The 1979 All-SEC football team consists of
American football players selected to the All-
Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the
1979 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season saw the Alabama Crimson Tide bring home a national title with a perfect 12–0 season. The title was Alabama's 11th claimed, and their 6th Associated Press awarded title.
This was an extremely dominant ...
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Offensive selections
Receivers
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Preston Brown, Vanderbilt (AP)
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Cris Collinsworth, Florida (AP)
Tight ends
*Reggie Harper, Tennessee (AP)
Tackles
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Jim Bunch
Jim Bunch (born March 10, 1956) is a former American football player and businessman. He played offensive guard for the University of Alabama Crimson Tide from 1976 through 1979 and was a member of the 1978 and 1979 national championship teams ...
, Alabama (AP)
*Matt Braswell, Georgia (AP)
Guards
*Mike Brock, Alabama (AP)
Centers
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Dwight Stephenson, Alabama (AP)
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Ray Donaldson, Georgia (AP
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Quarterbacks
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Steadman Shealy, Alabama (AP)
Running backs
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Joe Cribbs
Joe Stanier Cribbs (born January 5, 1958) is a retired National Football League and United States Football League football running back. He played collegiately at Auburn University along with future NFL backs William Andrews and James Brooks. ...
, Auburn (AP)
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James Brooks, Auburn (AP)
Defensive selections
Ends
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E. J. Junior, Alabama (AP)
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Lyman White, LSU (AP)
Tackles
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David Hannah, Alabama (AP)
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Frank Warren, Auburn (AP)
Middle guards
*Richard Jaffe, Kentucky (AP)
Linebackers
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Tom Boyd, Alabama (AP)
*Freddie Smith, Auburn (AP)
Backs
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Scott Woerner
Scott Allison Woerner (born December 18, 1958) is a former American football safety in the National Football League (NFL) for the Atlanta Falcons and the New Orleans Saints. He played college football for the University of Georgia Bulldogs. In the ...
, Georgia (AP)
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Don McNeal
Donald McNeal (born May 6, 1958) is a former American professional football player who played cornerback for the Miami Dolphins in the 1980s.
McNeal was born and raised in Atmore, Alabama. He is a 1976 graduate of Escambia County (Alabama) High ...
, Alabama (AP)
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Roland James
Roland Orlando James (born February 18, 1958) is an American former professional football player who spent his entire 11 year career for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL) during the 1980s and early 1990s. James ...
, Tennessee (AP)
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Willie Teal
Willie Teal Jr. (born December 20, 1957) is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the second round of the 1980 NFL Draft. He played college football at LSU. Teal a ...
, LSU (AP)
Special teams
Kicker
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Rex Robinson
Rex Robinson (born March 17, 1959) is a placekicker that played for the Marietta Blue Devils, University of Georgia Bulldogs of the Southeastern Conference and the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL).
Originally from Ma ...
, Georgia (AP)
Punter
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Jim Miller, Ole Miss (AP)
Key
AP =
Associated Press
UPI =
United Press International
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both AP and UPI
See also
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1979 College Football All-America Team
The 1979 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1979. The National Collegiate Athletic Asso ...
References
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