Two From Alabama and Mississippi State + D.K. Metcalf Named to 2017 All-SEC Freshman Team

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WCBI) — Three from the Magnolia State were placed on the 2017 Southeastern Conference All-Freshman Football Team as it was announced Thursday. The team was voted on by the league’s head coaches, who were not permitted to vote for their own players.

Ole Miss freshman redshirt and Oxford High grad D.K. Metcalf was the lone representative from the Rebels on the All-Freshman Team. Mississippi State kicker Jace Christmann and linebacker Erroll Thompson made the All-Freshman Team along with Alabama’s Dylan Moses and Henry Ruggs.

Missouri led the league with five selections, four SEC institutions placed three or more members on the All-Freshman Team. Georgia and LSU were represented with four selections, while Florida had three.

Missouri’s Larry Rountree III earned two selections to the All-Freshman Team. He garnered recognition as both an all-purpose athlete and a return specialist.

Georgia’s Jake Fromm, an SEC All-Freshman Team honoree at quarterback, was named the SEC’s Freshman of the Year on Wednesday.

2017 SEC All-Freshman Team

FRESHMAN ALL-SEC

OFFENSE
TE
Albert Okwuegbunam, Missouri

OL
Trey Smith, Tennessee
Andrew Thomas, Georgia
Solomon Kindley, Georgia
Saahdiq Charles, LSU

C
Trystan Castillo, Missouri

WR
D.K. Metcalf, Ole Miss
Jhamon Ausbon, Texas A&M

QB
Jake Fromm, Georgia

RB
D’Andre Swift, Georgia
Malik Davis, Florida

AP
Larry Rountree III, Missouri

DEFENSE
DL
Nick Coe, Auburn
K’Lavon Chaisson, LSU
Big Kat Bryant, Auburn
Tre Williams, Missouri

LB
Dylan Moses, Alabama
Erroll Thompson, Mississippi State
Anthony Hines III, Texas A&M

DB
Greedy Williams, LSU
CJ Henderson, Florida
Marco Wilson, Florida
Jamyest Williams, South Carolina

SPECIAL TEAMS
PK
Jace Christmann, Mississippi State

P
Zach Von Rosenberg, LSU

RS
Henry Ruggs III, Alabama*
Lynn Bowden, Kentucky*
Larry Rountree III, Missouri*
De’Vion Warren, Arkansas*

(* – Ties )