Caleb Azubike, Darrius Sims Are Vanderbilt's Only All-SEC Players, According to Coaches

Steven Scheu was second among Southeastern Conference tight ends in receiving yards in 2014. He had more receiving touchdowns than any other tight end in the league last year. And while he's primed for a monster senior season under new offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig, the SEC's coaches don't think he belongs anywhere near the all-conference team.

Scheu was Vanderbilt's biggest snub when the league announced their preseason All-SEC teams on Tuesday. He found himself on the outside looking in for one of the three tight end spots on the league's all-star roster.

Vandy only placed two players on the conference's honored squad - and both were banished to the third-team. Caleb Azubike was slotted in on the defensive line. Darrius Sims wound up as the third-team kick returner. By the coaches' logic, the guy who provided 12 percent of the Commodores' touchdowns last season despite touching the ball only four times on offense is barely dangerous enough to fill out the bench on their all-star roster.

Scheu wasn't the only Commodore to be snubbed by the league. Stephen Weatherly led the team with 12.5 tackles for loss last season and should have another big year now that Derek Mason has taken over this team's defense. He's not on the list. Neither is Nigel Bowden, a hard-nosed inside linebacker who made 78 tackles in 11 games last year, or Ralph Webb, who gained 907 rushing yards as a freshman on a team with few offensive options to lighten his load.

While there was stiff competition for spots on the All-SEC roster, it's clear that Vanderbilt's terrible 2014 has followed them into 2015. We've seen how little the national media thinks about Mason's team, and that sentiment appears to be shared by the league's coaches. Fortunately, these preseason rankings and honors are meaningless compared to the year-end awards. The 2015 preseason All-SEC teams should be prime motivation for every player in the Commodore locker room - even Azubike and Sims.

Here are the full all-conference honors, courtesy of SECSports.com:

First Team Preseason All-SEC

Offense

POSITION	NAME	SCHOOL
TE	Evan Engram	Ole Miss
OL	Laremy Tunsil Vadal Alexander Cam Robinson John Theus	Ole Miss LSU Alabama Georgia
C	Mike Matthews	Texas A&M
WR	Pharoh Cooper Laquon Treadwell	South Carolina Ole Miss
QB	Dak Prescott	Mississippi State
RB	Nick Chubb Leonard Fournette	Georgia LSU
AP	Pharoh Cooper	South Carolina

Defense

POSITION	NAME	SCHOOL
DL	Myles Garrett Robert Nkemdiche A'Shawn Robinson Chris Jones	Texas A&M Ole Miss Alabama Mississippi State
LB	Reggie Ragland Curt Maggitt Jordan Jenkins	Alabama Tennessee Georgia
DB	Vernon Hargreaves Cyrus Jones Jalen Mills Jonathan Jones	Florida Alabama LSU Auburn

Special Teams

POSITION	NAME	SCHOOL
PK	Marshall Morgan	Georgia
P	JK Scott	Alabama
RS	Pharoh Cooper	South Carolina

Second Team Preseason All-SEC

Offense

POSTITION	NAME	SCHOOL
TE	Hunter Henry	Arkansas
OL	Dan Skipper Greg Pyke Germain Ifedi Denver Kirkland	Arkansas Georgia Texas A&M Arkansas
C	Ryan Kelly	Alabama
WR	D'haquille Williams Malcolm Mitchell	Auburn Georgia
QB	Maty Mauk	Missouri
RB	Derrick Henry Alex Collins	Alabama Arkansas
AP	Leonard Fournette	LSU

Defense

POSTITION	NAME	SCHOOL
DL	Jonathan Bullard Derek Barnett Jonathan Allen Montravius Adams	Florida Tennessee Alabama Auburn
LB	Antonio Morrison Kentrell Brothers Kendell Beckwith	Florida Missouri LSU
DB	Will Redmond Tre'Davious White Cameron Sutton Tony Conner	Mississippi State LSU Tennessee Ole Miss

Special Teams

POSITION	NAME	SCHOOL
PK	Austin MacGinnis	Kentucky
P	Jamie Keehn	LSU
RS	Leonard Fournette* Isaiah McKenzie*	LSU Georgia

Third Team Preseason All-SEC

Offense

POSTITION	NAME	SCHOOL
TE	O.J. Howard	Alabama
OL	Alex Kozan Sebastian Tretola Devonte Danzey Jordan Swindle* Brandon Shell*	Auburn Arkansas Auburn Kentucky South Carolina
C	Evan Boehm	Missouri
WR	Demarcus Robinson* Travin Dural* Josh Reynolds*	Florida LSU Texas A&M
QB	Jeremy Johnson* Joshua Dobbs*	Auburn Tennessee
RB	Jonathan Williams Russell Hansbrough Kelvin Taylor	Arkansas Missouri Florida
AP	Speedy Noil	Texas A&M

Defense

POSTITION	NAME	SCHOOL
DL	Carl Lawson Davon Godchaux Caleb Azubike Ryan Brown	Auburn LSU Vanderbilt Mississippi State
LB	Leonard Floyd Cassanova McKinzy Lorenzo Carter	Georgia Auburn Georgia
DB	A.J. Stamps Rohan Gaines Trae Elston Jonathan Ford Eddie Jackson	Kentucky Arkansas Ole Miss Auburn Alabama

Special Teams

POSITION	NAME	SCHOOL
PK	Elliott Fry	South Carolina
P	Drew Kaser	Texas A&M
RS	Darrius Sims Speedy Noil	Vanderbilt Texas A&M