2008 All-SEC football team
American college football all-star team
The 2008 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 2008 college football season.
The Florida Gators won the conference, beating the Alabama Crimson Tide 31 to 20 in the SEC Championship game. The Gators then won a national championship, defeating the Big 12 champion Oklahoma Sooners 24 to 14 in the 2009 BCS National Championship Game. Alabama led the conference with five consensus first-team All-SEC selections by both the AP and the coaches; Florida was second with three.
Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, a unanimous AP selection, was voted AP SEC Offensive Player of the Year. Georgia running back Knowshon Moreno was a unanimous selection by both AP and the coaches. Tennessee safety Eric Berry, a unanimous selection by the coaches, was voted AP SEC Defensive Player of the Year.
Offensive selections
Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Centers
Guards
Tackles
- Michael Oher*, Ole Miss (AP-1, Coaches-1)
- Andre Smith*, Alabama (AP-1, Coaches-1)
- Phil Trautwein, Florida (AP-1, Coaches-1)
- Ciron Black, LSU (AP-2, Coaches-2)
- Garry Williams, Kentucky (AP-2, Coaches-2)
- Anthony Parker, Tennessee (AP-2, Coaches-2)
- John Jerry, Ole Miss (Coaches-2)
Tight ends
Defensive selections
Defensive ends
Defensive tackles
Linebackers
- Brandon Spikes*, Florida (AP-1, Coaches-1)
- Rolando McClain, Alabama (AP-1, Coaches-1)
- Eric Norwood, South Carolina (AP-1, Coaches-1)
- Rennie Curran, Georgia (AP-2, Coaches-1)
- Micah Johnson, Kentucky (Coaches-1)
- Dominic Douglas, Miss. St. (AP-2, Coaches-2)
- Patrick Benoist, Vanderbilt (AP-2, Coaches-2)
- Darry Beckwith, LSU (AP-2)
- Jasper Brinkley, South Carolina (Coaches-2)
- Rico McCoy, Tennessee (Coaches-2)
Cornerbacks
Safeties
Special teams
Kickers
- Joshua Shene, Ole Miss (AP-1, Coaches-2)
- Colt David, LSU (AP-2, Coaches-1)
Punters
- Tim Masthay, Kentucky (AP-1, Coaches-1)
- Brian Mimbs, Ole Miss (AP-2, Coaches-2)
- Jeremy Davis, Arkansas (AP-2)
- Chas Henry, Florida (Coaches-2)
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]
* = Unanimous selection of AP
# = Unanimous selection of Coaches
† = Unanimous selection of both AP and Coaches
See also
References
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