Among the best defenders in the SEC

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SEC’s top defenders

A look at the 11 players who made the first-team preseason All-SEC team at the SEC Media Days in Hoover, Ala.

Trey DePriest of Alabama lunges to break up a pass intended for Jeremey Chappelle of Mississippi State on Nov. 16, 2013 in Starkville, Miss. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Alabama's Trey DePriest flies in to help tackle Malcolm Johnson of Mississippi State, while Crimson Tide teammates Nick Perry and Robert Lester (37) help Oct. 27, 2012 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Defensive back Deshazor Everett of Texas A&M breaks up a pass intended for wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. of LSU at Tiger Stadium on Nov. 23, 2013. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

Florida receiver Quinton Dunbar (1) is stopped short of a first down by a pack of Georgia defenders, led by Bulldogs linebacker Ramik Wilson (51) on a fourth-down conversion attempt on Nov. 2, 2013, in Jacksonville, Fla. JASON GETZ/AJC

James Franklin of Missouri is tackled by Dante Fowler Jr. of Florida on Nov. 3, 2012 in Gainesville, Fla. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)

Defensive lineman Gabe Wright of Auburn is held as he rushes quarterback Jameis Winston of Florida State in the BCS Championship game Jan. 6, 2014 in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Cody Prewitt of Ole Miss loses his helmet as he tackles Kenyan Drake of Alabama on Sept. 28, 2013 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Vernon Hargreaves III of Florida intercepts a pass during a game against Miami on Sept. 7, 2013 in Miami Gardens, Fla. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

Davonte' Neal (left) of Notre Dame fights Landon Collins of Alabama for a loose ball after Neal muffed a punt catch against the Crimson Tide in the BCS Championship game on Jan. 7, 2013 in Miami Gardens, Fla. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Stanton Seckinger (81) of Clemson tries to leap over Connor Norman of Georgia as he is tackled by Ramik Wilson of the Bulldogs on Aug. 31, 2013 in Clemson, SC. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

Quinton Dunbar of Florida is tackled by A.J. Johnson (45) and Eric Gordon of Tennessee on Sept. 15, 2012 in Knoxville, Tenn. (Photo by John Sommers II/Getty Images)

LaDarius Perkins (27) of Mississippi State is brought down by Cody Prewitt of Ole Miss during their annual rivalry game last season in Starkville, Miss. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

A'Shawn Robinson of Alabama pressures Zach Mettenberger of LSU on Nov. 9, 2013 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Robert Nkemdiche (right) and Issac Gross of Ole Miss tackle a Georgia Tech player behind the line of scrimmage during the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl on Dec. 30, 2013 in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)

Vernon Hargreaves III of Florida defends on a pass intended for Jarvis Landry of LSU last October in Baton Rouge, La. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

Derrick Woods of Oklahoma catches a pass as he is hit by Landon Collins (26) of Alabama during the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 2 in New Orleans. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

Dante Fowler Jr. (6) of Florida tackles running back Raijon Neal of Tennessee and causes him to fumble in a game last September in Gainesville, Fla. (Photo by Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images)

Vernon Hargreaves III is one of the top cornerbacks in the SEC and he's only a sophomore.

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Trey DePriest of Alabama lunges to break up a pass intended for Jeremey Chappelle of Mississippi State on Nov. 16, 2013 in Starkville, Miss. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

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