12/17/22 Auburn Articles

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Six Auburn Tigers make Phil Steele’s All-SEC team

River Wells

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Players on Auburn’s 2022 team continue to receive accolades during college football’s postseason.

Sports writer Phil Steele, who is known for his yearly College Football Preview magazine, released his All-SEC picks on Friday. The list featured six different Auburn players on his second, third and fourth teams consisting of four defensive players, one offensive player and one special teams player.

Defensive end Derick Hall is thus far the center of Auburn’s award-winning talents, being named to an All-SEC team earlier in the month. Hall was given his due in Steele’s list, too, but it also features other Auburn players that haven’t gotten as much attention.

Take a look at which Tigers received their honors below:

Derick Hall, Second Team

USA Today Network

Sacks: 6.5

Total tackles: 60

Forced fumbles: 2

Interceptions: 1

Colby Wooden, Third Team

John Reed-USA TODAY Sports

Sacks: 6

Total tackles: 45

Forced fumbles: 3

Interceptions: 0

Owen Pappoe, Third Team

John Reed-USA TODAY Sports

Sacks: 2.5

Total tackles: 92

Forced fumbles: 2

Interceptions: 1

Tank Bigsby, Fourth Team

(AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Rushing yards: 970

Total touchdowns: 10

Yards per attempt: 5.4

Longest run: 50 yards

D.J. James, Fourth Team

(Photo by Michael Chang/Getty Images)

Passes defended: 8

Interceptions: 1

Total tackles: 37

Oscar Chapman, Fourth Team

Todd Van Emst /AU Athletics

Average punt yards: 43.87

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Former Auburn player and coach Travis Williams to become DC at Arkansas

JD McCarthy

Sat, December 17, 2022 at 3:18 PM CST

Former Auburn linebacker travis williams is back coaching in the SEC West just not at Auburn.

 

According to a report by Brandon Marcello of 247Sports, Arkansas is “in the process” of hiring him to become their defensive coordinator.

Williams has spent the past two seasons as UCF’s defensive coordinator after spending the previous seven years at Auburn in various roles. The former All-SEC linebacker played at Auburn from 2001-05.

His first coaching stint at Auburn was from 2009-11 as a graduate assistant and he returned in 2014 as a defensive analyst. He was promoted to linebackers coach in 2016 and co-defensive coordinator in 2018.

Williams followed former Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn to become the defensive coordinator at UCF, his first time having complete control of the defense.  The Knights held opponents to 23.2 points per game this season, good enough to rank 39th nationally. They had the best red zone defense in the American Athletic Conference, allowing touchdowns on just 44.44% of opponent trips.