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Top 3 by SEC school per position in the NFL
Posted on 2/20/15 at 4:17 pm
Posted on 2/20/15 at 4:17 pm
With the NFL Combine underway, I got to thinking of who the SEC teams are with dominant presences in the NFL. I decided to rank the SEC colleges by position.
A couple prefaces:
1. This is a ranking of how players are currently performing in the NFL, not how they have performed over their careers.
2. Value is based on a potential trade for this past season only (guys with potential like Moncrief aren't quite as valuable). Which team would say no? For example: A team with Arian Foster would make a trade if they could get all 4 LSU running backs in return.
Quarterback
1. Tennessee (Manning, Simms, Bray)
2. Auburn (Newton, Campbell)
3. Texas A&M (Tannehill, Manziel)
Running Back
1. Alabama (Lacy, Ingram, Richardson)
2. LSU (Hill, Ridley, Blue, Ware)
3. Tennessee (Foster)
Wide Receiver
1. LSU (Beckham Jr., Boone, Bowe, Holliday, LaFell, Landry, Randle, Shepard, Wright)
2. Kentucky (Cobb, Johnson, Matthews)
3. Alabama (Jones, Norwood)
Tight End
1. Tennessee (Witten, Rivera, Stocker)
2. Texas A&M (Bennett)
3. Florida (Reed, Burton)
Offensive Line
1. Alabama (Smith, Fluker, Kouandjio, Carpenter, Williams, Jones, Warmack, Steen, Mathis, Tinker)
2. Arkansas (Peters, Swanson, Bailey, Goode, Garner)
3. LSU (Whitworth, Turner, Barksdale)
Defensive Line
1. Missouri (Ju. Smith, A. Smith, Ealy, Hood, Richardson, Ja. Smith, Hamilton, Mosley)
2. Texas A&M (Bennett, Moore, Jerod-Eddie, Bryant)
3. Georgia Clemons, Dobbs, Johnson, Jones, Tyson, Wynn, R. Geathers, K. Geathers, Atkins, Golston, Jenkins, Smith)
Linebacker
1. Georgia (Houston, Ogletree, Jones, Ellerbe, Davis, Dent, Washingotn)
2. Alabama (Hightower, McClain, Mosley, Ryans, Upshaw, N. Johnson, J. Johnson, Harris, Hubbard)
3. Texas A&M (Miller, Porter, Askew)
Defensive Back
1. LSU (Peterson, Mathieu, Reid, McCray, Simon, Loston, Clark, Claiborne, Brooks)
2. Florida (Elam, Evans, Hill, Nelson, Haden, Roverson, Watkins, Wright)
3. Alabama (Barron, Clinton-Dix, Harper, Jackson, Johnson, Kirkpatrick, Lester, Milliner, Sunseri)
Kicker/Punter
1. Texas A&M (Bullock, Lechler)
2. South Carolina (Succop, Lanning)
3. Auburn (Parkey)
Thoughts?
A couple prefaces:
1. This is a ranking of how players are currently performing in the NFL, not how they have performed over their careers.
2. Value is based on a potential trade for this past season only (guys with potential like Moncrief aren't quite as valuable). Which team would say no? For example: A team with Arian Foster would make a trade if they could get all 4 LSU running backs in return.
Quarterback
1. Tennessee (Manning, Simms, Bray)
2. Auburn (Newton, Campbell)
3. Texas A&M (Tannehill, Manziel)
Running Back
1. Alabama (Lacy, Ingram, Richardson)
2. LSU (Hill, Ridley, Blue, Ware)
3. Tennessee (Foster)
Wide Receiver
1. LSU (Beckham Jr., Boone, Bowe, Holliday, LaFell, Landry, Randle, Shepard, Wright)
2. Kentucky (Cobb, Johnson, Matthews)
3. Alabama (Jones, Norwood)
Tight End
1. Tennessee (Witten, Rivera, Stocker)
2. Texas A&M (Bennett)
3. Florida (Reed, Burton)
Offensive Line
1. Alabama (Smith, Fluker, Kouandjio, Carpenter, Williams, Jones, Warmack, Steen, Mathis, Tinker)
2. Arkansas (Peters, Swanson, Bailey, Goode, Garner)
3. LSU (Whitworth, Turner, Barksdale)
Defensive Line
1. Missouri (Ju. Smith, A. Smith, Ealy, Hood, Richardson, Ja. Smith, Hamilton, Mosley)
2. Texas A&M (Bennett, Moore, Jerod-Eddie, Bryant)
3. Georgia Clemons, Dobbs, Johnson, Jones, Tyson, Wynn, R. Geathers, K. Geathers, Atkins, Golston, Jenkins, Smith)
Linebacker
1. Georgia (Houston, Ogletree, Jones, Ellerbe, Davis, Dent, Washingotn)
2. Alabama (Hightower, McClain, Mosley, Ryans, Upshaw, N. Johnson, J. Johnson, Harris, Hubbard)
3. Texas A&M (Miller, Porter, Askew)
Defensive Back
1. LSU (Peterson, Mathieu, Reid, McCray, Simon, Loston, Clark, Claiborne, Brooks)
2. Florida (Elam, Evans, Hill, Nelson, Haden, Roverson, Watkins, Wright)
3. Alabama (Barron, Clinton-Dix, Harper, Jackson, Johnson, Kirkpatrick, Lester, Milliner, Sunseri)
Kicker/Punter
1. Texas A&M (Bullock, Lechler)
2. South Carolina (Succop, Lanning)
3. Auburn (Parkey)
Thoughts?
