas | 5-9 | 206 | Sr. |
| P | Brian Mimbs | Georgia | 5-11 | 209 | Sr. |
| HONORABLE MENTION | |||||
| OFFENSE | Name | School | Height | Weight | Class |
| All-Purpose | Brandon James | Florida | 5-7 | 186 | Jr. |
| WR | Kenny McKinley | South Carolina | 6-0 | 187 | Sr. |
| K | Jonathan Phillips | Florida | 5-10 | 210 | Sr. |
| C | Maurkice Pouncey | Florida | 6-5 | 312 | So. |
| OL | Mike Pouncey | Florida | 6-5 | 312 | So. |
| QB | Jevan Snead | Mississippi | 6-3 | 215 | So. |
| K | Ryan Succop | South Carolina | 6-3 | 221 | Sr. |
| OL | Jason Watkins | Florida | 6-6 | 310 | Sr. |
| DEFENSE | Name | School | Height | Weight | Class |
| S | Ahmad Black | Florida | 5-9 | 190 | So. |
| DE | Greg Hardy | Mississippi | 6-4 | 265 | Jr. |
| DE | Jeremy Jarmon | Kentucky | 6-3 | 277 | Jr. |
| LB | Micah Johnson | Kentucky | 6-2 | 250 | Jr. |
| DT | Sen'Derrick Marks | Auburn | 6-2 | 296 | Jr. |
| DT | Lawon Scott | Mississippi | 6-1 | 322 | So. |
| OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR | |||||
| Tim Tebow | Florida | ||||
| DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR | |||||
| Eric Berry | Tennessee | ||||
| COACH OF THE YEAR | |||||
| Nick Saban | Alabama | ||||
| FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR | |||||
| Julio Jones | Alabama | ||||
