CHARLOTTE – Marking his sixth All-America honor of the year, and fourth by one of the NCAA-recognized outlets, Jalin Hyatt was selected to the All-America First Team Tuesday morning by Sporting News.
A commonplace the last four weekdays has been Hyatt’s recognition for an excellent 2022 season with All-America honors. It started with Walter Camp last Thursday, followed by the Football Writers Association of America last Friday and the Associated Press yesterday. Today was just another feather in the cap of the 2022 Biletnikoff Award winner.
Hyatt dazzled every time he stepped out onto the field, averaging 105.6 receiving yards per game and 1.25 touchdown receptions per game. All this while making 5.6 receptions per game and posting a 18.9 yards per reception average. The speedy wideout made a habit of blowing past defenders and racing through the open field with not a defender in sight as he dashed to the end zone, making 15 plays of 30+ yards, 11 plays of 40+ yards, seven plays of 50+ yards and five plays of 60+ yards – all leading the nation in those respective categories.
The junior’s 2022 regular season concluded with 67 catches for 1,267 yards and 15 touchdowns. He was a midseason All-American by ESPN, the AP, The Athletic and Pro Football Focus, and continued his push towards the acclaim through the back half of the season, becoming the first Tennessee Volunteer since Eric Berry in 2008 and 2009 to be named to four different outlets’ All-America first team lists.
Later Tuesday afternoon, Hyatt picked up All-America First Team recognition from ESPN.com, his seventh of the season. Their All-America selections can be found by clicking here.
The full Sporting News All-America teams, along with all postseason honors earned by Tennessee Volunteers, can be found below.
The Sporting News All-America Teams
FIRST TEAM
Offense
QB Caleb Williams, USC
RB Blake Corum, Michigan
RB Bijan Robinson, Texas
WR Marvin Harrison Jr., Ohio State
WR Jalin Hyatt, Tennessee
TE Michael Mayer, Notre Dame
T Peter Skoronski, Northwestern
G Cooper Beebe, Kansas State
C Olusegun Oluwatimi, Michigan
G O’Cyrus Torrence, Florida
T Alex Palczewski, Illinois
ATH Deuce Vaughn, Kansas State
Defense
DL Tuli Tuipulotu, USC
DL Jalen Carter, Georgia
DL Calijah Kancey, Pitt
EDGE Will Anderson, Alabama
LB Jack Campbell, Iowa
LB Jamon Dumas-Johnson, Georgia
LB Ivan Pace, Cincinnati
CB Tre’vius Hodges-Tomlinson, TCU
CB Clark Phillips, Utah
S Kamren Kinchens, Miami
S Christopher Smith, Georgia
Specialists
K Joshua Karty, Stanford
P Adam Korsak, Rutgers
RET Anthony Gould, Oregon State
SECOND TEAM
Offense
QB Max Duggan, TCU
RB DeWayne McBride, UAB
RB Chase Brown, Illinois
WR Nathaniel Dell, Houston
WR Charlie Jones, Purdue
TE Brock Bowers, Georgia
OL Dawand Jones, Ohio State
OL Andrew Vorhees, USC
C Brett Neilon, USC
OL Christian Haynes, UConn
OL Joe Alt, Notre Dame
ATH Zach Charbonnet, UCLA
Defense
DL Isaiah Foskey, Notre Dame
DL Jose Ramirez, Eastern Michigan
DL Viliami Fehoko, San Jose State
EDGE Bralen Trice, Washington
LB Drew Sanders, Arkansas
LB Tommy Eichenberg, Ohio State
LB Cedric Gray, North Carolina
CB Emmanuel Forbes, Mississippi State
CB Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama
S Jordan Battle, Alabama
S Kaevon Merriweather, Iowa
Specialists
K Christopher Dunn, NC State
P Bryce Baringer, Michigan State
RET Lideatrick Griffin, Mississippi State
2022 Tennessee Football Postseason Honors
HC Josh Heupel
SEC Coach of the Year – AP
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 – 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
