University of Tennessee Athletics
Five Vols Earn All-SEC Honors from League Coaches
December 09, 2009 | Football
Dec. 9, 2009
The same five Tennessee Volunteers who earned All-SEC recognition from the Associated Press on Monday received similar honors from the league coaches on Tuesday. Junior safety Eric Berry was UT's lone first-team honoree, while four others earned second-team acclaim: defensive tackle Dan Williams, linebacker Rico McCoy, offensive tackle Chris Scott and tailback Montario Hardesty.
Berry concluded the season with 83 total tackles, six tackles for loss, two interceptions and two fumble returns for 48 yards. He has already garnered All-America honors from the American Football Coaches Association for the second-straight year. He was a unanimous All-America selection last season and the SEC Defensive Player of the Year.
Williams, who earned first-team honors from the Associated Press, wrapped his Tennessee career with a 61-tackle season, a career high and the fourth most by an interior lineman at Tennessee since 1990. He also led the Vols in quarterback hurries with nine and tied for the team lead with 8.5 tackles for loss.
McCoy led the team and finished third in the conference with a career-high 112 tackles. He also led the league and ranked sixth nationally with five forced fumbles. McCoy's 343 career tackles rank among the top 10 in school history.
Scott started all 12 games for the Vols and did not allow a sack of quarterback Jonathan Crompton in more than 700 snaps. He has started a team-high 38-straight games entering UT's Chick-fil-A Bowl showdown with Virginia Tech on Dec. 31.
Hardesty ranked third in the league in rushing at 108.8 yards per game and scored 12 touchdowns. His season total of 1,308 rushing yards is fifth-best total in school history and 156 yards shy of the school record held by Travis Henry.
The SEC All-Freshman Team will be announced Wednesday.
| 2009 ALL-SEC FOOTBALL TEAM | ||||||
| (*-Ties / #-Unanimous Selection) (Coaches could not vote for their own players) | ||||||
| FIRST-TEAM ALL-SEC -- OFFENSE | ||||||
| Pos. | Name | School | Ht. | Wt. | Class | Hometown |
| TE | Aaron Hernandez | Florida | 6-2 | 250 | Jr. | Bristol, Conn. |
| OL | Mike Pouncey | Florida | 6-5 | 315 | Jr. | Lakeland, Fla. |
| OL | Mike Johnson | Alabama (G) | 6-5 | 303 | Sr. | Pensacola, Fla. |
| OL | Ciron Black | LSU (T) | 6-5 | 322 | Sr. | Tyler, Texas |
| *OL | Mitch Petrus | Arkansas | 6-4 | 315 | Sr. | Carlisle, Ark. |
| *OL | John Jerry | Ole Miss (T) | 6-6 | 335 | Sr. | Batesville, Miss. |
| C | Maurkice Pouncey | Florida | 6-5 | 310 | Jr. | Lakeland, Fla. |
| WR | A.J. Green | Georgia | 6-4 | 207 | So. | Summerville, S.C. |
| WR | Shay Hodge | Ole Miss | 6-2 | 207 | Sr. | Morton, Miss. |
| #QB | Tim Tebow | Florida | 6-3 | 240 | Sr. | Jacksonville, Fla. |
| #RB | Mark Ingram | Alabama | 5-10 | 212 | So. | Flint, Mich. |
| RB | Anthony Dixon | Mississippi State | 6-1 | 235 | Sr. | Jackson, Miss. |
| SECOND-TEAM ALL-SEC -- OFFENSE | ||||||
| Pos. | Name | School | Ht. | Wt. | Class | Hometown |
| TE | D.J. Williams | Arkansas | 6-2 | 251 | Jr. | Little Rock, Ark. |
| OL | Chris Scott | Tennessee (T) | 6-5 | 346 | Sr. | Riverdale, Ga. |
| OL | Derek Sherrod | Mississippi State (T) | 6-6 | 305 | Jr. | Columbus, Miss. |
