Clowney Earns Athlon Preseason All-SEC Honors
(WOLO) — Junior defensive end Jadeveon Clowney was the only Gamecock to earn preseason 1st team All-SEC honors from Athlon Sports Magazine Wednesday. Junior tight end Rory Anderson and junior defensive tackle Kelcy Quarles represented USC on the 2nd team. Senior quarterback Connor Shaw, junior offensive guard A.J. Cann and junior wide receiver/kick returner Bruce Ellington were on the 4th team. Athlon Sports SEC Football 2013 All-Conference Teams First-Team Offense QB Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M RB Todd Gurley, Georgia RB T.J. Yeldon, Alabama WR Amari Cooper, Alabama WR Jordan Matthews, Vanderbilt TE Arthur Lynch, Georgia C Travis Swanson, Arkansas OG Gabe Jackson, Mississippi State OG Anthony Steen, Alabama OT Cyrus Kouandjio, Alabama OT Jake Matthews, Texas A&M First-Team Defense DE Jadeveon Clowney, South Carolina DE Chris Smith, Arkansas DT Dominique Easley, Florida DT Anthony Johnson, LSU LB Jordan Jenkins, Georgia LB A.J. Johnson, Tennessee LB C.J. Mosley, Alabama CB Andre Hal, Vanderbilt CB Loucheiz Purifoy, Florida S Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Alabama S Craig Loston, LSU First-Team Specialists K Carey Spear, Vanderbilt P Kyle Christy, Florida KR Andre Debose, Florida PR Marcus Murphy, Missouri Second-Team Offense QB AJ McCarron, Alabama RB Keith Marshall, Georgia RB LaDarius Perkins, Mississippi State WR Mike Evans, Texas A&M WR Donte Moncrief, Ole Miss TE Rory Anderson, South Carolina C James Stone, Tennessee OG Chris Burnette, Georgia OG Aaron Morris, Ole Miss OT Wesley Johnson, Vanderbilt OT Antonio Richardson, Tennessee Second-Team Defense DE Bud Dupree, Kentucky DE C.J. Johnson, Ole Miss DT Byran Jones, Arkansas DT Kelcy Quarles, South Carolina LB Lamin Barrow, LSU LB Adrian Hubbard, Alabama LB Denzel Nkemdiche, Ole Miss CB Deshazor Everett, Texas A&M CB Marcus Roberson, Florida S Kenny Ladler, Vanderbilt S Nickoe Whitley, Mississippi State Second-Team Specialists K Cody Parkey, Auburn P Steven Clark, Auburn KR Marcus Murphy, Missouri PR Jonathan Krause, Vanderbilt Third-Team Offense QB Aaron Murray, Georgia RB Ben Malena, Texas A&M RB Tre Mason, Auburn WR Odell Beckham Jr., LSU WR Malcolm Mitchell, Georgia TE Malcolm Johnson, Mississippi State C Ryan Kelly, Alabama OG Jon Halapio, Florida OG Jarvis Harrison, Texas A&M OT Ja’Waun James, Tennessee OT Cedric Ogbuehi, Texas A&M Third-Team Defense DE Denico Autry, Mississippi State DE Walker May, Vanderbilt DT Daniel McCullers, Tennessee DT Donte Rumph, Kentucky LB Benardrick McKinney, Mississippi State LB Antonio Morrison, Florida LB Avery Williamson, Kentucky CB E.J. Gaines, Missouri CB Damian Swann, Georgia S Eric Bennett, Arkansas S Cody Prewitt, Ole Miss Third-Team Specialists K Zach Hocker, Arkansas P Tyler Campbell, Ole Miss KR Trey Williams, Texas A&M PR Odell Beckham Jr., LSU Fourth-Team Offense QB Connor Shaw, South Carolina RB Jeremy Hill, LSU RB Jeff Scott, Ole Miss WR Dorial Green-Beckham, Missouri WR Bruce Ellington, South Carolina TE OJ Howard, Alabama C Jonotthan Harrison, Florida OG A.J. Cann, South Carolina OG Zach Fulton, Tennessee OT La‘El Collins, LSU OT John Theus, Georgia Fourth-Team Defense DE Dee Ford, Auburn DE Dante Fowler, Florida DT Isaac Gross, Ole Miss DT Brandon Ivory, Alabama LB Trey DePriest, Alabama LB Chase Garnham, Vanderbilt LB Steven Jenkins, Texas A&M CB Jalen Mills, LSU CB Charles Sawyer, Ole Miss S Demetruce McNeal, Auburn S Jaylen Watkins, Florida Fourth-Team Specialists K Taylor Bertolet, Texas A&M P Cody Mandell, Alabama KR Bruce Ellington, South Carolina PR Christion Jones, Alabama
