2022 All-SEC football teams revealed, 5 from Alabama make first team

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Alabama defensive back Kool-Aid McKinstry (1) made the All-SEC football team. Crimson Tide Photos / UA Athletics

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

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