The SEC offices released their first-team All-SEC on Tuesday. The league selected three players from LSU’s offense.
Those players are quarterback Jayden Daniels, wide receiver Malik Nabers, and offensive tackle Will Campbell. The trio was linked with receiver Brian Thomas Jr., offensive tackle Emery Jones, and linebacker Harold Perkins Jr., all of whom were named to the second team.
The SEC will announce the specialty awards on Wednesday which include offensive and defensive player of the year along with coach of the year and freshman of the year. The Freshman All-SEC team will be revealed on Thursday.
Daniels has been the most spectacular player in the nation this season, leading in multiple offensive statistical categories, including total offensive yards per game at 412.2, and passing touchdowns with 40. His total touchdowns are first with 50 and he has the most rushing yards by a quarterback with 1,134. His 208.01 pass efficiency rating is the highest in FBS history. He’s only the fifth player in SEC history to account for 50 touchdowns in a season.
In 12 games, Daniels accounted for at least four touchdowns nine times and he joined Joe Burrow as the only player in LSU history to reach 500 total yards in three games in a single season. The Heisman hopeful set the SEC record with 606 total yards against Florida when he became the first player in FBS history to rush for 200 yards (234) and pass for 350 yards (372) in a game. Daniels also tied the LSU mark with eight touchdowns in a single game (6 passing, 2 rushing) in the win over Georgia State.
Nabers broke LSU’s all-time receptions mark in the final game of the regular season versus Texas A&M with 186. The Biletnikoff Award finalist finished the season leading the country in receiving yards with 1,546 and was first in the league with 86 receptions and second in TDs with 14. The junior led all players nationally in plays of 20-plus yards with 34 and 30-plus yards with 17.
Campbell was a 2022 Freshman All-America and played a team-high 728 snaps at offensive tackle and didn’t allow a sack all season. Campbell was a key factor in LSU being an explosive and productive offense as the Tigers were top 10 in both rushing (ranked 8th with 213.5) and passing (ranked 4th with 334.3). LSU is the only FBS program to average 200 rushing yards and 300 passing yards a game.
Thomas was the nation’s touchdown reception leader with 15, was fourth in the SEC in receiving yards with 1,079, and seventh in catches with 60. Thomas had six 100-yard games with his career-best of 150 yards coming in the win over Florida.
2022 Freshman All-SEC selection Jones started all but one game and played 631 snaps, while Perkins led the Tigers in tackles for loss with 13.5 and sacks with 5.5 to go along with 71 total tackles.
First Team All-SEC
Offense
QB – Jayden Daniels, LSU
RB – Cody Schrader, Missouri
RB – Quinshon Judkins, Ole Miss
WR – Malik Nabers, LSU
WR – Luther Burden III, Missouri
TE – Brock Bowers, Georgia
OL – JC Latham, Alabama
OL – Javon Foster, Missouri
OL – Will Campbell, LSU
OL – Tate Ratledge, Georgia
C – Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia
AP – Ainias Smith, Texas A&M
Defense
DL- Darius Robinson, Missouri
DL- James Pearce Jr., Tennessee
DL- Justin Eboigbe, Alabama
DL- Landon Jackson, Arkansas
LB – Edgerrin Cooper, Texas A&M
LB – Dallas Turner, Alabama
LB – Nathaniel Watson, Mississippi State
DB – Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama
DB – Malaki Starks, Georgia
DB – Kris Abrams-Draine, Missouri
DB – Caleb Downs, Alabama*
DB – Terrion Arnold, Alabama*
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*
LS – Kneeland Hibbett, Alabama*
Second-Team All-SEC
Offense
QB – Carson Beck, Georgia
RB – Ray Davis, Kentucky
RB – Jarquez Hunter, Auburn
WR – Brian Thomas Jr., LSU
WR – Xavier Legette, South Carolina
TE – Caden Prieskorn, Ole Miss*
TE – Trey Knox, South Carolina*
TE – Rivaldo Fairweather, Auburn*
OL – Tyler Booker, Alabama
OL – Xavier Truss, Georgia
OL – Emery Jones Jr., LSU
OL – Layden Robinson, Texas A&M
C – Eli Cox, Kentucky
AP – Barion Brown, Kentucky
Defense
DL – Mykel Williams, Georgia
DL – Nazir Stackhouse, Georgia
DL – Princely Umanmielen, Florida
DL – Shemar Turner, Texas A&M
LB – Harold Perkins Jr., LSU
LB – Smael Mondon, Georgia
LB – Ty’Ron Hopper, Missouri
DB – Maxwell Hairston, Kentucky
DB – Jaylin Simpson, Auburn
DB – Tykee Smith, Georgia
DB – Kamari Lassiter, Georgia
Special Teams
PK – Harrison Mevis, Missouri
P – James Burnip, Alabama*
P – Max Fletcher, Arkansas*
RS – Barion Brown, Kentucky
KOS – Will Reichard, Alabama
LS – Wesley Schelling, Vanderbilt
*Ties