WACO, Texas — The 2022 Biletnikoff Award winner snagged his eighth All-America accolade Wednesday morning as the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) tabbed Tennessee wide receiver Jalin Hyatt to the 2022 AFCA FBS Coaches’ All-America First Team.
Hyatt’s remarkable junior campaign has been well recognized by numerous outlets and organizations this postseason. The Irmo, South Carolina, product had previously garnered first team All-America acclaim from the Walter Camp Football Foundation, FWAA, Associated Press, Sporting News, ESPN, The Athletic and CBSSports.com/247Sports.
Tennessee’s first Biletnikoff winner posted a record-breaking season for the Big Orange in 2022, claiming the SEC receiving triple crown as he led the nation’s best conference in receptions (67), receiving yards (1,267) and receiving touchdowns (15). His 15 scoring grabs this fall shattered the single-season school record and tied with Houston’s Nathaniel Dell for the FBS lead, while his 1,267 yards ranked fourth nationally and are 31 shy of tying Robert Meachem’s school record set in 2006.
Widely regarded as the most explosive playmaker in college football this season, Hyatt led the country in plays of 30-plus (15), 40-plus (11), 50-plus (7) and 60-plus (5) yards from scrimmage. He logged five games with more than 100 yards receiving and five games with multiple touchdown scores, highlighted by a historic five-touchdown, 207-yard performance against then-No. 3 Alabama to lead the Vols to a monumental, 52-49 victory on The Third Saturday In October. His five receiving touchdowns tied an SEC single-game record and his 207 yards were sixth-most in UT single-game annals.
2022 AFCA All-America Teams
FIRST TEAM
Offense
WR Marvin Harrison Jr., Ohio State
WR Jalin Hyatt, Tennessee
TE Brock Bowers, Georgia
OL O’Cyrus Torrence, Florida
OL Peter Skoronski, Northwestern
C Olusegun Oluwatimi, Michigan
OL Paris Johnson Jr., Ohio State
OL Steve Avila, TCU
QB Caleb Williams, USC
RB Blake Corum, Michigan
RB Bijan Robinson, Texas
Defense
DL Isaiah Foskey, Notre Dame
DL Jalen Carter, Georgia
DL Calijah Kancey, Pittsburgh
DL Tuli Tuipulotu, USC
LB Will Anderson Jr., Alabama
LB Ivan Pace Jr., Cincinnati
LB Jack Campbell, Iowa
DB Christopher Smith, Georgia
DB Devon Witherspoon, Illinois
DB Emmanuel Forbes, Mississippi State
DB Clark Phillips III, Utah
Specialists
P Bryce Baringer, Michigan State
PK Christopher Dunn, NC State
AP Deuce Vaughn, Kansas State
LS Michael Vinson, Notre Dame
SECOND TEAM
Offense
WR Nathaniel Dell, Houston
WR Xavier Hutchinson, Iowa State
TE Michael Mayer, Notre Dame
OL Alex Palczewski, Illinois
OL Jarrett Patterson, Notre Dame
C John Michael Schmitz, Minnesota
OL Joe Alt, Notre Dame
OL Andrew Vorhees, USC
QB C.J. Stroud, Ohio State
RB Chase Brown, Illinois
RB Mohamed Ibrahim, Minnesota
Defense
DL Byron Young, Alabama
DL Felix Anudike-Uzomah, Kansas State
DL Mike Morris, Michigan
DL Tyree Wilson, Texas Tech
LB Drew Sanders, Arkansas
LB Jamon Dumas-Johnson, Georgia
LB Nick Herbig, Wisconsin
DB *Jordan Battle, Alabama
DB Joey Porter Jr., Penn State
DB Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama
DB Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson, TCU
Special Teams
P Kai Kroeger, South Carolina
PK Jake Moody, Michigan
AP Jaylin Lucas, Indiana
LS Joe Shimko, NC State
2022 Tennessee Football Postseason Honors
HC Josh Heupel
SEC Coach of the Year – AP
AFCA Region 2 Coach of the Year
Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year Finalist
OC Alex Golesh
Frank Broyles Award Finalist
QB Hendon Hooker
Walter Camp Player of the Year Award Finalist
Maxwell Award Finalist
Manning Award Finalist
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Finalist
All-America Second Team – CBSSports.com/247Sports
All-America Third Team – Associated Press
SEC Offensive Player of the Year – Associated Press, Coaches, U
All-SEC First Team – AP, Coaches, USA Today
WR Jalin Hyatt
Biletnikoff Award Winner
All-America First Team – AFCA, Walter Camp, FWAA, Associated Press, Sporting News, The Athletic, CBSSports.com/
All-SEC First Team – AP, Coaches, USA Today
TE Jacob Warren
2022 SEC Community Service Team
OL Darnell Wright
All-SEC First Team – AP, Coaches, USA Today
DE Byron Young
All-SEC First Team – Coaches
All-SEC Second Team – AP
-UT Athletics
