Eight Gators, led by first-team selections linebacker Jarrad Davis and cornerback Teez Tabor, made the 2016 Preseason All-SEC Team voted on by the league’s coaches, the SEC announced Thursday
Davis and Tabor were joined by three second-teamers — offensive lineman Martez Ivey, defensive end Bryan Cox, Jr., and punter Johnny Townsend — and three third-teamers: Defensive backs Marcus Maye and Quincy Wilson, and offensive lineman David Sharpe.
As with media voters’ All-SEC teams, announced after SEC Media Days in July, the lack of talented sophomore Antonio Callaway, who led the SEC in yards per catch in 2015, is conspicuous, and the esteem for Cox, Jr.