Ole Miss Football’s Judkins, Prieskorn Named Coaches All-SEC

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – (Release) Ole Miss football sophomore running back Quinshon Judkins (first team) and senior tight end Caden Prieskorn (second team) both earned All-Southeastern Conference honors from the league’s 14 head coaches for the 2023 season, the SEC office announced Tuesday afternoon.

This is a repeat performance for Judkins on the Coaches first team after doing so as a freshman in 2022, and for Prieskorn this is his first All-SEC honor and his second all-conference award overall after being named to the All-AAC first team in 2022 while at Memphis. Yesterday, Judkins was also named a member of the AP second team All-SEC squad.

Judkins finished the regular season with 1,052 yards (87.7 YPG) and 15 touchdowns rushing on 237 total attempts, making him just the eighth rusher in FBS history and second in SEC history alongside Georgia’s Herschel Walker to chart 1,000 yards and 15 touchdowns across both their freshman and sophomore seasons. Additionally, Judkins is only the third Rebel to ever break 1,000 yards multiple times (alongside Kayo Dottley and BenJarvus Green-Ellis), and he is the ninth in SEC history to do so consecutively across both a freshman and sophomore season.

Judkins’ 15 rushing touchdowns this season leads the SEC and ranks No. 9 in the FBS, and combined with one receiving touchdown he ranks second in the conference and 11th nationally at 16 total scores. His 87.7 yards per game ranks No. 4 in the SEC, while he leads the conference in missed tackles forced (69) and yards after contact (795) – the latter of which accounts for 75.6 percent of his entire season rushing total.

This year, Judkins has five 100-yard rushing games and four games with multiple rushing touchdowns, and he has been especially productive in SEC season with 11 of his 15 rushing scores and a per-game average of 105.3 yards on the ground.

Prieskorn, meanwhile, has played and started in nine straight games after missing the first three due to injury. He ranks fourth on the team overall and leads all Rebel tight ends with 313 yards and two touchdowns receiving on 20 total catches. His 15.7 yards per catch ranks second in the SEC and 11th in the FBS among tight ends per PFF. Of his 313 yards, 244 have come against SEC opponents – good for 78 percent of his season total.

2023 COACHES ALL-SEC
FIRST TEAM – OFFENSE
QB: Jayden Daniels, LSU
RB: Cody Schrader, Missouri; Quinshon Judkins, Ole Miss
WR: Malik Nabers, LSU; Luther Burden III, Missouri
TE: Brock Bowers, Georgia
OL: JC Latham, Alabama; Javon Foster, Missouri; Will Campbell, LSU; Tate Ratledge, Georgia
C: Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia
AP: Ainias Smith, Texas A&M

FIRST TEAM – DEFENSE
DL: Darius Robinson, Missouri; James Pearce Jr., Tennessee; Justin Eboigbe, Alabama; Landon Jackson, Arkansas
LB: Edgerrin Cooper, Texas A&M; Dallas Turner, Alabama; Nathaniel Watson, Mississippi State
DB: Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama; Malaki Starks, Georgia; Kris Abrams-Draine, Missouri; Caleb Downs, Alabama; Terrion Arnold, Alabama

FIRST TEAM – SPECIAL TEAMS
PK: Will Reichard, Alabama
P: Matthew Hayball, Vanderbilt
RS: Ainias Smith, Texas A&M
KOS: Cam Little, Arkansas
LS: Hunter Rogers, South Carolina; Kneeland Hibbett, Alabama

SECOND TEAM – OFFENSE
QB: Carson Beck, Georgia
RB: Ray Davis, Kentucky; Jarquez Hunter, Auburn
WR: Brian Thomas, LSU; Xavier Legette, South Carolina
TE: Caden Prieskorn, Ole Miss; Trey Knox, South Carolina; Rivaldo Fairweather, Auburn
OL: Tyler Booker, Alabama; Xavier Truss, Georgia; Emery Jones, LSU; Layden Robinson, Texas A&M
C: Eli Cox, Kentucky
AP: Barion Brown, Kentucky

SECOND TEAM – DEFENSE
DL: Mykel Williams, Georgia; Nazir Stackhouse, Georgia; Princely Umanmielen, Florida; Shemar Turner, Texas A&M
LB: Harold Perkins, LSU; Smael Mondon, Georgia; Ty’Ron Hopper, Missouri
DB: Maxwell Hairston, Kentucky; Jaylin Simpson, Auburn; Tykee Smith, Georgia; Kamari Lassiter, Georgia

SECOND TEAM – SPECIAL TEAMS
PK: Harrison Mevis, Missouri
P: James Burnip, Alabama; Max Fletcher, Arkansas
RS: Barion Brown, Kentucky
KOS: Will Reichard, Alabama
LS: Wesley Schelling, Vanderbilt

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