The 2022 All-SEC football teams were announced Tuesday with five Alabama players making the first team and five earning second-team honors.
Offensive guard Emil Ekiyor was the lone first-team member from the offensive side of the ball. The defensive representatives included Will Anderson Jr and Henry To’o To’o along with defensive backs Jordan Battle and Kool-Aid McKinstry. Former Alabama linebacker Drew Sanders was the other linebacker on the first team after transferring to Arkansas.
Alabama’s second-team members included Javion Cohen (offensive line), Jahmyr Gibbs (running back/all purpose) and Tyler Steen (offensive line). Special teams players included Will Reichard (placekicker and kickoff specialists) and McKinstry (return specialist) rounded out the second-team selections by making special teams appearances.
Quarterback Bryce Young didn’t make either team as Georgia’s Stetson Bennett was the second-team selection. Young was the second-team All-SEC quarterback as voted by the Associated Press.
The complete first-team All-SEC selections…
Offense
- QB: Hendon Hooker, Tennessee
- RB: Quinshon Judkins, Ole Miss
- RB: Devon Achane, Texas A&M
- WR: Jalin Hyatt, Tennessee
- WR: Antwane Wells, South Carolina
- TE: Brock Bowers, Georgia
- OL: O’Cyrus Torrence, Florida
- OL: Warren McClendon, Georgia
- OL: Darnell Wright, Tennessee
- OL: Emil Eikyor Jr., Alabama
- C: Ricky Stromberg, Arkansas
- All-purpose: Devon Achane, Texas A&M
Defense
- DL: Jalen Carter, Georgia
- DL: Derick Hall, Auburn
- DL: BJ Ojulari, LSU
- DL: Byron Young, Tennessee
- LB: Will Anderson Jr., Alabama
- LB: Drew Sanders, Arkansas
- LB: Henry To’oTo’o, Alabama
- DB: Emmanuel Forbes, Mississippi State
- DB: Chris Smith, Georgia
- DB: Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama
- DB: Jordan Battle, Alabama
Special teams
- PK: Jack Podlesny, Georgia
- P: Kai Kroeger, South Carolina
- RS: Tulu Griffin, Mississippi State
- KOS: Jake Bates, Arkansas*
- KOS: Jack Podlesny, Georgia*
- LS: Wesley Schelling, Vanderbilt
*Tied in voting