Four Hogs Receive All-SEC Recognition From Coaches

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.– Led by two second-team selections, wide receiver Andrew Armstrong and defensive end Landon Jackson, four Razorbacks received All-SEC honors from the coaches, the league office announced Tuesday afternoon.

Offensive lineman Fernando Carmona and linebacker Xavian Sorey Jr. earned third-team honors, joining Armstrong and Jackson as Hogs to receive all-league recognition.

Armstrong is the first Razorback receiver to earn All-SEC honors since Treylon Burks in 2021. The Dallas, Texas product recorded a team-high 78 receptions for 1,140 yards and a touchdown during the 2024 season Armstrong, who began his career at East Texas A&M (formerly known as Texas A&M-Commerce) led the league and ranked in the top. 10 nationally in receiving yards (7th), receiving yards per game. (103.6, 4th), and receptions per game (7.1, 9th). Armstrong ranked second all-time on Arkansas’ single-season receptions list and single-season receptions list while finishing the season with a 39-game receiving streak that ended is ranked first among all SEC pass catchers and sixth nationally. His five receiving games of 100+ yards in 2024 were the most since Treylon Burks had six in 2021.

Jackson, who earned all-league recognition for the second straight season, recorded 49 total tackles, including a team-high 9.5 for loss and 6.5 sacks in addition to nine quarterback hurries, three pass breakups, a fumble recovery, a forced fumble and a blocked field goal. The Texarkana, Texas, product became the first Razorback to lead the team in tackles for loss and sacks in consecutive seasons since Wayne Martin did so from 1986 to 1988. He is the first Hog to lead the Arkansas has sacks in consecutive regular seasons since Chris Smith accomplished the feat in 2012-13. He recorded a four-game sack streak from October 26 to November. 23, becoming the first Hog to record 1.0+ sacks in four straight games since Deatrich Wise Jr. in 2015. Jackson finished his career as the only Razorback since 1997 to record 8+ total tackles, 3+ tackles for loss and 2+ sacks in multiple plays, after accomplishing the feat twice.

Carmona made an immediate impact in his first season at The Hill while leading the way with 5,414 yards of total offense, including 3,230 passing yards and 2,184 rushing yards. The San Jose State transfer started all 12 games on an offensive unit that ranked 13th nationally in total offense per game (451.2) and 21st nationally in passing offense per game (269 ,2). Carmona earned SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week honors twice during the regular season after wins over Arkansas-Pine Bluff (September 2) and No. 4 Tennessee (October 7). The Las Vegas native blocked for 673 total yards of offense (314 passing, 359 rushing) without allowing a single sack, during the Razorbacks’ dominant 58-25 win over Mississippi State (Oct. 26) and was part of a line offense that helped rack up 687 yards in a win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Aug. 29) and 648 total yards of offense at Oklahoma State (Sept. 7). Carmona is the first Razorback offensive tackle to earn All-SEC recognition from league coaches since Dan Skipper in 2016.

Sorey Jr. led the Razorbacks with 89 total tackles in addition to posting nine tackles for loss, three quarterback hurries, two sacks, one interception and one pass breakup. The Georgia transfer led or tied for the single-game team record in tackles in four games in 2024 (Oklahoma State, Tennessee, Mississippi State, Ole Miss), while his 13-tackle performances against Oklahoma State and Ole Miss were the highest. a pig in just one game this season. In a 58-25 victory at Mississippi State (October 26), Sorey became the second Arkansas linebacker in the last 25 years to record 10+ tackles, an interception, a quarterback hurry and a pass breakup in a single game. His 7.4 tackles per game rank sixth among all SEC defenders.

The Razorbacks will make their 45th bowl appearance and finish the 2024 season by taking on Texas Tech in the Autozone Liberty Bowl on December 27 at 6 p.m. on ESPN inside Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium.