USC’s Keyshawn Bryant earns preseason All-SEC honors from conference coaches
South Carolina senior forward Keyshawn Bryant earned preseason second team All-SEC honors in a coach’s poll released by the conference on Tuesday.
The athletic 6-foot-6 forward is coming off his best season with Frank Martin’s Gamecocks, serving as a consistent bright spot on a 6-15 USC team that struggled with COVID-19 shutdowns.
Though primarily playing off the bench as Martin’s go-to sixth man, Bryant averaged 27 minutes in his 18 games and is the team’s top returning scorer and rebounder at 14.4 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.
Bryant elevated his game in SEC play last year, averaging 15.8 points and 5.9 rebounds, while also showing an improved mid-range jumper to go along with his high-flying dunking ability. Martin praised Bryant’s emergence as a leader late in the season, and Bryant should serve as a key scorer on this year’s revamped Gamecocks squad.
SEC Coaches Preseason Teams
First Team All-SEC
Jaden Shackelford – Alabama
Jahvon Quinerly – Alabama
JD Notae – Arkansas
Allen Flanigan – Auburn
Colin Castleton – Florida
Sahvir Wheeler – Kentucky
Darius Days – LSU
Iverson Molinar – Mississippi State
John Fulkerson – Tennessee
Scotty Pippen Jr. – Vanderbilt
Second Team All-SEC
Davonte Davis – Arkansas
Jabari Smith – Auburn
Keion Brooks Jr. – Kentucky
Kellan Grady – Kentucky
Oscar Tshiebwe – Kentucky
Xavier Pinson – LSU
Garrison Brooks – Mississippi State
Keyshawn Bryant – South Carolina
This story was originally published October 26, 2021 at 2:19 PM with the headline "USC’s Keyshawn Bryant earns preseason All-SEC honors from conference coaches."
