Houston, but not Green, named first-team All-SEC by media (w/ full teams)
Outside linebacker Justin Houston, who leads the SEC in sacks, was the only Georgia player named first-team All-SEC by the Associated Press today.
A.J. Green, you ask?
The wide receiver was one of four Georgia players named second-team All-SEC in the AP vote. The others: offensive lineman Clint Boling, inside linebacker Akeem Dent and placekicker Blair Walsh.
Green, an AP first-team All-SEC selection the previous two seasons, was suspended from the first four games this season by the NCAA for selling his Independence Bowl jersey for $1,000. South Carolina’s Alshon Jeffery and Alabama’s Julio Jones were named the first-team All-SEC wide receivers. Jeffery has 79 catches for 1,387 yards and nine touchdowns this season; Jones, 75 catches for 1,084 yards and seven touchdowns; Green, 49 catches for 771 yards and nine TD’s.
Georgia punter Drew Butler was not selected to the first or second team despite being one of three finalists for the Ray Guy Award. Butler won the award, which recognizes the nation’s top punter, last year. The punters named to the AP’s All-SEC teams, Florida’s Chas Henry (first team) and Ole Miss’ Tyler Campbell (second team), are both averaging 46.4 yards per punt this season. Butler is averaging 44.7.
Houston — a junior who, like Green, is considering entering the 2011 NFL draft — has 10 sacks and 18 1/2 tackles for loss this season.
Here are the AP’s first- and second-team All-SEC selections (unanimous selections denoted by *):
FIRST TEAM
Offense
WR – Alshon Jeffery, South Carolina, 6-4, 233, So.
WR – Julio Jones, Alabama, 6-4, 220, Jr.
L – *Lee Ziemba, Auburn, 6-8, 319, Sr.
L – Derek Sherrod, Mississippi St., 6-6, 305, Sr.
L – Barrett Jones, Alabama, 6-4, 301, So.
L – DeMarcus Love, Arkansas, 6-5, 315, Sr.
C – Ryan Pugh, Auburn, 6-4, 297, Sr.
TE – *D.J. Williams, Arkansas, 6-2, 251, Sr.
QB – *Cam Newton, Auburn, 6-6, 250, Jr.
RB – *Marcus Lattimore, South Carolina, 6-0, 218, Fr.
RB – Knile Davis, Arkansas, 6-0, 220, So.
K – *Josh Jasper, LSU, 5-11, 171, Sr.
All-Purpose – Randall Cobb, Kentucky, 5-11, 186, Jr.
Defense
T – *Nick Fairley, Auburn, 6-5, 298, Jr.
T – *Drake Nevis, LSU, 6-2, 285, Sr.
E – Devin Taylor, South Carolina, 6-7, 249, So.
E/OLB – Justin Houston, Georgia, 6-3, 258, Jr.
LB – Kelvin Sheppard, LSU, 6-3, 240, Sr.
LB – Chris White, Mississippi St., 6-4, 245, Sr.
LB – Danny Trevathan, Kentucky, 6-1, 223, Jr.
CB – *Patrick Peterson, LSU, 6-1, 222, Jr.
CB – Janoris Jenkins, Florida, 5-11, 184, Jr.
S – Ahmad Black, Florida, 5-9, 190, Sr.
S – Mark Barron, Alabama, 6-2, 210, Jr.
P – Chas Henry, Florida, 6-3, 215, Sr.
SECOND TEAM
Offense
WR – Randall Cobb, Kentucky, 5-11, 186, Jr.
WR – A.J. Green, Georgia, 6-4, 212, Jr.
L – Byron Isom, Auburn, 6-3, 302, Sr.
L – Larry Warford, Kentucky, 6-3, 329, So.
L – Joseph Barksdale, LSU, 6-6, 318, Sr.
L – Clint Boling, Georgia, 6-5, 315, Sr.
L – James Carpenter, Alabama, 6-5, 300, Sr.
L – Bradley Sowell, Mississippi, 6-7, 315, Jr.
C – Mike Pouncey, Florida, 6-4, 310, Sr.
TE – Brandon Barden, Vanderbilt, 6-5, 245, Jr.
QB – Ryan Mallett, Arkansas, 6-6, 238, Jr.
RB – Stevan Ridley, LSU, 6-0, 226, Jr.
RB – Mark Ingram, Alabama, 5-10, 215, Jr.
K – Blair Walsh, Georgia, 5-10, 183, Jr.
All-Purpose – Patrick Peterson, LSU, 6-1, 222, Jr.
Defense
T – Marcell Dareus, Alabama, 6-4, 306, Jr.
T – Malik Jackson, Tennessee, 6-5, 265, Jr.
E – Jake Bequette, Arkansas, 6-5, 271, Jr.
E – Antoine Carter, Auburn, 6-4, 256, Sr.
