AL.com releases preseason All-SEC teams, standings projections for 2022 season

Three LSU players made the preseason All-Conference teams.

We may be stuck right in the middle of the offseason’s doldrums, but it won’t stay that way for long.

SEC Media Days are right around the corner in just about three weeks with fall camp to come shortly after. Before we know it, the 2022 season will be upon us.

With that in mind, Birmingham News/AL.com released its 76th annual preseason SEC projections, which include division predictions and preseason All-Conference squads. Several LSU players appear among the latter.

As we approach the beginning of the first season of the Brian Kelly era, here’s what the folks at Al.com think about the Tigers.

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You can view the full preseason All-SEC list here and the predicted divisional order of finish here.

Alabama QB Taulia Togovailoa makes transfer decision

Yesterday, Alabama football QB Taulia Tagovailoa announced on Twitter where he’ll attend in the fall. Details here

Alabama sophomore quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa, the younger brother of Crimson Tide legend Tua, has decided to transfer to Maryland.

Tagovailoa entered the transfer portal on May 8, per Matt Zenitz of AL.com, and posted his official statement declaring his signing with the Terps on Twitter yesterday.

Alabama still looks to be in good hands, though, with Mac Jones returning as a red-shirt junior. He was chosen to take the field over Taulia when his brother went down with the hip injury last season.

Why Maryland, though? The Terps went 3-9 last season, 1-8 in the Big 10, but head coach Michael Locksley spent three years under Nick Saban at Alabama before taking the Maryland job in 2018. It seems he still has some connections in Tuscaloosa.

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