The team was voted on by the
league’s head coaches and featured a first, second, and third-team for offense,
defense and special teams. Coaches could not vote for players on their own team.
LSU’s 12 all-SEC selections
represented one more than Arkansas, who featured 11 players on the
teams. Auburn
was next with eight players selected to one of the three teams.
In addition, LSU’s five first-team
selections ranked as the highest total in the league, ahead of Tennessee and Vanderbilt,
who each had three first-team picks.
Heading the first-team offense for
the Tigers were a pair of seniors in offensive lineman Will Arnold and wide
receiver Early Doucet. Defensively, the Tigers placed three players on the first
unit – defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey, linebacker Ali Highsmith and defensive
back Chevis Jackson.
Other preseason all-conference
selections for the Tigers include: center Brett Helms on the second team
offense; defensive end Tyson Jackson, linebacker Darry Beckwith and defensive
back Jonathan Zenon on the second team defense; offensive linemen Ciron Black
and Herman Johnson on the third-team offense; and safety Craig Steltz on the
third-team defense.
LSU, along with the league’s 11
other members, will participate in SEC Media Days beginning next Wednesday in
Hoover, Ala. LSU coach Les Miles, along with Dorsey and Doucet, will meet with
members of the media on Friday, July 27 in the final session of the three-day
event.
The Tigers then report to campus on
Friday, Aug. 3 as they begin their third season under Miles. LSU’s first
practice will take place on Saturday, Aug. 4 and they open the season on
Thursday, Aug. 30 against Mississippi
State in Starkville.
LSU returns 15 starters from last
year’s team that posted an 11-2 overall mark and finished the year ranked No. 3
in the nation. In two years under Miles, the Tigers have won 22 games and
finished ranked among the top five teams in the country both times.