Rebels Have Four Earn AP All-SEC Honors

ATLANTA -- Ole Miss' Michael Oher, Greg Hardy, Peria Jerry and BenJarvus Green-Ellis garnered All-Southeastern Conference accolades from the Associated Press, which announced its league awards Wednesday.

Oher and Hardy, who were also voted first team All-SEC by the coaches, received top-team billing again. Jerry was named to the second team, and Green-Ellis was an honorable mention. All four Rebels were also chosen All-SEC by Rivals.com.

Oher, a junior offensive lineman, has been a consensus first team All-SEC selection this year and was a Mid-Season All-America first team pick by The Sporting News. He was a second team all-conference choice last season.

A sophomore defensive end and high school teammate of Oher in Memphis, Hardy is fifth in the nation in TFLs (18.0) and tied for sixth in sacks (10.0), in which he is also the SEC leader. He was listed as a First Team Freshman All-America a year ago.

Jerry is earning postseason honors for the first time in his career. The junior defensive tackle ranks fifth in the SEC in TFLs with 14.0. Jerry totaled 10.5 TFLs and 43 total tackles over the final eight games.

Green-Ellis took home AP hardware for the second straight year, having been a First Team All-SEC selection in 2006. The senior tailback turned in five 100-yard games and is fourth in the league in rushing at 94.8 yards per outing. He finished the season with 1,137 yards in becoming the second Rebel ever to reach the 1,000-yard mark in consecutive campaigns.

Florida's Tim Tebow was named SEC offensive player of the year, while LSU defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey is the defensive player of the year. Mississippi State's Sylvester Croom picked up the coach of the year award, and Georgia running back Knowshon Moreno was selected as freshman of the year.

Tebow and Dorsey were among four unanimous picks to the All-SEC team, joined by Arkansas running back Darren McFadden and Kentucky tight end Jacob Tamme. No. 2 LSU, which won the conference championship, led the way with six players on the first team. But, in a season ruled by parity, all 12 schools were represented on the first team.

2007 Associated Press All-SEC football team
The Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference football team released Wednesday, with player's position, name, school, height, weight and class (u-unanimous selection):

