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Georgia Earns A Number of Season-Ending SEC Honors
December 12, 2023 | Football
ATHENS, Ga. --- The Bulldogs had a number of football players earn Southeastern Conference postseason honors, according to recent league announcements.
Junior center and 2023 Rimington Trophy finalist Sedrick Van Pran earned the Jacobs Blocking Trophy, which is given annually to the league's most outstanding blocker. He is the ninth Georgia player to receive the accolade and first since current New York Giant Andrew Thomas in 2019.
Georgia had an SEC leading 11 players on the All-SEC Coaches First and Second Team, including four players on the First Team. In addition, another pair earned spots on the SEC All-Freshman Team.
No. 6 Georgia (12-1) continues the 2023 postseason at the Capital One Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium versus No. 5 Florida State (13-0) on Dec. 30. ESPN will televise the matchup at 4 p.m.
2023 SEC FOOTBALL HONORS FOR THE BULLDOGS
Jacobs Blocking Trophy C Sedrick Van Pran
All-SEC Coaches Team
First Team
OFFENSE
TE Brock Bowers
OL Tate Ratledge
C Sedrick Van Pran
DEFENSE
DB Malaki Starks
Second Team
OFFENSE
QB Carson Beck
OL Xavier Truss
DEFENSE
DL Mykel Williams
DL Nazir Stackhouse
ILB Smael Mondon
DB Tykee Smith
DB Kamari Lassiter
SEC All-Freshman Team
OFFENSE
OL Earnest Greene
DEFENSE
ILB Raylen Wilson
Junior center and 2023 Rimington Trophy finalist Sedrick Van Pran earned the Jacobs Blocking Trophy, which is given annually to the league's most outstanding blocker. He is the ninth Georgia player to receive the accolade and first since current New York Giant Andrew Thomas in 2019.
Georgia had an SEC leading 11 players on the All-SEC Coaches First and Second Team, including four players on the First Team. In addition, another pair earned spots on the SEC All-Freshman Team.
No. 6 Georgia (12-1) continues the 2023 postseason at the Capital One Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium versus No. 5 Florida State (13-0) on Dec. 30. ESPN will televise the matchup at 4 p.m.
2023 SEC FOOTBALL HONORS FOR THE BULLDOGS
Jacobs Blocking Trophy C Sedrick Van Pran
All-SEC Coaches Team
First Team
OFFENSE
TE Brock Bowers
OL Tate Ratledge
C Sedrick Van Pran
DEFENSE
DB Malaki Starks
Second Team
OFFENSE
QB Carson Beck
OL Xavier Truss
DEFENSE
DL Mykel Williams
DL Nazir Stackhouse
ILB Smael Mondon
DB Tykee Smith
DB Kamari Lassiter
SEC All-Freshman Team
OFFENSE
OL Earnest Greene
DEFENSE
ILB Raylen Wilson
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