Gators Highlight Preseason All-American Team

Six Gators Earn Preseason All-America Honors from Phil Steele

Six members of the University of Florida football team were selected to Phil Steele's 2009 Preseason All-American Teams, as announced by the publication on Tuesday. In addition, the Gators earned 16 spots on the preseason All-SEC Teams, including seven on the first team.

Senior quarterback Tim Tebow (Jacksonville, Fla.) was named first-team All-American and first-team All-SEC by the publication. Junior defensive end Carlos Dunlap (North Charleston, S.C.), junior cornerback Joe Haden (Ft. Washington, Md.) and senior linebacker Brandon Spikes (Shelby, N.C.) were also selected as preseason first-team All-Americans and All-SEC players.

Senior return specialist Brandon James (St. Augustine, Fla.) was selected as the preseason All-American first-team kick returner and fourth-team All-American punt returner. He was also selected first-team All-SEC punt returner and second-team All-SEC kick returner. Junior center Maurkice Pouncey (Lakeland, Fla.) was selected to the Preseason fourth team All-American Team, and first team All-SEC Team.

Junior safety Ahmad Black (Lakeland, Fla.) was selected to the preseason All-SEC first team while senior defensive end Jermaine Cunningham (Stone Mountain, Ga.) and junior punter Chas Henry (Dallas, Ga.) were named to the second team. Junior tight end Aaron Hernandez (Bristol, Conn.), junior guard Mike Pouncey (Lakeland, Fla.) and junior wide receiver Deonte Thompson (Belle Glade, Fla.) were second-team offensive selections.

Sophomore cornerback Janoris Jenkins (Pahokee, Fla.) was a third-team All-SEC defensive selection and junior safety Major Wright (Miramar, Fla.) was a fourth-team selection. Senior Riley Cooper (Clearwater, Fla.) was named a fourth-team wide receiver.

Florida's five first-team All-America selections were the most of any school in the nation. The seven Gators on the preseason All-SEC first team were the most of any school in the conference and their 16 selections overall were the highest in the league.

Phil Steele's 2009 Preseason All-American Team

	Offense
	1st Team	2nd Team	3rd Team	4th Team
QB	Tim Tebow, Florida	Sam Bradford, Oklahoma	Colt McCoy, Texas	Dan LeFevour, Central Michigan
RB	Jonathan Dwyer, Georgia Tech	Jahvid Best, California	Noel Devine, West Virginia	Jacquizz Rodgers, Oregon St
RB	Kendall Hunter, Oklahoma St	Evan Royster, Penn St	CJ Spiller, Clemson	MiQuale Lewis, Ball St
WR	Dez Bryant, Oklahoma St	Brandon LaFell, LSU	AJ Green, Georgia	Jordan Shipley, Texas
WR	Golden Tate, Notre Dame	Eric Decker, Minnesota	DeAndre Brown, Southern Miss	Damian Williams, USC
WR	Arrelious Benn, Illinois	Julio Jones, Alabama	Dezmon Briscoe, Kansas	Mardy Gilyard, Cincinnati
TE	Jermaine Gresham, Oklahoma	Rob Gronkowski, Arizona	DJ Williams, Arkansas	Dennis Pitta, BYU
C	Kristofer O'Dowd, USC	Josh McNeil, Tennessee	Chris Hall, Texas	Maurkice Pouncey, Florida
OG	Sergio Render, Virginia Tech	Brandon Carter, Texas Tech	Rodney Hudson, Florida St	Justin Boren, Ohio St
OG	Jeff Byers, USC	Thomas Austin, Clemson	Mike Johnson, Alabama	Kurtis Gregory, Missouri
OT	Ciron Black, LSU	Bryan Bulaga, Iowa	Anthony Davis, Rutgers	Trent Williams, Oklahoma
OT	Russell Okung, Okahoma St	Sam Young, Notre Dame	John Jerry, Mississippi	Adam Ulatoski, Texas

	Defense
	1st Team	2nd Team	3rd Team	4th Team
DE	Carlos Dunlap, Florida	Greg Hardy, Mississippi	Brandon Graham, Michigan	Dexter Davis, Arizona St
DT	Terrence Cody, Alabama	Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska	Jared Odrick, Penn St	Ekom Udofia, Stanford
DT	Gerald McCoy, Oklahoma	Vince Oghobaase, Duke	Geno Atkins, Georgia	Brian Price, UCLA
DE	George Selvie, USF	Jerry Hughes, TCU	Antonio Coleman, Auburn	Corey Wootton, Northwestern
LB	Sean Weatherspoon, Missouri	Eric Norwood, South Carolina	Mark Herzlich, Boston College	Rico McCoy, Tennessee
LB	Brandon Spikes, Florida	Joe Pawelek, Baylor	Micah Johnson, Kentucky	Martez Wilson, Illinois
LB	Rolando McClain, Alabama	Sean Lee, Penn St	Quan Sturdivant, North Carolina	Greg Jones, Michigan St
LB	Sergio Kindle, Texas	Rennie Curran, Georgia	Navorro Bowman, Penn St	Nate Irving, NC State
CB	Trevard Lindley, Kentucky	Ras-I Dowling, Virginia	Myron Lewis, Vanderbilt	Kyle Wilson, Boise St
CB	Joe Haden, Florida	Alterraun Verner, UCLA	Syd'Quan Thompson, California	Walter Thurmond, Oregon
SS	Eric Berry, Tennessee	Morgan Burnett, Georgia Tech	Barry Church, Toledo	Darrell Stuckey, Kansas
FS	Taylor Mays, USC	Deunta Williams, North Carolina	Kam Chancellor, Virginia Tech	Jordan Lake, Baylor

