.png&width=32&height=32&type=webp)
The University of Mississippi Athletics
Four Rebels Earn Coaches Preseason All-SEC Honors
7/21/2008 | Football
Oher, a senior offensive tackle, and Hardy, a junior defensive end, were two of six league players to be unanimously selected to the first team. Both players received All-SEC first team honors from the coaches at the conclusion of last season.
League coaches tabbed senior defensive tackle Peria Jerry to the second team defense, while his brother, junior offensive tackle John Jerry, was selected to the third team offense.
The LSU Tigers led all teams with 14 players selected among the three preseason squads, while
In addition to Oher and Hardy, unanimous first-team selections to the squad include Alabama offensive lineman Andre Smith, Arkansas center Jonathan Luigs, Tennessee offensive lineman Anthony Parker, Georgia running back Knowshon Moreno and Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes. Since coaches cannot vote for their own players, unanimous choices were listed on 11 of the 12 ballots.
Of the 81 student-athletes named to the first, second and third teams, six are sophomores, 35 are juniors and 40 are seniors.
Oher, Luigs and
This is the fifth year of the SEC Coaches Preseason All-SEC Football Team. It is released in advance of the 2008 SEC Football Media Days, which will be held July 23-25, at the Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover, Ala. Media in attendance at SEC Football Media Days will vote on the All-SEC Team and a predicted order of finish for the league.
The entire listing of the 2008 SEC Coaches Preseason All-SEC Football Team is below:
2008 SEC COACHES PRESEASON ALL-SEC FOOTBALL TEAM
(#-Ties / *-Unanimous Selection) (Coaches could not vote for themselves or their own players)
| Pos. | Name | School | Ht. | Wt. | Class | Hometown |
| FIRST-TEAM ALL-SEC -- OFFENSE | ||||||
| TE | Cornelius Ingram | Florida | 6-4 | 223 | Sr. | Hawthorne, Fla. |
| OL | *Andre Smith | Alabama | 6-5 | 340 | Jr. | Birmingham, Ala. |
| OL | *Michael Oher | Ole Miss | 6-5 | 318 | Sr. | Memphis, Tenn. |
| OL | *Anthony Parker | Tennessee | 6-3 | 305 | Sr. | Jonesboro, Ga. |
| OL | Herman Johnson | LSU | 6-7 | 351 | Sr. | Olla, La. |
| C | *Jonathan Luigs | Arkansas | 6-4 | 314 | Sr. | Little Rock, Ark. |
| WR | Percy Harvin | Florida | 5-11 | 178 | Jr. | Virginia Beach, Va. |
| WR | Kenny McKinley | South Carolina | 6-0 | 182 | Sr. | Mableton, Ga. |
| QB | Tim Tebow | Florida | 6-3 | 232 | Jr. | Jacksonville, Fla. |
| RB | *Knowshon Moreno | Georgia | 5-11 | 207 | So. | Belford, N.J. |
| RB | Arian Foster | Tennessee | 6-1 | 215 | Sr. | San Diego, Calif. |
| SECOND-TEAM ALL-SEC -- OFFENSE | ||||||
| TE | Richard Dickson | LSU | 6-3 | 237 | Jr. | Ocean Springs, Miss. |
| OL | Ciron Black | LSU | 6-5 | 314 | Jr. | Tyler, Texas |
| OL | Tyronne Green | Auburn | 6-2 | 307 | Sr. | Pensacola, Fla. |
| OL | #Ramon Foster | Tennessee | 6-6 | 325 | Sr. | Henning, Tenn. |
| OL | #Lee Ziemba | Auburn | 6-8 | 288 | So. | Rogers, Ark. |
| OL | #Mitch Petrus | Arkansas | 6-4 | 305 | Sr. | Carlisle, Ark. |
| OL | #Garry Williams | Kentucky | 6-3 | 300 | Sr. | Louisville, Ky. |
| C | #Antoine Caldwell | Alabama | 6-3 | 292 | Sr. | Montgomery, Ala. |
| C | #Brett Helms | LSU | 6-2 | 283 | Sr. | Stuttgart, Ark. |
| WR | Demetrius Byrd | LSU | 6-2 | 195 | Sr. | Miami, Fla. |
| WR | Mohamed Massaquoi | Georgia | 6-2 | 198 | Sr. | Charlotte, N.C. |
| QB | Matthew Stafford | Georgia | 6-3 | 237 | Jr. | Dallas, Texas |
| RB | Anthony Dixon | Mississippi State | 6-1 | 240 | Jr. | Jackson, Miss. |
| RB | Ben Tate | Auburn | 5-11 | 215 | Jr. | Newark, Md. |
| THIRD-TEAM ALL-SEC -- OFFENSE | ||||||
| TE | Jared Cook | South Carolina | 6-5 | 242 | Jr. | Suwanee, Ga. |
| OL | Phil Trautwein | Florida | 6-6 | 301 | Sr. | Voorhees, N.J. |
| OL | Jim Tartt | Florida | 6-3 | 300 | Sr. | Sochoppy, Fla. |
| OL | John Jerry | Ole Miss | 6-5 | 350 | Jr. | Batesville, Miss. |
