Welcome to SEC Madness! You, the SEC football fan, have decided the top SEC star of all-time. View the entire bracket below. You can view the previous rounds here:

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NO. 2 HERSCHEL WALKER DEF. NO. 1 BEAR BRYANT

How Walker Got Here: Def. No. 15 Danny Wuerffel (87.6%), Def. No. 7 Reggie White (68.2%), Def. No. 2 Bo Jackson (50.8%), No. 1 Steve Spurrier (59.9%), Def. No. 3 Peyton Manning (52.6%), Def. No. 1 Bear Bryant (51.3%)

It’s a player’s league. No matter how big Bear Bryant, General Robert Neyland, Nick Saban, Steve Spurrier and others my be, occupying prominent positions in the SEC for decades and raking in championships, it’s the players who leave us inspired every Saturday in the fall.

That’s what you, the reader, have told us during our SEC Madness voting to determine the biggest star in the history of the conference.

It was a close vote, but you’ve chosen Georgia running back legend Herschel Walker ahead of Alabama coaching legend Paul “Bear” Bryant.

It’s fitting, really, that the SEC’s biggest star is also one of the craziest athletes of all-time, a mixture of pure, at-birth physical ability and blue-collar hard work. Even at 53 years old, Walker still does about 3,500 situps and 1,500 pushups — every day.

The SEC, home to Bo Jackson, Emmitt Smith and Darren McFadden, always has adored running backs, and probably always will.

Walker ran for 5,259 yards on 5.3 yards per carry for Georgia, accounting for 53 touchdowns in just three seasons. The Bulldogs won SEC titles in all three seasons and a national championship in 1980, Walker’s freshman season.

Outside of SEC football, Walker did everything: Olympic bobsled, an All-American in track and field, a star in both the USFL and NFL and a successful MMA fighter. In some ways, the sheer breadth of his athleticism never has been appreciated, and splitting his pro career between two leagues prevented him from all sorts of career accolades.

But not here. Here’s to you, Mr. Walker. You’re the greatest star in SEC history.