2001 All-SEC football team

The 2001 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season.

The LSU Tigers won the conference, upsetting the Tennessee Volunteers 31 to 20 in the SEC Championship game. Tennessee had previously upset the preseason #1 Florida Gators 34 to 32 in a game rescheduled due to the 9/11 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.

Florida quarterback Rex Grossman, the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy, was voted the coaches SEC Player of the Year and AP SEC Offensive Player of the Year. Florida defensive end Alex Brown was the AP SEC Defensive Player of the Year.

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

Rex Grossman†, Florida (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Rohan Davey, LSU (AP-2, Coaches-2)

Running backs

Travis Stephens†, Tennessee (AP-1, Coaches-1)
LaBrandon Toefield*, LSU (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Joe Gunn, Ole Miss (AP-2, Coaches-2)
Earnest Graham, Florida (AP-2)
Fred Talley, Arkansas (Coaches-2)
Lew Thomas, Vanderbilt (Coaches-2)

Wide receivers

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)
Donte Stallworth, Tennessee (Coaches-2)
Kelley Washington, Tennessee (Coaches-2)

Centers

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)

Guards

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)

Tackles

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)

Tight ends

Randy McMichael, Georgia (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Robert Royal, LSU (AP-2)
Doug Zeigler, Ole Miss (AP-2)
Terry Jones, Jr., Alabama (Coaches-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

Alex Brown, Florida (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Will Overstreet, Tennessee (AP-2, Coaches-1)
Dennis Johnson, Kentucky (AP-1)
Charles Grant, Georgia (AP-2, Coaches-2)
Carlos Hall, Arkansas (AP-2)
Jarvis Green, LSU (Coaches-2)

Defensive tackles

John Henderson, Tennessee (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Jarrett Johnson, Alabama (AP-1)
Albert Haynesworth, Tennessee (AP-2)
Ian Scott, Florida (AP-2)
Kenny King, Alabama (Coaches-2)
Kindal Moorehead, Alabama (Coaches-2)

Linebackers

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)

Cornerbacks

Lito Sheppard, Florida (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Tim Wansley, Georgia (AP-1, Coaches-1)
Syniker Taylor, Ole Miss (AP-2, Coaches-1)
Sheldon Brown, South Carolina (AP-2, Coaches-1)

Safeties

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)

Special teams

Kickers

Jeff Chandler, Florida (AP-1, Coaches-2)
Damon Duval, Auburn (AP-2, Coaches-1)

Punters

Glenn Pakulak, Kentucky (AP-1, Coaches-2)
Damon Duval, Auburn (AP-2, Coaches-1)

All purpose/return specialist

Derek Abney, Kentucky (AP-1)
Domanick Davis, LSU (AP-2)

Key

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

References

↑ "Five Vols Named to Associated Press All-SEC Teams". December 4, 2001.
↑ "Tennessee Places Seven Players on Coaches' All-SEC Squads". December 5, 2001.
↑ "All-SEC Coaches Picks". The Index-Journal. December 6, 2001. p. 13. Retrieved June 11, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

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