Tiger Rag All-SEC Team unveiled as LSU prepares to open first Brian Kelly preseason camp

   LSU’s first preseason camp with Brian Kelly as head coach opens Thursday.

   The Tigers are scheduled to practice at 4:15 p.m. Thursday, and Kelly is scheduled to meet with media members early Thursday night.

   Kelly was hired away from Notre Dame late last year to succeed Ed Orgeron, who coached LSU to a 2019 season national championship but reached a full $16.9 million separation agreement with the university that requires him to cooperate with ongoing Title IX litigation involving the school.

   Kelly has not settled on a starting quarterback, with returnees Myles Brennan and Garrett Nussmeier, Arizona State transfer Jayden Daniels and true freshman Walker Howard all in the mix as camp opens.

   LSU opens its 2022 season Sept. 4 against Florida State at the Superdome in New Orleans.

   The Tigers do so with receiver Kayshon Boutte and defensive end BJ Ojulari having been named to the preseason first team All-SEC Team as selected by media members covering last month’s SEC Media Days in Atlanta, opposite-side defensive end Ali Gaye having been named to the second team and defensive tackle Maason Smith having been named to the third team.

   LSU also was picked to place fifth in the SEC’s Western Division in a preseason media poll that had Alabama winning the West, defending national-champion Georgia winning the Eastern Division and the Crimson Tide being declared an overwhelming favorite to win the league’s championship game.

   As the Tigers prepare for their opener, Tiger Rag presents its own preseason All-SEC team:

   OFFENSE

   QB: BRYCE YOUNG, Alabama

   RB: TANK BIGSBY, Auburn

   RB: CHRIS RODRIGUEZ JR., Kentucky

   WR: KAYSHON BOUTTE, LSU

   WR: JERMAINE BURTON, Alabama

   TE: BROCK BOWERS, Georgia

   OL: EMIL EKIYOR JR., Alabama

   OL: WARREN McCLENDON, Georgia

   OL: NICK BROEKER, Ole Miss

   OL: LAYDEN ROBINSON, Texas A&M

   C: RICKY STROMBERG, Arkansas

   DEFENSE

   DL: JALEN CARTER, Georgia

   DL: BJ OJULARI, LSU

   DL: DERICK HALL, Auburn

   DL: BYRON YOUNG, Tennessee

   LB: WILL ANDERSON JR., Alabama

   LB: NOLAN SMITH, Georgia

   LB: HENRY TO’OTO’O, Alabama

   DB: JORDAN BATTLE, Alabama

   DB: KELEE RINGO, Georgia

   DB: JALEN CATALON, Arkansas

   DB: CAM SMITH, South Carolina

   SPECIALISTS

   P: NIK CONSTANTINOU, Texas A&M

   K: WILL REICHARD, Alabama

   RS: KEARIS JACKSON, Georgia

   AP: JAHMYR GIBBS, Alabama