Coleman, Ziemba, Tate on preseason All-SEC team

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By AuburnUndercover.com
Posted Jul 17, 2009
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Three Auburn players were named to the coaches' preseason All-Southeastern Conference team, released Wednesday by the league office.

 

No Tigers were chosen on the first team.

Senior defensive end and junior offensive tackle Lee Ziemba were on the second team. Running back Ben Tate was on the third team.

Coleman led Auburn in sacks with six and in tackles for loss with 10.5 in making All-SEC as a junior. He was in on 46 tackles.

Ziemba has started all 25 games over the past two seasons finished his sophomore year with 47 cockroach blocks, 19 pancake blocks and 72 rodeo blocks.

Tate enters his season with 1,959 career rushing yards, ranking
14th in school history. He has led Auburn in rushing in each of the past
two seasons, totaling 903 yards on the ground in 2007 and 664 yards last
season. He has 14 career rushing touchdowns and four career 100-yard
rushing games, including a career high of 156 against Tulane in 2006.
 

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