Preseason All-SEC Football Teams for 2023: Georgia, Alabama dominate

The college football preseason calendar has moved from Talkin' Season to the preseason here in the second half of summer, with the annual SEC Media Days in the books and our first look at the preseason poll and conference power rankings. Now, it's time to get a look ahead at the best players in the nation's best league.

Not that it would surprise most people, but two-time defending College Football Playoff national champion Georgia dominates the votes in that category, as does perennial contender Alabama, both of which crowd out the competition especially among the first-team selections.

2023 Preseason All-SEC Football Teams

First-team Offense

QB: Jayden Daniels, LSU

RB: Quinshon Judkins, Ole Miss

RB: Raheim Sanders, Arkansas

WR: Malik Nabers, LSU

WR: Ladd McConkey, Georgia

TE: Brock Bowers, Georgia

OL: JC Latham, Alabama

OL: Amarius Mims, Georgia

OL: Tate Ratledge, Georgia

OL: Will Campbell, LSU

C: Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia

First-team defense

DL: Mekhi Wingo, LSU

DL: Mykel Williams, Georgia

DL: Maason Smith, LSU

DL: Nazir Stackhouse, Georgia

LB: Harold Perkins, LSU

LB: Dallas Turner, Alabama

LB: Jamon Dumas-Johnson, Georgia

DB: Javon Bullard, Georgia

DB: Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama

DB: Malaki Starks, Georgia

DB: Kamari Lassiter, Georgia

First-team specialists

P: Kal Kroeger, South Carolina

PK: Will Reichard, Alabama

LS: Kneeland Hibbett, Alabama

KS: Brian Battie, Auburn

RS: Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama

AP: Ainias Smith, Texas A&M

Second-Team Offense

* Indicates a tie

QB - KJ Jefferson, Arkansas
RB - Jase McClellan, Alabama
RB - Kendall Milton, Georgia
WR - Antwane Wells, South Carolina
*WR - Bru McCoy, Tennessee
*WR - Ja'Corey Brooks, Alabama
TE - Mason Taylor, LSU
OL - Tyler Booker, Alabama
OL - Brady Latham, Arkansas
OL - Javon Foster, Missouri
OL - Xavier Truss, Georgia
C - Seth McLaughlin, Alabama

Second-team defense

DL - Jaheim Oatis, Alabama
DL - McKinnley Jackson, Texas A&M
DL - Justin Eboigbe, Alabama
DL - Deone Walker, Kentucky
LB - Smael Mondon, Georgia
LB - Nathaniel Watson, Mississippi State
LB - Ty'Ron Hopper, Missouri
DB - Malachi Moore, Alabama
DB - Dwight McGlothern, Arkansas
DB - Demani Richardson, Texas A&M
DB - Kris Abrams-Draine, Missouri

Third-Team Offense

*QB - Joe Milton, Tennessee
*QB - Will Rogers, Mississippi State
RB - Jarquez Hunter, Auburn
RB - Trevor Etienne, Florida
WR - Ainias Smith, Texas A&M
WR - Jermaine Burton, Alabama
TE - Trey Knox, South Carolina
OL - Emery Jones, LSU
OL - Eli Cox, Kentucky
OL - Javontez Spraggins, Tennessee
OL - Layden Robinson, Texas A&M
C - Cooper Mays, Tennessee

Third-team defense

DL - Princely Umanmielen, Florida
DL - Tonka Hemingway, South Carolina
DL - Tim Smith, Alabama
DL - Darius Robinson, Missouri
LB - Chris Braswell, Alabama
LB - Jalon Walker, Georgia
LB - JJ Weaver, Kentucky
DB - Major Burns, LSU
DB - D.J. James, Auburn
DB - Nehemiah Pritchett, Auburn
DB - Jason Marshall Jr., Florida

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