South Carolina football places three on coaches preseason All-SEC team

With less than two weeks from the start of South Carolina’s regular season, more preseason honors came pouring in on Tuesday.

The Southeastern Conference league office announced that three Gamecocks had made the coaches preseason All-SEC squad. EDGE Dylan Stewart made the first team, while quarterback LaNorris Sellers and defensive back Jalon Kilgore earned second-team honors.

Sellers was a coaches-selected All-SEC performer last season, earning a third-team selection. Kilgore and Stewart picked up All-SEC honors from other groups but not from the league’s coaches. If the preseason is any indication, that will change in 2025.

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More from South Carolina Athletics‘ Press Release

COLUMBIA, S.C. (August 19, 2025) –Three University of South Carolina football players were named to the 2025 preseason All-SEC teams as selected by the Southeastern Conference’s 16 head coaches, the league office announced today.

Sophomore defensive lineman Dylan Stewart earned a spot on the first-team unit, while redshirt sophomore quarterback LaNorris Sellers and junior defensive back Jalon Kilgore were named to the second team squad.

Stewart, a 6-5, 245-pounder from Washington, D.C. earned FWAA Freshman All-America honors last season after recording 10.5 tackles for loss including 6.5 sacks in his first season with the Garnet & Black. He was also a finalist for the Shaun Alexander National Freshman of the Year award and was a member of the SEC All-Freshman team in 2024.

Sellers, a 6-3, 240-pounder from Florence, S.C., was the 2024 National Freshman Offensive Player of the Year as selected by the Football Writers of America. He was also a 2024 Freshman All-American, an SEC All-Freshman selection and a third-team All-SEC pick by the league’s 16 coaches. He threw for 2,534 yards and 18 touchdowns while completing 65.6 percent of his passes and added 674 yards and seven touchdowns rushing in his first season as a starting signal-caller.

Kilgore, a 6-1, 211-pounder, collected 48 tackles last season from his Nickel position. The Eatonton, Ga. product tied for the SEC lead and for fourth in the country with five interceptions, matching Jaylen Foster’s 2021 total for the most by a Gamecock in the last 20 years. He was also credited with five pass breakups.

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2025 PRESEASON COACHES ALL-SEC TEAM

FIRST TEAM

Offense

QB – Garrett Nussmeier, LSU

RB – Le’Veon Moss, Texas A&M

RB – Quintrevion Wisner, Texas

WR – Ryan Williams, Alabama

WR – Cam Coleman, Auburn

TE – Eli Stowers, Vanderbilt

OL – Kadyn Proctor, Alabama

OL – Cayden Green, Missouri

OL – Austin Barber, Florida

OL – DJ Campbell, Texas*

OL – Fernando Carmona Jr., Arkansas*

C – Jake Slaughter, Florida

Defense

DL – Dylan Stewart, South Carolina

DL – Colin Simmons, Texas

DL – Keldric Faulk, Auburn

DL – Christian Miller, Georgia

LB – Anthony Hill Jr., Texas

LB – Whit Weeks, LSU

LB – CJ Allen, Georgia

DB – KJ Bolden, Georgia

DB – Daylen Everette, Georgia

DB – Michael Taaffe, Texas

DB – Jermod McCoy, Tennessee

Special Teams

PK – Peyton Woodring, Georgia

P – Brett Thorson, Georgia

RS – Barion Brown, LSU

KOS – Peyton Woodring, Georgia

LS – Beau Gardner, Georgia

AP – Zachariah Branch, Georgia

SECOND TEAM

Offense

QB – LaNorris Sellers, South Carolina

RB – Jaydn Ott, Oklahoma

RB – Caden Durham, LSU

WR – Aaron Anderson, LSU

WR – Kevin Coleman Jr., Missouri*

WR – Eric Singleton, Auburn*

TE – Oscar Delp, Georgia

OL – Ar’maj Reed-Adams, Texas A&M

OL – Jaeden Roberts, Alabama

OL – Trey Zuhn III, Texas A&M

OL – Chase Bisontis, Texas A&M

C – Parker Brailsford, Alabama

Defense

DL – Caleb Banks, Florida

DL – R Mason Thomas, Oklahoma

DL – Tim Keenan III, Alabama

DL – LT Overton, Alabama

LB – Deontae Lawson, Alabama

LB – Harold Perkins, LSU

LB – Suntarine Perkins, Ole Miss

DB – Jalon Kilgore, South Carolina

DB – Will Lee III, Texas A&M

DB – Malik Muhammad, Texas

DB – Domani Jackson, Alabama*

DB – Keon Sabb, Alabama*

Special Teams

PK – Trey Smack, Florida

P – Jack Bouwmeester, Texas

RS – Zachariah Branch, Georgia

KOS – Trey Smack, Florida

LS – Rocco Underwood, Florida

AP – Zavion Thomas, LSU

THIRD TEAM

Offense

QB – DJ Lagway, Florida

RB – Nate Frazier, Georgia

RB – Jam Miller, Alabama

WR – Zachariah Branch, Georgia

WR – Chris Brazzell II, Tennessee*

WR – Eugene Wilson III, Florida*

TE – Miles Kitselman, Tennessee

OL – Earnest Greene III, Georgia

OL – Xavier Chaplin, Auburn

OL – Lance Heard, Tennessee

OL – Joshua Braun, Kentucky*

OL – Trevor Goosby, Texas*

C – Connor Lew, Auburn

Defense

DL – Cam Ball, Arkansas

DL – Tyreak Sapp, Florida

DL – Trey Moore, Texas

DL – Zxavian Harris, Ole Miss

LB – Taurean York, Texas A&M

LB – Arion Carter, Tennessee

LB – Princewill Umanmielen, Ole Miss

DB – Boo Carter, Tennessee

DB – Isaac Smith, Mississippi State

DB – Jalen Catalon, Missouri

DB – Bray Hubbard, Alabama

Special Teams

PK – Lucas Carneiro, Ole Miss*

PK – Alex McPherson, Auburn*

P – Aidan Laros, Kentucky

RS – Zavion Thomas, LSU

KOS – Will Stone, Texas

LS – Ben Anderson, Oklahoma

AP – Martel Hight, Vanderbilt

*Ties (ties are not broken)

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