LSU senior offensive tackle Ciron Black led the the Tigers’ 10 selections to the 2009 Southeastern Conference coaches’ All-SEC teams announced on Thursday.Black, who returns for his senior season after considering leaving for the NFL Draft, was one of three unanimous first-team selections after being named to the second team both before and after the 2008 season.Senior running back Charles Scott and senior tight end Richard Dickson join Black on the first-team offense.This is the first time under coach Les Miles that LSU has not had a All-SEC preseason first-team defender.Former safety Laron Landry earned first-team honors in 2005 and 2006. Defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey, linebacker Ali Highsmith and cornerback Chevis Jackson all made the first team in 2007. And defensive end Tyson Jackson and linebacker Darry Beckwith were both named to the 2008 first-team.All six players have gone on to sign with NFL times.Senior defensive lineman Charles Alexander and junior safety Chad Jones lead the Tigers’ defensive honors this season as second-team members.Alexander hopes to bounce back from struggles with injuries the last two years, while Jones will start the 2009 football season fresh off his College World Series championship with the LSU baseball team.Jones and former LSU wide receiver and outfielder Jared Mitchell became the first two players to win both a BCS national championship and a College World Series with the baseball national championship victory in June.Senior wide receiver Brandon Lafell was named to the second-team offense after deciding to return for one more season at LSU.
Senior defensive end Rahim Alem and senior linebacker Perry Riley were the Tigers’ only third-team selections for offense or defense. Speedster Trindon Holliday was named to the third-team as a return specialist following his championship in the 100-meters to close out the outdoor track season.LSU’s 10 preseason All-SEC members following follows 13 last season, 12 in 2007 and 2006 and 8 in 2005.The Tigers are coming off an 8-5 season, the worst in Miles’ tenure as LSU coach.The 8 first-team selections in 2005 followed a 9-3 season under former coach Nick Saban.LSU’s 10 selections this year were still second in the conference to only defending national champion Florida and first in the Western Division.Saban and his new team, Alabama, and the Georgia Bulldogs each followed the Gators and Tigers with nine a piece.—-Contact The Daily Reveille sports staff at [email protected]