2009 All-SEC football team

The 2009 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by the Associated Press (AP) and the conference coaches for the 2009 Southeastern Conference football season. Coaches could not vote for their own players, making a selection to 11 of the 12 coaches' squads earn one a unanimous selection.

The

Big 12 champion Texas Longhorns in the National Championship

game 37 to 21. Alabama led the conference with six consensus first-team All-SEC selections by both the AP and the coaches. Florida was second with five. Alabama featured four on defense, while Florida had four on offense.

Alabama

punter Drew Butler, a consensus selection, won the Ray Guy Award given to the nation's top punter. Berry, Butler, and Florida cornerback Joe Haden were unanimous All-American

selections. Ingram and McClain missed out on being unanimous All-Americans by one selector.

Florida

Mackey Award given to the nation's top tight end, was later convicted of the murder of Odin Lloyd.^[5]

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

Tim Tebow#, Florida (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Ryan Mallett, Arkansas (AP-2, Coaches-2)

Running backs

Mark Ingram II†, Alabama (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Anthony Dixon, Miss. St. (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Dexter McCluster, Ole Miss (AP-2, Coaches-2)
Montario Hardesty, Tennessee (AP-2, Coaches-2)
Ben Tate, Auburn (AP-2)

Wide receivers

A. J. Green, Georgia (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Shay Hodge, Ole Miss (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Brandon LaFell, LSU (AP-2, Coaches-2)
Joe Adams, Arkansas (AP-2)
Riley Cooper, Florida (AP-2)
Julio Jones, Alabama (Coaches-2)

Centers

Maurkice Pouncey, Florida (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Ryan Pugh, Auburn (AP-2)
Ben Jones, Georgia (Coaches-2)

Guards

Mike Pouncey, Florida (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Mike Johnson, Alabama (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Mitch Petrus, Arkansas (AP-2, Coaches-1)
Clint Boling, Georgia (AP-2)
Zipp Duncan, Kentucky (Coaches-2)

Tackles

Ciron Black, LSU (AP-1, Coaches-1)
John Jerry, Ole Miss (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Chris Scott, Tennessee (AP-2, Coaches-2)
James Carpenter, Alabama (AP-2)
Lee Ziemba, Auburn (Coaches-2)
Derek Sherrod, Miss. St. (Coaches-2)

Tight ends

Aaron Hernandez, Florida (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Colin Peek, Alabama (AP-2)
D. J. Williams, Arkansas (Coaches-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

Antonio Coleman, Auburn (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Carlos Dunlap, Florida (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Jermaine Cunningham, Florida (AP-2, Coaches-2)
Justin Houston, Georgia (AP-2, Coaches-2)
Pernell McPhee, Miss. St. (AP-2, Coaches-2)

Defensive tackles

Terrence Cody*, Alabama (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Dan Williams, Tennessee (AP-1, Coaches-2)
Corey Peters, Kentucky (AP-2, Coaches-1)
Geno Atkins, Georgia (AP-2, Coaches-2)
Malcolm Sheppard, Arkansas (AP-2, Coaches-2)
Jerrell Powe, Ole Miss (AP-2)
Cliff Matthews
, South Carolina (Coaches-2)

Linebackers

Rolando McClain†, Alabama (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Eric Norwood*, South Carolina (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Rennie Curran, Georgia (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Brandon Spikes, Florida (AP-2, Coaches-1)
Rico McCoy, Tennessee (AP-2, Coaches-2)
Sam Maxwell, Kentucky (AP-2)
Micah Johnson, Kentucky (Coaches-2)
Chris Marve, Vanderbilt (Coaches-2)
Ryan Stamper, Florida (Coaches-2)

Cornerbacks

Joe Haden, Florida (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Javier Arenas, Alabama (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Myron Lewis, Vanderbilt (AP-2, Coaches-2)
Patrick Peterson, LSU (AP-2, Coaches-2)
Walt McFadden, Auburn (AP-2, Coaches-2)
Chris Culliver, LSU (AP-2)
Trevard Lindley, Kentucky (Coaches-2)

Safeties

Eric Berry*, Tennessee (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Mark Barron, Alabama (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Chad Jones, LSU (AP-2, Coaches-2)

Special teams

Kickers

Leigh Tiffin, Alabama (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Blair Walsh, Georgia (AP-2, Coaches-2)

Punters

Drew Butler, Georgia (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Chas Henry, Florida (AP-2)
Brett Upson, Vanderbilt (Coaches-2)

All purpose/return specialist

Javier Arenas, Alabama (AP-2, Coaches-1)
Randall Cobb, Kentucky (AP-1)
Dexter McCluster, Ole Miss (AP-1)
Derrick Locke, Kentucky (AP-2)
Warren Norman, Vanderbilt (Coaches-2)

Key

Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both the coaches and AP

AP = Associated Press^[3]^[6]

Coaches = Selected by the SEC coaches^[7]

* = Unanimous selection of AP

# = Unanimous selection of Coaches

† = Unanimous selection of both AP and Coaches

References

^ "Ingram wins Alabama's 1st Heisman". December 13, 2009.
^ Russo, Ralph (December 12, 2009). "Ingram delivers Alabama its first Heisman". Yahoo! Sports.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b ^c "2009 Associated Press All-SEC football team". December 7, 2009.
^ "Florida QB Tebow is first underclassman to win Heisman". ESPN. The Associated Press. December 9, 2007. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2012.
^ "Aaron Hernandez guilty of murder in death of Odin Lloyd". Retrieved April 15, 2015.
^ "2009 AP All-SEC honors". Courier-Journal. December 7, 2008. Retrieved July 16, 2009.
^ "Nine UF Football Players Highlight 2009 All-SEC Coaches' Team". December 8, 2009. Archived from the original on June 4, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.

[1] "Ingram wins Alabama's 1st Heisman". December 13, 2009.

[2] Russo, Ralph (December 12, 2009). "Ingram delivers Alabama its first Heisman". Yahoo! Sports.^{[permanent dead link]}

[tbo-sec-3] "2009 Associated Press All-SEC football team". December 7, 2009.

[4] "Florida QB Tebow is first underclassman to win Heisman". ESPN. The Associated Press. December 9, 2007. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2012.

[5] "Aaron Hernandez guilty of murder in death of Odin Lloyd". Retrieved April 15, 2015.

[6] "2009 AP All-SEC honors". Courier-Journal. December 7, 2008. Retrieved July 16, 2009.

[7] "Nine UF Football Players Highlight 2009 All-SEC Coaches' Team". December 8, 2009. Archived from the original on June 4, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.

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