Nine UF Football Players Highlight 2009 All-SEC Coaches' Team
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 | Football
Led by seven first-team All-SEC selections, a total of nine University of Florida football players were named to the 2009 All-SEC team, voted on by the league's head coaches, announced Tuesday afternoon. Eleven of the 12 SEC schools had a member on the first-team All-SEC squad and every league institution had at least two players represented on both the first and second teams.
There were only three unanimous selections to this year's All-SEC squad - Florida senior quarterback Tim Tebow (Jacksonville, Fla.), Alabama running back Mark Ingram and Crimson Tide linebacker Rolando McClain. Tebow's honor marked his third straight year as a first-team selection. Coaches were not permitted to vote for their own players, thus a unanimous selection earned 11 of 12 first-team votes.
UF's four first-team offensive honorees consisted of Tebow, junior offensive lineman Mike Pouncey (Lakeland, Fla.), junior tight end Aaron Hernandez (Bristol, Conn.) and junior center Maurkice Pouncey (Lakeland, Fla.).
Junior cornerback Joe Haden (Ft. Washington, Md.), junior defensive end Carlos Dunlap (North Charleston, S.C.) and senior linebacker Brandon Spikes (Shelby, N.C.) headlined the first-team defense for the Orange and Blue.
Two other Florida senior defensive players, end Jermaine Cunningham (Stone Mountain, Ga.) and linebacker Ryan Stamper (Jacksonville, Fla.), garnered second-team All-SEC accolades, Stamper earning the first SEC postseason honor of his career.
2009 FIRST TEAM
(*-Ties / #-Unanimous Selection) (Coaches could not vote for their own players)
OFFENSE
TE - Aaron Hernandez, Florida
OL - Mike Pouncey, Florida
Mike Johnson, Alabama
Ciron Black, LSU
* Mitch Petrus, Arkansas
* John Jerry, Ole Miss
C- Maurkice Pouncey, Florida
WR - A.J. Green, Georgia
Shay Hodge, Ole Miss
QB - # Tim Tebow, Florida
RB - # Mark Ingram, Alabama
Anthony Dixon, Mississippi State
DEFENSE
DL - Antonio Coleman, Auburn
Terrence Cody, Alabama
Carlos Dunlap, Florida
Corey Peters, Kentucky
LB - # Rolando McClain, Alabama
Eric Norwood, South Carolina
* Brandon Spikes, Florida
* Rennie Curran, Georgia
DB - Eric Berry, Tennessee
Joe Haden, Florida
Javier Arenas, Alabama
Mark Barron, Alabama
SPECIAL TEAMS
PK - Leigh Tiffin, Alabama
P - Drew Butler, Georgia
RS - Javier Arenas, Alabama
2009 SECOND TEAM
OFFENSE
TE - D.J. Williams, Arkansas
OL - Chris Scott, Tennessee
Derek Sherrod, Mississippi State
Lee Ziemba, Auburn
Zipp Duncan, Kentucky
C - Ben Jones, Georgia
WR - Brandon LaFell, LSU
Julio Jones, Alabama
QB - Ryan Mallett, Arkansas
RB - Dexter McCluster, Ole Miss
Montario Hardesty, Tennessee
DEFENSE
DL - Jermaine Cunningham, Florida
Geno Atkins, Georgia
* Dan Williams, Tennessee
* Justin Houston, Georgia
* Cliff Matthews, South Carolina
* Malcolm Sheppard, Arkansas
* Pernell McPhee, Mississippi State
LB - Micah Johnson, Kentucky
Rico McCoy, Tennessee
* Chris Marve, Vanderbilt
* Ryan Stamper, Florida
DB - Myron Lewis, Vanderbilt
* Chad Jones, LSU
* Walt McFadden, Auburn
* Patrick Peterson, LSU
* Trevard Lindley, Kentucky
SPECIAL TEAMS
PK - Blair Walsh, Georgia
P - Brett Upson, Vanderbilt
RS - Warren Norman, Vanderbilt
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