COLUMBIA, Mo. – Missouri junior LB Nick Bolton (Frisco, Texas) and redshirt sophomore DL Trajan Jeffcoat (Columbia, S.C.) were both named to the Associated Press All-SEC First Team, announced by the outlet on Wednesday. It is the second first team honor of the week for the duo, who were also named to the All-SEC First Team by the league’s coaches on Tuesday.
Bolton, a Butkus Award finalist and Jason Witten Man of the Year semifinalist, earned first-team honors for the second-straight season. He becomes the first Tiger since Michael Egnew (TE, 2010-11) to earn back-to-back AP all-conference first-team honors and the first defensive player to do so since Sean Weatherspoon (LB, 2008-09). Bolton continues to impress on the field week-in and week-out, as his 67 solo tackles lead the conference while his 95 total tackles rank fifth. He also ranks among the SEC’s Top-10 in tackles per game (9.5, seventh) and tackles-for-loss (8.0, 10th). He’s also added 2.0 sacks, five pass break-u