	Special Teams
	1st Team	2nd Team	3rd Team	4th Team
KR	Brandon James, Florida	Damaris Johnson, Tulsa	Terrence Austin, UCLA	Torrey Smith, Maryland
PR	Dez Bryant, Oklahoma St	Javier Arenas, Alabama	Ray Small, Ohio St	Brandon James, Florida
K	Kai Forbath, UCLA	Thomas Weber, Arizona St	Alex Henery, Nebraska	Leigh Tiffin, Alabama
P	Zoltan Mesko, Michigan	Bryan Anger, California	Zach Johnson, E Michigan	Travis Baltz, Maryland

Phil Steele's 2009 Preseason All-SEC Team

	Offense
	1st TEAM	2nd TEAM	3rd TEAM	4th TEAM
QB	Tim Tebow, Florida	Jevan Snead, Mississippi	Ryan Mallett, Arkansas	Jordan Jefferson, LSU
RB	Charles Scott, LSU	Ben Tate, Auburn	Anthony Dixon, MSU	Cordera Eason, Mississippi
RB	Michael Smith, Arkansas	Bryce Brown, Tennessee	Mark Ingram, Alabama	Caleb King, Georgia
WR	Julio Jones, Alabama	Shay Hodge, Mississippi	Gerald Jones, Tennessee	Michael Moore, Georgia
WR	AJ Green, Georgia	Dexter McCluster, Mississippi	Joe Adams, Arkansas	Moe Brown, USC
WR	Brandon LaFell, LSU	Deonte Thompson, Florida	Brandon McRae, MSU	Riley Cooper, Florida
TE	DJ Williams, Arkansas	Aaron Hernandez, Florida	Richard Dickson, LSU	Weslye Saunders, USC
C	Josh McNeil, Tennessee	Daverin Geralds, Mississippi	Ben Jones, Georgia	Bradley Vierling, Vanderbilt
OG	Maurkice Pouncey, Florida	Lyle Hitt, LSU	Mitch Petrus, Arkansas	Reid Neely, Mississippi
OG	Mike Johnson, Alabama	Mike Pouncey, Florida	Cordy Glenn, Georgia	Chris Davis, Georgia
OT	John Jerry, Mississippi	Joseph Barksdale, LSU	Trinton Sturdivant, Georgia	Drew Davis, Alabama
OT	Ciron Black, LSU	Clint Boling, Georgia	Zipp Duncan, Kentucky	Lee Ziemba, Auburn
KR	Javier Arenas, Alabama	Brandon James, Florida	Trindon Holliday, LSU	Marshay Green, Mississippi
PR	Brandon James, Florida	Dennis Rogan, Tennessee	Chris Culliver, USC	Javier Arenas, Alabama

	Defense
	1st TEAM	2nd TEAM	3rd TEAM	4th TEAM
DE	Antonio Coleman, Auburn	Greg Hardy, Mississippi	Rahim Alem, LSU	Cliff Matthews, USC
DT	Geno Atkins, Georgia	Malcolm Sheppard, Arkansas	Jeff Owens, Georgia	Greg Billinger, Vanderbilt
DT	Terrence Cody, Alabama	Dan Williams, Tennessee	Charles Alexander, LSU	Corey Peters, Kentucky
DE	Carlos Dunlap, Florida	Jermaine Cunningham, Florida	Brandon Deaderick, Alabama	Steven Stone, Vanderbilt
LB	Brandon Spikes, Florida	Rico McCoy, Tennessee	Jamar Chaney, MSU	Dont'a Hightower, Alabama
LB	Eric Norwood, USC	Micah Johnson, Kentucky	Jerry Franklin, Arkansas	KJ Wright, MSU
LB	Rolando McClain, Alabama	Brandon Fanney, Alabama	Perry Riley, LSU	Darian Stewart, USC
LB	Rennie Curran, Georgia	Patrick Benoist, Vanderbilt	Chris Marve, Vanderbilt	Darryl Gamble, Georgia
CB	Trevard Lindley, Kentucky	Javier Arenas, Alabama	Janoris Jenkins, Florida	Kareem Jackson, Alabama
CB	Joe Haden, Florida	Myron Lewis, Vanderbilt	Patrick Peterson, LSU	Dennis Rogan, Tennessee
S	Eric Berry, Tennessee	Reshad Jones, Georgia	Justin Woodall, Alabama	Kendrick Lewis, Mississippi
S	Ahmad Black, Florida	Ryan Hamilton, Vanderbilt	Chad Jones, LSU	Major Wright, Florida
K	Leigh Tiffin, Alabama	Joshua Shene, Mississippi	Daniel Lincoln, Tennessee	Blair Walsh, Georgia
P	Clinton Durst, Auburn	Chas Henry, Florida	Brett Upson, Vanderbilt	Spencer Lanning, USC

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