Three UF Players Named to Phil Steele's 2013 Preseason All-American Teams
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 | Football
Three University of Florida football players were named to Phil Steele's 2013 Preseason All-American Teams, released on Wednesday, June 5. Junior punter Kyle Christy was named a first team All-American, senior defensive lineman Dominique Easley was honored on the third team, and junior cornerback Loucheiz Purifoy garnered fourth team accolades.
A 2012 Ray Guy Award finalist, Christy has emerged as one of the nation's top punters in collegiate football. Last season, he was First Team All-SEC selection by the AP and coaches and was a Walter Camp Second Team All-American. He rated fifth in the country in punting average and first in the SEC. Christy had a breakout performance against South Carolina, establishing a single-game SEC and school record with a 54.3 yards per punt average. He was named the SEC Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance against the Gamecocks.
Easley played in and started 11 games in 2012. He collected 26 tackles on the season, including a team-best 4.0 sacks. Against Louisville in the 2013 Allstate Sugar Bowl, Easley recorded five tackles, 3.5 of which were tackles for a loss.
One of the Gators' fastest players on the field, Purifoy played in all 13 games for the University of Florida last season. He forced three fumbles and blocked two kicks on special teams. In addition, Purifoy was fourth on the team with 51 tackles and added five pass breakups. Against Louisiana, he blocked a punt in the final seconds that was recovered and returned for a touchdown by Jelani Jenkins to seal the UF victory. Against South Carolina, he started the game in a big way, causing a fumble on the first play from scrimmage to set up a Florida touchdown.
Phil Steele's 2013 Preseason All-American Teams
OFFENSE
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| 1st Team | 2nd Team | 3rd Team | 4th Team |
| QB | Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M | Braxton Miller, Ohio State | A.J. McCarron, Alabama | Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville |
| RB | T.J. Yeldon, Alabama | Todd Gurley, Georgia | Lache Seastrunk, Baylor | Silas Redd, USC |
| RB | De'Anthony Thomas, Oregon | Ka'Deem Carey, Arizona | Duke Johnson, Miami | Damien Williams, Oklahoma |
| WR | Marqise Lee, USC | Jordan Matthews, Vanderbilt | Allen Robinson, Penn State | Jared Abbrederis, Wisconsin |
| WR | Sammy Watkins, Clemson | Cody Hoffman, BYU | Brandin Cooks, Oregon State | Tracy Moore, Oklahoma State |
| WR | Amari Cooper, Alabama | Mike Evans, Texas A&M | Stefon Diggs, Maryland | Davante Adams, Fresno State |
| TE | Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Was. | Arthur Lynch, Georgia | Jacob Pedersen, Wisconsin | Eric Ebron, North Carolina |
| C | B.J. Finney, Kansas State | Gabe Ikard, Oklahoma | Hroniss Grasu, Oregon | Tyler Larsen, Utah State |
| G | David Yankey, Stanford | Gabe Jackson, Mississippi St. | Andrew Norwell, Ohio State | Anthony Steen, Alabama |
| G | Cyril Richardson, Baylor | Spencer Long, Nebraska | Xavier Su'a-Filo, UCLA | Tre' Jackson, Florida State |
| T | Taylor Lewan, Michigan | Cyrus Kouandijo, Alabama | Zack Martin, Notre Dame | Morgan Moses, Virginia |
| T | Jake Matthews, Texas A&M | Antonio Richardson, Tenn. | James Hurst, North Carolina | Jack Mewhort, Ohio State |
DEFENSE
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| 1st Team | 2nd Team | 3rd Team | 4th Team |
| DE | Jadeveon Clowney, South C. | Jackson Jeffcoat, Texas | Scott Crichton, Oregon State | Aaron Lynch, USF |
| DT | Will Sutton, Arizona State | Anthony Johnson, LSU | Aaron Donald, Pittsburgh | Daniel McCullers, Tennessee |
| DT | Louis Nix, Notre Dame | Timmy Jernigan, Florida State | Dominique Easley, Florida | Roosevelt Nix, Kent State |
| DE | Stephon Tuitt, Notre Dame | Devonte Fields, TCU | Morgan Breslin, USC | Demarcus Lawrence, Boise S. |
| LB | Anthony Barr, UCLA | Chris Borland, Wisconsin | Shayne Skov, Stanford | Denzel Nkemdiche, Ole Miss |
| LB | C.J. Mosley, Alabama | Trent Murphy, Stanford | A.J. Johnson, Tennessee | Hayes Pullard, USC |
| LB | Kyle Van Noy, BYU | Max Bullough, Michigan State | Khalil Mack, Buffalo | Andrew Jackson, West. Kent. |
| LB | Ryan Shazier, Ohio State | Adrian Hubbard, Alabama | Christian Jones, Florida State | Yawin Smallwood, Conn. |
| CB | Bradley Roby, Ohio State | Aaron Colvin, Oklahoma | Darqueze Dennard, Mich. St. | Loucheiz Purifoy, Florida |
| CB | Jason Verrett, TCU | Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, Oregon | Quandre Diggs, Texas | Antone Exum, Virginia Tech |
| S | Ed Reynolds, Stanford | Ty Zimmerman, Kansas State | Hakeem Smith, Louisville | Marco Nelson, Tulsa |
| S | Ha-Ha Clinton-Dix, Alabama | Lamarcus Joyner, Florida St. | Craig Loston, LSU | Jordan Richards, Stanford |
SPECIAL TEAMS
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| 1st Team | 2nd Team | 3rd Team | 4th Team |
| K | Cairo Santos, Tulane | Chris Boswell, Rice | Ross Martin, Duke | Chandler Catanzaro, Clems. |
| P | Kyle Christy, Florida | Tommy Hibbard, North Caro. | Kirby Van Der Kamp, Iowa St. | Richie Leone, Houston |
| KR | Tyler Lockett, Kansas State | Bernard Reedy, Toledo | Justin Gilbert, Oklahoma St. | Jamal Golden, Georgia Tech |
| PR | Marcus Murphy, Missouri | Tramaine Thompson, Kan. St. | Spiffy Evans, Boston College | Rashad Greene, Florida State |
| LS | Scott Thompson, NC State | Drew Howell, Oregon | Matt Dooley, Indiana | Reid Ferguson, LSU |
| AP | Dri Archer, Kent State | Jordan Lynch, Northern Ill. | Antonio Andrews, West. Kent. | Venric Mark, Northwestern |
