Isaac Smith Earns Media Preseason All-SEC Honors

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State football's Isaac Smith was named to the 2025 Media Preseason All-SEC Third Team as a defensive back, the League office announced Friday.

Smith, who earned Second Team All-SEC honors from the League's coaches last Fall, played in 11 games last season, registering 127 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, three pass break-ups and one fumble recovery. He led the SEC tackles and finished seventh nationally, becoming the third consecutive Mississippi State player to lead the SEC in tackles.

He had a career game at No. 7 Tennessee last Fall, earning his first-career 20-tackle game, highlighted by 10 stops in the first quarter. Smith was one of four FBS players in 2024 to have a 20+ tackle game, while being the only Power-4 player to do so. Since 1994, there have only been six 20+ tackle performances for the Bulldogs, three of which have come in the last two seasons.

Smith and the Bulldogs will kickoff the 2025 season on Aug. 30 at 11 a.m. (CT) when they travel to Southern Miss. State's first home contest will be on Sept. 6 at 6:30 p.m. (CT) when they welcome Arizona State to Davis Wade Stadium.

2025 PRESEASON MEDIA DAYS ALL-SEC TEAM
OFFENSE
First Team
QB - LaNorris Sellers, SC
RB - Quintrevion Wisner, TX
RB - Le'Veon Moss, AM
WR - Ryan Williams, UA
WR - Cam Coleman, AU
TE - Eli Stowers, VU
OL - Kadyn Proctor, UA
OL - Cayden Green, MO
OL - DJ Campbell, TX
OL - Austin Barber, UF
C - Jake Slaughter, UF

Second Team
QB - Garrett Nussmeier, LSU
RB - Jaydn Ott, OU
RB - Caden Durham, LSU
WR - Aaron Anderson, LSU
WR - Ryan Wingo, TX
TE - Oscar Delp, UG
OL - Ar'maj Reed-Adams, AM
OL - Trey Zuhn III, AM
OL - Jaeden Roberts, UA
OL - Fernando Carmona Jr., AR
C - Parker Brailsford, UA

Third Team
QB - Arch Manning, TX
RB - Nate Frazier, UG
RB - Jam Miller, UA
WR - Eric Singleton, AU
WR - Kevin Coleman Jr., MO
TE - Jack Endries, TX
OL - Earnest Greene III, UG
OL - Chase Bisontis, AM
OL - Xavier Chaplin, AU
OL - Trevor Goosby, TX
C - Connor Lew, AU

DEFENSE
First Team
DL - Keldric Faulk, AU
DL - Dylan Stewart, SC
DL - Colin Simmons, TX
DL - Christian Miller, UG
LB - Anthony Hill Jr., TX
LB - Whit Weeks, LSU
LB - CJ Allen, UG
DB - KJ Bolden, UG
DB - Michael Taaffe, TX
DB - Daylen Everette, UG
DB - Jermod McCoy, TN

Second Team
DL - Caleb Banks, UF
DL - Tim Keenan III, UA
DL - LT Overton, UA
DL - R Mason Thomas, OU
LB - Deontae Lawson, UA
LB - Harold Perkins, LSU
LB - Suntarine Perkins, UM
DB - Malik Muhammad, TX
DB - Domani Jackson, UA
DB - Will Lee III, AM
DB - Jalon Kilgore, SC

Third Team
DL - Tyreak Sapp, UF
DL - Trey Moore, TX
DL - Cam Ball, AR
DL - Zxavian Harris, UM
LB - Taurean York, AM
LB - Arion Carter, TN
LB - Princewill Umanmielen, UM
DB - Keon Sabb, UA
DB - Boo Carter, TN
DB - Bray Hubbard, UA
DB - Isaac Smith, MSU

SPECIALISTS
First Team
P - Brett Thorson, UG
PK - Peyton Woodring, UG
LS - Beau Gardner, UG
KS - Peyton Woodring, UG
RS - Zachariah Branch, UG
AP - Zachariah Branch, UG

Second Team
P - Jack Bouwmeester, TX
*PK - Trey Smack, UF
*PK - Lucas Carneiro, UM
LS - Rocco Underwood, UF
KS - Trey Smack, UF
RS - Barion Brown, LSU
AP - Zavion Thomas, LSU

Third Team
*P - Devin Bale, AR
*P - Aidan Laros, UK
PK - Alex McPherson, AU
LS - Ben Anderson, OU
KS - Will Stone, TX
RS - Zavion Thomas, LSU
*AP - Eugene Wilson III, UF
*AP - Jadan Baugh, UF

* - Indicates a tie

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