4 Auburn Tigers voted to Preseason Coaches All-SEC Team

by Jeff Shearer
4 Auburn Tigers voted to Preseason Coaches All-SEC Team4 Auburn Tigers voted to Preseason Coaches All-SEC Team
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Jarquez Hunter

AUBURN, Ala.  Four Auburn Tigers have been voted to the 2024 Preseason Coaches All-Southeastern Conference Football Team, including first-teamers Jarquez Hunter and Alex McPherson, the SEC announced Thursday.

Hunter, the SEC’s leading returning rusher with 909 yards rushing last season, was named to the First Team offense at running back, along with Georgia’s Trevor Etienne.

McPherson, who converted all 13 field goal attempts last season as a freshman, was named to the First Team special teams as a kickoff specialist and the Third Team as a placekicker.

Keionte Scott, who led the SEC in punt return average last season averaging 14.8 yards per return, was named to the Second Team as a return specialist.

Eugene Asante, Auburn’s leading tackler with 86 stops in 2023, was voted to the Third Team at linebacker.

FIRST TEAM

Offense

QB – Carson Beck, Georgia

RB – Jarquez Hunter, Auburn

RB – Trevor Etienne, Georgia

WR – Luther Burden III, Missouri

WR – Tre Harris, Ole Miss

TE – Caden Prieskorn, Ole Miss

OL – Will Campbell, LSU

OL – Tyler Booker, Alabama

OL – Tate Ratledge, Georgia

OL – Kelvin Banks Jr., Texas

C – Cooper Mays, Tennessee

AP – Zavion Thomas, LSU

Defense

DL – James Pearce Jr., Tennessee

DL – Deone Walker, Kentucky

DL – Walter Nolen, Ole Miss

DL – Nazir Stackhouse, Georgia*

DL – Landon Jackson, Arkansas*

LB – Harold Perkins, LSU

LB – Danny Stutsman, Oklahoma

LB – Deontae Lawson, Alabama

DB – Malaki Starks, Georgia

DB – Malachi Moore, Alabama

DB – Billy Bowman, Oklahoma

DB – Maxwell Hairston, Kentucky

 

Special Teams

PK – Bert Auburn, Texas

P – James Burnip, Alabama

RS – Barion Brown, Kentucky

KOS – Alex McPherson, Auburn

LS – Hunter Rogers, South Carolina

 

SECOND TEAM

Offense

QB – Quinn Ewers, Texas

RB – Raheim Sanders, South Carolina

RB – Montrell Johnson Jr., Florida

WR – Isaiah Bond, Texas

WR – Kyren Lacy, LSU

TE – Oscar Delp, Georgia

OL – Emery Jones, LSU

OL – Kadyn Proctor, Alabama

OL – Xavier Truss, Georgia

OL – Dylan Fairchild, Georgia

C – Parker Brailsford, Alabama

AP – Dillon Bell, Georgia

 

Defense

DL – Shemar Turner, Texas A&M

DL – Nic Scourton, Texas A&M

DL – Tim Smith, Alabama

DL – Princely Umanmielen, Ole Miss

LB – Debo Williams, South Carolina

LB – Mykel Williams, Georgia

LB – Smael Mondon Jr., Georgia

DB – Andrew Mukuba, Texas

DB – Major Burns, LSU

DB – Jason Marshall Jr., Florida

DB – Jahdae Barron, Texas

 

Special Teams

PK – Graham Nicholson, Alabama

P – Jeremy Crawshaw, Florida

RS – Keionte Scott, Auburn

KOS – Will Stone, Texas

LS – Kneeland Hibbett, Alabama

THIRD TEAM

Offense

QB – Jalen Milroe, Alabama

RB – Ulysses Bentley, Ole Miss

RB – Dylan Sampson, Tennessee*

RB – Justice Haynes, Alabama *

WR – Squirrel White, Tennessee

WR – Dominic Lovett, Georgia

TE – Mason Taylor, LSU

OL – Marques Cox, Kentucky

OL – Earnest Greene III, Georgia

OL – Armand Membou, Missouri

OL – Cam'Ron Johnson, Missouri

C – Eli Cox, Kentucky

AP – Barion Brown, Kentucky

Defense

DL – Tonka Hemingway, South Carolina

DL – Tim Keenan III, Alabama

DL – Trey Moore, Texas

DL – Jared Ivey, Ole Miss

LB – Anthony Hill Jr., Texas

LB – Jihaad Campbell, Alabama

LB – Eugene Asante, Auburn*

LB – Jamon "Pop" Dumas-Johnson, Kentucky*

DB – Malik Muhammad, Texas

DB – Nick Emmanwori, South Carolina

DB – Daylen Everette, Georgia

DB – Domani Jackson, Alabama

Special Teams

PK – Alex McPherson, Auburn

P – Brett Thorson, Georgia

RS – Zavion Thomas, LSU

KOS – Trey Smack, Florida

LS – Slade Roy, LSU

*Ties (ties are not broken)

Jeff Shearer is a Senior Writer at AuburnTigers.com. Follow him on X: @jeff_shearer