2025 On SI Preseason All-SEC Team
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The list is short. When it comes to players named All-SEC by league coaches at the end of the 2024 college football season, which is the only thing the conference uses in determining official status of the honor, few are back with their teams this season.
There's Alabama wide receiver Ryan Williams and LSU linebacker Whit Weeks, who are both going into their junior years, but return specialist Barion Brown technically doesn't count after transferring from Kentucky to LSU during the offseason. Nevertheless, they're among the frontrunners for receiving the most votes in the media's preseason All-SEC team that will be selected during next week's media days in Atlanta.
Other contenders include Texas linebacker Anthony Hill Jr. and Alabama offensive tackle Kadyn Proctor, who are being hyped as potential early selections in the 2026 NFL Draft. But don't look for a quarterback to be in the mix. Sure, a last-minute consensus could develop between South Carolina's Lanorris Sellers, LSU's Garrett Nussmeier, Texas' Arch Manning, however it doesn't seem very likely.
Instead look to tight end, and ... Vanderbilt?
Commodores fans are already well-versed when it comes to Eli Stowers, the former quarterback who last season had 49 receptions for 638 yards, and five touchdown catches, all of which led his team, during his first season at Vanderbilt, and just second playing the position. Six times Stowers had at least four receptions in a game, and during three of them he topped 100 yards. Among them, his six receptions for 113 yards helped lead the stunning upset of then-No. 1 Alabama, 40-35.
For 2025-26, Stowers has the same head coach this season, the same offensive coordinator, and even the same starting quarterback, Diego Pavia. He was named a preseason All-American by the Walter Camp Foundation, and Phil Steele gave him a similar nod in his preseason magazine.
He may not be a unanimous selection for preseason All-SEC (which hasn't happened since Arkansas running back Darren McFadden in 2007), but might come closest in this year's media voting.
SEE ALSO: How Clark Lea is Managing Diego Pavia and Eli Stowers Heading Into Fall Camp
The On SI Preseason All-SEC Team is based off our position profiles from over the past month, which links included near the end. SEC Media Days will begin Monday in Atlanta at the College Football Hall of Fame.
First Team
QB: Lanorris Sellers, South Carolina
RB: Quintrevion Wisner, Texas; Caden Durham, LSU
WR: Ryan Williams, Alabama, Cam Coleman, Auburn
TE: Eli Stowers, Vanderbilt
OL: Kadyn Proctor, Alabama; Ar’maj Reed-Adams, Texas A&M; Cayden Green, Missouri; Fernando Carmona, Arkansas
C: Parker Brailsford, Alabama
DL: Caleb Banks, Florida; Keldric Faulk, Auburn; Christen Miller, Georgia; R Mason Thomas, Oklahoma
LB: Anthony Hill Jr., Texas; Whit Weeks, LSU; Deontae Lawson, Alabama
DB: Daylen Everette, Georgia; Jermod McCoy, Tennessee; Malik Muhammad, Texas; Isaac Smith, Mississippi State
ST: K Peyton Woodring, Georgia; P Brett Thorson, Georgia; KR Barion Brown, LSU; PR Kam Shanks, Arkansas
All-Purpose: Germie Bernard, Alabama ,
Second Team
QB: Garrett Nussmeier, LSU
RB: Jadan Baugh, Florida; Nate Frazier, Georgia
WR: Kevin Coleman Jr., Missouri, Aaron Anderson, LSU
TE: Jack Endries, Texas
OL: Chase Bisontis, Austin Barber, Florida; Jaeden Roberts, Alabama; Xavier Chaplin, Auburn
C: Jake Slaughter, Florida
DL: Zxavian Harris, Ole Miss; Tim Keenan, Alabama; Suntarine Perkins, Ole Miss; Albert Regis, Texas A&M
LB: CJ Allen, Georgia; Brad Spence, Texas; Raylen Wilson, Georgia
DB: KJ Bolden, Georgia; Jalon Kilgore, South Carolina; Will Lee III, Texas A&M; Michael Taaffe, Texas
ST: K Lucas Carneiro, Ole Miss; P Aidan Laros, Kentucky; KR Rayshawn Pleasant, Auburn; PR Martel Hight, Vanderbilt
All-Purpose: KC Concepcion, Texas A&M
Third Team
QB: Arch Manning, Texas
RB: Davon Booth, Mississippi State; Le’Veon Moss/Amari Daniels, Texas A&M
WR: Eric Singleton, Jr., Auburn; Cayden Lee, Ole Miss
TE: Dae’Quan Wright, Ole Miss
OL: Ar’maj Reed-Adams, Texas A&M; Joshua Braun, Kentucky; Corey Robinson, Arkansas; Earnest Greene, Georgia
C: Connor Tollison, Missouri
DL: Cameron Ball, Arkansas; Chris McClellan, Missouri; Colin Simmons, Texas; Dylan Stewart, South Carolina
LB: Josiah Trotter, Missouri, Taurean York, Texas A&M; Kip Lewis, Oklahoma
DB: Brylan Lanier, Mississippi State; Kayin Lee, Auburn; Domani Jackson, Alabama; Dijon Johnson, Florida
ST: K Trey Smack, Florida; P Devin Bale, Arkansas; KR Zavion Thomas, LSU; PR Zachariah Branch, Georgia
All-Purpose: Ahmad Hardy, Missouri
SEE ALSO: Predicted Order of Finish
2025 Position-by-Position Preseason Look at the SEC
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Christopher Walsh is the founder and publisher of Alabama Crimson Tide On SI, which first published as BamaCentral in 2018, and is also the publisher of the Boston College, Missouri and Vanderbilt sites . He's covered the Crimson Tide since 2004 and is the author of 27 books including “100 Things Crimson Tide Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die” and “Nick Saban vs. College Football.” He's an eight-time honoree of Football Writers Association of America awards and three-time winner of the Herby Kirby Memorial Award, the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s highest writing honor for story of the year. In 2022, he was named one of the 50 Legends of the ASWA. Previous beats include the Green Bay Packers, Arizona Cardinals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, along with Major League Baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks. Originally from Minnesota and a graduate of the University of New Hampshire, he currently resides in Tuscaloosa.
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