The 1980 All-SEC football team consists of
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
players selected to the All-
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is an American college athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the South Central and Southeastern United States. Its fourteen members include the flagship public universities of ...
(SEC) chosen by various selectors for the
1980 NCAA Division I-A football season.
Offensive selections
Receivers
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Cris Collinsworth
Anthony Cris Collinsworth (born January 27, 1959) is an American sports broadcaster and former professional American football player. Collinsworth was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons (1981-1988), all with ...
, Florida (AP, UPI)
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Mardye McDole
Mardye McDole (May 1, 1959 – March 28, 2023) was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). McDole was selected by the Vikings in the second round of the ...
, Miss. St. (AP, UPI)
Tight ends
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Chris Faulkner, Florida (AP, UPI)
Tackles
*Tim Irwin, Tennessee (AP, UPI)
*Alan Massey, Miss. St. (AP)
Guards
*Tim Morrison, Georgia (AP, UPI
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*Wayne Harris, Miss. St. (AP)
*George Stephenson, Auburn (UPI)
*Nat Hudson, Georgia (UPI)
Centers
*Ken Roark, Kentucky (AP)
*Lee North, Tennessee (UPI)
Quarterbacks
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Buck Belue
Benjamin Franklin "Buck" Belue played American football and baseball at the University of Georgia from 1978 to 1981. He was the quarterback for the Georgia Bulldogs in 1980, when the team went 12–0, and, after beating Notre Dame in the Sugar ...
, Georgia (AP)
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John Fourcade
John Charles Fourcade, Jr. (born October 11, 1960) is a former professional American football quarterback in the National Football League for the New Orleans Saints and recent head coach of the New Mexico Stars of American Indoor Football. Fourc ...
, Ole Miss (UPI)
Running backs
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Herschel Walker
Herschel Junior Walker (born March 3, 1962) is an American former football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons. He was also the Republican nominee in the 2022 United States Senate election in Georgia.
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, Georgia (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP, UPI)
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James Brooks, Auburn (AP, UPI)
Defensive selections
Ends
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E. J. Junior, Alabama (AP, UPI)
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Lyman White
Lyman Dan White Jr. (born January 3, 1959) is a former American football linebacker. White was drafted in the second round by the Atlanta Falcons out of Louisiana State University in the 1981 NFL Draft
The 1981 NFL draft was the procedure by wh ...
, LSU (AP, UPI)
Tackles
*Frank Warren, Auburn (AP)
*Eddie Weaver, Georgia (AP)
*Byron Braggs, Alabama (UPI)
*Jimmy Payne, Georgia (UPI)
Middle guards
*Jim Noonan, Tennessee (AP, UPI)
Linebackers
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Johnie Cooks
Johnie Earl Cooks (born November 23, 1958) is a former professional American football player who was drafted by the Baltimore Colts as the second overall pick in the 1982 NFL Draft. A 6'4", . linebacker from Mississippi State University, Coo ...
, Miss. St. (AP, UPI)
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David Little, Florida (AP, UPI)
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Tom Boyd, Alabama (AP, UPI)
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 t ...
, Georgia (AP, UPI)
*Jeff Hipp, Georgia (AP, UPI)
*Chris Williams, LSU (AP)
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Tommy Wilcox, Alabama (AP)
*Jim Bob Harris, Alabama (UPI)
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, UPI)
Punter
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Jim Arnold, Vanderbilt (AP, UPI)
Key
AP =
Associated Press
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UPI =
United Press International
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Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both AP and UPI
See also
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1980 College Football All-America Team
References
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