Kinlaw and Edwards Earn Preseason All-SEC Accolades

University of South Carolina seniors Javon Kinlaw and Bryan Edwards were selected to the 2019 Preseason Media Days All-SEC teams, the Southeastern Conference announced today. In addition, the Gamecocks were pegged for a fourth-place finish in the East, according to the media that attended the four-day event in Birmingham.
 
Kinlaw, a member of the preseason Chuck Bednarik Watch List which recognizes college football’s defensive player of the year, was named to the second-team All-SEC unit. A 6-6, 310-pound senior from Charleston, S.C., Kinlaw has appeared in 25 games over the past two seasons, making 22 starts. He owns 12 tackles for loss among his 58 total stops, including 4.5 sacks, while deflecting eight passes, forcing three fumbles, recovering two fumbles, tallying three quarterback hurries and a pair of blocked kicks.
 
Edwards, who was named to the Biletnikoff Award Watch List on Thursday, was named to the preseason All-SEC third-team unit. A 6-3, 215-pound senior from Conway, S.C., could finish his career at the top of all of the career receiving charts at South Carolina. He enters his final campaign ranked fifth in receptions (163), sixth in receiving yards (2,229) and tied for ninth in receiving touchdowns (16). A big target who possesses excellent size and hands, Edwards has appeared in 38 games, making 37 starts. He has a catch in every game in which he has appeared and has five 100-yard receiving games.
 
SEC Football Media Days concluded on Thursday with media in attendance predicting Alabama to win the 2019 SEC Championship over Georgia in a rematch of last season’s dramatic SEC Championship Game.
 
Alabama received 203 votes to be crowned SEC Champion on December 7 in Atlanta at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, while Georgia was second with 49 votes.
 
Georgia was selected to win the SEC Eastern Division with 1,789 points, including 233 first-place votes, while Florida was second with 1,499 points and 21 votes to win the division. Missouri was third with 1,149 total points, while the Gamecocks were fourth with 883 points, ahead of Tennessee (804), Kentucky (798) and Vanderbilt (358). Points were awarded on a 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 scale.
 
Alabama was picked to win the SEC Western Division with 1,813 total points, while LSU was second with 1,493. Alabama received 253 first-place votes in the SEC West. Texas A&M was third with 1,268 points.
 
Alabama set a new record with 12 members selected to the First Team. The previous record was 10 by Alabama in 2017.
 
Only seven times since 1992 has the predicted champion at SEC Media Days proceeded to win the SEC Championship Game, including last season’s thrilling classic. The game was the most-watched and highest-rated regular-season college football game on any network in seven years with a 10.1 rating and 17.5 million viewers. It also marked the second most-watched SEC Championship ever in 26 years since the game debuted in 1992.
 
 
EASTERN DIVISION (1^st Place votes in parenthesis)

 
 
WESTERN DIVISION (1^st Place votes in parenthesis)

 
 
SEC CHAMPION

 
 
 
2019 PRESEASON MEDIA DAYS ALL-SEC TEAM
 
OFFENSE
First-Team
QB       Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama          
RB        D’Andre Swift, Georgia             
RB        Najee Harris, Alabama
WR       Jerry Jeudy, Alabama    
WR       Henry Ruggs III, Alabama  
TE         Albert Okwuegbunam, Missouri   
OL        Andrew Thomas, Georgia      
OL        Alex Leatherwood, Alabama      
OL        Prince Tega Wanogho, Auburn                             
OL        Jedrick Wills Jr., Alabama               
C          Lloyd Cushenberry, LSU        
 
Second-Team
QB        Jake Fromm, Georgia  
RB        Ke’Shawn Vaughn, Vanderbilt      
RB        Lamical Perine, Florida           
WR       Kalija Lipscomb, Vanderbilt                          
WR       Jaylen Waddle, Alabama              
TE         Jared Pinkney, Vanderbilt     
OL        Solomon Kindley, Georgia         
OL        Damien Lewis, LSU                            
OL        Tre’Vour Wallace-Simms, Missouri                           
OL         Isaiah Wilson, Georgia
C           Darryl Williams, Mississippi State                                        
 
Third-Team
QB        Joe Burrow, LSU  
RB        Larry Rountree, Missouri      
RB        JaTarvious Whitlow, Auburn     
WR       Justin Jefferson, LSU
WR       Bryan Edwards, South Carolina              
TE         *Miller Forristall, Alabama
TE        *Charlie Woerner, Georgia                               
OL        Deonte Brown, Alabama                
OL        Ben Cleveland, Georgia   
OL        Logan Stenberg, Kentucky      
OL        Matt Womack, Alabama              
C          Drake Jackson, Kentucky                               
 
 
DEFENSE
First-Team
DL        Raekwon Davis, Alabama       
DL        Derrick Brown, Auburn                            
DL        Rashard Lawrence, LSU                          
DL        Jabari Zuniga, Florida                             
LB         Dylan Moses, Alabama                       
LB        Anfernee Jennings, Alabama        
LB        Erroll Thompson, Mississippi State                              
DB       Grant Delpit, LSU                              
DB        J.R. Reed, Georgia                     
DB        Trevon Diggs, Alabama                    
DB        C.J. Henderson, Florida                 
 
Second-Team
DL        Nick Coe, Auburn                                                  
DL        Justin Madubuike, Texas A&M                   
DL        Marlon Davidson, Auburn               
DL        Javon Kinlaw, South Carolina           
LB        Cale Garrett, Missouri              
LB         De’Jon Harris, Arkansas            
LB        David Reese II, Florida                   
DB        Patrick Surtain II, Alabama       
DB        Xavier McKinney, Alabama                             
DB        Kristian Fulton, LSU                               
DB        Cameron Dantzler, Mississippi State      
 
Third-Team
DL         LaBryan Ray, Alabama  
DL        McTelvin Agim, Arkansas                
DL        Chauncey Rivers, Mississippi State                               
DL        Tyler Clark, Georgia    
LB        Terrell Lewis, Alabama                               
LB         Jacob Phillips, LSU        
LB         Kash Daniel, Kentucky                               
DB       DeMarkus Acy, Missouri             
DB        Shyheim Carter, Alabama                      
DB        Richard LeCounte, Georgia                        
DB       Daniel Thomas, Auburn                            
                
 
SPECIALISTS
First-Team
P           Braden Mann, Texas A&M   
PK        Rodrigo Blankenship, Georgia                                             
RS        Jaylen Waddle, Alabama                                              
AP        Jaylen Waddle, Alabama      
 
Second-Team
P           Tommy Townsend, Florida                                        
PK        Anders Carlson, Auburn                                                 
RS        Marquez Callaway, Tennessee                        
AP        Kadarius Toney, Florida                      
 
Third-Team
P           Arryn Siposs, Auburn         
PK        Evan McPherson, Florida       
RS        Jashaun Corbin, Texas A&M        
AP        Lynn Bowden, Kentucky            
 
 
* – Indicates a tie