LB – Josh Bynes, Auburn, 6-2, 235, Sr.
LB – Akeem Dent, Georgia, 6-2, 233, Sr.
LB – Dont’a Hightower, Alabama, 6-4, 260, So.
CB – Morris Claiborne, LSU, 6-0, 177, So.
CB – Stephon Gilmore, South Carolina, 6-1, 189, So.
CB – Casey Hayward, Vanderbilt, 5-11, 188, Jr.
CB – Prentiss Waggner, Tennessee, 6-1, 181, So.
S – Robert Lester, Alabama, 6-2, 206, So.
S – Tramain Thomas, Arkansas, 6-0, 198, Jr.
P – Tyler Campbell, Mississippi, 6-2, 210, So.
HONORABLE MENTION
Offense
Vick Ballard, RB, Mississippi St., 5-11, 215, Jr.; Brandon Bolden, RB, Mississippi, 5-11, 215, Jr.; Greg McElroy, QB, Alabama, 6-3, 225, Sr.; Tauren Poole, RB, Tennessee, 5-11, 213, Jr.; William Vlachos, C, Alabama, 6-1, 289, Jr.
Defense
Jonathan Cornell, LB, Mississippi, 6-1, 235, Sr.; Zac Etheridge, S, Auburn, 6-0, 213, Sr.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Cam Newton, Auburn
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Nick Fairley, Auburn
COACH OF THE YEAR
Gene Chizik, Auburn
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Marcus Lattimore, South Carolina
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gdawginkalamazoo
December 7th, 2010
11:02 am
No complaints on Jeffrey and Jones. Those two are awesome. Congrats to all these kids. That’s one hell of a team that I would put up against some pro teams.
Colorado
December 7th, 2010
11:21 am
Pay Day……take the money and run…….
Gatorman
December 7th, 2010
12:07 pm
I hope that continues to happen to A. J. and maybe the Falcons can pick him up late in the first round. Green is exactly what the Falcons need to get better, a really good third down receiver that can be depended on to catch the ball across the middle. Gonzales is slipping, and Green could step in and take his place.
Delbert D.
December 7th, 2010
12:17 pm
Patrick Peterson is on both the 1st and 2nd teams. I’m not sure I’ve seen that before.
Lockie
December 7th, 2010
12:19 pm
Thugs and lying cheaters like Green should not be rewarded for their anti-social behavior. In any case, he’s far more likely to be in prison a year from now instead of playing in the NFL.
aprilglaspie
December 7th, 2010
12:20 pm
You know, since the guy AJ sold his own jersey to is some schlub and about as much an agent as I’m Scott Boras, maybe Green should hire James Ponsoldt and sue the NCAA for restraint of trade. He’d win. And I guess Cam Newton isn’t associating with a de facto agent at family dinners.
aprilglaspie
December 7th, 2010
12:22 pm
Calling AJ Green a thug is just mind-boggling stupidity and, I suspect, bigotry. Selling your own shirt on Facebook or whatever makes him a thug? What a moron.
Unionless
December 7th, 2010
12:23 pm
Just a personal opinion, but the NFL players union and all other unions suck and should all be decertified. And by the way, professionals in any career do not join freaking unions. Only worthless goons join unions.
Steve
December 7th, 2010
12:27 pm
UGAGirlFAN
December 7th, 2010
9:29 am
“Fairley is the lowest of the low when it comes to football, he plays DIRTY, look at the YOU TUBE Videos on him, especially the UGA game! And do not get me started on Cam, how the heck could he have NOT know ANYTHING about what his father was doing? I mean c’mon, his father was/is? a preacher in a small town and now all of a sudden with $$$$$ I am so sure he bought stuff with it-How could Cam not notice or question? Just because they have not found so called solid proof YET does not mean he is off clean yet! I think the SEC is holding back because they want $$$$$$ from the Championship game, so all of this is about greed! But Fairley is just about being plain mean and out of control who needs counseling! Just saying…I agree with Kennesaw Dawg, bologna and funny….”
(Surely you Dawg fans DON”T want to claim this one.) Honey, go back to school and at least get your GED.
2010 SEC CHAMPS
December 7th, 2010
12:29 pm
Hey UGA crybabies,
have fun in Memphis!
2010 SEC CHAMPS
December 7th, 2010
12:30 pm
UGA did win the award for most players arrested in one season.
WOOF WOOF SIC EM THUGS!!!!
2010 SEC CHAMPS
December 7th, 2010
12:31 pm
“Julio Jones is the most overrated player in SEC history.”
No, that award belongs to Eric Zier.
2010 SEC CHAMPS
December 7th, 2010
12:31 pm
“The auburn scandal is not over, far from it.”
