Florida basketball point guard Walter Clayton Jr. named Sporting News first team All-American

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Florida basketball senior point guard Walter Clayton was the engine that made UF’s high-powered offense run, pushing the ball up floor while often either finishing at the rim, dishing to teammates or sinking pull-up 3-pointers.

On Wednesday, the 6-foot-3 Clayton was named a first-team All-American by the Sporting News, an honor befitting the Iona transfer and Lake Wales native.

Clayton leads the Florida Gators in scoring (17.2 ppg), assists (129) and 3-pointers made (84) this season. He’s scored 1,150 points and sank 177 3-pointers over two seasons at Florida since transferring in from Iona before the start of the 2023-24 season.

Clayton is UF’s first first-team All-American in program history and first since 2013-14, when three UF players earned All-American honors. Point guard Scottie Wilbekin earned AP third-team, Sporting News third team and NABC All-America third team All-American selections Center Patric Young and forward Casey Prather were also honorable mention AP All-Americans that season, while Prather was named a Wooden All-America.

Earlier this week, Clayton earned first-team, All-SEC honors from the coaches, USA Today and the AP. He’s also been named one of five finalists for the Bob Cousy Award, given to college basketball’s best point guard.

Sporting News 2025 All-American men’s basketball team

First team

Cooper Flagg, Duke

Johni Broome, Auburn

Braden Smith, Purdue

Mark Sears, Alabama

Walter Clayton, Florida

Second team

Kam Jones, Marquette

PJ Haggerty, Memphis Eric

Dixon, Villanova

JT Toppin, Texas Tech

John Tonje, Wisconsin

Third team

Ryan Kalbrenner, Creighton

LJ Cryer, Houston

RJ Luis, St. John’s

Zakai Ziegler, Tennessee

Chaz Lanier, Tennessee

Florida basketball players on All-America teams

By consensus selectors

Walter Clayton Jr.

2025

1st Team TSN

Scottie Wilbekin

2014

3rd Team AP, NABC, TSN

Al Horford

2007

2nd Team NABC; 3rd Team AP

Joakim Noah

2007

2nd Team AP, NABC, USBWA

Udonis Haslem

2001

3rd Team AP

Neal Walk

1969

3rd Team AP, UPI

Neal Walk

1968

2nd Team AP, UPI

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Author : The Gainesville Sun

Publish date : 2025-03-12 15:01:00

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