The Associated Press announced its first and second-team All-SEC performers Monday afternoon.

Not among those honored was Arkansas senior Trey Flowers.

The senior is not the flashiest defensive player in the league, but is more than deserving.

His storied career includes honors as two-time SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week, All-SEC Freshman Team in 2011 and Coaches All-SEC team in 2013. Flowers has played through four different defensive coordinators in four seasons, and has improved as a player, and most certainly as a pass rusher.

Two of Flowers’ battery mates on Robb Smith’s defense were voted All-SEC by AP voters — Martrell Spaight and Darius Philon. Both players are deserving; however, neither would have been able to have the seasons they did without the impact of Flowers on the Razorbacks’ defense.

The Huntsville, Ala., native recorded 63 total tackles, third on the team, and 13.5 tackles for loss and 5.0 sacks, both of which top the Arkansas defense. Flowers ranks 11th all-time on Arkansas’ career tackles for loss list and 16th sacks.

Flowers terrorizes opposing quarterbacks coming off the edge, occupying defenders to free up the likes of Spaight, Philon and redshirt freshman Tevin Beanum.

He doesn’t have eye-popping numbers, but impact can’t be measured solely on stats. SEC Network analyst Tim Tebow honored Flowers as his “Freak of the Year” on Saturday, highlighting the effort and motor with which Flowers plays.

“He is so relentless, his motor never stops and he has the heart of a lion,” Tebow said prior to Saturday’s SEC Championship game. “This kid never quit, no matter if they were winning, no matter if they were losing.”

In addition to his 14 knockdowns, Flowers ranked second on the team in pass breakups and first in quarterback hurries with nine. He also added a forced fumble and fumble recovery.

The 22 defensive players that made the AP’s All-SEC team on Monday are deserving. That Flowers — the anchor of the SEC’s fifth ranked scoring defense and third-ranked rushing defense — didn’t make it shows the depth of defenses in the league, despite the SEC becoming a more offensive-oriented league.

Flowers not making the team is a joke, however. Arkansas’ front seven was its strength all season. The Hogs held the SEC’s second and third-ranked scoring offenses to 17 and 14 points, respectively.

Flowers’ two best performances came in the back-to-back shutouts of then-No. 17 LSU and then-No. 8 Ole Miss. Though he recorded just three total tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and a sack, Flowers led the Razorbacks’ defense which allowed 36 rushing yards to the Tigers. In the win over Ole Miss, Flowers notched six total tackles, one sack, 1.5 tackles for loss, one fumble recovery and three quarterback hurries.

Flowers has all of the desired intangibles, which showed, not only in the improvement the Hogs’ defense showed during 2014, but in Arkansas ending its SEC losing streak.

The senior is primed for a big season finale in the bowl game against Texas, and then will go play in the Senior Bowl in Mobile.

There’s one glaring vacancy on the AP All-SEC team.

And it’s Trey Flowers.