This year’s Preseason Coaches All-SEC Team rosters were released on Tuesday, with a trio of Florida football players making the cut for the third team.
Sophomore running back [autotag]Trevor Etienne[/autotag], junior cornerback [autotag]Jason Marshall Jr[/autotag]. and EDGE rusher [autotag]Princely Umanmielen[/autotag] earned those third-team honors, which adds to Umanmielen’s current list of preseason accolades. The 6-foot-5-inch, 254-pound defender has already been named to the Lombardi Award Watch List as well as the Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List.
Etienne, brother of former Clemson Tigers standout and current NFL running back Travis Etienne, has high expectations coming into the season after a tidy true freshman campaign in 2022. His 719 yards on the ground ranked fourth-most by a freshman in program history and his 85-yard touchdown run was tied for the sixth-longest by an FBS running back last year.
Marshall is a former five-star recruit who has taken a while to ripen into the collegiate cornerback his talent has always projected. He played in all 26 games with 19 starts during his first two seasons, starting all 13 appearances last season, recording 52 tackles (35 solo), 11 pass breakups, three tackles for a loss and two interceptions.
Florida opens its 2023 schedule on the road against the Utah Utes on Thursday, Aug. 31, with a kickoff time of 8 p.m. EDT.
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