Posted on 2/20/15 at 4:18 pm to Dawgsontop34
Eli is better than Tannehill and Manziel combined.
Posted on 2/20/15 at 4:19 pm to Dawgsontop34
I'd flip 1 and 2 Lbers but it's close so I don't really have an issue.
Posted on 2/20/15 at 4:20 pm to Dawgsontop34
quote:
Quarterback
1. Tennessee (Manning, Simms, Bray)
2. Auburn (Newton, Campbell)
3. Texas A&M (Tannehill, Manziel)
I know UGA only has 1 so we obviously lack in the quantity department, but are we really behind A&M? Manziel is a non-factor so disregard him. Would you take tannehill over stafford tomorrow?
Posted on 2/20/15 at 4:20 pm to SwayzeCrazy
Eli is better than Cam and Campbell too.
Ole Miss should be two there.
Ole Miss should be two there.
This post was edited on 2/20/15 at 4:22 pm
Posted on 2/20/15 at 4:21 pm to Dawgsontop34
VOLS have the Colquitts at punter.
Posted on 2/20/15 at 4:22 pm to Dawgsontop34
Swap us for Auburn for punters. Donnie Jones and Brad Wing
Posted on 2/20/15 at 4:23 pm to Dawgsontop34
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Kentucky (Cobb)
Years later and I still get the sadz when thinking about that situation
Posted on 2/20/15 at 4:24 pm to Dawgsontop34
I think Eli Manning is probably better than Tannehill and Manziel.
Posted on 2/20/15 at 4:26 pm to Dawgsontop34
Did you rank these yourself?
Posted on 2/20/15 at 4:27 pm to SwayzeCrazy
Eli's definitely had a better career than Cam and Tannehill, but watching Eli over the last couple seasons there is no way I would take him over those two guys.
Posted on 2/20/15 at 4:28 pm to Dawgsontop34
I'm not sure I would take him over Cam, but that's because Cam is young and talented. I'm not as high on Tannehill though.
Posted on 2/20/15 at 4:30 pm to Dawgsontop34
I'd take LSU's RB output over Bama's, too. Ingram has been ok and Lacy has been solid. But Richardson is barely a footnote at this point.
Posted on 2/20/15 at 4:30 pm to Dawgsontop34
LSU Defensive Line should be on you list, IMO.
i.e.,
Barkevious Mingo, Glenn Dorsey, Rickey Jean-Francois, Bennie Logan, Kyle Williams, Tyson Jackson, Michael Brockers, Ego Ferguson
i.e.,
Barkevious Mingo, Glenn Dorsey, Rickey Jean-Francois, Bennie Logan, Kyle Williams, Tyson Jackson, Michael Brockers, Ego Ferguson
This post was edited on 2/20/15 at 4:34 pm
Posted on 2/20/15 at 4:31 pm to WG_Dawg
quote:
Would you take tannehill over stafford tomorrow?
Yes.
Posted on 2/20/15 at 4:33 pm to Dawgsontop34
Nice list 34.
I would maybe put LSU near the top 3 for defensive linemen also:
Michael Brockers
Kyle Williams
Glenn Dorsey
Barkevious Mingo
Ricky Jean-Francois
Bennie Logan
Tyson Jackson
Ego Fersuson - borderline
Lavar Edwards - borderline
Anthony Johnson - borderlin
Sam Montgomery - borderline
Definitely Kick Returning:
Patrick Peterson
Trindon Holliday
Linebackers - probably not yet
Kevin Minter
Kelvin Shepard
Lamin Barrow
Definitely Punter:
Brad Wing
Donnie Jones
edited (took out OL - saw it in OP :)
I would maybe put LSU near the top 3 for defensive linemen also:
Michael Brockers
Kyle Williams
Glenn Dorsey
Barkevious Mingo
Ricky Jean-Francois
Bennie Logan
Tyson Jackson
Ego Fersuson - borderline
Lavar Edwards - borderline
Anthony Johnson - borderlin
Sam Montgomery - borderline
Definitely Kick Returning:
Patrick Peterson
Trindon Holliday
Linebackers - probably not yet
Kevin Minter
Kelvin Shepard
Lamin Barrow
Definitely Punter:
Brad Wing
Donnie Jones
edited (took out OL - saw it in OP :)
This post was edited on 2/20/15 at 4:37 pm
Posted on 2/20/15 at 4:34 pm to CajunTiger_225
I did, so there definitely could be some of my bias in there but I tried to leave it out.
That LSU-Bama matchup for RB was really close for me. I think Hill and Lacy are pretty close talent wise, but I'd probably take Lacy, and then I'd take Ingram over any of the other guys so I gave them the nod. Richardson blows, so he didn't really factor into anything.
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tylerdurden
That LSU-Bama matchup for RB was really close for me. I think Hill and Lacy are pretty close talent wise, but I'd probably take Lacy, and then I'd take Ingram over any of the other guys so I gave them the nod. Richardson blows, so he didn't really factor into anything.
Posted on 2/20/15 at 4:36 pm to TRUERockyTop
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Years later and I still get the sadz when thinking about that situation
what happened?
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