Nick Marshall, Todd Gurley headline preseason accolades in SEC
Spring football has been over for more than a month and the college football season is still a couple months from kicking off, so the offseason is a prime opportunity to have some debates over who the best players are at a number of positions, who the top Heisman candidates are in the country and who are the best leaders and most versatile players in the country.
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The 14 Sports Information Directors from the SEC took part in the 68th annual AL.com/Birmingham News SEC Spring Football Report and Auburn quarterback Nick Marshall and Georgia running back Todd Gurley are two headliners for these preseason superlatives that are sure to engage some hardcore college football fans.
Here you can see the results of their poll:
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
QB Nick Marshall, Auburn
Next: RB Todd Gurley, Georgia
TOP HEISMAN CANDIDATE
QB Nick Marshall, Auburn
Next: RB Todd Gurley, Georgia
MOST VERSATILE
Christion Jones, Alabama
Next: Malcolm Mitchell, Georgia
MOST UNDERRATED
OL A.J. Cann, South Carolina
Next: QB Dak Prescott, Mississippi State
BEST ATHLETE
QB Nick Marshall, Auburn
Next: WR/KR Christion Jones, Alabama
BEST LEADER
LB Ramik Wilson, Georgia
Next: LB Curt Maggitt, Tennessee
BEST OUTSIDE LINEBACKER
Alvin Dupree, Kentucky
Next: Kwon Alexander, LSU
BEST INSIDE LINEBACKER
Ramik Wilson, Georgia
Next: A.J. Johnson, Tennessee
BEST DEFENSIVE LINEMAN
Dante Fowler Jr. Florida
Next: Trey Flowers, Arkansas
BEST CORNERBACK
Vernon Hargreaves III, Florida
Next: Jalen Mills, LSU
BEST SAFETY
Landon Collins, Alabama
Next: Cody Prewitt, Ole Miss
BEST OFFENSIVE LINEMAN
Jarvis Harrison, Texas A&M
Next: Reese Dismukes, Auburn
BEST RECEIVER
Amari Cooper, Alabama
Next: Sammie Coates, Auburn
BEST RUNNER
Todd Gurley, Georgia
Next: Mike Davis, South Carolina
BEST BLOCKING BACK
Jalston Fowler, Alabama
Next: Mike Davis, South Carolina
BEST PASSER
Maty Mauk, Missouri
Next: Nick Marshall, Auburn
BEST KICK RETURNER
Christion Jones, Alabama
Next: Andre Dubose, Florida
BEST PLACEKICKER
Marshall Morgan, Georgia
Next: Colby Delahoussaye, LSU
BEST PUNTER
Drew Kaser, Texas A&M
Next: Devon Bell, Mississippi State
Which results were the most surprising to you? Sound off in the comments section below with your thoughts on the results of this poll.
I’ll get things started by saying Cedric Ogbuehi is the conference’s best blocker and a potential top-five pick in next year’s draft, Bo Wallace would be my pick for one of the top two passers in the league, not Marshall, who has work to do in regard to being a pure thrower despite being an incredible talent, and I’d make an argument for Laquon Treadwell from Ole Miss to be one of the top two receivers in the conference.
However, no real strong arguments from me on the other categories.