| OL | Lee Ziemba | Auburn (T) | 6-8 | 308 | Jr. | Rogers, Ark. |
| OL | Zipp Duncan | Kentucky (T) | 6-5 | 291 | Sr. | Magnolia, Ky. |
| C | Ben Jones | Georgia (C) | 6-3 | 300 | So. | Centerville, Ala. |
| WR | Brandon LaFell | LSU | 6-3 | 206 | Sr. | Houston, Texas |
| WR | Julio Jones | Alabama | 6-4 | 211 | So. | Foley, Ala. |
| QB | Ryan Mallett | Arkansas | 6-7 | 238 | So. | Texarkana, Ark. |
| RB | Dexter McCluster | Ole Miss | 5-9 | 170 | Sr. | Largo, Fla. |
| RB | Montario Hardesty | Tennessee | 6-0 | 215 | Sr. | New Bern, N.C. |
| FIRST-TEAM ALL-SEC -- DEFENSE | ||||||
| Pos. | Name | School | Ht. | Wt. | Class | Hometown |
| DL | Antonio Coleman | Auburn | 6-3 | 261 | Sr. | Mobile, Ala. |
| DL | Terrence Cody | Alabama | 6-5 | 354 | Sr. | Fort Myers, Fla. |
| DL | Carlos Dunlap | Florida | 6-6 | 290 | Jr. | North Charleston, S.C. |
| DL | Corey Peters | Kentucky | 6-3 | 295 | Sr. | Louisville, Ky. |
| #LB | Rolando McClain | Alabama | 6-4 | 258 | Jr. | Decatur, Ala. |
| LB | Eric Norwood | South Carolina | 6-1 | 252 | Sr. | Acworth, Ga. |
| *LB | Brandon Spikes | Florida | 6-4 | 255 | Sr. | Shelby, N.C. |
| *LB | Rennie Curran | Georgia | 5-11 | 225 | Jr. | Snellville, Ga. |
| DB | Eric Berry | Tennessee | 5-11 | 203 | Jr. | Fairburn, Ga. |
| DB | Joe Haden | Florida | 5-11 | 190 | Jr. | Ft. Washington, Md. |
| DB | Javier Arenas | Alabama | 5-9 | 195 | Sr. | Tampa, Fla. |
| DB | Mark Barron | Alabama | 6-2 | 214 | So. | Mobile, Ala. |
| SECOND-TEAM ALL-SEC -- DEFENSE | ||||||
| Pos. | Name | School | Ht. | Wt. | Class | Hometown |
| DL | Jermaine Cunningham | Florida | 6-3 | 257 | Sr. | Stone Mountain, Ga. |
| DL | Geno Atkins | Georgia | 6-1 | 290 | Sr. | Pembroke Pines, Fla. |
| *DL | Dan Williams | Tennessee | 6-3 | 327 | Sr. | Memphis, Tenn. |
| *DL | Justin Houston | Georgia | 6-3 | 259 | So. | Statesboro, Ga. |
| *DL | Cliff Matthews | South Carolina | 6-4 | 249 | Jr. | Cheraw, S.C. |
| *DL | Malcolm Sheppard | Arkansas | 6-2 | 291 | Sr. | Bainbridge, Ga. |
| *DL | Pernell McPhee | Mississippi State | 6-4 | 275 | Jr. | Pahokee, Fla. |
| LB | Micah Johnson | Kentucky | 6-2 | 258 | Sr. | Ft. Campbell, Ky. |
| LB | Rico McCoy | Tennessee | 6-1 | 220 | Sr. | Washington, D.C. |
| *LB | Chris Marve | Vanderbilt | 6-0 | 230 | So. | Memphis, Tenn. |
| *LB | Ryan Stamper | Florida | 6-2 | 235 | Sr. | Jacksonville, Fla. |
| DB | Myron Lewis | Vanderbilt | 6-2 | 205 | Sr. | Pompano Beach, Fla. |
| *DB | Chad Jones | LSU | 6-3 | 231 | Jr. | New Orleans, La. |
| *DB | Walt McFadden | Auburn | 6-0 | 175 | Sr. | Pompano Beach, Fla. |
| *DB | Patrick Peterson | LSU | 6-1 | 211 | So. | Pompano Beach, Fla. |
| *DB | Trevard Lindley | Kentucky | 6-0 | 179 | Sr. | Hiram, Ga. |
| FIRST-TEAM ALL-SEC -- SPECIAL TEAMS | ||||||
| Pos. | Name | School | Ht. | Wt. | Class | Hometown |
| PK | Leigh Tiffin | Alabama | 6-2 | 212 | Sr. | Muscle Shoals, Ala. |
| P | Drew Butler | Georgia | 6-2 | 203 | So. | Duluth, Ga. |
| RS | Javier Arenas | Alabama | 5-9 | 195 | Sr. | Tampa, Fla. |
| SECOND-TEAM ALL-SEC -- SPECIAL TEAMS | ||||||
| Pos. | Name | School | Ht. | Wt. | Class | Hometown |
| PK | Blair Walsh | Georgia | 5-10 | 185 | So. | Boca Raton, Fla. |
| P | Brett Upson | Vanderbilt | 5-11 | 190 | Sr. | Griffin, Ga. |
| RS | Warren Norman | Vanderbilt | 5-10 | 188 | Fr. | Stone Mountain, Ga. |
