BATON ROUGE — The LSU Tigers placed a total of nine players, including four on the first team, on the 2019 Preseason Coaches All-SEC Team. The league announced the teams on Thursday.
LSU had five players on defense earn honors, three on offense and one on special teams.
Earning first-team honors for the Tigers were center Lloyd Cushenberry III, safety Grant Delpit, cornerback Kristian Fulton and defensive end Rashard Lawrence.
Offensive guard Damien Lewis picked up second-team honors, while wide receiver Justin Jefferson, linebackers Michael Divinity and Jacob Phillips and punter Zach Von Rosenberg earned third-team honors.
The duo of Cushenberry and Lewis were the only Tiger offensive linemen to start every game last year and helped LSU averaged 32.4 points and 402.1 total yards per game.
Jefferson led LSU in receptions (54), yards (875), yards per catch (16.2) and touchdowns (6).
Delpit led the SEC in interceptions with five and finished second in the league in passes defended with 14 in 2018 to earn unanimous All-America honors.
Lawrence is coming off a season in which he recorded 54 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, and 4.0 sacks. Phillips is LSU’s leading returning tackler as he recorded 87 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss and a sack, while Fulton started 10 games at cornerback and registered 25 tackles, one interception and 10 passes defended.
Divinity Jr. finished second on the team last year in tackles for loss with 10.5 and while notching 54 total tackles.
Von Rosenberg earned All-SEC second-team honors last year as a sophomore when he averaged 45.7 yards on 51 punts.
2019 Preseason Coaches All-SEC Football Team (* ties)
First Team
OFFENSE
TE Albert Okwuegbunam, Missouri
OL Andrew Thomas, Georgia
OL Alex Leatherwood, Alabama
OL Jedrick Wills Jr., Alabama*
OL Tre’Vour Wallace-Simms, Missouri*
OL Prince Tega Wanogho, Auburn*
C Lloyd Cushenberry III, LSU
WR Jerry Jeudy, Alabama
WR Kalija Lipscomb, Vanderbilt
QB Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama
RB D’Andre Swift, Georgia
RB Najee Harris, Alabama
AP Jaylen Waddle, Alabama
DEFENSE
DL Raekwon Davis, Alabama
DL Derrick Brown, Auburn
DL Rashard Lawrence, LSU
DL Justin Madubuike, Texas A&M
LB Dylan Moses, Alabama
LB Erroll Thompson, Mississippi State
LB Cale Garrett, Missouri
DB C.J. Henderson, Florida
DB Grant Delpit, LSU
DB J.R. Reed, Georgia
DB Trevon Diggs, Alabama*
DB Kristian Fulton, LSU*
SPECIAL TEAMS
PK Rodrigo Blankenship, Georgia
P Braden Mann, Texas A&M
RS Jaylen Waddle, Alabama
SECOND TEAM
OFFENSE
TE Jared Pinkney, Vanderbilt
OL Damien Lewis, LSU
OL Logan Stenberg, Kentucky
OL Solomon Kindley, Georgia
OL Isaiah Wilson, Georgia
C Darryl Williams, Mississippi State
WR Henry Ruggs III, Alabama
WR Bryan Edwards, South Carolina
QB Jake Fromm, Georgia
RB Ke’Shawn Vaughn, Vanderbilt
RB Lamical Perine, Florida
AP Lynn Bowden, Kentucky
DEFENSE
DL Jabari Zuniga, Florida
DL Marlon Davidson, Auburn
DL Javon Kinlaw, South Carolina
DL Nick Coe, Auburn
LB Anfernee Jennings, Alabama
LB De’Jon Harris, Arkansas
LB David Reese II, Florida
DB Xavier McKinney, Alabama
LB Patrick Surtain II, Alabama
LB DeMarkus Acy, Missouri
LB Cameron Dantzler, Mississippi State
SPECIAL TEAMS
PK Evan McPherson, Florida
P Tommy Townsend, Florida
RS Jashaun Corbin, Texas A&M*
RS Marquez Callaway, Tennessee*
Third Team
OFFENSE
TE Charlie Woerner, Georgia
OL Yasir Durant, Missouri
OL Ben Cleveland, Georgia
OL Matt Womack, Alabama
OL Marquel Harrell, Auburn*
OL Mike Horton, Auburn*
C Drake Jackson, Kentucky
WR Jaylen Waddle, Alabama
WR Lynn Bowden, Kentucky*
WR Justin Jefferson, LSU*
QB Kellen Mond, Texas A&M
RB Larry Rountree, Missouri
RB Kylin Hill, Mississippi State
AP Jashaun Corbin, Texas A&M
DEFENSE
DL McTelvin Agim, Arkansas
DL Chauncey Rivers, Mississippi State
DL Tyler Clark, Georgia
DL LaBryan Ray, Alabama*
DL Dayo Odeyingbo, Vanderbilt*
DL Jordan Elliott, Missouri*
LB Michael Divinity Jr, LSU
LB T.J. Brunson, South Carolina*
LB Darrell Taylor, Tennessee*
LB Jacob Phillips, LSU*
DB Daniel Thomas, Auburn
DB Nigel Warrior, Tennessee
DB Shyheim Carter, Alabama
DB Kamren Curl, Arkansas*
DB Jaycee Horn, South Carolina*
DB Javaris Davis, Auburn*
SPECIAL TEAMS
PK Tucker McCann, Missouri*
PK Anders Carlson, Auburn*
P Zach Von Rosenberg, LSU
RS Lynn Bowden, Kentucky