2022 All-SEC Team: PFF releases preseason college football selections

Football analytics group Pro Football Focus released its list of All-SEC preseason candidates this week, and it looks a lot different than the list voted on by the traditional media.

Although Bryce Young is still the All-SEC first-team quarterback, PFF’s list and the SEC media’s list immediately begin to defer after that. For example, the data gurus at PFF opted to put new South Carolina transfer Spencer Rattler on the All-SEC second team, not Vols returner Hendon Hooker.

Check out PFF’s list of first, second, and third-team preseason SEC athletes, plus, honorable mentions.

All-SEC Offense

QB – Bryce Young, Alabama
RB – Zach Evans, Ole Miss
RB – Devon Achane, Texas A&M
WR – Kayshon Boutte, LSU
WR – Jermaine Burton, Alabama
WR – Cedric Tillman, Tennessee
TE – Brock Bowers, Georgia
OL – Broderick Jones, Georgia
OL – Javon Foster, Missouri
OL – O’Cyrus Torrence, Florida
OL – Layden Robinson, Texas A&M
C – Bryce Foster, Texas A&M

Second-Team
QB – Spencer Rattler, South Carolina
RB – Tank Bigsby, Auburn
RB – Jahmyr Gibbs, Alabama
WR – Josh Vann, South Carolina
WR – Tayvion Robinson, Kentucky
WR – Juice Wells, South Carolina
TE – Arik Gilbert, Georgia
OL – Warren McClendon, Georgia
OL – Reuben Fatheree II, Texas A&M
OL – Kenneth Horsey, Kentucky
OL – Beaux Limmer, Arkansas
C – Ricky Stromberg, Arkansas

Third-Team
QB – Will Rogers, Mississippi State
RB – Ulysses Bentley IV, Ole Miss
RB – Chris Rodriguez Jr., Kentucky
WR – Ainias Smith, Texas A&M
WR – Ladd McConkey, Georgia
WR – Jack Bech, LSU
TE – Jaheim Bell, South Carolina
OL – Dalton Wagner, Arkansas
OL – Jeremy James, Ole Miss
OL – Brady Latham, Arkansas
OL – Tashawn Manning, Kentucky
C – LaQuinston Sharp, Mississippi State

All-SEC Defense

First-Team
DL – Jalen Carter, Georgia
DL – Gervon Dexter, Florida
EDGE – Nolan Smith, Georgia
EDGE – Will Anderson Jr., Alabama
LB – Troy Brown, Ole Miss
LB – Bumper Pool, Arkansas
S – Jordan Battle, Alabama
S – Tykee Smith, Georgia
CB – Eli Ricks, Alabama
CB – Cam Smith, South Carolina
FLEX DB – Antonio Johnson, Texas A&M

Second-Team
DL – Jaquelin Roy, LSU
DL – Colby Wooden, Auburn
EDGE – Brenton Cox Jr., Florida
EDGE – BJ Ojulari, LSU
LB – Micah Baskerville, LSU
LB – Ventrell Miller, Florida
S – Jalen Catalon, Arkansas
S – Christopher Smith, Georgia
CB – Kelee Ringo, Georgia
CB – Jason Marshall Jr., Florida
FLEX DB – Malachi Moore, Alabama

Third-Team
DL – Byron Young, Alabama
DL – Jayden Jernigan, Missouri
EDGE – Derick Hall, Auburn
EDGE – Ali Gaye, LSU
LB – Mike Jones Jr., LSU
LB – Jeremy Banks, Tennessee
S – Brian Branch, Alabama
S – Isheem Young, Ole Miss
CB – Mekhi Garner, LSU
CB – Jarrick Bernard-Converse, LSU
FLEX DB – Kris Abrams-Draine, Missouri

Preseason All-SEC Specialists

First-Team
P – Nik Constantinou, Texas A&M
PK – Harrison Mevis, Missouri
AP – Tayvion Robinson, Kentucky

Second-Team
P – Oscar Chapman, Auburn
PK: Cam Little, Arkansas
AP – Jahmyr Gibbs, Alabama

Third-Team
P – Reid Bauer, Arkansas
PK – Will Reichard, Alabama
AP – Ainias Smith, Texas A&M

Honorable Mention

QB – Will Levis, Kentucky
RB – Jabari Small, Tennessee
RB – Kenny McIntosh, Georgia
WR – Tauskie Dove, Missouri
WR – Jaden Walley, Mississippi State
WR – Justin Shorter, Florida
TE – Austin Stogner, South Carolina
OT – Hyrin White, Missouri
OT – Richard Gouraige, Florida
G – Keiondre Jones, Auburn
G – Warren Ericson, Georgia
C – Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia
DI – Zacch Pickens, South Carolina
DI – Maason Smith, LSU
Edge – Dallas Turner, Alabama
Edge – Byron Young, Tennessee
LB – Nathaniel Watson, Mississippi State
LB – Henry To’oTo’o, Alabama
CB – Emmanuel Forbes, Mississippi State
CB – Tyreek Chappell, Texas A&M
S – Demani Richardson, Texas A&M
S – Rashad Torrence, Florida
Flex D – AJ Finley, Ole Miss
K – Jack Podlensy, Georgia
P – Paxton Brooks, Tennessee
PR/KR – Lideatrick Griffin, Mississippi State