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CBSSports.com Southeastern Conference All-Decade Team

The Golden Decade: 2000-09 - The SEC All-Decade Team

Below is a list of CBSSports.com's SEC All-Decade team, which was voted on by the writers and staff at CBSSports.com. LSU, which won two BCS national championships in the decade, lead with four players, while five teams have three players on the team.

Tim Tebow (Getty Images)  
Tim Tebow (Getty Images)  
It's no surprise that one of the Florida players is quarterback Tim Tebow, who is entering his senior season this year. Tebow, who won the Heisman in 2007 and finished third in 2008, looks to close out his final year of college as one of the greatest quarterbacks in history.

In 2007, he became the only sophomore in history to win the Heisman after throwing for 3,286 yards with 32 touchdowns, while also rushing for 895 yards and 23 touchdowns. He also won the Maxwell Award and O'Brien Trophy, while helping the Gators reach the Capital One Bowl.

Last season, Tebow ran for 12 more touchdowns, while throwing for 30 TDs and just four interceptions. He led the Gators to a 12-1 record and their second BCS title in the past three seasons, beating Oklahoma 24-14. Tebow also took home the Manning Award and Maxwell Trophy.

Pos. Player
QB Tim Tebow, Florida
RB Darren McFadden, Arkansas
RB Carnell Williams, Auburn
WR Earl Bennett, Vanderbilt
WR Josh Reed, LSU
TE Leonard Pope, Georgia
OL Andre Smith, Alabama
OL Shawn Andrews, Arkansas
OL Michael Oher, Mississippi
OL Andrew Whitworth, LSU
OL Marcus McNeil, Auburn
DL David Pollack, Georgia
DL Glenn Dorsey, LSU
DL Terrence Cody, Alabama
DL Quentin Groves, Auburn
LB Jerod Mayo, Tennessee
LB Brandon Spikes, Florida
LB Patrick Willis, Mississippi
DB Ko Simpson, South Carolina
DB Lito Sheppard, Florida
DB LaRon Landry, LSU
DB Eric Berry, Tennessee
K Billy Bennett, Georgia
P Dustin Colquitt, Tennessee
Ret Felix Jones, Arkansas

"He's got it, man," offensive line coach Steve Addazio said of Tebow after the BCS title game. "I've been around this game a long time. I've heard all this 'fundamental' and that 'pretty spiral' ... at the end of the day who's got it? He's got the most it I've been around in my career."

Arkansas' Darren McFadden also made the national All-Decade team after compiling three consecutive 1,000-yard rushing seasons with 41 touchdowns. He finished second in the Heisman trophy voting twice.

Wide receiver was a tough position for the voters, but they decided on LSU's Josh Reed and Vanderbilt's Earl Bennett. Reed was a two-time first-team All-SEC member and earned All-American honors in 2001. He also won the Biletnikoff Award. Bennett earned first-team All-SEC honors three times and holds the conference record with 236 career receptions.

On defense, Georgia's David Pollack and Glenn Dorsey, two of the best defensive lineman to ever play in the SEC, earned All-Decade honors.

Dorsey, who had two of the best seasons in college in 2006-07, beat out Pollack as the conference's player of the decade on defense.

He was a two-time All-American, earning the Lombardi, Outland, Nagurski and Lott his senior season. He recorded 69 tackles, seven sacks and 12.5 tackles for a loss, finishing ninth in the Heisman Trophy voting. He helped LSU win their second national title of the decade, playing most of the season hurt.

Joining Tebow as the only active players on the list are Alabama's defensive lineman Terrence Cody, Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes and Tennessee defensive back Eric Berry.

Berry was a freshman All-American in 2007, first-team All-American in 2008 and has 12 career interceptions. Berry also needs just 15 interception return yards to break the NCAA record of 501 set by Florida State's Terrell Buckley from 1989-91.

Arkansas' Felix Jones was named all-decade returner in the SEC after averaging more than 27 yards per kick return with four touchdowns.

 
 
 
 
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