SEC coaches nab Arkansas' Spaight

Arkansas linebacker Martrell Spaight (47) and defensive end Trey Flowers (86) walk from the field after an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, in Fayetteville, Ark. Arkansas defeated Mississippi 30-0. (AP Photo/David Quinn)
Arkansas linebacker Martrell Spaight (47) and defensive end Trey Flowers (86) walk from the field after an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, in Fayetteville, Ark. Arkansas defeated Mississippi 30-0. (AP Photo/David Quinn)

FAYETTEVILLE -- Arkansas linebacker Martrell Spaight followed up his selection as a first-team All-SEC choice by The Associated Press by receiving first-team honors from SEC coaches Tuesday.

Spaight was the Razorbacks' lone first-team selection on the coaches' team, while defensive end Trey Flowers and tight end Hunter Henry were second-team selections.

A North Little Rock native who transferred to Arkansas in 2013 from Coffeyville (Kan.) College, Spaight enters the postseason as the SEC tackles leader with 123 stops. He is the first Arkansas linebacker chosen to the coaches' All-SEC first team since Tony Bua in 2003. Spaight, a 12-game starter, also played a role in 4 takeaways with 1 interception, 2 forced fumbles and 1 fumble recovery.

Flowers, a first-team preseason All-SEC choice, has a team-best 13 1/2 tackles for loss as well as five sacks. The Huntsville, Ala., native has 17 career sacks to rank ninth in school history and third among active SEC players.

Henry, of Little Rock, has 36 receptions for 495 yards and 2 touchdowns and is riding a nine-game streak with at least two catches. He has 15 catches on third downs this season, and all 15 have resulted in first downs.

Alabama and Missouri, the SEC's division winners, each had a league-high seven members on the All-SEC teams. Coaches were not permitted to vote for their own players.

Arkansas' 1,000-yard rushers, Jonathan Williams and Alex Collins, did not make the teams. Williams is fourth in the SEC with 1,085 rushing yards and Collins is fifth with 1,024 yards.

The first-team slots at running back were taken by SEC rushing leader Cameron Artis-Payne of Auburn (1,482 yards) and Georgia freshman Nick Chubb (1,281). The second-team backs were Mississippi State's Josh Robinson (1,128) and Alabama's T.J. Yeldon (932).

The SEC's individual honors will be announced today, and the league's all-freshman team will come out Thursday.

Sports on 12/10/2014

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