Nine Florida high school football grads are named 2024 Preseason All-SEC selections

Four former IMG Academy stars are among those honored
Alabama offensive lineman Tyler Booker (52) celebrates after the offense scored a touchdown during the A-Day scrimmage at Bryant-Denny Stadium.  He is one of nine former Florida high school football players, and one of four from IMG Academy, to be named 2024 Preseason All-SEC.
Alabama offensive lineman Tyler Booker (52) celebrates after the offense scored a touchdown during the A-Day scrimmage at Bryant-Denny Stadium. He is one of nine former Florida high school football players, and one of four from IMG Academy, to be named 2024 Preseason All-SEC. / Gary Cosby Jr.-USA TODAY Sports

Florida is in the thick of SEC country and several of the state’s former high school stars are excelling in the nation’s premiere Power 5 college conference – the Southeastern Conference.

Big things are expected from nine of them in 2024 as they were honored as Preseason All-Conference selections.

University of Georgia quarterback Cason Beck, a graduate of Mandarin high, and Alabama offensive lineman Tyler Booker, from IMG Academy, were name First Team Offense, while Oklahoma linebacker Danny Stusman, a senior from Windermere high, was a First Team defensive selection. Booker was one of four former IMG players to be named Preseason All-SEC.

Here is the complete list of one-time Florida high school stars named to the various 2024 Preseason All-SEC teams.

All-SEC First Team Offense

Cason Beck, Georgia, QB, Jr. - Mandarin

Tyler Booker, Alabama, OL, Jr. - IMG Academy

All-SEC First Team Defense

Danny Stutsman, Oklahoma, LB, Sr. - Windermere

Danny Stutsman
Oklahoma Sooners linebacker Danny Stutsman (28) runs after TCU Horned Frogs quarterback Josh Hoover (10) as he throws a pass during a college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the TCU Horned Frogs at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla., Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. Oklahoma won 69-45. / BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY

All-SEC Second Team Offense

Mason Taylor, LSU, TE, Jr. - St. Thomas Aquinas

Raheim Sanders, South Carolina, RB, Sr. - Rockledge

All-SEC Second Team Defense

Tim Smith, Alabama, DL, Gr. - Sebastian River

All-SEC Third Team Defense

Daylen Everette, Georgia, DB, Jr. - IMG Academy

Jihaad Campbell, Alabama, LB, Jr. - IMG Academy

Keon Sabb, Alabama, DB, RS-So. - IMG Academy


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Gary Adornato

GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.