Three Gamecocks Named to Coaches All-SEC Teams

Hunter Rogers, Xavier Legette and Trey Knox represented South Carolina on the 2023 All-Southeastern Conference football teams as selected by the league’s 14 coaches, it was announced today. Rogers earned a spot on the first team as a long snapper, while Legette and Knox were second team selections at wide receiver and tight end, respectively.

Rogers, a 6-1, 202-pound redshirt junior from Columbia’s Spring Valley High School, handled both the long- and short-snapping duties for the second-straight season. The Gamecocks did not have any kicks blocked during the season and Rogers was credited with three tackles on punt coverage despite only 11 punts returned all season. He was a second team All-SEC long snapper in 2022.

Legette, a 6-3, 227-pound senior from Mullins, S.C., was one of 10 semifinalists for the Biletnikoff Award, given to the nation’s top receiver, and was an A.P. Midseason Second-Team All-American. He led the Gamecocks with 71 receptions for 1,255 yards, and seven receiving touchdowns. His 1,255 receiving yards was the second-highest single-season mark in school history. Legette averaged 104.6 receiving yards per game (2nd in the SEC), 17.7 yards per reception (7th in the SEC) and 5.9 receptions per game (4th in the SEC) and logged six 100-yard receiving games. He also returned 10 kickoffs for a 21.3-yard average. He was named a second team All-SEC performer at both wide receiver and as an all-purpose performer by the Associated Press earlier in the week.

Knox, a 6-5, 237-pound graduate student from Murfreesboro, Tenn., was second on the team with 37 receptions for 312 yards and a pair of touchdowns. A starter in all 10 games in which he appeared, Knox logged 33 of his 37 catches in SEC contests. His best games came against Florida (8 catches for 50 yards and a touchdown) and at Tennessee (7 catches for 51 yards).

2023 All-SEC Coaches’ Football Team

Offense

QB
Jayden Daniels, LSU

RB
Cody Schrader, Missouri
Quinshon Judkins, Ole Miss

WR
Malik Nabers, LSU
Luther Burden III, Missouri

TE
Brock Bowers, Georgia

OL
JC Latham, Alabama
Javon Foster, Missouri
Will Campbell, LSU
Tate Ratledge, Georgia

C
Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia

AP
Ainias Smith, Texas A&M

Defense

DL
Darius Robinson, Missouri
James Pearce Jr., Tennessee
Justin Eboigbe, Alabama
Landon Jackson, Arkansas

LB
Edgerrin Cooper, Texas A&M
Dallas Turner, Alabama
Nathaniel Watson, Mississippi State

DB
Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama
Malaki Starks, Georgia
Kris Abrams-Draine, Missouri
Caleb Downs, Alabama*
Terrion Arnold, Alabama*

Special Teams

PK
Will Reichard, Alabama

P
Matthew Hayball, Vanderbilt

RS
Ainias Smith, Texas A&M

KOS
Cam Little, Arkansas

LS
Hunter Rogers, South Carolina*
Kneeland Hibbett, Alabama*

Second Team All-SEC

Offense

QB
Carson Beck, Georgia

RB
Ray Davis, Kentucky
Jarquez Hunter, Auburn

WR
Brian Thomas, LSU
Xavier Legette, South Carolina

TE
Caden Prieskorn, Ole Miss*
Trey Knox, South Carolina*
Rivaldo Fairweather, Auburn*

OL
Tyler Booker, Alabama
Xavier Truss, Georgia
Emery Jones, LSU
Layden Robinson, Texas A&M

C
Eli Cox, Kentucky

AP
Barion Brown, Kentucky

Defense

DL
Mykel Williams, Georgia
Nazir Stackhouse, Georgia
Princely Umanmielen, Florida
Shemar Turner, Texas A&M

LB
Harold Perkins, LSU
Smael Mondon, Georgia
Ty’Ron Hopper, Missouri

DB
Maxwell Hairston, Kentucky
Jaylin Simpson, Auburn
Tykee Smith, Georgia
Kamari Lassiter, Georgia

Special Teams

PK
Harrison Mevis, Missouri

P
James Burnip, Alabama*
Max Fletcher, Arkansas*

RS
Barion Brown, Kentucky

KOS
Will Reichard, Alabama

LS
Wesley Schelling, Vanderbilt

*Ties (ties are not broken)