The 2003 All-SEC football team consists of

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players selected to the All-

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(SEC) chosen by the ''

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'' (AP) and the conference coaches for the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The LSU Tigers won the conference, beating the

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34 to 13 in the SEC Championship game. The Tigers then won a national championship, defeating the

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champion

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21 to 14 in the

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. Ole Miss

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was voted SEC Offensive Player of the Year by both AP and Coaches. LSU

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Chad Lavalais was voted the coaches SEC Defensive Player of the Year;

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Keiwan Ratliff was the AP's choice.

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

, Ole Miss (AP-1, Coaches-1) * Matt Mauck, LSU (AP-2, Coaches-2) * David Greene, Georgia (Coaches-2)

Running backs

* Carnell Williams#, Auburn (AP-1, Coaches-1) * Cedric Cobbs, Arkansas (AP-1, Coaches-1) * Shaud Williams, Alabama (AP-2, Coaches-2) *Nick Turner, Miss. St. (AP-2) * Cedric Houston, Tennessee (Coaches-2)

Wide receivers

* Michael Clayton, LSU (AP-1, Coaches-1) * Chris Collins, Ole Miss (AP-1, Coaches-1) * Devery Henderson, LSU (AP-2, Coaches-1) * Justin Jenkins, Miss. St. (AP-2, Coaches-2) * George Wilson, Arkansas (AP-2)

Centers

* Scott Wells, Tennessee (AP-2, Coaches-1) *Bill Wilkerson, LSU (AP-1) *Mike Degory, Florida (Coaches-2)

Guards

* Stephen Peterman, LSU (AP-1, Coaches-2) * Monreko Crittenden, Auburn (AP-1) * Travelle Wharton, South Carolina (AP-2) * Justin Smiley, Alabama (AP-2) * Max Jean-Gilles, Georgia (Coaches-2)

Tackles

* Shawn Andrews#, Arkansas (AP-1, Coaches-1) * Antonio Hall, Kentucky (AP-1, Coaches-1) * Wesley Britt, Alabama (AP-2, Coaches-1) *

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, Florida (AP-1) * Michael Muñoz, Tennessee (Coaches-2)

Tight ends

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, Florida (AP-1, Coaches-1) * Ben Watson, Georgia (AP-2) *

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, Arkansas (Coaches-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

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, Georgia (AP-1, Coaches-1) * Marcus Spears, LSU (AP-1) * Antwan Odom, Alabama (Coaches-1) * Bobby McCray, Florida (AP-2, Coaches-2) * Reggie Torbor, Auburn (AP-2, Coaches-2) * Vincent Burns, Kentucky (Coaches-2)

Defensive tackles

* Chad Lavalais, LSU (AP-1, Coaches-1) *Jesse Mitchell, Ole Miss (AP-1) *DeMarco McNeil, Auburn (AP-1) * Jovan Haye, Vanderbilt (Coaches-2)

Linebackers

* Karlos Dansby#, Auburn (AP-1, Coaches-1) * Odell Thurman, Georgia (AP-1, Coaches-1) * Channing Crowder, Florida (AP-1, Coaches-2) * Derrick Pope, Alabama (AP-1) * Dontarrious Thomas, Auburn (AP-1) * Caleb Miller, Arkansas (AP-2, Coaches-2) * Kevin Simon, Tennessee (AP-2, Coaches-2) * DeMeco Ryans, Alabama (AP-2) * Kevin Burnett, Tennessee (Coaches-2)

Cornerbacks

* Keiwan Ratliff, Florida (AP-1, Coaches-1) * Corey Webster, LSU (AP-1, Coaches-1) * Ahmad Carroll, Arkansas (Coaches-1)

Safeties

* Sean Jones, Georgia (AP-1, Coaches-1) * Thomas Davis Sr., Georgia (AP-1, Coaches-2) * Tony Bua, Arkansas (AP-2, Coaches-1) * Gibril Wilson, Tennessee (AP-2, Coaches-2) * Rashad Baker, Tennessee (AP-2) * Guss Scott, Florida (AP-2) * LaRon Landry, LSU (AP-2) *Daryl Dixon, Florida (Coaches-2) *Muhammed Abdullah, Kentucky (Coaches-2)

Special teams

Kickers

* Jonathan Nichols, Ole Miss (AP-1, Coaches-1) *Billy Bennett, Georgia (AP-2, Coaches-2)

Punters

* Dustin Colquitt#, Tennessee (AP-1, Coaches-1) * Eric Wilbur, Florida (AP-2) *Cody Ridgeway, Ole Miss (Coaches-2)

All purpose/return specialist

* Derek Abney, Kentucky (AP-1, Coaches-1) * Skyler Green, LSU (AP-2)

Key

Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both the coaches and AP AP =

. Coaches = Selected by the SEC coaches * = Unanimous selection of AP # = Unanimous selection of coaches

References

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