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The Georgia Bulldogs had some bad news today.  Middle linebacker Charles White will miss the season with an achilles tendon injury.  The redshirt freshman was listed as the 2nd team middle linebacker and a key member of the special teams.

Last season of the top 10 leading tacklers on the Bulldog team, 3 of them were linebackers.

Dannell Ellerbe led the team with 93

Rennie Curran was 4th with 53

Marcus Washington was 9th with 40

Of Mark Richt’s first 7 seasons as head coach, only 3 times it has not been a linebacker to lead the team in tackles.

In 2003 and 2004, Thomas Davis led the team and in 2005, Greg Blue had the honors.

The SEC Coaches announced their pre-season All-SEC list for football.

LSU led all teams with 14 players selected in the first 3 teams including 4 on the first team. Florida was 2nd with the most members with 10 and Georgia had 9.

The Bulldogs had 2 members on the first team. Running back Knowson Moreno and linebacker Dannell Ellerbe received that honor. Moreno was also 1 of 7 unanimous selections.

Here is a complete list of all 3 teams that were selected.

Three Georgia Bulldogs make the initial Nagurski Award list. The Bronko Nagurski Award is given to the best defensive player in college football.

The three hopefuls are defensive tackles Geno Atkins, Jeffrey Owens and linebacker Dannell Ellerbe. Atkins was 2nd on Georgia last season in sacks and quarterback hurries. Owens had 27 tackles including 4 for loss. Ellerbe led the Dawgs in tackles last season with 93.

The award has been presented every year since 1993. Last year the winner was LSU’s Glenn Dorsey. The award will be presented on December 7th.