Check out USA TODAY Sports Network's 2024 preseason All-SEC football team

The Southeastern Conference will begin a new era in the 2024 football season with no shortage of talent, but two familiar programs set the tone for USA TODAY Sports Network’s 2024 preseason All-SEC team.

Alabama and Georgia have nine All-SEC players. The Crimson Tide leads the way with five players thanks to two special teams selections.

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Ole Miss and Kentucky each have three, while LSU and SEC newcomer Oklahoma can claim two each.

Four selections were unanimous: Missouri receiver Luther Burden III, Tennessee defensive lineman James Pearce Jr., LSU linebacker Harold Perkins and Georgia defensive end Malaki Starks. The panel of 13 journalists named Georgia coach Kirby Smart the SEC coach of the year, quarterback Carson Beck the SEC player of the year and Auburn receiver Cam Coleman the league’s top newcomer.

Here is the complete list:

USA TODAY Network Preseason All-SEC Offense

Strategist: Carson Beck, Georgia

To come back: Trevor Etienne, Georgia

To come back: Hunter Jarquez, Auburn

Wide receiver: Luther Burden III*, Missouri

Wide receiver: Tre Harris, Ole Miss

Tight End: Caden Prieskorn, Ole Miss

Offensive line: Kelvin Banks Jr., Texas

Offensive line: Tyler Booker, Alabama

Offensive line: Parker Brailsford, Alabama

Offensive line: Tate Ratledge, Georgia

Offensive line: Will Campbell, LSU

Kicker: Graham Nicholson, Alabama

All purpose: Barion Brown, Kentucky

USA TODAY Network’s Preseason All-SEC Defense

Defensive line: James Pearce Jr.*, Tennessee

Defensive line: Walter Nolen, Ole Miss

Defensive line: Deone Walker, Kentucky

Defensive line: Landon Jackson, Arkansas

Linebacker: Harold Perkins*, LSU

Linebacker: Danny Stutsman, Oklahoma

Linebacker: Debo Williams, South Carolina

Defensive back: Maxwell Hairston, Kentucky

Defensive back: Malaki Starks*, Georgia

Defensive back: Billy Bowman Jr., Oklahoma

Defensive back: Malachi Moore, Alabama

Bettor: James Burnip, Alabama

* Unanimous choice

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USA TODAY Network Preseason All-SEC Honors

Player of the year: Carson Beck, Georgia

Coach of the Year: Kirby Smart, Georgia

Newcomer of the year: Cam Coleman, Auburn

Poll participants: Ryan Aber, The Oklahoman; Kevin Brockway, Gainesville Sun; Ryan Black, Courier Journal; Danny Davis, Austin American-Statesman; Corey Diaz, Daily Advertiser; David Eckert, Clarion Ledger; Charles Goodbread, Tuscaloosa News; Lulu Kesin, Greenville News; Callum McAndrew, Columbia Daily Tribune; Richard Silva, Montgomery Advertiser; Adam Sparks, Knoxville News Sentinel; Marc Weiszer, Herald of the Banner of Athens.