Alabama's Bryce Young, Will Anderson earn SEC individual player of the year awards from AP, conference; full AP All-SEC teams

Alabama football players swept the two individual 2021 SEC player of the year awards from the conference and the Associated Press.

Bryce Young was named 2021 AP SEC Offensive Player of the Year and Will Anderson was named 2021 AP SEC Defensive Player of the Year by a media voting panel, the AP announced Wednesday.

The SEC announced later Wednesday that Young won SEC Offensive Player of the Year and Anderson won SEC Defensive Player of the Year in a poll of the league's coaches.

Young, a Heisman Trophy finalist and betting favorite to win the award, is coming off his best performance of the season, a 421-yard, three-touchdown dominance of Georgia in the SEC Championship Game on Saturday. He has totaled 4,322 passing yards and 43 touchdowns on the season.

Anderson leads the nation in sacks with 15.5 and tackles for a loss with 27.5. The sophomore from Hampton, Georgia, has recorded a sack in nine of the last 10 games.

Georgia's Kirby Smart was named SEC Coach of the Year by AP, and Georgia's Brock Bowers won the Newcomer of the Year award.

In all, four Alabama Crimson Tide players were selected first-team All-SEC by the AP: Young, Anderson, Jameson Williams (unanimously) and Jordan Battle. Four more names — Brian Robinson, Evan Neal, John Metchie and Williams (as an all-purpose player) — from Alabama were named to the second te

Here are the full AP All-SEC teams.

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AP first-team All-SEC

Offense

QB — Bryce Young, Alabama

RB — Tyler Badie, Missouri (unanimous)

RB — Chris Rodriguez, Kentucky

T — Darian Kinnard, Kentucky

T— Charles Cross, Mississippi State

C — Michael Maietti, Missouri

G — Kenyon Green, Texas A&M

G — Justin Shaffer, Georgia

TE — Brock Bowers, Georgia

WR — Jameson Williams, Alabama (unanimous)

WR — Treylon Burks, Arkansas

K — Harrison Mevis, Missouri

AP — Velus Jones, Tennessee

Defense

DE — Sam Williams, Mississippi

DE — Josh Paschal, Kentucky

DT — DeMarvin Leal, Texas A&M

DT — Jordan Davis, Georgia

LB — Will Anderson, Alabama (unanimous)

LB — Nakobe Dean, Georgia

LB — Damone Clark, LSU

DB — Roger McCreary, Auburn

DB — Lewis Cine, Georgia

DB — Jaylan Foster, South Carolina

DB — Jordan Battle, Alabama

P — Nik Constantinou, Texas A&M

AP second-team All-SEC

Offense

QB — Matt Corral, Mississippi

RB — Isaiah Spiller, Texas A&M

RB — Brian Robinson, Alabama

T — Evan Neal, Alabama

T — Jamaree Salyer, Georgia

G — Layden Robinson, Texas A&M

G — Justin Shaffer, Georgia

C — Ricky Stromberg, Arkansas

TE — Jalen Wydermyer, Texas A&M

WR — Wan’Dale Robinson, Kentucky

WR — John Metchie III, Alabama

PK — Cade York, LSU

Defense

DE — Derick Hall, Auburn

DE — Tyree Johnson, Texas A&M

DT — Devonte Wyatt, Georgia

DT — Neal Farrell Jr., LSU

LB — Channing Tindall, Georgia

LB — Zakoby McClain, Auburn

LB — Bumper Pool, Arkansas

DB — Derion Kendrick, Georgia

DB — Cam Smith, South Carolina

DB — AJ Finley, Mississippi

DB — Antonio Johnson, Texas A&M

P — Jake Camarda, Georgia

AP — Jameson Williams, Alabama

AP SEC individual awards

SEC Offensive Player of the Year — Bryce Young, QB, Alabama

SEC Defensive Player of the Year — Will Anderson, LB, Alabama

SEC Coach of the Year — Kirby Smart, Georgia

SEC Newcomer of the Year — Brock Bowers, TE, Georgia

This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: AP All-SEC football team 2021: Bryce Young, Will Anderson earn individual awards