Two South Carolina players earn SEC All-Freshmen honors

South Carolina’s football team had to rely on a lot of freshmen during the 2018 season. On Thursday, two of them were recognized for their contribution by the SEC.

Offensive lineman Dylan Wonnum and defensive back Jaycee Horn were both placed on the conference’s All-Freshmen team, which is voted on by the league’s 14 coaches.

Wonnum, the brother of junior defensive end D.J. Wonnum, took over the starting right tackle job midway through the season.

Horn was a starter from the beginning of the season and is seventh on the team in tackles with 39 and first in pass breakups with eight.

South Carolina played 15 first-year freshmen this year.

“We really think we’ve hit on a lot of good players in this class,” head coach Will Muschamp said.

Wonnum and Horn aren’t the only players with Columbia connections to make the team. Defensive back Bryce Thompson, a one-time South Carolina recruit who signed with Tennessee, also made the team. Thompson played at Dutch Fork High School.

FRESHMAN ALL-SEC

OFFENSE

TE

Daniel Parker, Missouri

OL

Isaiah Wilson, Georgia

Cade Mays, Georgia

Dylan Wonnum, South Carolina

Ben Brown, Ole Miss

WR

Jaylen Waddle, Alabama

Seth Williams, Auburn

QB

Justin Fields, Georgia

RB

JaTarvious Whitlow, Auburn

*Tyler Badie, Missouri

*JaShaun Corbin, Texas A&M

AP

JaShaun Corbin, Texas A&M

DEFENSE

DL

Jordan Davis, Georgia

Phidarian Mathis, Alabama

Bobby Brown, Texas A&M

Tyree Johnson, Texas A&M

LB

Dimitri Moore, Vanderbilt

*Jacquez Jones, Ole Miss

*Eyabi Anoma, Alabama

*DeAndre Square, Kentucky

DB

Patrick Surtain II, Alabama

Bryce Thompson, Tennessee

Jaycee Horn, South Carolina

Trey Dean III, Florida

SPECIAL TEAMS

PK

Seth Small, Texas A&M

P

Jake Camarda, Georgia

RS

JaShaun Corbin, Texas A&M

This story was originally published December 6, 2018 at 11:22 AM.