Six Kentucky Wildcats Tabbed to Preseason Coaches All-SEC Team

It’s been a month since the media made their picks. Now it’s time for the coaches to unveil their All-SEC selections.

Six Kentucky Wildcats made the cut, with three appearing on the first team and three on the third team. Eli Cox was the one player who earned a little more love from the coaches than the media pollsters.

Deone Walker, DL, First Team Defense
Maxwell Hairston, DB, First Team Defense
Barion Brown, First Team Return Specialist, Third Team All-Purpose
Eli Cox, OL, Third Team Offense
Marques Cox, OL, Third Team Offense
Jamon Dumas-Johnson, LB, Third Team Defense

After struggling to create continuity following the loss of John Schlarman, the Kentucky offensive line is shaping back into form with a couple of Super Seniors who are among the best in the SEC. They spent the preseason working in the trenches against one of the top defenders in the league, Deone Walker. This week the Kentucky defensive lineman earned quite a bit of NFL Draft buzz, along with the Cats’ shutdown cornerback on the outside.

You’ll be able to see these Wildcats in action soon enough. Fall camp has concluded and now we are only eight days away from Football Time in the Bluegrass. Kentucky kicks off the season at Kroger Field on Saturday, Aug. 31 at 7:45 pm EST against Southern Miss.

2024 Preseason Coaches All-SEC First Team

Georgia leads the way with five representatives on the first team. Kentucky was one of nine schools with multiple players. You can see all of the All-SEC selections here.

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 Jr., 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

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