UF MBK: Clayton Adds AP First-Team All-America Honors
Clayton is Florida’s first AP All-America selection since 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida men’s basketball senior guard Walter Clayton Jr. added Associated Press first-team All-America honors to his decorated 2024-25 campaign on Tuesday.
Clayton has scored double figures in 29 of his 33 appearances this season, including the last 18 in a row, and has scored 18 points in nine of the last 12 games. He has 11 games with 20 or more points, including 22 points in both the SEC Tournament semifinal win vs. No. 5 Alabama and the championship game win vs. No. 8 Tennessee.
The Lake Wales, Fla., native has scored 579 points this season, the 10th-most in a single season in UF history. He and Neal Walk are the only two Gators with multiple performances among Florida’s top-10 scoring seasons, as Clayton rolled up 633 points last season (fifth-most).
The Gator point guard has already been named first-team All-America by The Sporting News and first-team All-SEC by the Associated Press, USA Today and the SEC coaches. He picked up SEC Tournament MVP honors in leading the Gators to their first SEC Tournament championship since 2014, and he is a finalist for the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year award.
Florida returns to action on Friday at
Associated Press All-America Teams
First Team
*Cooper Flagg, Duke
Johni Broome, Auburn
Braden Smith, Purdue
Mark Sears, Alabama
Walter Clayton Jr., Florida
*-unanimous selection
Second Team
JT Toppin, Texas Tech
Kam Jones, Marquette
John Tonje, Wisconsin
PJ Haggerty, Memphis
RJ Luis Jr., St. John’s
Third Team
Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton
Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee
Eric Dixon, Villanova
LJ Cryer, Houston
Hunter Dickinson, Kansas
Honorable Mention (alphabetical order, next 10 vote totals and ties)
Nique Clifford, Colorado State; Donovan Dent, New Mexico; Dylan Harper, Rutgers; Chucky Hepburn, Louisville; Tre Johnson, Texas; Curtis Jones, Iowa State; Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue; Chaz Lanier, Tennessee; Derik Queen, Maryland; Maxime Reynaud, Stanford; Javon Small, West Virginia; Bennett Stirtz, Drake.
All-Time Florida AP All-America Honorees
Neal Walk
1967-68
Second Team
Neal Walk
1968-69
Third Team
Vernon Maxwell
1987-88
Honorable Mention
Dwayne Schintzius
1988-89
Honorable Mention
Stacey Poole
1992-93
Honorable Mention
Dan Cross
1993-94
Honorable Mention
Dan Cross
1994-95
Honorable Mention
Udonis Haslem
2000-01
Third Team
Teddy Dupay
2000-01
Honorable Mention
Brett Nelson
2000-01
Honorable Mention
Matt Bonner
2001-02
Honorable Mention
Anthony Roberson
2003-04
Honorable Mention
Anthony Roberson
2004-05
Honorable Mention
Joakim Noah
2005-06
Honorable Mention
Joakim Noah
2006-07
Second Team
Al Horford
2006-07
Third Team
Corey Brewer
2006-07
Honorable Mention
Taurean Green
2006-07
Honorable Mention
Chandler Parsons
2010-11
Honorable Mention
Scottie Wilbekin
2013-14
Third Team
Casey Prather
2013-14
Honorable Mention
Patric Young
2013-14
Honorable Mention
Walter Clayton Jr.
2024-25
First Team
