KSR Predicts the 2023 Preseason All-SEC Football Teams

Next week hundreds of media members will flock to Nashville for SEC Media Days where each participating member will vote for a preseason all-conference team and predict the order of finish for the league in 2023. As Freddie Maggard will tell you, not every media member in attendance does their research. The results are far from perfect. That is why KSR is sharing our submissions before the rest of the SEC unveils their picks next Friday. Here’s who will be voted All-SEC, according to KSR’s Football Guys.

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Nick Roush

Offense

QB: KJ Jefferson, Arkansas
RB: Quinshon Judkins, Ole Miss
RB: Raheim Sanders, Arkansas
WR: Malik Nabers, LSU
WR: Dominic Lovett, Georgia
WR: Juice Wells, South Carolina
TE: Brock Bowers, Georgia
OL: Beaux Limmer, Arkansas
OL: JC Latham, Alabama
OL: Javon Foster, Missouri
OL: Kenneth Horsey, Kentucky
C: Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia
AP: Ainias Smith, Texas A&M

Defense

DL: Deone Walker, Kentucky
DL: Maason Smith, LSU
DL: Mykel Williams, Georgia
DL: Mekhi Wingo, LSU
LB: Nathaniel Watson, Mississippi State
LB: Harold Perkins, LSU
LB: Jamon Dumas-Johnson, Georgia
LB: Ty’Ron Hopper, Missouri
DB: Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama
DB: Dwight McGlothern, Arkansas
DB: Demani Richardson, Texas A&M
DB: Malaki Starks, Georgia

Special Teams

PK: Will Reichard, Alabama
P: Kai Kroeger, South Carolina
KR: Barion Brown, Kentucky
PR: Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama

Why: It feels like there are a handful of obvious selections. Quinshon Judkins, Harold Perkins, Juice Wells, Malaki Starks and Kool-Aid McKinstry are slam dunks. What’s interesting is the debate for QB1. I bounced back and forth between Jayden Daniels and KJ Jefferson before ultimately settling on the latter, but it wouldn’t surprise me if neither were on either of the first two All-SEC postseason teams. There’s a group of six players — including Devin Leary, Conner Weigman or the UGA/Bama QBs — that could all rise up and surprise the SEC with productive 2023 seasons.

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Adam Luckett

Offense

QB: KJ Jefferson, Arkansas
RB: Quinshon Judkins, Ole Miss
RB: Raheim Sanders, Arkansas
WR: Juice Wells, South Carolina
WR: Malik Nabers, LSU
WR: Ladd McConkey, Georgia
TE: Brock Bowers, Georgia
OL: Javon Foster, Missouri
OL: Amarius Mims, Georgia
OL: Tate Radledge, Georgia
OL: Xavier Truss, Georgia
C: Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia
AP: Jo’Quavious Marks, Mississippi State

Defense

DL: Mekhi Wingo, LSU
DL: Deone Walker, Kentucky
DL: Mykel Williams, Georgia
DL: Darius Robinson, Missouri
LB: Harold Perkins, LSU
LB: Ty’Ron Hopper, Missouri
LB: Jamon Dumas-Johnson, Georgia
LB: Dallas Turner, Alabama
DB: Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama
DB: Dwight McGlothern, Arkansas
DB: Javon Bullard, Georgia
DB: Nick Emmanwori, South Carolina

Special Teams

PK: Harrison Mevis, Missouri
P: Kai Kroeger, South Carolina
KR: Lideatrick Griffin, Mississippi State
PR: Dee Williams, Tennessee

Why: In a year where there is not a clear cut top tier at quarterback, making preseason selections was somewhat difficult. I gave the edge to KJ Jefferson due to multi-year production in the SEC along with strong dual-threat numbers and a clean touchdown-interception ratio (48/10). The league has two true stars at tailback and Georgia’s offensive line is filled with Day 1 and Day 2 draft picks. Kentucky’s Deone Walker has a chance to be the conference’s best defensive linemen. Harold Perkins is the early favorite for Defensive Player of the Year honors and cornerback is very strong with a tight race for the top spots. I will never quit the “Thiccer Kicker“.

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Freddie Maggard

Offense

QB: Jayden Daniels, LSU
RB: Quinshon Judkins, Ole Miss
RB: Ray Davis, Kentucky 
WR: Malik Nabors, LSU
WR: Will Sheppard, Vanderbilt
TE: Brock Bowers, Georgia
OL: JC Latham, Alabama
OL: Will Campbell, LSU
OL: Javon Foster, Missouri
OL: Kameron Jones, Mississippi State
C: Sedrick Van Pan, Georgia
AP: Barion Brown, Kentucky 

Defense

DL: Mykel Williams, Georgia
DL: Mekhi Wingo, LSU
DL: Nazir Stackhouse, Georgia 
DL: Maason Smith, LSU
LB: Dallas Turner, Alabama
LB: Jamon Dumas-Johnson, Georgia
LB: Ty’Ron Hopper, Missouri
DB: Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama
DB: Demani Richardson, Texas A&M
DB: Malaki Starks, Georgia
DB: Kris Abrams-Draine, Missouri

SPECIALIST 

P: Kai Kroeger, South Carolina (Love the last name) 
RS: Luther Burden III, Missouri
KOS: Harrison Mevis, Missouri
KOS: Wil Reichard, Alabama
LS: Wesley Shelling, Vanderbilt