With the 2015 college football season just three months away, Phil Steele just revealed his preseason All-SEC teams.
No one's debating the most exciting Cat to make it being Stanley 'Boom' Williams, who was named third-team kickoff returner. Williams led the Cats in kickoff returns with 19 returns for 511 yards and a 26.9 average. He also led UK in all-purpose yards with 1,159, averaging 115.9 yards per game. On offense, Williams led the team in rushing with 488 yards and five touchdowns. Williams also caught 17 passes for 162 yards and one score.
Kicker Austin MacGinnis was the highest Wildcat after making the first-team. MacGinnis made 21 of 27 field goals in 2014, his first collegiate season. He also broke a 29-year-old school record for makes, and he converted 41 of 41 on extra points, a school record for most in a season without a miss. To top it off, MacGinnis broke Moe Williams' 19-year-old school record with 104 total points.
Center Jon Toth made it as a third-team selection. Linebacker Josh Forrest and defensive lineman Melvin Lewis were fourth-team selections. It's a nice testament to UK's improvement under Mark Stoops that five Wildcats made Steele's teams, even if it is just the preseason.
Here's a look at the entire list:
OFFENSE | ||||
1st TEAM | 2nd TEAM | 3rd TEAM | 4th TEAM | |
QB | Dak Prescott, Mississippi St | Jeremy Johnson, Auburn | Kyle Allen, Texas A&M | Maty Mauk, Missouri |
RB | Nick Chubb, Georgia | Alex Collins, Arkansas | Jonathan Williams, Arkansas | Jovon Robinson, Auburn |
RB | Derrick Henry, Alabama | Leonard Fournette, LSU | Jalen Hurd, Tennessee | Russell Hansbrough, Missouri |
WR | Laquon Treadwell, Ole Miss | Josh Reynolds, Texas A&M | Ricky Seals-Jones, Texas A&M | Malachi Dupre, LSU |
WR | Pharoh Cooper, South Carolina | Demarcus Robinson, Florida | DeRunnya Wilson, Mississippi St | Malcolm Mitchell, Georgia |
WR | D'haquille Williams, Auburn | Travin Dural, LSU | Marquez North, Tennessee | Speedy Noil, Texas A&M |
TE | Evan Engram, Ole Miss | OJ Howard, Alabama | Hunter Henry, Arkansas | Steven Scheu, Vanderbilt |
C | Ryan Kelly, Alabama | Evan Boehm, Missouri | Mike Matthews, Texas A&M | Jon Toth, Kentucky |
OL | Greg Pyke, Georgia | Alex Kozan, Auburn | Aaron Morris, Ole Miss | Ethan Pocic, LSU (C) |
OL | Vadal Alexander, LSU | Dan Skipper, Arkansas | Sebastian Tretola, Arkansas | Cam Robinson, Alabama |
OL | Laremy Tunsil, Ole Miss | John Theus, Georgia | Brandon Shell, South Carolina | Jerald Hawkins, LSU |
OL | Avery Young, Auburn | Denver Kirkland, Arkansas | Germain Ifedi, Texas A&M | Joseph Cheek, Texas A&M |
DEFENSE | ||||
1st TEAM | 2nd TEAM | 3rd TEAM | 4th TEAM | |
DE | Jordan Jenkins, Georgia | Jonathan Bullard, Florida | Derek Barnett, Tennessee | Marquis Haynes, Ole Miss |
DT | Robert Nkemdiche, Ole Miss | Montravius Adams, Auburn | Josh Augusta, Missouri | Christian LaCouture, LSU |
DT | A'Shawn Robinson, Alabama | Chris Jones, Mississippi St | Harold Brantley, Missouri | Melvin Lewis, Kentucky |
DE | Myles Garrett, Texas A&M | Jonathan Allen, Alabama | Carl Lawson, Auburn | Jarran Reed, Alabama |
LB | Leonard Floyd, Georgia | Kentrell Brothers, Missouri | Denzel Nkemdiche, Ole MIss | Jalen Reeves-Maybin, Tenn |
LB | Cassanova McKinzy, Auburn | Curt Maggitt, Tennessee | Lorenzo Carter, Georgia | Skai Moore, South Carolina |
LB | Reggie Ragland, Alabama | Kris Frost, Auburn | Reuben Foster, Alabama | Michael Scherer, Missouri |
LB | Antonio Morrison, Florida | Kendell Beckwith, LSU | CJ Johnson, Ole Miss | Josh Forrest, Kentucky |
DB | Will Redmond, Mississippi St | Cyrus Jones, Alabama | LaDarrell McNeil, Tennessee | Kenya Dennis, Missouri |
DB | Eddie Jackson, Alabama | Jonathan Jones, Auburn | Cameron Sutton, Tennessee | Dominick Sanders, Georgia |
DB | Jalen Mills, LSU | Johnathan "Rudy" Ford, Auburn | Tre'Davious White, LSU | Tony Brown, Alabama |
DB | Vernon Hargreaves, Fla | Tony Conner, Ole Miss | Quincy Mauger, Georgia | Brian Poole, Florida |
SPECIAL TEAMS | ||||
1st TEAM | 2nd TEAM | 3rd TEAM | 4th TEAM | |
K | Austin MacGinnis, Kentucky | Taylor Bertolet, Texas A&M | Austin Hardin, Florida | Marshall Morgan, Georgia |
P | JK Scott, Alabama | Jamie Keehn, LSU | Will Gleeson, Ole Miss | Devon Bell, Mississippi St |
KR | Darrius Sims, Vanderbilt | Isaiah McKenzie, Georgia | Stanley Williams, Kentucky | Speedy Noil, Texas A&M |
PR | Isaiah McKenzie, Georgia | Speedy Noil, Texas A&M | Tre'Davious White, LSU | Markell Pack, Ole Miss |