Pos.	Name	School	Ht.	Wt.	Cl.
FIRST TEAM - OFFENSE
WR	Kenny McKinley	South Carolina	6-0	177	Jr.
WR	Earl Bennett	Vanderbilt	6-1	202	Jr.
L	Michael Oher	Ole Miss	6-5	325	Jr.
L	Chris Williams	Vanderbilt	6-6	320	Sr.
L	Andre Smith	Alabama	6-4	348	So.
L	Anthony Parker	Tennessee	6-3	305	Jr.
L	Robert Felton	Arkansas	6-4	320	Sr.
C	Jonathan Luigs	Arkansas	6-4	315	Jr.
TE	u-Jacob Tamme	Kentucky	6-5	240	Sr.
QB	u-Tim Tebow	Florida	6-3	235	So.
RB	u-Darren McFadden	Arkansas	6-2	215	Jr.
RB	Knowshon Moreno	Georgia	5-11	207	Fr.
K	Colt David	LSU	5-9	173	Jr.
All-Purpose	Percy Harvin	Florida	5-11	187	So.
All-Purpose	Felix Jones	Arkansas	6-0	207	Jr.
FIRST TEAM - DEFENSE
E	Greg Hardy	Ole Miss	6-5	255	So.
E	Wallace Gilberry	Alabama	6-4	264	Sr.
T	u-Glenn Dorsey	LSU	6-2	303	Sr.
T	Geno Atkins	Georgia	6-1	290	So.
T	Pat Sims	Auburn	6-4	316	Jr.
LB	Wesley Woodyard	Kentucky	6-1	212	Sr.
LB	Jerod Mayo	Tennessee	6-2	230	Jr.
LB	Brandon Spikes	Florida	6-3	243	So.
LB	Ali Highsmith	LSU	6-1	225	Sr.
CB	Chevis Jackson	LSU	6-0	184	Sr.
CB	D.J. Moore	Vanderbilt	5-10	180	So.
S	Craig Steltz	LSU	6-2	209	Sr.
S	Derek Pegues	Mississippi St.	5-10	196	Jr.
S	Rashad Johnson	Alabama	6-0	186	Jr.
P	Patrick Fisher	LSU	6-5	238	Sr.
SECOND TEAM - OFFENSE
WR	Lucas Taylor	Tennessee	6-0	185	Jr.
WR	Percy Harvin	Florida	5-11	187	So.
L	Herman Johnson	LSU	6-7	356	Jr.
L	Nate Garner	Arkansas	6-7	318	Sr.
L	Jason Leger	Tennessee	6-1	287	Sr.
L	Eric Young	Tennessee	6-4	305	Sr.
C	Fernando Velasco	Georgia	6-4	318	Sr.
TE	Cornelius Ingram	Florida	6-4	230	Jr.
QB	Andre Woodson	Kentucky	6-5	230	Sr.
RB	Felix Jones	Arkansas	6-0	207	Jr.
RB	Arian Foster	Tennessee	6-1	225	Jr.
K	Daniel Lincoln	Tennessee	6-0	204	Fr.
All-Purpose	Brandon James	Florida	6-0	207	Jr.
SECOND TEAM - DEFENSE
E	Titus Brown	Mississippi St.	6-3	250	Sr.
E	Quentin Groves	Auburn	6-3	254	Sr.
E	Eric Norwood	South Carolina	6-0	258	So.
T	Marcus Harrison	Arkansas	6-3	305	Sr.
T	Peria Jerry	Ole Miss	6-2	310	Sr.
LB	Jonathan Goff	Vanderbilt	6-4	235	Sr.
LB	Dannell Ellerbe	Georgia	6-1	232	Jr.
LB	Rico McCoy	Tennessee	6-1	215	So.
CB	Captain Munnerlyn	South Carolina	5-9	180	So.
CB	Michael Grant	Arkansas	5-11	186	Sr.
CB	Patrick Lee	Auburn	6-0	201	Sr.
S	Eric Berry	Tennessee	5-11	195	Fr.
S	Emanuel Cook	South Carolina	5-11	211	So.
S	Matt Hewitt	Arkansas	6-3	211	Sr.
P	Britton Colquitt	Tennessee	6-3	205	Jr.
P	Ryan Shoemaker	Auburn	6-0	188	Fr.

HONORABLE MENTION

Offense
Erik Ainge, QB, Tennessee, 6-6, 220, Sr.; Ciron Black, L, LSU, 6-5, 320, So.; Royce Blackledge, C, Mississippi St., 6-4, 293, Sr.; Michael Brown, L, Mississippi St., 6-5, 300, Jr.; Keenan Burton, WR, Kentucky, 6-2, 203, Sr.; Brandon Coutu, K, Georgia, 6-0, 188, Sr.; BenJarvus Green-Ellis, RB, Ole Miss, 5-11, 225, Sr.; Brett Helms, C, LSU, 6-2, 270, Jr.; Jacob Hester, RB, LSU 6-0 228 Sr.; Steve Johnson, WR, Kentucky, 6-3, 198, Sr.; Josh McNeil, C, Tennessee, 6-4, 280, So.; Drew Miller, C, Florida, 6-5, 304, Sr.

Defense
Simeon Castille, CB, Alabama, 6-1, 189, Sr.; Derrick Harvey, E, Florida, 6-4, 262, Jr.; Jeremy Jarmon, E, Kentucky, 6-3, 268, So.; Trevard Lindley, CB, Kentucky, 6-0, 175, So.; Jerell Norton, CB, Arkansas, 6-0, 188, So.; Kirston Pittman, E, LSU, 6-4, 252, Sr.; Ryan Succop, P-K, South Carolina, 6-2, 214, Jr.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Tim Tebow, Florida

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Glenn Dorsey, LSU

COACH OF THE YEAR
Sylvester Croom, Mississippi St.

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Knowshon Moreno, Georgia

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