Georgia Football: Bulldog’s Gurley & Lynch Named To Sporting News Preseason All-SEC Team

September 1, 2012; Athens, GA, USA; Georgia Bulldogs running back Todd Gurley (3) carries the ball against the Buffalo Bulls at Sanford Stadium. The Bulldogs wn 45-23. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Liles-USA TODAY Sports

Georgia sophomore tailback Todd Gurley and senior tight end Arthur Lynch have been named to the Sporting News 2013 Preseason All-SEC Team.

Gurley, a native of Tarboro, North Carolina, was a 2012 Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) Freshman All-American after becoming the 12th Bulldog to rush for 1,000 yards in a season and the first since Knowshon Moreno in 2008. Gurley went for 1,385 yards, which ranks sixth in school history for a single season, and 17 touchdowns (a UGA freshman record) on 222 carries (6.2 average).

Only Gurley and Bulldog legend Herschel Walker have tallied 1,000-yard seasons in their true freshman seasons. Gurley finished 2012 with nine games where he went for at least 100 yards rushing, which ranks third in school history for a season.

Arthur Lynch, photo by Sonny Kennedy, http://www.sonnykennedyphotography.com/

Lynch, a native of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, started 13 of 14 games last year and finished with 24 catches for 431 yards and three touchdowns. Named the team’s Most Improved Player, the 6-5, 254-pound Lynch posted career highs in receptions, yards and touchdowns in 2012. He had three catches for 50 yards and completed a pass on a fake punt that led to a touchdown versus Alabama in the Southeastern Conference Championship Game.

Lynch has also been named a Phil Steele Preseason Second Team All-American this summer after earning All-SEC Third Team honors in 2012.

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