Team selected for the All-Southeastern Conference in 2001
The2001 All-SEC football team consists ofAmerican football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the2001 NCAA Division I-A football season.
TheLSU Tigers won the conference, upsetting theTennessee Volunteers 31 to 20 in theSEC Championship game. Tennessee had previously upset the preseason #1Florida Gators 34 to 32 in a game rescheduled due to the9/11 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.
FloridaquarterbackRex Grossman, the runner-up for theHeisman Trophy, was voted the coaches SEC Player of the Year and AP SEC Offensive Player of the Year. Floridadefensive endAlex Brown was the AP SEC Defensive Player of the Year.
Offensive selections
[edit]- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
Defensive selections
[edit]- 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)
- 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)
All purpose/return specialist
[edit]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
