Ole Miss Linebacker Suntarine Perkins Named to SEC All-Freshman Team
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – (Release) Ole Miss linebacker Suntarine Perkins has been named to the freshman All-SEC team, as announced by the conference office on Thursday.
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Perkins – a native of Raleigh, Mississippi – has played in all 12 games for the Rebels in 2023, with two starts at Alabama and at Auburn. He ranks 10th on the team with 36 total tackles, as well as third on the roster with 5.5 tackles for loss and tied for third in sacks with 3.5. Included in that was a breakout performance at Alabama, where he sacked Jalen Milroe twice for a loss of 21 yards and ended the day with 2.5 tackles for loss for 22 total yards.
This season, Perkins was named SEC Co-Freshman of the Week following a five-tackle performance at Auburn on Oct. 21. Earlier this week he was also named a Freshman All-American by the College Football Network, in addition to a spot on the On3 Midseason Freshman All-America team and the Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year preseason watch list.
2023 SEC ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
OFFENSE
QB: Chris Parson, Mississippi State
RB: Sedrick Alexander, Vanderbilt; Rueben Owens, Texas A&M
WR: Eugene Wilson III, Florida; London Humphreys, Vanderbilt
TE: Brett Norfleet, Missouri
OL: Earnest Greene, Georgia; Kadyn Proctor, Alabama; Lance Heard, LSU; Chase Bisontis, Texas A&M; Andrew Chamblee, Arkansas; Trovon Baugh, South Carolina
C: Connor Lew, Auburn
DEFENSE
DL: T.J. Searcy, Florida; Keldric Faulk, Auburn; Donterry Russell, Mississippi State; Kelby Collins, Florida
LB:Suntarine Perkins, Ole Miss; Taurean York, Texas A&M; Raylen Wilson, Georgia
DB: Caleb Downs, Alabama; Jalon Kilgore, South Carolina; Jaylon Braxton, Arkansas; Jordan Castell, Florida
SPECIAL TEAMS
PK: Alex McPherson, Auburn
P: Jackson Ross, Tennessee
RS: Isaiah Sategna, Arkansas
KOS: Alex McPherson, Auburn
LS: Walker Himebauch, Kentucky
Evelyn Van Pelt
Evelyn has covered sports for over two decades, beginning her journalism career as a sports writer for a newspaper in Austin, Texas. She attended Texas A&M and majored in English. Evelyn's love for Ole Miss began when her daughter Katie attended the university on a volleyball scholarship. Evelyn created the Rebel Walk in 2013 and has served as publisher and managing editor since its inception.
