BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WCBI/SEC) -- Defending national champion Alabama and defending Southeastern Conference champion LSU each have 11 players named to the 2012 Southeastern Conference pre-season Coaches All-SEC Team, the league announced Thursday.

The Tigers have a league-high seven players named to the first-team, three on the second-team and one on the third-team. The Crimson Tide have four players selected to the first-team, four on the second-team and three on the third-team.

Arkansas is third with 10 total players selected, four on the first-team and three on each of the second and third teams.

This marks the ninth straight year of the SEC Coaches Pre-Season All-SEC Team. The team is announced each year in advance of the SEC Football Media Days. This year, the event will be held next Tuesday through Thursday at the Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover, Ala.

11 of the 14 SEC Schools had a representative on the first-team and every school had at least two players named to one of the three units.

There are nine first-team pre-season selections that were on last year’s first-team coaches All-SEC post-season team. Those include: OL Barrett Jones (Alabama); OL Alex Hurst (LSU); QB Tyler Wilson (Arkansas); DL Sam Montgomery (LSU); DL Corey Lemonier (Auburn); LB Jarvis Jones (Georgia); DB Tyrann Mathieu (LSU); DB Bacarri Rambo (Georgia); and, PK Caleb Sturgis (Florida).

The All-SEC first-team squad had 12 seniors and 16 underclassmen, including 14 juniors and two sophomores. The second-team had 17 seniors, 10 juniors and one sophomore. The third-team had 16 seniors, 12 juniors and three sophomores.

Among last year’s SEC national award recipients on this year’s team are Alabama center Barrett Jones, the 2011 Outland Trophy recipient and LSU defensive back Tyrann Mathieu, the 2011 Bednarik Award winner. Jones, Mathieu, LSU defensive end Sam Montgomery, Georgia outside linebacker Jarvis Jones, Georgia defensive back Bacarri Rambo, LSU punter Brad Wing and Florida placekicker Caleb Sturgis were first-team All-Americans last season and are on this season’s pre-season coaches All-SEC Team. South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney was a first-team Freshman All-America last season.

The 2012 SEC Coaches Pre-Season All-SEC Football Team is listed below:

