Jarvis Jones only Bulldog to make Coaches’ first-team All-SEC
Following is UGA’s news release on six Georgia players being named to the Coaches’ All-SEC team on Tuesday. Junior outside linebacker Jarvis Jones, who was named the SEC Defensive Player of the Year by The AP on Monday, was the only Bulldog named to the first team. . . .
ATHENS — Six members of the Georgia football team were voted to the All-SEC Coaches’ Team, according to announcement by the league office on Tuesday.
Junior linebacker Jarvis Jones was named to the first team, while junior guard Chris Burnette, freshman tailback Todd Gurley, senior nose guard John Jenkins, junior linebacker Alec Ogletree and senior free safety Bacarri Rambo were named to the second team.
Jones has recorded 77 tackles this season, including 22.5 tackles for loss and 12.5 sacks, one interception, seven forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries in 11 games. Jones currently leads the NCAA in forced fumbles per game and tackles for loss per game, and he is one tackle for loss shy of David Pollack’s single season school record.
Gurley has rushed for 1,260 yards and 16 touchdowns this season, becoming just the second true freshman in Georgia history to rush for 1,000 yards. He currently ranks second in the SEC and first among tailbacks with 96.9 yards rushing per game.
Burnette has helped pave the way for 184.2 rushing yards per game for the Bulldogs and the SEC’s second-leading rusher in Gurley. He also helped quarterback Aaron Murray rank in the top-five in the SEC in both total offense and passing yards per game.
Jenkins has accumulated 50 tackles this season, including 17 in Georgia’s last two games against Georgia Tech and Alabama. He has registered two tackles for loss and a fumble recovery to go along with 15 quarterback pressures.
Ogletree leads the Georgia defense with 98 tackles in just nine games. He has been the Bulldogs’ leading tackler in the last five games, including a career-high 15 stops against Georgia Tech on Nov 24. Ogletree also has 8.5 tackles for loss, an interception, fumble recovery and returned a blocked field goal for a touchdown in the SEC Championship Game.
Rambo leads the team with three interceptions in nine games this season and has 16 for his career, which is tied for the most in UGA history. He is ranked second on the team with three forced fumbles to go along with 67 tackles.
The SEC individual award winners will be released on Wednesday and the SEC All-Freshman Team will be announced on Thursday.
Georgia (11-2) will face Nebraska in the Capital One Bowl in Orlando, Fla., Jan. 1 at 1 p.m. ET.
2012 ALL-SEC FOOTBALL TEAM
(*-Ties) (Coaches could not vote for their own players)
FIRST TEAM
OFFENSE
TE – Mychal Rivera, Tennessee
OL – Luke Joeckel, Texas A&M
Chance Warmack, Alabama
D.J. Fluker, Alabama
Jake Matthews, Texas A&M
C – Barrett Jones, Alabama
WR – Cobi Hamilton, Arkansas
Jordan Matthews, Vanderbilt
QB – Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M
RB – Mike Gillislee, Florida
Eddie Lacy, Alabama
AP – Cordarrelle Patterson, Tennessee
DEFENSE
DL – Jadeveon Clowney, South Carolina
Sam Montgomery, LSU
Damontre Moore, Texas A&M
Sharrif Floyd, Florida
LB – Jarvis Jones, Georgia
C.J. Mosley, Alabama
Kevin Minter, LSU
DB – Dee Milliner, Alabama
Matt Elam, Florida
Eric Reid, LSU
Johnthan Banks, Mississippi State
SPECIAL TEAMS
PK – Caleb Sturgis, Florida
P – Kyle Christy, Florida
RS – Ace Sanders, South Carolina
SECOND TEAM
OFFENSE
TE – Jordan Reed, Florida
OL – Larry Warford, Kentucky
Gabe Jackson, Mississippi State
Chris Burnette, Georgia
Dallas Thomas, Tennessee
C – T.J. Johnson, South Carolina
WR – Ryan Swope, Texas A&M
Justin Hunter, Tennessee
QB – AJ McCarron, Alabama
RB – Todd Gurley, Georgia
Zac Stacy, Vanderbilt
AP – Ace Sanders, South Carolina
DEFENSE
DL – Barkevious Mingo, LSU
Sheldon Richardson, Missouri
John Jenkins, Georgia
Corey Lemonier, Auburn
LB – A.J. Johnson, Tennessee
Jon Bostic, Florida
*Cameron Lawrence, Mississippi State
*Alec Ogletree, Georgia
DB – D.J. Swearinger, South Carolina
Bacarri Rambo, Georgia
Robert Lester, Alabama
Darius Slay, Mississippi State
SPECIAL TEAMS
PK – Drew Alleman, LSU
P – * Dylan Breeding, Arkansas
* Richard Kent, Vanderbilt
RS – Cordarrelle Patterson, Tennessee
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KenTheDiesel
December 5th, 2012
8:47 pm
While people are bemoaning the Murray omission and criticizing his play, what about the elephant in the room that no one really blames?: The defense. John Jenkins and Alec Ogletree are on the All SEC team and their play was the greatest case of over-hype in the game today.
Granted they are good at times but in the two most important games of this season Jenkins was manhandled and frequently seen being pancaked by Bama lineman (not to mention Kwame Geathers,the other component of Georgia’s 700 pounds of nose tackle) and Ogletree was a bit player in the SEC championship, tackling Lacy and Yeldon AFTER they were 15-20 yards down the field a la Keith Brooking.
