Arkansas Razorbacks Place Six on Preseason All-SEC Teams
Written by Ryan Wright
The SEC released their preseason football teams on Friday placing six Arkansas Razorbacks among the best in the conference.
Ole Miss owned the first-team offensive selections with three (TE Evan Engram, OL Laremy Tunsil, and WR Laquon Treadwell) but the Razorbacks owned the second-team All-SEC squad placing four selections on the list; RB Jonathan Williams, TE Hunter Henry, OT Dan Skipper, and OT Denver Kirkland.
Arkansas rounded out the third-team selections placing RB Alex Collins and OG Sebastian Tretola on the list.
Of the six Razorbacks selected tight end Hunter Henry led the way with 97 votes followed by Dan Skipper with 95, and Denver Kirkland with 85.
Even though Arkansas posted the nation’s No. 10 defense under first-year defensive coordinator Robb Smith in 2014, no Razorback player was selected to the All-SEC list further contributing to head coach Bret Bielema’s playful comparison of his defense as “The Bad News Bears” or “The No Name Defense.”
Arkansas kicks off the 2015 season at home against UTEP on Sept. 5.
FIRST TEAM ALL-SEC
OFFENSE
QB: Dak Prescott, Mississippi State
RB: Nick Chubb, Georgia
RB: Leonard Fournette, LSU
WR: Laquon Treadwell, Ole Miss
WR: D’haquille Williams, Auburn
TE: Evan Engram, Ole Miss
OL: Cam Robinson, Alabama
OL: Laremy Tunsil, Ole Miss
OL: Vadal Alexander, LSU
OL: John Theus, Georgia
OL: Ryan Kelly, Alabama
DEFENSE
DL: Robert Nkemdiche, Ole Miss
DL: A’Shawn Robinson, Alabama
DL: Myles Garrett, Texas A&M
DL: Carl Lawson, Auburn
LB: Reggie Ragland, Alabama
LB: Jordan Jenkins, Georgia
LB: Curt Maggitt, Tennessee
DB: Vernon Hargreaves III, Florida
DB: Cyrus Jones, Alabama
DB: Jonathan Jones, Auburn
DB: Jalen Mills, LSU
SPECIALISTS
P: JK Scott, Alabama
PK: Marshall Morgan, Georgia
RS: Speedy Noil, Texas A&M
AP: Pharoh Cooper, South Carolina
SECOND TEAM
OFFENSE
QB: Jeremy Johnson, Auburn; RB: Derrick Henry, Alabama, Jonathan Williams, Arkansas; WR: Pharoh Cooper, South Carolina, De’Runnya Wilson, Mississippi State; TE: Hunter Henry, Arkansas; OL: Germain Ifedi, Texas A&M, Dan Skipper, Arkansas, Denver Kirkland, Arkansas, Greg Pyke, Georgia, Mike Matthews, Texas A&M.
DEFENSE
DL: Jonathan Bullard, Florida, Derek Barnett, Tennessee, Jonathan Allen, Alabama, Chris Jones, Mississippi State; LB: Kendell Beckwith, LSU, Leonard Floyd, Georgia, Cassanova McKinzy, Auburn; DB: Tony Conner, Ole Miss, Cameron Sutton, Tennessee, Will Redmond, Mississippi State, Tre’Davious White, LSU.
SPECIALISTS
P: Drew Kaser, Texas A&M; PK: Elliott Fry, South Carolina; RS: Pharoh Cooper, South Carolina; AP: Leonard Fournette, LSU.
THIRD TEAM
OFFENSE
QB: Joshua Dobbs, Tennessee; RB: Alex Collins, Arkansas, Kenyan Drake, Alabama; WR: Malcolm Mitchell, Georgia, Josh Reynolds, Texas A&M; TE: O.J. Howard, Alabama; OL: Sebastian Tretola, Arkansas, Alex Kozan, Auburn, Avery Young, Auburn, Brandon Shell, South Carolina, Evan Boehm, Missouri.
DEFENSE
DL: Montravius Adams, Auburn, Jarran Reed, Alabama, Davon Godchaux, LSU, Marquis Haynes, Ole Miss; LB: Kris Frost, Auburn, Antonio Morrison, Florida, Kentrell Brothers, Missouri; DB: A.J. Stamps, Kentucky, Eddie Jackson, Alabama, Jamal Adams, LSU, Johnathan Ford, Auburn.
SPECIALISTS
P: Jamie Keehn, LSU; PK: Austin MacGinnis, Kentucky; RS: Leonard Fournette, LSU; AP: Speedy Noil