LOL
Hollywould
December 7th, 2010
12:32 pm
Steve, 33 more days of whining. You know so much you should buy a lottery ticket. What are the winning numbers tonite? War Eagle
ugaclassof2004
December 7th, 2010
12:54 pm
Alshon Jeffery and Julio Jones over AJ Green as first team SEC WR? Please tell me that is a joke! I get that UGA sucks, but Green has as many TD’s or more than both of those guys, and has done it in 8 GAMES instead of 12. Jeffery and Jones are good players, but in NO WAY are they better than AJ who can put an ENTIRE OFFENSE on his back!
dawgrific
December 7th, 2010
1:02 pm
first of all, a punters net everage is MUCH more important then gross, and it is no surprise to me that green is 2nd team considering time missed (but still best wr in sec). on fairley, no one with half-a-brain would deny that he is incredibly talented, but his “cheap-shot” mentality and play are what make so many of us sick about him. also, what is more sad, uga fans “whining” on a uga blog, or non uga fans complaining about uga fans comments on a uga blog?! Seriously, are tech losers still going to the 45-42 (only win in last 10) rally cry?! so sad it is quite funny!
p.s. enjoy it while you acn auburn because that storm is still coming!
2010 SEC CHAMPS
December 7th, 2010
1:02 pm
“but in NO WAY are they better than AJ who can put an ENTIRE OFFENSE on his back!”
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
dawgrific
December 7th, 2010
1:03 pm
for the record, I don’t know the net average of the 3 punters mentioned (butler plus 2), but I am curious.
2010 SEC CHAMPS
December 7th, 2010
1:03 pm
“Seriously, are tech losers still going to the 45-42 (only win in last 10) rally cry?”
Hey, if UGA fans can bring up 1980 every day, why can’t Tech fans bring that up?
dawgrific
December 7th, 2010
1:07 pm
2010 bandwagon boy, go speak to your own and talk about how your team “got over” on the ncaa and the sec, for now, and also think to yourself, do I really believe that scam came to us for nothing? do you really believe that, really? he chose the no-name clown of a coach, that none of you wanted, over an offensive guru that he had a great relationship with, FOR NOTHING?! SERIOUSLY, WHO BELIEVES THAT??!!
dawgrific
December 7th, 2010
1:10 pm
what does auburn celebrate, leading the nation in the “all-time number of times on probation” category? go back to your barn and make up your mind what you want to call your sports teams you front-runner
2010 SEC CHAMPS
December 7th, 2010
1:12 pm
dawgrific
Have fun in Memphis, 6-6er.
“what does auburn celebrate, leading the nation in the “all-time number of times on probation” category?”
EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, wrong!!!!! Try again, 6-6er.
“go back to your barn ”
Comeback fail.
ugaclassof2004
December 7th, 2010
1:13 pm
2010 SEC CHAMPS
“Hey, if UGA fans can bring up 1980 every day, why can’t Tech fans bring that up?”
Yeah because we talk about 1980 so much on here! You’re an idiot!
2010 SEC CHAMPS
December 7th, 2010
1:16 pm
“Yeah because we talk about 1980 so much on here! You’re an idiot!”
Are you illiterate? I never said anything about talking about 1980 “on here.”
“You’re an idiot!”
Something tells me that you didn’t really graduate from UGA.
ugaclassof2004
December 7th, 2010
1:17 pm
Oh and PS.: UGA has won 4 out of the last 5 vs. AU. Congrats on your 1 victory in FIVE YEARS over our worst team in 14 years! Big accomplishment!
Nancy
December 7th, 2010
1:18 pm
I’m not a UGA but AJ Green deserved to be on the 1st team. In the coming months we will all see that Cam Newton knew of his fathers actions. So Auburn enjoy it now because you will have to vacate all those victories. Go Oregon!!!!
Nancy
December 7th, 2010
1:19 pm
Sorry… I’m not a UGA fan
63vet
December 7th, 2010
1:20 pm
WAAA-WAAA-WAAA Our players are soooo good and we get screwed over everytime. Don’t you know we won SIX games???
ugaclassof2004
December 7th, 2010
1:31 pm
Offense scoring vs. DIV-I opponents without AJ Green
SC: 6
ARK: 24
MSU: 12
Offense scoring vs. Div-I opponents with AJ
COLO: 27
UT: 41
VAND: 43
KENT: 44
FLA:31
AU:31
TECH: 42
You seriously going to dispute the fact that AJ isn’t an impact player. The offense is CLEARLY better when he is in the game than when he isn’t. He will be a top 10 receiver in the draft, no question. I would put this kid up with Randy Moss and Calvin Johnson, as one of the best college WR’s ever!
to dawgrific
December 7th, 2010
1:40 pm
Wow, what a bitter, sad, whining little person you are.
Hope you’re at least paying your mom rent while you’re living in her basement.
2010 SEC CHAMPS
December 7th, 2010
1:40 pm
“Congrats on your 1 victory in FIVE YEARS over our worst team in 14 years! Big accomplishment!”