Georgia lost the game not because of a tipped pass but because of 37 minutes of possession time by the Tide, 512 total yards, 350 yards rushing on 51 carries and seven yards per bum-rush. Not apologizing for Murray or even Richt or Bobo but for all of the hoopla around Grantham he couldnt make a single adjustment to the juggernaut which was the Alabama offensive line. Murray is what he is, a good but not great QB but that defense has, in my opinion, two people who deserve it far less than Murray.
AdMan
December 5th, 2012
9:26 pm
Hey Ken The Diezel….you couldn’t find your azz from your head if your life depended on it. What do you know about football….you’ve never played the game and surely don’t know sh-t about Georgia. All you are is a loud mouth jerk that likes to talk big. Your most likely hung like a field mouse and coudn’t get a date if you tried. Go back to your trailer, drink your PBR, and watch reruns of Bama football…..isn’t that what most illiterate Bama fans…..We don’t want you on this blog!
Fair n Balanced
December 5th, 2012
10:03 pm
I hope Murray does not read this stuff on this blog. Some really rediculous posts about him. The young man is a great qb. If he stays at Ga we could be great again next yr.
sportzfan
December 6th, 2012
7:16 am
Who won the Coaches Offensive and Defensive Players of Year Awards?
KeepDreaming
December 6th, 2012
12:29 pm
Can someone tell me HOW Manti Te’o is a Heisman finalist and Jarvis Jones isn’t??????
texasdawg
December 6th, 2012
12:32 pm
Coaches flubbed it too, but they got it half right. Lacey and Gurley are clearly the top running backs in the SEC. I don’t understand the appeal of Gillislee given his stats. Agree also that Manziel and McCarron are top two quarterbacks. Murray is good but McCarron has a higher rating and he’s playing the in national championship game. Murray is not. Manziel is well…Johnny Football.
A UGA alum
December 6th, 2012
1:15 pm
Wrongo, Driskell had two losses right? Automatically negates him from the discussion.
SuperB
December 6th, 2012
4:26 pm
Bias? How could Gurley NOT make the first team? What kind of crap is that?
Say Whut
December 6th, 2012
4:30 pm
Honestly, would anyone in his right mind take Mike Gillislee of Floida over Gurley? No one would take Gillislee over T. J. Yelton of Alabama and he didn’t even make the team.
Florida has been rewarded for way more than they deserve. Georgia beat them and UF barely escaped La-Lafayette late in the season. This is as ridiculous ad dropping UGA in the polls after the Alabama game.
Say Whut
December 6th, 2012
4:33 pm
To “KenThe Diesel”. Anyone, and I mean anyone who knows football– could see how much the UGS DL’s were being held–and no holding calls. A great rep. by the Bama OL is responsible for that.
As for Murray, he outplayed McCarron by a lot (103 yds. to be exact.) Had UGA spiked it at the end and scored– all you would hear would be about Aaron Murray. It was that close.
SuperB
December 6th, 2012
4:37 pm
Say Whut is right. The media props up Bama, ND, and a couple of other teams– like Georgia, A & M, LSU, South Carolina, etc. are black sheep. You think the All-SEC team was a farce? Just wait ’til you see the AP All-America team. it will look like a combo All Big-10 and All-Big-12 team, with a lot of ND tossed in.
just sayin
December 6th, 2012
5:38 pm
Only? Now CHippie, how many of your “techies” made the team??
KenTheDiesel
December 6th, 2012
9:40 pm
Hey, get mad and call me whatever you want, it still doesnt change the facts. I did play the game and I know offensive football regardless of what that illiterate moron says in the comments about trailer parks. I am a UGA grad and not so homerish as to distort the facts. Those numbers did not invent themselves and it you want to blame Richt or Murry or Bobo for that loss, be ignorant and continue.
I still say that neither of those guys played one second of defense so if you disagree that the loss should be put on a guy being paid 825,000 a year just for those games, for big time defense, championship defense, then YOU have no concept of football and the fact that you win at the line of scrimmage, where Jenkins and Geathers were frequently seen being pushed out of the frame or outright flattened. If you base who deserves All SEC on money games then Jenkins and Ogletree deserve accolades no more or less than Murray, who at least had the Dogs in position to win despite a defense leaking rushing yards like a sieve.
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UGA man class of 71& 73
December 11th, 2012
12:26 pm
GANG, UGA lost the big game.
Murray is in a system that can showcase the QB. Murray OBPVERTHREW UGA’s #31 Conley very late. HE had beaten TWO Dbacs by two r three yards and was WIDE OPEN down around the Tide 30. Had Murry delivered the bal we would habpve scored and taken a much larger lead or won it. I believe this was one of the final three UGA possessions.
AM has NOT won anything odd consequence beyond hisvtwo wins over Florida. In 2010, his lousy play cost s the Florida game, In 2011 Murray’s LOUSY play cost us the SC game.
Aaron Murray is a wonderful kid and student. His career will, like Eric Zeir’s, will only be remembered for empty stats and NOTHING big, just like the Matt Stafford era.
In the SEC, great QBs manage the games and WIN THE SEC CG. Murray has not.
DJ SHockley and David Green will be, like Belue, remembered as game managers AND WINNERS OF THE SEC. Zeke Bratkowski, Johnny Rauch, Zeir, Murray, Stafford as gun slingers.
CASE CLOSED.