Notae and Williams Add AP All-SEC Honors

Mike Cawood March 8, 2022

FAYETTEVILLE – JD Notae and Jaylin Williams were named to the Associated Press All-SEC team, it was announced today.

Notae was one of three unanimous selections to the five-man first team and Williams was voted to the five-man second team.

With Notae earning first team honors, it marks the fourth straight year – and 12thtime overall – a Razorback has been a consensus first team selection. With Williams being named second team, it marks the first time since 2018 two Razorbacks were honored by both the coaches and media.

Notae ranks second in the SEC in both overall scoring (18.87 ppg) and scoring in league games (19.71 ppg). He additionally ranks second in the SEC – 20th in the NCAA – in steals per game (2.17 avg.). Also, despite missing the SEC opener due to illness, Notae’s 335 points scored in SEC games is the fourth-best, single-season total in program history.

Williams ranks seventh in the NCAA (second in the SEC) in defensive rebounding (8.06), 22nd in the NCAA (second in the SEC) in total rebounds (9.6). and 22nd in the NCAA (second in the SEC) in double-doubles (12). Williams additionally shattered the school records for most rebounds in SEC games (183) and best rebounding average in SEC game (10.35) – the only Hog to average double-digit rebounds for an SEC season. Williams currently has 297 total rebounds to date which ranks sixth on the school’s single-season list and could finish as high as second (322 by Nick Davis with the leader being 349 by Derek Hood).

2022 ALL-SEC HONORS (AP)

First Team
u-Scotty Pippen Jr., Vanderbilt
u-JD Notae, Arkansas
u– Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky
Walker Kessler, Auburn
Jabari Smith, Auburn

Second Team
Kennedy Chandler, Tennessee
Iverson Molinar, Mississippi State
Colin Castleton, Florida
Tari Eason, LSU
Jaylin Williams, Arkansas

SEC Player of the Year: (u) Oscar Tshiebwe Kentucky
SEC Coach of the Year: Bruce Pearl, Auburn
SEC Newcomer of the Year: Jabari Smith, Auburn

u-Unanimous selection

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