University of Tennessee Athletics
Eleven Vols Earn AP All-SEC Honors
December 07, 2007 | Football
Tennessee placed 11 student-athletes on the 2007 Associated Press All-SEC team to tie LSU for most honorees in the conference on teams announced this week.
Jerod Mayo and Anthony Parker both were first team honorees. Eric Berry, Britton Colquitt, Arian Foster, Daniel Lincoln, Rico McCoy, Lucas Taylor and Eric Young made the second team. Erik Ainge and Josh McNeil both made the offensive honorable mention list.
Mayo is the SEC???s leading tackler after recording 49 stops in his last three games. The junior linebacker from Hampton, Va., had a career-high 19 tackles at Kentucky and followed that up a week later with 15 tackles in the SEC Championship Game against LSU. Mayo also was a first team member of the Coaches All-SEC team.
Parker continues to collect hardware following his junior season. The Lovejoy, Ga., native was a third-team All-America by Rivals.com and a first-team All-SEC selection by the coaches. The junior offensive guard is part of an offensive line that has only allowed four sacks in 13 games this season, averaging one sack every 122.8 pass attempts.
Ainge earned honorable mention honors after setting career-highs in completions (300), yards (3,157) and touchdowns (29). Ainge???s 300 completions is a school record.
Berry was named to the second team after finishing his freshman season with five interceptions and a school-record 222 interception return yards. Berry also leads all SEC freshmen in tackles with 83.
Colquitt earned second team honors after averaging 41.5-yards per punt during the 2007 season. He has a personal season-high 20 punts downed inside the 20-yard line against only four touchbacks this year, and his career punting average stands at 42.4 -- fourth on the all-time UT charts. The Knoxville native also earned second team All-SEC honors from the coaches.
Foster rushed for a career-high 1,162 yards this season and 12 touchdowns. He currently has 2,363 rushing yards for his career and stands in eighth place on UT???s career rushing list. The San Diego native still has one year of eligibility left and is just more than 700 yards away from taking the top-spot away from Travis Henry.
Lincoln has racked up the honors after a strong freshman season saw him knock home 21-of-28 field goal attempts. Lincoln???s 112 points this season is the most ever in a season by a Tennessee kicker. The Ocala, Fla., native also had game-winning kicks against South Carolina and Vanderbilt.
McCoy lead Tennessee in tackles six times this season. He eclipsed the 100-tackle mark with his eight-tackle performance against LSU in the SEC Championship Game.
McNeil was honorable mention All-SEC after helping lead an offensive line that allowed only four sacks to protect a quarterback that passed for more than 3,000 yards and blocked for a running back that rushed for better than 1,100 yards.
Taylor earned second team honors after leading the Vols with 73 catches for 1,000 yards during his junior season. Taylor needs only three catches in the Outback Bowl to tie Marcus Nash for most catches in a season.
Young made the second team despite missing the final five games of the season with an injury. Young had started 21 consecutive games prior to the injury.
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Tennessee???s Eric Berry, Daniel Lincoln and Denarius Moore were named to the Coaches' Freshman All-SEC team the league office announced this week.
Berry led all freshmen in the SEC with 83 tackles. The Fairburn, Ga., native also had five interceptions and two fumble recoveries.
Lincoln hit his first eight field goal attempts of the season to set a new school mark for consecutive makes to start a career. The Ocala, Fla., native finished the season 21-of-28 on field goal attempts and 49-of-50 on extra point attempts.
Moore caught 10 passes for 126 yards during his true freshman campaign. His season-long reception was a 34-yard catch against Georgia. The Tatum, Texas, native also started the season on the kickoff return unit, returning four kicks for 87 yards.
BERRY NATIONAL DEFENSIVE FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR BY COLLEGEFOOTBALLNEWS.COM
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Berry was one of six true freshmen to make the defensive first team. The Fairburn, Ga., native started every game this season, finishing the year with 83 tackles, five interceptions, a school record 222 interception return yards and two fumble recoveries.
Lincoln earned honorable mention honors after hitting 21-of-28 field goal attempts during his rookie year.
