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2 Gators earn Freshman All-SEC honors

On3 imageby: Zach Abolverdi1 hour agoZachAbolverdi

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A pair of Florida Gators, Vernell Brown III and Jayden Woods, earned Freshman All-SEC Team honors on Thursday. Brown III collected three honors on offense and special teams, while Woods collected the Gators only SEC honors on defense.

Florida has a league leading 115 Freshman All-SEC honors, including 14 total since 2022.

Brown III earned Freshman All-SEC honors as a wide receiver, all-purpose player and return specialist. This marks the first time in program history that a freshman collected three All-SEC honors, and he is one of five players in the SEC to do so with Kentucky’s Barion Brown being the last one in 2022.

Brown III led the team in receiving as a true freshman with 40 catches for 512 yards, making six starts in 10 games played. He also had 11 punt returns for 139 yards and seven kickoff returns for 122 yards. Brown III ranked fifth in the nation among true freshmen and second among true freshmen wide receivers in all-purpose yards with 773 yards.

Woods registered 28 tackles, 3.5 sacks, three QB hurries, a pick, one pass breakup and a fumble recovery. He made three starts in 12 games played. Woods closed out the season co-leading the team with sacks (3.5) and was third on the team in TFLs (5.0) and interceptions (1).

2025 SEC All-Freshman Team  

Offense

QB
Cutter Boley, Kentucky

RB
Chauncey Bowens, Georgia
Tory Blaylock, Oklahoma

WR
Vernell Brown III, Florida
Braylon Staley, Tennessee

TE
Kaleb Edwards, Alabama

OL
David Sanders Jr., Tennessee
Michael Carroll, Alabama
Kobe Branham, Arkansas
Dontrell Glover, Georgia

C
Kail Ellis, Auburn

AP
Vernell Brown III, Florida

Defense

DL
Jayden Woods, Florida
Elijah Griffin, Georgia
Lance Jackson, Texas
London Simmons, Alabama

LB
Edwin Spillman, Tennessee
Elijah Melendez, Auburn
Tyler Lockhart, Mississippi State

DB
Dijon Lee Jr., Alabama
Courtland Guillory, Oklahoma
DJ Pickett, LSU
Ty Redmond, Tennessee

Special Teams

PK
Scott Starzyk, Arkansas

P
Mason Love, South Carolina

RS
Vernell Brown III, Florida

KOS
Max Kelley, South Carolina

LS
Silas Hall, LSU

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