Coaches’ Preseason All-SEC Football Teams Announced

• BATON ROUGE, La. – Offensive tackle Will Campbell, linebacker Harold Perkins, and all-purpose athlete Zavion Thomas headline a list of eight LSU players who have been named members of the preseason Coaches All-SEC team, the league office announced Thursday.

  The SEC coaches named Campbell, Perkins, and Thomas to the first team.

  LSU players on the second team include a duo on offense: tackle Emery Jones and wide receiver Kyren Lacy; in addition, defensive back Major Burns was named as a second-team selection.

  Junior tight end Mason Taylor and senior long snapper Slade Roy were named to the third team alongside Thomas, who received further acknowledgment as a return specialist on the third team.

  Campbell, also a first-team preseason All-America, has twice earned All-SEC honors in his two years with the Tigers. He was a second-team selection in 2022 as a true freshman and earned first-team honors a year ago. Campbell, one of LSU’s most dominant offensive linemen, has started 26 games in two years.

  Perkins, a second-team preseason All-America heading into 2024, is one of the top defensive playmakers in college football. In two years with the Tigers, Perkins has tallied 26 tackles for loss, 13 sacks, and forced seven fumbles.

  Thomas, a transfer from Mississippi State, averaged 33.7 yards on six kickoff returns and 11.7 yards on 14 punt returns for the Bulldogs in 2023.

  LSU opens its third season under head coach Brian Kelly on Sunday, Sept. 1, against USC in Las Vegas.

  LSU’s home opener against Nicholls on Saturday, Sept. 7, begins a season-long celebration of 100 years of Tiger Stadium. Fans will be treated to new scoreboards, video boards, ribbon boards, LED lights, and sound systems in Tiger Stadium in 2024.

Preseason Coaches All-SEC Teams

• FIRST TEAM

  Offense
  QB – Carson Beck, Georgia
  RB – Jarquez Hunter, Auburn
  RB – Trevor Etienne, Georgia
  WR – Luther Burden III, Missouri
  WR – Tre Harris, Ole Miss
  TE – Caden Prieskorn, Ole Miss
  OL – Will Campbell, LSU
  OL – Tyler Booker, Alabama
  OL – Tate Ratledge, Georgia
  OL – Kelvin Banks Jr., Texas
  C – Cooper Mays, Tennessee
  AP – Zavion Thomas, LSU

  Defense
  DL – James Pearce Jr., Tennessee
  DL – Deone Walker, Kentucky
  DL – Walter Nolen, Ole Miss
  DL – Nazir Stackhouse, Georgia*
  DL – Landon Jackson, Arkansas*
  LB – Harold Perkins Jr., LSU
  LB – Danny Stutsman, Oklahoma
  LB – Deontae Lawson, Alabama
  DB – Malaki Starks, Georgia
  DB – Malachi Moore, Alabama
  DB – Billy Bowman, Oklahoma
  DB – Maxwell Hairston, Kentucky

  Special Teams
  PK – Bert Auburn, Texas
  P – James Burnip, Alabama
  RS – Barion Brown, Kentucky
  KOS – Alex McPherson, Auburn
  LS – Hunter Rogers, South Carolina

  SECOND TEAM

  Offense
  QB – Quinn Ewers, Texas
  RB – Raheim Sanders, South Carolina
  RB – Montrell Johnson Jr., Florida
  WR – Isaiah Bond, Texas
  WR – Kyren Lacy, LSU
  TE – Oscar Delp, Georgia
  OL – Emery Jones Jr., LSU
  OL – Kadyn Proctor, Alabama
  OL – Xavier Truss, Georgia
  OL – Dylan Fairchild, Georgia
  C – Parker Brailsford, Alabama
  AP – Dillon Bell, Georgia

  Defense
  DL – Shemar Turner, Texas A&M
  DL – Nic Scourton, Texas A&M
  DL – Tim Smith, Alabama
  DL – Princely Umanmielen, Ole Miss
  LB – Debo Williams, South Carolina
  LB – Mykel Williams, Georgia
  LB – Smael Mondon Jr., Georgia
  DB – Andrew Mukuba, Texas
  DB – Major Burns, LSU
  DB – Jason Marshall Jr., Florida
  DB – Jahdae Barron, Texas

  Special Teams
  PK – Graham Nicholson, Alabama
  P – Jeremy Crawshaw, Florida
  RS – Keionte Scott, Auburn
  KOS – Will Stone, Texas
  LS – Kneeland Hibbett, Alabama

  THIRD TEAM

  Offense
  QB – Jalen Milroe, Alabama
  RB – Ulysses Bentley, Ole Miss
  RB – Dylan Sampson, Tennessee*
  RB – Justice Haynes, Alabama *
  WR – Squirrel White, Tennessee
  WR – Dominic Lovett, Georgia
  TE – Mason Taylor, LSU
  OL – Marques Cox, Kentucky
  OL – Earnest Greene III, Georgia
  OL – Armand Membou, Missouri
  OL – Cam’Ron Johnson, Missouri
  C – Eli Cox, Kentucky
  AP – Barion Brown, Kentucky

  Defense
  DL – Tonka Hemingway, South Carolina
  DL – Tim Keenan III, Alabama
  DL – Trey Moore, Texas
  DL – Jared Ivey, Ole Miss
  LB – Anthony Hill Jr., Texas
  LB – Jihaad Campbell, Alabama
  LB – Eugene Asante, Auburn*
  LB – Jamon “Pop” Dumas-Johnson, Kentucky*
  DB – Malik Muhammad, Texas
  DB – Nick Emmanwori, South Carolina
  DB – Daylen Everette, Georgia
  DB – Domani Jackson, Alabama

  Special Teams
  PK – Alex McPherson, Auburn
  P – Brett Thorson, Georgia
  RS – Zavion Thomas, LSU
  KOS – Trey Smack, Florida
  LS – Slade Roy, LSU

  * Ties (ties are not broken)