Cody Prewitt was named first-team All-SEC at safety. The Bay Springs, Miss., native started 11 of 12 games at free safety. Prewitt’s six interceptions lead the SEC and are tied for fourth-most by any player in the country. He leads or shares the team lead with 70 tackles, six interceptions and 13 passes defended, while he also has 4.0 TFLs and two forced fumbles.
2 years ago Houston Nutt threw freshman Cody Prewitt out on the field to sink or swim in a hopeless situation.
Today Prewitt is All-SEC.
— omREBELNATION (@OMRebelNation) December 10, 2013
Prewitt started the season with a bang:Four Rebels earned second team honors.
Impressively, true freshmen Laremy Tunsil and Evan Engram made that list.
Tunsil, a freshman from Lake City, Fla., is one of two true freshmen in the nation to be his team’s full-time starting left tackle and the only one in the SEC. He surrendered only one sack all season while protecting Bo Wallace’s blind side. The 6-foot-5, 315-pound phenom has played in every game and started nine.
Engram, a surprise at tight end, was catching passes at a record pace for a Rebel tight end before his season was derailed with an ankle injury after just seven games. The Powder Springs, Ga., native still managed to catch 20 passes for 265 yards and set an Ole Miss freshman tight end record with three touchdown grabs, while starting five of seven games.
In August Evan Engram looked too small to play tight end. He needed a year to grow.
Wrong.
2nd Team All-SEC.
— omREBELNATION (@OMRebelNation) December 10, 2013
Tunsil and Engram are the first true freshmen in school history to receive All-SEC honors.
Serderius Bryant and Denzel Nkemdiche were also voted to the second team.
Bryant, a junior from Sanford, Fla., was named All-SEC for the first time in his career. He began seeing the most playing time after Denzel Nkemdiche was injured in the first game. Despite missing two games, he is tied with Prewitt for the team lead with 70 tackles, while leading the squad with 10.5 TFLs. Bryant also has 3.0 sacks and two forced fumbles. He is tied for fifth among SEC players with 1.05 TFLs per game.
Nkemdiche received All-SEC distinction for the second straight year. A sophomore from Loganville, Ga., he has missed three games this year due to injury but still tallied 34 tackles, 2.0 TFLs, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.