| OL | Anthony Strauder | Mississippi State | 6-3 | 290 | Sr. | Natchez, Miss. |
| C | Josh McNeil | Tennessee | 6-4 | 280 | Jr. | Collins, Miss. |
| WR | Lucas Taylor | Tennessee | 6-0 | 185 | Sr. | Carencro, La. |
| WR | Brandon LaFell | LSU | 6-3 | 194 | Jr. | Houston, Texas |
| QB | John Parker Wilson | Alabama | 6-2 | 213 | Sr. | Hoover, Ala. |
| RB | Keiland Williams | LSU | 5-11 | 223 | Jr. | Lafayette, La. |
| RB | Terry Grant | Alabama | 5-10 | 188 | So. | Lumberton, Miss. |
| FIRST-TEAM ALL-SEC -- DEFENSE | ||||||
| DL | *Greg Hardy | Ole Miss | 6-4 | 265 | Jr. | Millington, Tenn. |
| DL | Sen'Derrick Marks | Auburn | 6-1 | 288 | Jr. | Mobile, Ala. |
| DL | Tyson Jackson | LSU | 6-5 | 292 | Sr. | Edgard, La. |
| LB | *Brandon Spikes | Florida | 6-3 | 245 | Jr. | Shelby, N.C. |
| LB | Rico McCoy | Tennessee | 6-1 | 215 | Jr. | Washington, D.C. |
| LB | Darry Beckwith | LSU | 6-1 | 232 | Sr. | Baton Rouge, La. |
| LB | Dannell Ellerbe | Georgia | 6-1 | 232 | Sr. | Hamlet, N.C. |
| DB | Eric Berry | Tennessee | 5-11 | 195 | So. | Fairburn, Ga. |
| DB | Derek Pegues | Mississippi State | 5-10 | 196 | Sr. | Batesville, Miss. |
| DB | #Rashad Johnson | Alabama | 6-0 | 187 | Sr. | Sulligent, Ala. |
| DB | #Captain Munnerlyn | South Carolina | 5-9 | 185 | Jr. | Mobile, Ala. |
| DB | #D.J. Moore | Vanderbilt | 5-10 | 182 | Jr. | Spartanburg, S.C. |
| SECOND-TEAM ALL-SEC -- DEFENSE | ||||||
| DL | Ricky Jean-Francois | LSU | 6-3 | 281 | Jr. | Miami, Fla. |
| DL | Geno Atkins | Georgia | 6-1 | 290 | Jr. | Pembroke Pines, Fla. |
| DL | #Jeremy Jarmon | Kentucky | 6-3 | 277 | Jr. | Collierville, Tenn. |
| DL | #Peria Jerry | Ole Miss | 6-2 | 290 | Sr. | Batesville, Miss. |
| LB | Jasper Brinkley | South Carolina | 6-2 | 275 | Sr. | Thomson, Ga. |
| LB | Rolando McClain | Alabama | 6-4 | 255 | So. | Decatur, Ala. |
| LB | Eric Norwood | South Carolina | 6-1 | 270 | Jr. | Acworth, Ga. |
| LB | #Tray Blackmon | Auburn | 6-2 | 220 | Jr. | LaGrange, Ga. |
| LB | #Jamar Chaney | Mississippi State | 6-1 | 236 | Sr. | Fort Pierce, Fla. |
| DB | Emanuel Cook | South Carolina | 5-10 | 214 | Jr. | Riviera Beach, Fla. |
| DB | Asher Allen | Georgia | 5-10 | 198 | Jr. | Tucker, Ga. |
| DB | Trevard Lindley | Kentucky | 6-0 | 175 | Jr. | Hiram, Ga. |
| DB | Jerraud Powers | Auburn | 5-9 | 188 | Jr. | Decatur, Ala. |
| THIRD-TEAM ALL-SEC -- DEFENSE | ||||||
| DL | Antonio Coleman | Auburn | 6-2 | 250 | Jr. | Mobile, Ala. |
| DL | #Antwain Robinson | Arkansas | 6-2 | 258 | Sr. | Little Rock, Ark. |
| DL | #Kirston Pittman | LSU | 6-4 | 254 | Sr. | Garyville, La. |
| DL | #Jeff Owens | Georgia | 6-3 | 298 | Sr. | Sunrise, Fla. |
| LB | Rennie Curran | Georgia | 5-11 | 220 | So. | Snellville, Ga. |
| LB | Micah Johnson | Kentucky | 6-2 | 250 | Jr. | Ft. Campbell, Ky. |
| LB | Braxton Kelley | Kentucky | 6-0 | 230 | Sr. | LaGrange, Ga. |
| DB | #Reshard Langford | Vanderbilt | 6-2 | 208 | Sr. | Tanner, Ala. |
| DB | #Chad Jones | LSU | 6-3 | 222 | So. | Baton Rouge, La. |
| DB | #Major Wright | Florida | 6-0 | 194 | So. | Miramar, Fla. |
| DB | #Joe Haden | Florida | 5-11 | 180 | So. | Ft. Washington, Md. |
| DB | #Wondy Pierre-Louis | Florida | 6-0 | 182 | Jr. | Naples, Fla. |
| FIRST-TEAM ALL-SEC -- SPECIAL TEAMS | ||||||
| PK | Colt David | LSU | 5-9 | 175 | Sr. | Grapevine, Texas |
| P | Ryan Shoemaker | Auburn | 6-0 | 192 | So. | Birmingham, Ala. |
| RS | Brandon James | Florida | 5-6 | 179 | Jr. | St. Augustine, Fla. |
| SECOND-TEAM ALL-SEC -- SPECIAL TEAMS | ||||||
| PK | Ryan Succop | South Carolina | 6-3 | 224 | Sr. | Hickory, N.C. |
| P | Ryan Succop | South Carolina | 6-3 | 224 | Sr. | Hickory, N.C. |
| RS | Javier Arenas | Alabama | 5-9 | 193 | Jr. | Tampa, Fla. |
| THIRD-TEAM ALL-SEC -- SPECIAL TEAMS | ||||||
| PK | Leigh Tiffin | Alabama | 6-1 | 198 | Jr. | Muscle Shoals, Ala. |
| P | Brian Mimbs | Georgia | 5-11 | 205 | Sr. | Dublin, Ga. |
| RS | Trindon Holliday | LSU | 5-5 | 159 | Jr. | Zachary, La. |
