BATON ROUGE — LSU’s Ciron Black, Brandon LaFell and Ricky Jean-Francois have all been named to the Southeastern Conference All-Freshman Team, the league office announced on Thursday.
Black, an offensive tackle, and LaFell, a wide receiver, were named on the offensive side of the ball, while Jean-Francois made the team as a defensive lineman.
Black, a redshirt freshman from Tyler, Texas, started all 12 games at left tackle for the fourth-ranked Tigers. Black played a key role in LSU averaging a league-leading 33 points and 404 yards of offense per contest.
LaFell, a redshirt freshman from Houston, played in 10 games for the Tigers, finishing with four receptions for 82 yards, including a 58-yard TD in the season-opener against Louisiana-Lafayette.
Jean-Francois, a redshirt freshman from Miami, Fla., played in all 12 games for the Tigers with one start. He recorded 27 tackles, 5.5 tackles for losses and three sacks for an LSU defense that led the conference in scoring, total defense and pass defense.
2006 FRESHMAN ALL-SEC FOOTBALL TEAM
(*-Ties / #-Unanimous Selection /Coaches could not vote for their own players)
FRESHMAN ALL-SEC — OFFENSE
Pos.
Name
School
Ht.
Wt.
Hometown
TE
Ben Cleveland
Arkansas
6-4
235
Springdale, Ark.
OL
Andre Smith
Alabama
6-5
315
Birmingham, Ala.
OL
LSU
6-5
314
Tyler, Texas
OL
John Jerry
Ole Miss
6-5
350
Batesville, Miss.
*OL
Justin Jeffries
Kentucky
6-5
300
Louisville, Ky.
*OL
Craig Jenkins
Mississippi State
6-4
319
Pearl, Miss.
#C
Josh McNeil
Tennessee
6-4
290
Collins, Miss.
WR
Percy Harvin
Florida
5-11
180
Virginia Beach, Va.
*WR
LSU
6-3
194
Houston, Texas
*WR
Damian Williams
Arkansas
6-1
188
Springdale, Ark.
*QB
Matthew Stafford
Georgia
6-3
228
Dallas, Texas
*QB
Tim Tebow
Florida
6-3
229
Jacksonville, Fla.
RB
LaMarcus Coker
Tennessee
5-11
205
Antioch, Tenn.
RB
Anthony Dixon
Mississippi State
6-1
235
Jackson, Miss.
FRESHMAN ALL-SEC — DEFENSE
DL
LSU
6-3
281
Miami, Fla.
DL
Sen’Derrick Marks
Auburn
6-1
287
Mobile, Ala.
DL
Kade Weston
Georgia
6-5
315
Red Bank, N.J.
LB
Prince Hall
Alabama
5-11
253
Moreno Valley, Calif.
LB
Rodney Paulk
South Carolina
6-0
200
Columbia, S.C.
LB
Micah Johnson
Kentucky
6-2
255
Ft. Campbell, Ky.
*LB
Rico McCoy
Tennessee
6-1
215
Washington, D.C.
*LB
Wendel Davis
Arkansas
6-1
205
Sweeny, Texas
*LB
Jamon Hughes
Mississippi State
6-0
221
Rolling Fork, Miss.
DB
Trevard Lindley
Kentucky
6-0
175
Hiram, Ga.
DB
Emanuel Cook
South Carolina
6-0
205
Riviera Beach, Fla.
DB
D.J. Moore
Vanderbilt
5-10
180
Spartanburg, S.C.
*DB
Aairon Savage
Auburn
5-11
187
Albany, Ga.
*DB
Jerraud Powers
Auburn
5-9
184
Decatur, Ala.
FRESHMAN ALL-SEC — SPECIAL TEAMS
*PK
Lones Seiber
Kentucky
5-9
180
Knoxville, Tenn.
*PK
Joshua Shene
Ole Miss
5-9
170
Oklahoma City, Okla.
P
P.J. Fitzgerald
Alabama
6-0
196
Coral Springs, Fla.
RS
Brandon James
Florida
5-7
180
St. Augustine, Fla.