Alabama places 14 on Coaches Preseason All-SEC team
Alabama placed 14 players on the Coaches Preseason All-SEC football team, announced Tuesday by the league office.
Earning first-team honors for the Crimson Tide were offensive lineman JC Latham, linebacker Dallas Turner, defensive back Kool-Aid McKinstry and kicker Will Reichard. McKinstry also made the first team as a return specialist.
Alabama players named to the second team were running back Jase McClellan, wide receiver Jermaine Burton, offensive lineman Tyler Booker, defensive linemen Jaheim Oatis and Justin Eboigbe, defensive back Malachi Moore and long snapper Kneeland Hibbett. Third-team selections were wide receiver Ja’Corey Brooks, defensive lineman Tim Smith and linebacker Chris Braswell.
Two-time defending national champion Georgia also had 14 players selected to the Coaches All-SEC team. Ties in voting were not broken.
| COACHES 2023 PRESEASON ALL-SEC TEAM | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Team | ||
| OFFENSE | ||
| QB | Jayden Daniels | LSU |
| RB | Quinshon Judkins | Ole Miss |
| RB | Raheim Sanders | Arkansas |
| WR | Malik Nabers | LSU |
| WR | Antwane Wells* | South Carolina |
| WR | Ladd McConkey* | Georgia |
| TE | Brock Bowers | Georgia |
| OL | JC Latham | Alabama |
| OL | Tate Ratledge | Georgia |
| OL | Will Campbell | LSU |
| OL | Amarius Mims | Georgia |
| C | Sedrick Van Pran | Georgia |
| AP | Ainias Smith | Texas A&M |
| DEFENSE | ||
| DL | Mekhi Wingo | LSU |
| DL | Mykel Williams | Georgia |
| DL | Nazir Stackhouse | Georgia |
| DL | Maason Smith | LSU |
| LB | Dallas Turner | Alabama |
| LB | Harold Perkins | LSU |
| LB | Jamon Dumas-Johnson | Georgia |
| DB | Kool-Aid McKinstry | Alabama |
| DB | Malaki Starks | Georgia |
| DB | Javon Bullard | Georgia |
| DB | Dwight McGlothern | Arkansas |
| SPECIAL TEAMS | ||
| PK | Will Reichard | Alabama |
| P | Kai Kroeger | South Carolina |
| RS | Kool-Aid McKinstry | Alabama |
| KOS | Mitch Jeter | South Carolina |
| LS | Wesley Schelling | Vanderbilt |
| Second Team | Second Team | |
| OFFENSE | OFFENSE | |
| QB | KJ Jefferson | Arkansas |
| RB | Jase McClellan | Alabama |
| RB | Kendall Milton | Georgia |
| WR | Bru McCoy | Tennessee |
| WR | Evan Stewart* | Texas A&M |
| WR | Will Sheppard* | Vanderbilt |
| WR | Jermaine Burton* | Alabama |
| TE | Mason Taylor | LSU |
| OL | Javon Foster | Missouri |
| OL | Brady Latham | Arkansas |
| OL | Tyler Booker | Alabama |
| OL | Xavier Truss* | Georgia |
| OL | Emery Jones* | LSU |
| C | Beaux Limmer | Arkansas |
| AP | Tulu Griffin | Mississippi State |
| DEFENSE | ||
| DL | McKinnley Jackson | Texas A&M |
| DL | Jaheim Oatis | Alabama |
| DL | Deone Walker | Kentucky |
| DL | Justin Eboigbe | Alabama |
| LB | Nathaniel Watson | Mississippi State |
| LB | Smael Mondon | Georgia |
| LB | JJ Weaver | Kentucky |
| DB | Kamari Lassiter | Georgia |
| DB | Kris Abrams-Draine | Missouri |
| DB | Malachi Moore | Alabama |
| DB | Demani Richardson | Texas A&M |
| SPECIAL TEAMS | ||
| PK | Harrison Mevis | Missouri |
| P | Nik Constantinou | Texas A&M |
| RS | Ainias Smith | Texas A&M |
| KOS | Nathan Dibert | LSU |
| LS | Kneeland Hibbett | Alabama |
| Third Team | ||
| OFFENSE | ||
| QB | Will Rogers | Mississippi State |
| RB | Trevor Etienne | Florida |
| RB | Jarquez Hunter | Auburn |
| WR | Luther Burden III | Missouri |
| WR | Ainias Smith* | Texas A&M |
| WR | Ja’Corey Brooks* | Alabama |
| TE | Luke Deal* | Auburn |
| TE | Caden Prieskorn* | Ole Miss |
| TE | Michael Trigg* | Ole Miss |
| TE | Trey Knox* | South Carolina |
| OL | Layden Robinson | Texas A&M |
| OL | Eli Cox | Kentucky |
| OL | Jeremy James | Ole Miss |
| OL | Kam Stutts* | Auburn |
| OL | Javontez Spraggins* | Tennessee |
| OL | Micah Pettus* | Ole Miss |
| C | Cooper Mays | Tennessee |
| AP | Dakereon Joyner | South Carolina |
| DEFENSE | ||
| DL | Princely Umanmiellen | Florida |
| DL | Tonka Hemingway | South Carolina |
| DL | Jared Ivey | Ole Miss |
| DL | Tim Smith* | Alabama |
| DL | Darius Robinson* | Missouri |
| LB | Ty’Ron Hopper | Missouri |
| LB | Jett Johnson | Mississippi State |
| LB | Chris Braswell | Alabama |
| DB | Marcellas Dial | South Carolina |
| DB | Nehemiah Pritchett | Auburn |
| DB | Jason Marshall | Florida |
| DB | Greg Brooks | LSU |
| SPECIAL TEAMS | ||
| PK | Cam Little | Arkansas |
| P | Oscar Chapman* | Auburn |
| P | Matthew Hayball* | Vanderbilt |
| RS | Tulu Griffin | Mississippi State |
| LS | Slade Roy | LSU |
*denotes tie in votes, ties are not broken