Castleton Named Preseason All-SEC

By Press release submission

Oct 20, 2021

University of Florida Athletics issued the following announcement on Oct. 19.

Castleton gets a preseason first-team All-SEC nod from media members following his breakout 2020-21 campaign.

Florida men's basketball senior Colin Castleton has received preseason first-team All-Southeastern Conference recognition from media members covering the league. The 6-foot-

11 senior returns to Gainesville for his second season with the Gators after a breakout 2020-21 campaign in which he averaged 12.4 points and 6.4 rebounds on the way to second-

team All-SEC honors from the coaches.

Castleton established himself as one of the league's top shot-blockers last season, averaging 2.25 swats per game, marking a top-five single-season performance in Florida

history. During one six-game stretch last season, the Deland native rolled up 28 blocked shots (4.7 average), including an eight-block game vs. Ole Miss.

Castleton posted a monster outing in the Gators' overtime NCAA Tournament win vs. Virginia Tech in March, notching 19 points, 14 rebounds, three blocked shots and two assists.

He joined Zion Williamson, JaJuan Johnson, Kevin Love, Nick Collison (three times) and Tim Duncan as the only players over the past 25 years to reach all those benchmarks in

an NCAA Tournament game.

Florida was also picked to finish seventh in the SEC in the preseason poll. The Gators tip their 2021-22 men's basketball season on Tuesday, Nov. 9, at 8 p.m., hosting Elon at

Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center.

First Team All-SEC

Jaden Shackelford – Alabama

Jahvon Quinerly – Alabama

Colin Castleton – Florida

Sahvir Wheeler – Kentucky

Iverson Molinar – Mississippi State

Scotty Pippen Jr. – Vanderbilt

Second Team All-SEC

Davonte Davis – Arkansas

Jabari Smith – Auburn

Keion Brooks Jr. – Kentucky