Few know their opponents better than SEC coaches, and the latest preseason Coaches All-SEC team saw quite a few of them give props to some Auburn Tigers football players.
Auburn saw five of its players make the All-SEC team in some capacity. Running back [autotag]Tank Bigsby[/autotag] and edge rusher [autotag]Derick Hall[/autotag] both made the first team, defensive tackle [autotag]Colby Wooden[/autotag] and punter [autotag]Oscar Chapman[/autotag] made the second team and longtime Tigers kicker [autotag]Anders Carlson[/autotag] finished out the group with a third team appearance.
Bigsby and Hall are no strangers to accolades — Bigsby has often been lauded as potentially one of the best running backs in the conference this year and Hall has landed on quite a few “way too early” mock drafts for the 2023 NFL Draft. Wooden is also expected to be a force to be reckoned with in the trenches, too, making Auburn’s defensive line one of its biggest strengths heading into the 2022 season.
On the special teams side, both Chapman and Carlson have been on the Plains for some time. Carlson comes into the year as a fifth-year senior while the Australian native Chapman enters his third year as a Tiger.
Coach [autotag]Bryan Harsin[/autotag] will hope that all these players live up to expectations as the beginning of the season against the Mercer Bears on Sept. 3 draws nearer and nearer.
Auburn football players on the Coaches All-SEC teams:
– 1st: RB Tank Bigsby, EDGE Derick Hall
– 2nd: DT Colby Wooden, P Oscar Chapman
– 3rd: K Anders Carlson— Justin Ferguson (@JFergusonAU) August 23, 2022
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