re: Your top 5 SEC players since 7 in a row started (2006)

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Cam
Tebow
DMac
Eric Berry
Percy Harvin

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Good call on Berry. I thought about Harvin.

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So you're knocking the freshman because he wasn't perfect. That's really the long and short of it.

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I don't think they are knocking as much as they are defending the fact that he should not even be sniffing the top 5 list right now. If he has another great year then yeah we can start talking about putting him up there with the greats like Cam, Tebow, McFadden, etc., but I think it is a bit too soon for that.

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1.) Manziel
2.) Newton
3.) Tebow
4.) Clowney
5.) Peterson

I try not to like Manziel but he (alone) made TAMU a very competitive football team and put up better numbers than Newton. Both are monsters and 1 step above the other 3.

Not Top 5, but certainly an argument can be made to be considered an honorable mention is Javier Arenas.

Sr. Year:
12 TFL, 5 sacks, 5 picks, 10 passes defended, and a PR for a TD. Finished with 7 career punt returns for TDs.

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So you're knocking the freshman because he wasn't perfect. That's really the long and short of it.

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When you're talking about a list like this, you almost have to be perfect.

Its not a knock, but if you want to say he's better than Newton, he would need to be perfect.

If you want to say he's better than Tebow or DMac, he needs to do it for a couple more years.

1. Tim Tebow

4-year player, 3-year starter
2 National Championships (one as starter, one as role player)
2 SEC Championships, 3 SECCG appearances
35-6 as a starter, 48-7 during his 4-years
Heisman Trophy winner (at the time, first underclassman ever)
3-time Heisman finalist
2-time Maxwell Award winner (2007, 2008)
2-time 1st Team All American (2007, 2008)
3-time 1st Team All SEC (2007, 2008, 2009)
1st in SEC passing efficiency (170.8), 2nd in NCAA history
145 TDs (88 passing, 57 rushing)
12,233 Total Yds (9,286 passing, 2,947 rushing)
Didn't bother to look up specifics, but undoubtedly impressive record vs. ranked teams
1st round NFL Draft pick (25th overall)

Unless we define what "top players" means (pure talent, potential, best individual season, hardware, overall individual performance, championships, leadership, etc.) this debate is meaningless. Tebow is the best combination of all of that and he played for 4 years. Arguably in the top 5 SEC (and NCAA) players of all time, not just since the NC streak began. No one else on the list comes close.

"Yeah, but he has an awkward throwing motion..."



But since this debate is basically "throw logic and stats out the window and pick 5 SEC players you'd want on your team" (since 2006) I'd go with: 1. Tebow 2. Cam 3. McFadden 4. Harvin 5. Clowney

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Everybody needs to calm down about Manziel. He had a great year. And he'll tank this year. Watch and see.

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Your fear is palpable.

If anyone puts Ingram on their list, then Richardson should be at least one spot higher.

1. Tim Tebow
2. Cam Newton
3. Darren McFadden
4. Rolando McClain
5. Could be any number of people. Too hard for me to pick.

I also would like to throw a shoutout to the SEC's best punt/kick returned, Javier Arenas.

My LSU top

Dorsey
Peterson
Doucet
Matthieu
Mongo
Claiborne
Lafell
Flynn
Hester
Brockers

That's my LSU top 10

He's right bro. AJ was all over his arse in the BCSNC. Did you honestly see any of the ESPN hype covering his actual corner skills?

No. He was all about stripping the ball and coming on corner blitzes. And when he finally played a power running team he got squashed, tossed, and burned on play action. He shouldn't even be in top 10 as far as I'm concerned. The fact alone he constantly was on weed among other things would in my opinion leave him out of it.