SEC announces 2023 first-, second-team all-conference honors
With the regular season over, it’s time to honor college football’s best. On Tuesday, the SEC released its all-conference teams.
With 14 teams in the SEC, including six teams ranked in the AP Top 25, there was no shortage of candidates. Alabama led the way with eight representatives on the first team, while Missouri had five.
All 14 schools were represented on the All-SEC Team. Georgia had 11 players who earned All-SEC honors while Alabama followed closely behind with 10. Look below to see if your favorite team made the cut.
First-team All-SEC offense
RB
Cody Schrader, Missouri
Quinshon Judkins, Ole Miss
WR
Malik Nabers, LSU
Luther Burden III, Missouri
TE
Brock Bowers, Georgia
OL
JC Latham, Alabama
Warren McClendon, Georgia
Javon Foster, Missouri
Will Campbell, LSU
Tate Ratledge, Georgia
C
Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia
AP
Ainias Smith, Texas A&M
First-team All-SEC defense
DL
Darius Robinson, Missouri
James Pearce Jr., Tennessee
Justin Eboigbe, Alabama
Landon Jackson, Arkansas
LB
Edgerrin Cooper, Texas A&M
Dallas Turner, Alabama
Nathaniel Watson, Mississippi State
DB
Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama
Malaki Starks, Georgia
Kris Abrams-Draine, Missouri
Caleb Downs, Alabama
Terrion Arnold, Alabama
First-team All-SEC special teams
PK
Will Reichard, Alabama
P
Matthew Hayball, Vanderbilt
RS
Ainias Smith, Texas A&M
KOS
Cam Little, Arkansas
LS
Hunter Rogers, South Carolina
Kneeland Hibbett, Alabama
Second-team All-SEC
Offense:
QB
Carson Beck, Georgia
RB
Ray Davis, Kentucky
Jarquez Hunter, Auburn
WR
Brian Thomas, LSU
Xavier Legette, South Carolina
TE
Caden Prieskorn, Ole Miss
Trey Knox, South Carolina
Rivaldo Fairweather, Auburn
OL
Tyler Booker, Alabama
Xavier Truss, Georgia
Emery Jones, LSU
Layden Robinson, Texas A&M
C
Eli Cox, Kentucky
AP
Barion Brown, Kentucky
Defense:
DL
Mykel Williams, Georgia
Nazir Stackhouse, Georgia
Princely Umanmielen, Florida
Shemar Turner, Texas A&M
LB
Harold Perkins, LSU
Smael Mondon, Georgia
Ty’Ron Hopper, Missouri
DB
Maxwell Hairston, Kentucky
Jaylin Simpson, Auburn
Tykee Smith, Georgia
Kamari Lassiter, Georgia
Special Teams:
PK
Harrison Mevis, Missouri
P
James Burnip, Alabama
Max Fletcher, Arkansas
RS
Barion Brown, Kentucky
KOS
Will Reichard, Alabama
LS
Wesley Schelling, Vanderbilt
Although not every standout could make the competitive list, the season isn’t over. With bowl games ahead, players will have no shortage of opportunities to make voters eat their words.
Alabama will represent the SEC in the College Football Playoff on Jan. 1, when it faces off against No. 1 overall seed Michigan in the Rose Bowl at 5 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast on ESPN.