Sept. 1, 2010

ATHENS, Ga. --- Four Georgia football players have been named to the CBSSports.com preseason All-America teams, according to a recent announcement from the website.

Junior flanker A.J. Green and junior punter Drew Butler were both named to the First Team while senior offensive tackle Clint Boling and junior place kicker Blair Walsh were named to the Second Team.

No other team from the Southeastern Conference had more than one player represented on the First Team. Alabama led the way with five players on the All-America teams, although three of those for the Tide were Third Team selections.

Green, a Summerville, S.C., native, was a semifinalist for last year’s Biletnikoff after earning All-SEC First Team honors. In just 10 games in 2009, Green hauled in a team-leading 53 catches for 808 yards and six touchdowns. He ranked second in the league in both receptions per game (5.3) and receiving yards per game (80.8). Green also blocked a field goal against Arizona State last season to help clinch the Bulldogs’ win.

Butler, an Alpharetta native, won the 2009 Ray Guy Award for being the nation’s top punter. The consensus First Team All-American posted a national-best 48.1 yards per punt average last season, becoming only the third Bulldog in school history to lead the NCAA in punting. In just his first season as a starter, Butler had 24 punts of 50 yards or more, including a career-long 75 yarder versus #9 Oklahoma State.

Boling, also an Alpharetta native, is two-time All-SEC performer at a variety of positions on the offensive line. He started all 13 games for the Bulldogs in 2009, including the final six at left tackle. Boling led a Georgia offense that racked up 1,216 yards rushing and 11 rushing touchdowns during the final five games of the year last season.

Walsh, a Boca Raton, Fla., native, was one of three finalists for the 2009 Lou Groza Award given to the nation’s top place kicker. Highlighted by a 37-yard game winner against Arizona State, Walsh drilled 20 of 22 field goal attempts (90.9 percent, No. 2 in school history for field goal accuracy in a single season) in 2009. He connected on 11 of 12 kicks from 40 yards or longer and had a career-long field goal of 53 yards versus #9 Oklahoma State. Walsh is also 92-for-92 in PATs for his career.

The Bulldogs host University of Louisiana-Lafayette at Sanford Stadium on Sept. 4 to start their 2010 season.