FanNation SEC Sites Pick Alabama to Top League, Dominate Player of the Year Honors

Everybody related to the Southeastern Convention could not at all times see eye-to-eye, however they normally know a great factor once they see it. 

For the 2022 soccer season, Alabama is trying good. 

In preseason voting among the many FanNation’s SEC websites, the Crimson Tide was a unanimous choose to win the league title this season. Furthermore, quarterback Bryce Younger and linebacker Will Anderson Jr. had been the preseason alternatives for offense and defensive gamers of the 12 months honors. 

Nick Saban’s staff additionally led the best way in preseason All-SEC alternatives with 12, together with eight first-team picks. 

Georgia had the second-most alternatives with eight general, together with 4 first-team gamers. Arkansas and Texas A&M, which had the Particular Groups Participant of the Yr selection with return specialist Ainias Smith, had been tied for third with 5 general alternatives and three first-team picks. 

A few notable objects about this 12 months’s alternatives:

• As an alternative of two operating backs, three large receivers had been chosen.

• Defensively, a 3-3-4 formation was used, however the eleventh participant was the one who obtained probably the most votes amongst remaining gamers. The concept was to reward the participant most deserving and replicate that almost all of groups would be the nickel bundle greater than their base protection this season.

• Ties weren’t damaged. When one occurred on the primary staff an extra participant was not added to the second staff. 

• Just one return specialist was named for first- and second-team standing. 

Each college within the SEC had no less than one participant obtain votes.

All-SEC Offense

Place, First-team participant, college; Second-team participant, Faculty

QB: Bryce Younger, Alabama; Will Rogers, Mississippi State

RB: Tank Bigsby, Auburn; Chris Rodriguez, Kentucky

WR: Cedric Tillman, Tennessee; Jonathan Mingo, Ole Miss

WR: Jermaine Burton, Alabama; Josh Vann, South Carolina

WR: Kayshon Boutte, LSU; Tyler Harrell, Alabama

TE: Brock Bowers, Georgia; Jaheim Bell, South Carolina

OL: Layden Robinson, Texas A&M; Nick Broeker, Ole Miss

OL: Broderick Jones, Georgia; Warren Erickson, Georgia

OL: Emil Ekiyor Jr., Alabama; Kenneth Horsey, Kentucky/Dylan Wonnum, South Carolina (tie for second-team)

OL: Javon Foster, Missouri/O’Cryus Torrence, Florida (tie for first-team)

C: Ricky Stromberg, Arkansas; Bryce Foster, Texas A&M/Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia (tie for second-team)

All-SEC Protection

DL: Derick Corridor, Auburn; Justin Eboigbe, Alabama

DL: Byron Younger, Alabama; Mason Smith, LSU

DL: Jalen Carter, Georgia/Colby Wood, Auburn (tie for first-team)

LB: Henry To’oTo’o, Alabama; Tryus Wheat, Mississippi State

LB: Will Anderson Jr., Alabama; Drew Sanders, Arkansas

LB: Bumber Pool, Arkansas; Nolan Smith, Georgia

DB: Cam Smith South Carolina; Trey Dean, Florida

DB: Eli Ricks, Alabama; Antonio Johnson, Texas A&M

DB: Jordan Battle, Alabama; Christopher Smith, Georgia

DB: Kelee Ringo, Georgia; Emmanuel Forbes, Mississippi State

Nickel/LB/DL: Jalen Catalon, Arkansas; BJ Ojulari/Ali Gaye LSU (tie second-team)

All-SEC Particular groups

Ok: Harrison Mevis, Missouri; Will Reichard, Alabama/Cam Little, Arkansas (tie second-team)

P: Nik Constantinou, Texas A&M; Oscar Chapman, Auburn

PR/KR: Ainias Smith, Texas A&M; Jahmyr Gibbs, Alabama

Predicted Gamers of the Yr 

Offensive: Bryce Younger, Alabama 

Defensive: Will Anderson Jr., Alabama 

Particular groups: Ainias Smith, Texas A&M

Predicted Order of End

East

1. Georgia
2. Tennessee
3. Florida/
4. Kentucky (tied for third)
5. South Carolina
6. Missouri
7. Vanderbilt 

West

1. Alabama 
2. Texas A&M
3. Ole Miss/
4. Arkansas (tied for third)
5. LSU
6. Mississippi State
7. Auburn

Predicted SEC Champion

Alabama Crimson Tide