Auburn Football: Six Tigers Earn Spots on the All-SEC Team

Six Auburn football players were recognized as members of the 2014 Associated Press All-SEC Team.

Senior running back Cameron Artis-Payne, the league’s leading rusher with 1,482 yards, and center Reese Dismukes, a finalist for the Remington and Outland trophies, were named to the first team.

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Artis-Payne was responsible for 134.2 all-purpose yards per game this season and scored 11 rushing touchdowns for the Tigers in his first season as a starter. Dismukes will make his 50th career start in the Outback Bowl and is a team leader and captain.

Wide receiver Sammie Coates and cornerback Jonathan Jones were named to the second team, while defensive lineman Gabe Wright and kicker/punter Daniel Carlson earned honorable mention.

Jones was a pleasant surprise in his first season as a starter. The junior had 34 total tackles, one tackle for a loss, and a team-high six interceptions and ten pass breakups as a junior. Wright, who like Dismukes was a senior captain, amassed 23 tackles, 4.5 TFLs, one sack and ten quarterback hurries while sharing time at defensive end and tackle.

Carlson had a 41.6-yard average on 37 punts this season as a redshirt freshman, with 11 landing inside the opponent’s 20-yard line. He connected on 17 of 21 field goal attempts with a long of 46 yards, and missed just once inside 40 yards. Pulling triple duty most of the season, 46 of Carlson’s 75 kickoffs went for touchbacks.

Coates was explosive again in 2014 as he ranks third nationally with a 23.9 yards per catch average, but he is the team’s second leading receiver. D’haquille Williams leads the Tigers with 45 receptions, 730 receiving yards and five touchdown catches. Coates is not far behind with 717 yards and four TDs on 30 grabs, but it’s easy to say Williams should have been in the mix for league honors.

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Another possible snub was quarterback Nick Marshall. Mississippi State quarterback Dak Prescott spent a large portion of the season in the Heisman Trophy race, and earned first team honors. Alabama QB Blake Sims surpassed all expectations this season, and earned a spot on the second team. The two were the only two signal callers listed on ballots.

That means Marshall – the pre-season All-SEC QB – failed to earn even an Honorable Mention for a season in which he completed 163 of 271 passes (60.1%) for 2,315 yards and 18 touchdowns as well as 780 rushing yards and 11 scores on 146 carries.

Alabama wide receiver was named SEC Offensive Player of the Year, and Missouri defensive end Shane Ray took the top defensive honor. Georgia running back Nick Chubb was named the Freshman of the Year, and Mississippi State’s Dan Mullen earned the title of Coach of the Year.

FIRST TEAM

WR Amari Cooper, Alabama

WR Pharoh Cooper, South Carolina

WR Bud Sasser, Missouri

OL La’el Collins, LSU

OL Ben Beckwith, Mississippi State

OL Arie Kouandjio, Alabama

OL Laremy Tunsil, Ole Miss

C Reese Dismukes, Auburn

TE Evan Engram, Ole Miss

QB Dak Prescott, Mississippi State

RB Cameron Artis-Payne, Auburn

RB Nick Chubb, Georgia

K Austin MacGinnis, Kentucky

AP Marcus Murphy, Missouri

DE Shane Ray, Missouri

DE Bud Dupree

DT Robert Nkemdiche, Ole Miss

DT Johnathan Allen, Alabama

LB Martrell Spaight, Arkansas

LB Reggie Ragland, Alabama

LB Amarlo Herrera, Georgia

CB Senquez Golson, Ole Miss

CB Vernon Hargreaves III, Florida

S Landon Collins, Alabama

S Cody Prewitt Ole Miss

P J.K. Scott, Alabama

SECOND TEAM

WR Josh Reynolds, Texas A&M

WR Sammie Coates, Auburn

OL Greg Pyke, Georgia

OL A.J. Cann, South Carolina

OL Cedric Ogbuehi, Texas A&M

OL Austin Shepherd, Alabama

C David Andrews, Georgia

TE Steven Scheu, Vanderbilt

QB Blake Sims, Alabama

RB Josh Robinson, Mississippi State

RB Jonathan Williams, Arkansas

K Josh Lambo, Texas A&M

AP Pharoh Cooper, South Carolina

DE Preston Smith, Mississippi State

DE Derek Barnett, Tennessee

DT Myles Garrett, Texas A&M

DT Darius Philon, Arkansas

LB Benardrick McKinney, Mississippi State

LB Kwon Alexander, LSU

LB Kentrell Brothers, Missouri

LB Antonio Morrison, Florida

LB Curt Maggitt, Tennessee

LB Ramik Wilson, Georgia

CB Cyrus Jones, Alabama

CB Damian Swann, Georgia

CB Jonathan Jones, Auburn

S Braylon Webb, Missouri

S Ronald Martin, LSU

S Tony Conner, Ole Miss

P Kyle Christy, Florida

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