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Team selected for the All-Southeastern Conference in 2001
The 2001 All-SEC football team consists of
American football players selected to the All-
Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the
2001 NCAA Division I-A football season .
The
LSU Tigers won the conference, upsetting the
Tennessee Volunteers 31 to 20 in the
SEC Championship game. Tennessee had previously upset the preseason #1
Florida Gators 34 to 32 in a game rescheduled due to the
9/11 Attacks . All three teams finished in top ten of both the AP and coaches poll, with Florida and Tennessee ranking in both of the top five. Florida led the conference with five consensus first-team All-SEC selections by both the AP and the coaches. Both LSU and Tennessee tied for second with three.
Florida
quarterback
Rex Grossman , the runner-up for the
Heisman Trophy , was voted the coaches SEC Player of the Year and AP SEC Offensive Player of the Year. Florida
defensive end
Alex Brown was the AP SEC Defensive Player of the Year.
Offensive selections
Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Jabar Gaffney †, Florida (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Josh Reed *, LSU (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Reche Caldwell , Florida (AP-2, Coaches-2)
Dan Stricker, Vanderbilt (AP-2, Coaches-2)
Donté Stallworth , Tennessee (Coaches-2)
Kelley Washington , Tennessee (Coaches-2)
Centers
Zac Zedalis, Florida (AP-2 [as g], Coaches-1)
Alonzo Ephraim , Alabama (AP-1)
Ben Claxton , Ole Miss (AP-2, Coaches-2)
Curt McGill, Georgia (AP-2, Coaches-2)
Guards
Fred Weary , Tennessee (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Kendall Simmons , Auburn (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Kenny Sandlin, Alabama (AP-2)
Shane Hall, South Carolina (Coaches-2)
Tackles
Mike Pearson , Florida (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Terrence Metcalf , Ole Miss (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Jon Stinchcomb , Georgia (AP-1, Coaches-2)
Melvin Paige, South Carolina (AP-2, Coaches-2)
Shawn Andrews , Arkansas (AP-2)
Pat Green, Vanderbilt (Coaches-2)
Jason Baggett, LSU (Coaches-2)
Tight ends
Defensive selections
Defensive ends
Defensive tackles
Linebackers
Kalimba Edwards #, South Carolina (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Trev Faulk , LSU (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Andra Davis , Florida (AP-1, Coaches-2)
Saleem Rasheed , Alabama (AP-2, Coaches-1)
Jermaine Petty, Arkansas (AP-1)
Bradie James , LSU (Coaches-1)
Tony Bua , Arkansas (AP-2)
Mario Haggan , Miss. St (AP-2)
Boss Bailey , Georgia (Coaches-2)
Eddie Strong, Ole Miss (Coaches-2)
Dontarrious Thomas , Auburn (Coaches-2)
Cornerbacks
Safeties
Pig Prather, Miss. St. (AP-1, Coaches-2)
Todd Johnson , Florida (AP-1, Coaches-2)
Ken Hamlin , Arkansas (AP-1)
Andre Lott , Tennessee (Coaches-1)
Rashad Faison, South Carolina (AP-2)
Josh Morgan, Miss. St. (AP-2)
Special teams
Kickers
Punters
All purpose/return specialist
Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both the coaches and AP
AP =
Associated Press .
[1]
Coaches = Selected by the SEC coaches
[2]
[3]
* = unanimous selection of AP
# = unanimous selection of the coaches
† = Unanimous selection of both AP and Coaches
See also
References