THREE VOLS NAMED TO COACHES ALL-SEC TEAMS

KNOXVILLE  –  Three Tennessee football players were named to the Coaches All-SEC Team as announced by the conference Tuesday.

 

Junior linebacker A.J. Johnson was named to the first team while junior offensive lineman Antonio Richardson and senior Michael Palardy (PK) earned second team honors.

 

The Coaches All-SEC honor is the first for Richardson and Palardy. Johnson was named to the Coaches All-SEC second team last season.

 

Gainesville, Ga. native Johnson became the first Vol to record 100 tackles in back to back seasons since Earnest Fields did so in 1990-91 finishing his 2013 campaign with 106.

 

Johnson also notched 8.5 tackles for a loss of 17 yards, tying a career high, while also recovering a fumble and breaking up three passes. Johnson notched five double-digit tackling efforts in 2013, bringing his career total to 18. He currently sits in third place on the UT career assisted tackles list with 164.

 

Richardson played and started in each of the Vols 12 games this season at left tackle helping Tennessee  to 2,261 rushing yards in 2013, the most by UT since 2004.

 

Over the course of the season, the Vols offensive line helped UT to five 200-yard rushing games and a 1,000-yard rusher in Rajion Neal, the first 1,000 yard rusher since Poole in 2010.

 

Nashville, Tenn. native Richardson, who was named to the AP All-SEC second team last season, has started the last 24 games at left tackle for the Vols.

 

Palardy, who was also a Ray Guy Award semifinalist, finished his season 14-of-17 in field goal tries and 37-of-50 (.740) in his career for field goals, which ranks third all-time among Tennessee kickers. Palardy was 34-of-35 in extra point attempts and led the team in scoring with 76 points.

 

In punting, Palardy finished the year with a 44.5 punting average, ranking him third among UT punters with a minimum of 50 punts in a single season. Palardy finished his career with a 42.9 punting average which ranks second all-time at Tennessee. The senior launched 18 punts of 50 yards or more while 17 of Palardy’s punts landed inside the 10-yard line and 33 inside the 20-yard line.

 

FIRST TEAM

 

OFFENSE

TE –  Arthur Lynch, Georgia

OL –  Jake Matthews, Texas A&M

OL – Cyrus Kouandjio, Alabama

OL – Gabe Jackson, Mississippi State

OL – Wesley Johnson, Vanderbilt

C –    Reese Dismukes, Auburn

WR –  Mike Evans, Texas A&M

WR -Jordan Matthews, Vanderbilt

QB –  Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M

RB –  Tre Mason, Auburn

RB – T.J. Yeldon, Alabama

AP –  Odell Beckham, Jr., LSU

 

DEFENSE

DL –  Michael Sam, Missouri

DL – Jadeveon Clowney, South Carolina

DL – Dee Ford, Auburn

DL – Kelcy Quarles, South Carolina

LB –  C.J. Mosley, Alabama

LB – Ramik Wilson, Georgia

LB – A.J. Johnson, Tennessee  

DB – Cody Prewitt, Ole Miss

DB – Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Alabama

DB – E.J. Gaines, Missouri

DB – Vernon Hargreaves, Florida

SPECIAL TEAMS

PK – Marshall Morgan, Georgia

P –  Drew Kaser, Texas A&M

RS –  Christion Jones, Alabama *

RS – Odell Beckham, Jr., LSU *

 

SECOND TEAM

 

OFFENSE

TE – Malcolm Johnson, Mississippi State

OL – La’el Collins, LSU

OL – Antonio Richardson, Tennessee

OL – Justin Britt, Missouri

OL – Anthony Steen, Alabama

C –  Travis Swanson, Arkansas

WR – Odell Beckham, Jr., LSU

WR- Jarvis Landry, LSU

QB –  AJ McCarron, Alabama

RB –  Mike Davis, South Carolina

RB – Jeremy Hill, LSU

AP –  Marcus Murphy, Missouri

 

DEFENSE

DL –  Anthony Johnson, LSU

DL -Chris Smith, Arkansas

DL – Ed Stinson, Alabama

DL -Trey Flowers, Arkansas

LB –  Lamin Barrow, LSU

LB –  Jordan Jenkins, Georgia

LB -Avery Williamson, Kentucky

DB – Andre Hal, Vanderbilt

DB – Chris Davis, Auburn

DB – Nickoe Whitley, Mississippi State

DB – Kenny Ladler, Vanderbilt

SPECIAL TEAMS

PK –  Michael Palardy, Tennessee

P –  Cody Mandell, Alabama

RS –  Solomon Patton, Florida