Projecting the 2022 SEC All-Conference Team selections

On3 imageby:Alex Weber06/07/22

With a few months until opening kickoff of the college football season, awards predictions, watchlists and all-conference projections are starting to make the rounds. The folks over at Athlon Sports recently released their all-conference predictions for the SEC. Take a look at who they believe will be the best at each position in the conference in 2022.

The projected first-team and second-team All-SEC selections are as follows:

All-SEC First-Team

First-Team Offense

QBBryce Young, Alabama
RBTank Bigsby, Auburn
RBChris Rodriguez Jr., Kentucky 
APJahmyr Gibbs, Alabama
WRCedric Tillman, Tennessee
WRKayshon Boutte, LSU
TEBrock Bowers, Georgia
CRicky Stromberg, Arkansas
OLLayden Robinson, Texas A&M
OLNick Broeker, Ole Miss
OLBroderick Jones, Georgia
OLEmil Ekiyor Jr., Alabama

First-Team Defense 

DLJalen Carter, Georgia
DLDerick Hall, Auburn
DLByron Young, Alabama
DLByron Young, Tennessee
LBWill Anderson Jr., Alabama
LBNolan Smith, Georgia
LBHenry To’oTo’o, Alabama
LBBumper Pool, Arkansas
CBKelee Ringo, Georgia
CBCam Smith, South Carolina
SJordan Battle, Alabama
SAntonio Johnson, Texas A&M

First-Team Specialists 

KHarrison Mevis, Missouri
PNik Constantinou, Texas A&M
KR: Lideatrick Griffin, Mississippi State
PRAinias Smith, Texas A&M

All-SEC Second-Team

Second-Team Offense 

QBHendon Hooker, Tennessee
RBDevon Achane, Texas A&M
RBKenny McIntosh, Georgia
APAinias Smith, Texas A&M
WRJermaine Burton, Alabama
WRJosh Vann, South Carolina
TEJaheim Bell, South Carolina
CSedrick Van Pran, Georgia
OLJavon Foster, Missouri
OLKenneth Horsey, Kentucky
OLO’Cyrus Torrence, Florida
OLJeremy James, Ole Miss

Second-Team Defense 

DLMaason Smith, LSU
DLAli Gaye, LSU
DLIsaiah McGuire, Missouri
DLColby Wooden, Auburn
LBBrenton Cox Jr., Florida
LBBJ Ojulari, LSU
LB
Dallas Turner, Alabama
LBJ.J. Weaver, Kentucky
LBJeremy Banks, Tennessee
CBEli Ricks, Alabama
CBEmmanuel Forbes, Mississippi State
SJalen Catalon, Arkansas
SChristopher Smith, Georgia

Second-Team Specialists

KWill Reichard, Alabama
POscar Chapman, Auburn
KRJahmyr Gibbs, Alabama
PR: Kearis Jackson, Georgia

There you have it. No surprise, but Alabama leads the way with seven first-team selections. They also add five more on the second team to make it 12 total on the first two teams. I’d say that’s crazy, but again, it’s Nick Saban’s Alabama. This is what you tend to expect nowadays.

The other note I have is about the first-team defensive lineman. I checked and cross-referenced the facts multiple times. And it’s true. There are two Byron Young’s in the SEC. One plays for Alabama and wears #47 and the other wears #6 for Tennessee. Both are 6-foot-3 seniors that play defensive line, and apparently are quite good at it. Just an insane random fact.