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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, USA Today

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/247Sports, ESPN.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 

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