Texas Longhorns fall to second in the SEC Preseason Football Media Polls

Following Steve Sarkisian, Quinn Ewers, Kelvin Banks Jr., and Jahdae Barron's visit to their first SEC Media Days in Dallas, the Longhorns received rave reviews from reporters and critics.

However, Texas fell behind the Georgia Bulldogs in the Preseason SEC Football Media Polls and mainly on the conference second-team instead of first-team.

SEC Preseason Media Poll - Conference Champion:

Georgia - 165 points
Texas - 27 points
Alabama - 12 points
Ole Miss - 4 points
Vanderbilt - 2 points
LSU - 2 points
South Carolina - 1 point

SEC Preseason Media Poll - Predicted order to finish:

1. Georgia Bulldogs - 3330 points
2. Texas Longhorns - 3041 points
3. Alabama Crimson Tide - 2891 points
4. Ole Miss Rebels -2783 points
5. LSU Tigers - 2322 points
6. Missouri Tigers - 2240 points
7. Tennessee Volunteers - 2168 points
8. Oklahoma Sooners - 2022 points
9. Texas A&M Aggies - 1684 points
10. Auburn Tigers -1382 points
11. Kentucky Wildcats - 1371 points
12. Florida Gators - 1146 points
13. South Carolina Gamecocks - 923 points
14. Arkansas Razorbacks - 749 points
15. Mississippi State Bulldogs - 623 points
16. Vanderbilt Commodores - 293 points

2024 Preseason Media Days All-SEC Team:

Offense

First-Team
QB - Carson Beck, UGA
RB - Travor Etienne, UGA
RB - Jarquez Hunter, AU  
WR - Luther Burden III, MIZ
WR - Tre Harris, UM
TE - Caden Prieskorn, UM
OL - Tyler Booker, UA
OL - Will Campbell, LSU
OL - Kelvin Banks Jr., TEX   
OL - Tate Ratledge, UGA
C - Cooper Mays, UT

Second-Team
QB – Quinn Ewers, TEX
RB - Raheim Sanders, SC
*RB - CJ Baxter, TEX 
*RB - Montrell Johnson Jr., UF
WR - Isaiah Bond, TEX
WR - Kyren Lacy, LSU
TE - Mason Taylor, LSU
OL - Emery Jones, LSU  
OL - Kadyn Proctor, UA
OL - Xavier Truss,
OL -  Dylan Fairchild, UGA  
C -  Parker Brailsford, UA 

Third-Team
QB – Jalen Milroe, UA
RB -  Justice Haynes, UA   
RB -  Ulysses Bentley, UM
WR - Deion Burks, OU
WR - Dominic Lovett, UGA
TE -  Oscar Delp, UGA   
OL -  Earnest Greene III, UGA
OL - Marques Cox, UK
OL - Trey Zuhn III, TAMU
OL - Jaeden Roberts, UA
C - Jake Majors, TEX   

Defense

First-Team
DL - James Pearce Jr., UT   
DL - Walter Nolen, UM
DL - Deone Walker, UK
DL - Nazir Stackhouse, UGA 
LB -  Harold Perkins, LSU    
LB -  Danny Stutsman, OU   
*LB - Deontae Lawson, UA
*LB - Mykel Williams, UGA  
DB -  Malaki Starks, UGA
DB -  Malachi Moore, UA  
DB -  Billy Bowman, OU   
DB -  Maxwell Hairston, UK   

Second-Team
DL - Shemar Turner, TAMU
DL - Landon Jackson, ARK  
DL - Nic Scourton, TAMU
*DL - Tim Smith, UA
*DL -  Jared Ivey, UM
LB - Debo Williams, SC
LB - Anthony Hill Jr., TEX
LB - Smael Mondon Jr., UGA   
DB - Andrew Mukuba, TEX
DB - Malik Muhammad, TEX   

Third-Team
DL - Tim Keenan III, UA
DL - Princely Umanmielen, UM
DL - Trey Moore, TEX
DL - Tonka Hemingway, SC
LB -  Jamon "Pop" Dumas-Johnson, UK  
LB - Jihaad Campbell, UA   
LB -  Eugene Asante, AU
DB - Domani Jackson, UA   
DB -  Daylen Everette, UGA   
DB -  Jason Marshall Jr., UF
*DB - Keon Sabb, UA
*DB -  Nick Emmanwori, SC

Specialists

First-Team
P -  James Burnip, UA  
PK - Bert Auburn, TEX    
LS - Kneeland Hibbett, UA
KS – Alex McPherson, AU
RS  - Barion Brown, UK   
AP - Zavion Thomas, LSU 

Second-Team
P - Brett Thorson, UGA
PK - Graham Nicholson, UA  
LS - Hunter Rogeres, SC
KS -  Will Stone, TEX
RS - Zavion Thomas, LSU
AP - Dillion Bell, UGA

Third-Team
P - Jeremy Crenshaw, UF
PK - Alex McPherson, AU  
LS - Slade Roy, LSU
KS - Trey Smack, UF
RS - Keionte Scott, AU
*AP - Barion Brown, UK
*AP - Jaydon Blue, TEX  

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