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Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel is an easy choice as the SEC's top quarterback heading into the 2013 season. He won the Heisman Trophy last season as a redshirt freshman. But what if you were picking the best NFL draft prospect at quarterback from ...

Earlier today, we examined those newcomers in the East who made big splashes this spring. Again, these are players on campus and practicing for the first time, transfers or true freshmen who enrolled early. We didn't include redshirt freshmen. ...

At this rate, Missouri may go into the summer without knowing for sure who its starting quarterback will be next season. Senior James Franklin and redshirt freshman Maty Mauk have been battling it out this spring, and there wasn't any real separat...

Turning our attention to Ole Miss and who's in the spotlight this offseason for the Rebels. Spotlight: Defensive end Channing Ward, 6-4, 256, rising sophomore 2012 summary: Ward played in 12 games as a true freshman and was a fixture on special...

Yes, it's early to be predicting which freshmen will have the biggest impacts next season. But the fans have spoken in our SportsNation poll and selected Arkansas running back Alex Collins by a comfortable margin. With more than 9,200 votes cas...

Our offseason spotlight series shifts to Tennessee, which enters the 2013 season with its fourth head coach (Butch Jones) in the past six years. Spotlight: Defensive end LaTroy Lewis, 6-foot-4, 238 pounds, rising redshirt freshman 2012 summary:...

Yes, there's at least one true freshman in our countdown of the SEC's top 25 players from the 2012 season. No. 20: Amari Cooper, WR, Alabama, Fr. 2012 summary: Cooper earned Freshman All-America honors from the Football Writers Association of A...

As schools make their final pitches to prospects heading into national signing day on Feb. 6, fans are already wondering which true freshmen will make the biggest impacts next season. Good luck. We went back and looked at some of the top true f...

With the new semesters having started or getting ready to start across the SEC, all 14 schools will welcome some early enrollees to campus. Typically, these are freshmen who graduated high school early or junior college transfers. The benefit of e...

MIAMI -- There were several talented true freshmen in the SEC this season, but it's hard to top what Alabama receiver Amari Cooper has done. With a pair of touchdown catches in the Discover BCS National Championship Game, Cooper has 11 for the sea...

Sizing up the keys for Alabama on Monday night in its Discover BCS National Championship matchup with Notre Dame: 1. Make Golson a pocket passer: Alabama would like nothing more than to put the game on the shoulders of Notre Dame redshirt freshman...

Freshmen have played a major role this season in the SEC. A redshirt freshman, Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel, won the Heisman Trophy. A true freshman, Georgia running back Todd Gurley, leads the league in rushing with 1,260 yards, and two o...

Kenny McKinley and O.J. Murdock met as precocious and promising freshmen at South Carolina in 2005. They shared the same hopes, dreams and, ultimately, similarly tragic fates. If you haven't had a chance, I urge you to read Elizabeth Merrill's hea...

It was a memorable season all the way around for Texas A&M in its first campaign in the SEC: BEST Where do you start? Obviously, quarterback Johnny Manziel becoming the first freshman in history to win the Heisman Trophy has to be right up ...

A check on what's making headlines in the SEC: Marcus Lattimore leaves behind quite the legacy at South Carolina. Lattimore makes it official: He's headed to the NFL. Auburn redshirt freshman offensive lineman Christian Westerman is reportedl...

Alabama, Florida and Texas A&M each placed four players on the 2012 SEC All-Freshman Team as selected by the league coaches. Below is a look at the entire team. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own players: OFFENSE TE -- Jerell Ada...