LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky senior center Jon Toth and sophomore linebacker Jordan Jones were named to the Coaches’ All-Southeastern Conference Second Team it was announced by the league office on Tuesday.
Toth, who hails from Indianapolis, is one of four returning starters on the Wildcats’ offensive line and is considered one of the top centers in college football for the second straight season. The 6-foot-5, 310-pound senior, has played in 48 career games with a nation-high 47 consecutive starts. Last season, he helped UK’s four-man running back rotation collect 1,855 yards. This season the Cats’ running game ranks 16th nationally at 241.2 rushing yards per game, including 291.4 yards over the final six contests. Toth leads the team with 69 knockdown blocks and has been credited with 195 blocks at the point of attack this season. The Wildcats have a pair of 1,000-yard rushers, Stanley “Boom” Williams and Benny Snell Jr., for the first time in school history.
The Cats are averaging 5.52 yards per rushing attempt this season, on track to be a school record by more than a half-yard per attempt. Should the offense rush for at least 230 yards and two touchdowns in the TaxSlayer Bowl on Dec. 31 the unit will set new single-season school records for rushing yards and rushing touchdowns in a season. All totaled, Kentucky has already broken or could break as many as 12 team and individual rushing records this season.
Off the field, Toth is a three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll member and is on track to graduate in December with a degree in mechanical engineering. He was a nominee for several national awards this season, including the National Football Foundation’s Scholar-Athlete Award, the Rimington Trophy, given annually to the nation’s most outstanding center and the Outland Trophy, given to the nation’s best interior lineman. Toth has been selected to play in the Reese’s Senior Bowl in January. As a group, Kentucky’s offensive line was a semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award, given to the nation’s best O-Line unit.
Jones, from Youngstown, Ohio, burst onto the scene this season with 19 tackles in the season opener and never slowed down. The 6-foot-2, 220-pound sophomore finished the regular season with 100 total tackles to rank third in the SEC in tackles per game (8.3) and his 70 solo tackles led the league and ranked 11th nationally.
Jones is the only player in UK history to have at least 100 tackles, 14.0 tackles for loss and 4.0 sacks in a single season. Jones also added nine quarterback hurries, four pass breakups and a forced fumble. He recorded four games with double-digit tackles and finished with two tackles for loss or more in four of his final five games played.
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OFFENSE
First-Team
QB Jalen Hurts, Alabama
RB Kamryn Pettway, Auburn
RB Derrius Guice, LSU
WR ArDarius Stewart, Alabama
WR Christian Kirk, Texas A&M
TE Evan Engram, Ole Miss
OL Cam Robinson, Alabama
OL Dan Skipper, Arkansas
OL Avery Gennesy, Texas A&M
OL Will Clapp, LSU
C Ethan Pocic, LSU
AP Christian Kirk, Texas A&M
Second-Team
QB Joshua Dobbs, Tennessee
QB Chad Kelly, Ole Miss
RB Rawleigh Williams III, Arkansas
RB Ralph Webb, Vanderbilt
RB Leonard Fournette, LSU
WR Calvin Ridley, Alabama
WR Fred Ross, Mississippi State
TE O.J. Howard, Alabama
OL Braden Smith, Auburn
OL Will Holden, Vanderbilt
OL Martez Ivey, Florida
OL Alex Kozan, Auburn
C Jon Toth, Kentucky
AP Derrius Guice, LSU
DEFENSE
First-Team
DL Jonathan Allen, Alabama
DL Myles Garrett, Texas A&M
DL Carl Lawson, Auburn
DL Derek Barnett, Tennessee
LB Reuben Foster, Alabama
LB Kendell Beckwith, LSU
LB Zach Cunningham, Vanderbilt
DB Minkah Fitzpatrick, Alabama
DB Jalen Tabor, Florida
DB Tre’Davious White, LSU
DB Aarion Penton, Missouri
Second-Team
DL Montravius Adams, Auburn
DL Arden Key, LSU
DL Caleb Brantley, Florida
DL Charles Harris, Missouri
LB Tim Williams, Alabama
LB Jordan Jones, Kentucky
LB Jarrad Davis, Florida
DB Jamal Adams, LSU
DB Eddie Jackson, Alabama
DB Quincy Wilson, Florida
DB Justin Evans, Texas A&M
SPECIALISTS
First-Team
P JK Scott, Alabama
PK Daniel Carlson, Auburn
RS Christian Kirk, Texas A&M
Second-Team
P Johnny Townsend, Florida
PK Gary Wunderlich, Ole Miss
RS Evan Berry, Tennessee