I’ll wave to you from Glendale.
Ummm, Nancy?
December 7th, 2010
1:41 pm
You call Cameron Newton a criminal and then say *Go Oregon* when their team’s Heisman candidate was arrested for beating up his girlfriend.
Can we say *hypocrite* ???
Sheeesh
Alabama | MrSEC.com
December 7th, 2010
1:42 pm
[...] Demps is still struggling with his injured foot.4. How good was the SEC at receiver this year? Georgia’s AJ Green was second-team All-SEC.5. Georgia heads up the road to face Georgia Tech in basketball tonight.6. A Bulldog win might [...]
S GA AU FAN
December 7th, 2010
1:49 pm
So Dyer breaks Bo Jackson’s freshman rushing record and no mention?
Funny how this starts out as a discussion of the accomplishments of great players and ends up being an Auburn hatefest.
I say it’s great to be an Auburn Tiger!
WDE
at 1:40 p.m. (SEC-somthing...)
December 7th, 2010
1:50 pm
Oh, clueless one.
Auburn has MANY more consecutive wins over Georgia than the other way around. Amazed that you’re still singing the tired old “well we beat you the last four before this one” song and expecting everyone to be impressed by the prowess of the Mighty UGA.
[[[[ Yawn ]]]]
And the bad thing about your “worst team in 14 years” is that it was worse than last year… which was worse than the year before that. I detect a trend there.
Oooops, sorry 1:40 pm
December 7th, 2010
1:54 pm
Didn’t realize you were responding to the Clueless One at 1:17pm.
WDE
UGAGirlFAN
December 7th, 2010
1:57 pm
STEVE
(Surely you Dawg fans DON”T want to claim this one.) Honey, go back to school and at least get your GED.
No need to, I graduated High School and then some so I will not go there on your personal attack! FYI And the name is NOT Honey!
Dawgs=Tiger Meat
December 7th, 2010
1:57 pm
@ S GA AU FAN
Funny how this starts out as a discussion of the accomplishments of great players and ends up being an Auburn hatefest.
———————
Did you really expect to evolve into anything BUT an Auburn hatefest? UGA will not get the bitter taste out of their mouths for a loooooooooooooooooooooong time. Whining is expected to go on for at least the rest of 2010 and well into 2011.
And I agree — It IS great to be an Auburn Tiger!!!
WDE
To UGAGirlFan
December 7th, 2010
1:59 pm
If you’re female, you’re a discredit to my gender. Nothing but a wind tunnel between your ears…. “Honey”
S GA AU FAN
December 7th, 2010
2:10 pm
@ Dawgs=Tiger Meat
It was expected, I just wanted to point it out! lol
I have a feeling UCF may take the taste out of their mouth.
WDE
dawgrific
December 7th, 2010
2:31 pm
That is original, the whole “Mom’s basment” cut down. No, I am not bitter, nor said, but I am sick of UGA articles and subsequent blogs turning into other teams’ UGA hating sites. Good Lord, get a life and go read articles about your teams and comment on those sites. I have NEVER gone onto a blog about another team and commented. NEVER! Having said that, I find it interesting that none of you refute the fact that your coach is a clown and that none of you wanted him. Once scam leaves, enjoy your return to reality, and also enjoy the day when all of this is taken away from you, probation style
Go Dawgs, and yes, I care even when it is not a major bowl, unlike you Barney Bandwagons. By the way, do you really think that he came to “your school” free of charge? REALLY?! Come on now, you know better than that. Daddy cut a deal, and everyone knows that.
dawgrific
December 7th, 2010
2:33 pm
tiger meat, or war eagle meat, or plainsmen meat? 1 outta 5, yes indeed, the plainsmen showed us how to tame the land. ny the way, lsu already claimed the tiger meat thing, you unoriginal jealous of bama cheaters.
dawgrific
December 7th, 2010
2:35 pm
i know, “basement” and “sad” and “by” before you really hurt my feelings by pointing out my errors
dawgrific
December 7th, 2010
2:41 pm
come on now, we all know why “lap-top” went to the country to play
dawgrific
December 7th, 2010
2:47 pm
or should I call him “term-paper?”
dawgrific
December 7th, 2010
2:50 pm
the shame of all the cheating is, he is indeed an awesome talent, but all of that gets overshadowed by daddy, pay-for-play and his many indiscretions
James Brown Celebrity Hot Tub Party
December 7th, 2010
3:17 pm
I love the SEC, but you people all need to get a life.
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December 7th, 2010
3:19 pm
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The Real Truth
December 7th, 2010
3:29 pm
The truth is UGA fans always have their heads in the clouds!
dawgrific
December 7th, 2010
3:38 pm
JB Hot Tub Man, when I saw all of my submissions I have to admit I thought the same thing about myself