SEC Football: Top 50 players entering the 2020 season
30. player. 840. . . . Kadarius Toney, WR
When healthy, Florida’s Kardarius Toney is one of the SEC’s top playmakers. The rising senior has produced 1,095 total yards and four touchdowns on offense with 169 return yards.
While he was held to just seven games due to injury in 2019, he showcased his full skill-set in 2018 when he caught 25 passes for 260 yards and a touchdown, ran for 240 yards, threw for 20 yards and a touchdown and returned six kicks for 133 yards.
Toney enters 2020 on Athlon’s All-SEC second team offense as an all-purpose player.
842. . . . Seth Williams, WR. 29. player
There aren’t many better receivers in the SEC than Auburn’s Seth Williams. After just two college seasons, he ranks 17th in Tigers program history with 1,364 yards and 19th in career receptions with 85.
In 2019 Williams hauled in 59 catches for 830 yards and eight touchdowns, including a game-winning reception with nine seconds left in Auburn’s season-opening win over Oregon.
Williams enters the season on Athlon’s All-SEC third team.
814. . . . Richard Lecounte III, DB. 28. player
Defensive back Richard LeCounte enters his senior year at Georgia fresh off a monster 2019 season.
LeCounte recorded 61 tackles while defending three passes, forcing two fumbles, recovering three and grabbing four interceptions including two in Georgia’s Sugar Bowl win over Baylor.
He enters 2020 on both Athlon’s All-SEC first team and first-team All-American squad.
Dimitri Moore, LB. 27. player. 887. . .
Playing at Vanderbilt, linebacker rising junior Dimitri Moore has flown under the radar as he’s quietly established himself among the SEC’s top linebackers.
In 2018, Moore was named the SEC All-Freshman team after recording 84 total tackles with three passes defenses, three and a half tackles for loss and a sack. He followed that up with 99 total tackles, six tackles for loss and three passes defended in 2019.
Moore registered double-digit tackles in six games during his sophomore season, including 13 against Kentucky.
839. . . . Cade Mays, OL. 26. player
After two outstanding seasons at Georgia, offensive lineman Cade Mays will join his hometown Tennessee Volunteers for his final two years of college eligibility.
Mays was named to the All-SEC Freshman team in 2018 after making seven starts and playing in 11 games. In 2019, Mays saw time at every offensive line position playing in all 14 games and was named Georgia’s co-winner of Charley Trippi Award for versatility.
He is currently seeking an instant eligibility waiver to play for the Vols in 2020 and he’s on Athlon’s preseason All-SEC second team.