2012 SEC Coaches Pre-Season All-SEC Team

OFFENSE
First-Team Offense
Position	Name	Team	Ht.	Wt.	Class	Hometown
QB	Tyler Wilson	Arkansas	6-3	220	Sr.	Greenwood, Ark.
RB	Marcus Lattimore	South Carolina	6-0	218	Jr.	Duncan, S.C.
RB	Knile Davis	Arkansas	6-0	226	Jr.	Missouri City, Texas
WR	Da'Rick Rogers	Tennessee	6-3	215	Jr.	Calhoun, Ga.
WR	*Cobi Hamilton	Arkansas	6-3	209	Sr.	Texarkana, Texas
WR	*Ryan Swope	Texas A&M	6-0	206	Sr.	Austin, Texas
TE	Philip Lutzenkirchen	Auburn	6-5	256	Sr.	Marietta, Ga.
OL	Alex Hurst	LSU	6-6	340	Sr.	Bartlett, Tenn.
OL	Luke Joeckel	Texas A&M	6-6	310	Jr.	Arlington, Texas
OL	D.J. Fluker	Alabama	6-6	335	Jr.	Foley, Ala.
OL	Larry Warford	Kentucky	6-3	343	Sr.	Richmond, Ky.
C	Barrett Jones	Alabama	6-5	311	Sr.	Germantown, Tenn.
Second-Team Offense
Position	Name	Team	Ht.	Wt.	Class	Hometown
QB	Aaron Murray	Georgia	6-1	211	Jr.	Tampa, Fla.
RB	Eddie Lacy	Alabama	6-0	220	Jr.	Geismar, La.
RB	Zac Stacy	Vanderbilt	5-9	210	Sr.	Centreville, Ala.
WR	Justin Hunter	Tennessee	6-4	200	Jr.	Virginia Beach, Va.
WR	*Emory Blake	Auburn	6-2	197	Sr.	Austin, Texas
WR	*Odell Beckham, Jr.	LSU	5-11	183	So.	New Orleans, La.
WR	*LaRod King	Kentucky	6-4	222	Sr.	Radcliff, Ky.
TE	Chris Gragg	Arkansas	6-3	236	Sr.	Warren, Ark.
OL	Alvin Bailey	Arkansas	6-5	312	Jr.	Broken Arrow, Okla.
OL	Chance Warmack	Alabama	6-3	320	Sr.	Atlanta, Ga.
OL	Chris Faulk	LSU	6-6	325	Jr.	Slidell, La.
OL	Gabe Jackson	Mississippi State	6-4	320	Jr.	Liberty, Miss.
C	T.J. Johnson	South Carolina	6-6	319	Sr.	Aynor, S.C.
Third-Team Offense
Position	Name	Team	Ht.	Wt.	Class	Hometown
QB	A.J. McCarron	Alabama	6-4	205	Jr.	Mobile. Ala.
RB	Spencer Ware	LSU	5-11	223	Jr.	Cincinnati, Ohio
RB	Christine Michael	Texas A&M	5-11	220	Sr.	Beaumont, Texas
WR	Malcolm Mitchell	Georgia	6-1	184	So.	Valdosta, Ga.
WR	T.J. Moe	Missouri	6-0	200	Sr.	O'Fallon, Mo.
TE	Michael Williams	Alabama	6-6	269	Sr.	Reform, Ala.
OL	Jake Matthews	Texas A&M	6-5	305	Jr.	Missouri City, Texas
OL	Dallas Thomas	Tennessee	6-5	305	Sr.	Baton Rouge, La.
OL	Xavier Nixon	Florida	6-6	309	Sr.	Fayetteville, N.C.
OL	Elvis Fisher	Missouri	6-5	295	Sr.	St. Petersburg, Fla.
C	Travis Swanson	Arkansas	6-5	305	Jr.	Kingwood, Texas
DEFENSE
First-Team Defense
Position	Name	Team	Ht.	Wt.	Class	Hometown
DL	Jadeveon Clowney	South Carolina	6-6	256	So.	Rock Hill, S.C.
DL	Sam Montgomery	LSU	6-4	245	Jr.	Greenwood, S.C.
DL	Corey Lemonier	Auburn	6-4	240	Jr.	Hialeah, Fla.
DL	Barkevious Mingo	LSU	6-5	240	Jr.	West Monroe, La.
ILB	*C.J. Mosley	Alabama	6-2	234	Jr.	Theodore, Ala.
ILB	*Nico Johnson	Alabama	6-3	245	Sr.	Andalusia, Ala.
OLB	Jarvis Jones	Georgia	6-3	241	Jr.	Columbus, Ga.
OLB	Sean Porter	Texas A&M	6-2	230	Sr.	Schertz, Texas
DB	Tyrann Mathieu	LSU	5-9	175	Jr.	New Orleans, La.
DB	Bacarri Rambo	Georgia	6-0	218	Sr.	Donalsonville, Ga.
DB	Eric Reid	LSU	6-2	208	Jr.	Geismar, La.
DB	Johnthan Banks	Mississippi State	6-2	185	Sr.	Maben, Miss.
Second-Team Defense
Position	Name	Team	Ht.	Wt.	Class	Hometown
DL	John Jenkins	Georgia	6-3	351	Sr.	Meriden, Conn.
DL	Devin Taylor	South Carolina	6-8	267	Sr.	Beaufort, S.C.
DL	Jesse Williams	Alabama	6-4	319	Sr.	Brisbane, Australia
DL	Sharrif Floyd	Florida	6-3	305	Jr.	Philadelphia, Pa.
ILB	Jon Bostic	Florida	6-1	243	Sr.	Wellington, Fla.
OLB	Alonzo Highsmith	Arkansas	6-1	233	Sr.	Missouri City, Texas
OLB	DeVonte Holloman	South Carolina	6-2	241	Sr.	Charlotte, S.C.
DB	Robert Lester	Alabama	6-2	210	Sr.	Foley, Ala.
DB	D.J. Swearinger	South Carolina	6-0	210	Sr.	Greenwood, S.C.
DB	Prentiss Waggner	Tennessee	6-2	185	Sr.	Clinton, La.
DB	Matt Elam	Florida	5-10	210	Jr.	Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Third-Team Defense
Position	Name	Team	Ht.	Wt.	Class	Hometown
DL	Josh Boyd	Mississippi State	6-3	300	Sr.	Philadelphia, Miss.
DL	*Dominique Easley	Florida	6-2	286	Jr.	Staten Island, N.Y.
DL	*Abry Jones	Georgia	6-3	309	Sr.	Warner Robins, Ga.
DL	*Damontre Moore	Texas A&M	6-4	250	Jr.	Rowlett, Texas
DL	*Rob Lohr	Vanderbilt	6-4	290	Sr.	Phoenixville, Pa.
ILB	*Alec Ogletree	Georgia	6-3	236	Jr.	Newnan, Ga.
ILB	*Daren Bates	Auburn	5-11	211	Sr.	Memphis, Tenn.
ILB	*Jelani Jenkins	Florida	6-0	233	Jr.	Olney, Md.
OLB	Zaviar Gooden	Missouri	6-2	230	Sr.	Pflugerville, Texas
OLB	A.J. Johnson	Tennessee	6-3	245	So.	Gainesville, Ga.
DB	Dee Milliner	Alabama	6-1	196	Jr.	Millbrook, Ala.
DB	Charles Sawyer	Ole Miss	5-11	175	Jr.	Miami, Fla.
DB	Akeem Auguste	South Carolina	5-9	188	Sr.	Hollywood, Fla.
DB	*E.J. Gaines	Missouri	5-10	190	Jr.	Independence, Mo.
DB	*Sanders Commings	Georgia	6-2	217	Sr.	Augusta, Ga..
SPECIALISTS
First-Team Specialists
Position	Name	Team	Ht.	Wt.	Class	Hometown
P	Brad Wing	LSU	6-3	184	So.	Melbourne, Austraila
PK	Caleb Sturgis	Florida	5-11	187	Sr.	St. Augustine, Fla.
RS	Tyrann Mathieu	LSU	5-9	175	Jr.	New Orleans, La.
AP	Dennis Johnson	Arkansas	6-0	180	Jr.	Texarkana, Ark.
Second-Team Specialists
Position	Name	Team	Ht.	Wt.	Class	Hometown
P	Steven Clark	Auburn	6-5	235	Jr.	Kansas City, Mo.
PK	Drew Alleman	LSU	5-11	183	Sr.	Lafayette, La.
RS	Andre Debose	Florida	5-11	186	Jr.	Sanford, Fla.
AP	Johnthan Banks	Mississippi State	6-2	185	Sr.	Maben, Miss.
Third-Team Specialists
Position	Name	Team	Ht.	Wt.	Class	Hometown
P	*Dylan Breeding	Arkansas	6-1	211	Sr.	Hoover, Ala.
P	*Tyler Campbell	Ole Miss	6-2	220	Sr.	Little Rock, Ark.
PK	Zach Hocker	Arkansas	6-0	180	Jr.	Russellville, Ark.
RS	Dustin Harris	Texas A&M	6-0	175	Sr.	Livingston, Texas
AP	Bruce Ellington	South Carolina	5-9	197	So.	Moncks Corner, S.C.

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