Rhodes lands second-team All-SEC nod from league coaches

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Another accolade just found its way to Quincy Rhodes Jr.

The Arkansas senior was tabbed a second-team All-SEC pick by the league’s coaches on Wednesday, adding one more honor to an already crowded list.

Rhodes hasn’t lacked for attention this offseason. SEC media members and Athlon Sports both named him a second-team preseason all-conference player earlier this summer, while Phil Steele placed him on his third team.

The Hogs’ star defender keeps showing up on ballot after ballot.

There’s a reason for all the buzz. Rhodes put together a standout junior season in 2025, finishing with 44 tackles, eight sacks, six quarterback hurries and a forced fumble.

His 15.5 tackles for loss led the team and marked the highest single-season total by any Razorback since Trey Flowers reached that number in 2015.

He also became Arkansas’ first player since Landon Jackson in 2023 to crack double digits in tackles for loss, and his trio of multi-sack outings hadn’t been matched by a Hog since Tre Williams in 2021.

Numbers that stack up nationally

Those totals weren’t just conference-best either. Rhodes ranked 13th in the country in tackles for loss per game and 23rd nationally in sacks per game, while placing second in the SEC in the former category at 1.23 per contest.

His signature moment came against Mississippi State on Nov. 1, when he tallied six stops, 4.5 for loss, a sack and a forced fumble.

That 4.5 mark tied him with Indiana’s Stephen Daley and Ohio State’s Caden Curry for the top single-game total among Power 4 defenders last season, and it was the best by an Arkansas player since 2005.

Weeks earlier at Memphis on Sept. 20, Rhodes added four tackles for loss and two sacks.

A strong case heading into fall camp

Compared with returning players across the conference, Rhodes still ranks near the top.

His 15.5 tackles for loss and 1.29 per-game average both sit second among SEC returnees behind Auburn’s Xavier Atkins, and his 77 tackle-for-loss yards lead every returning player league-wide.

Arkansas opens its season Sept. 5 against North Alabama at 3:15 p.m. inside Razorback Stadium on SEC Network.

Key takeaways

• Quincy Rhodes Jr. earned second-team All-SEC honors from league coaches, joining preseason nods from Athlon Sports, SEC media and Phil Steele.
• His 2025 season set program marks, including the most tackles for loss by a Razorback since 2015.
• Rhodes ranks second among returning SEC players in tackles for loss and first in tackle-for-loss yards entering 2026.