LSU RB Leonard Fournette and Tennessee DB Evan Berry have the opportunity to join a very exclusive club in 2016. As ’15 consensus All-Americans returning for the ‘16 season, they have a chance to earn that exclusive consensus label a second time, something only seven SEC players have done since ’06.

The consensus All-American label is used when a player is listed on at least three of five recognized All-America teams. The five recognized teams are named by the Associated Press, American Football Coaches Association, Football Writers Association of America, Sporting News and the Walter Camp Football Foundation. A player named to all five first-teams is known as a unanimous All-American.

Becoming a multiple consensus All-American has proven too difficult to obtain for even the most celebrated SEC players in the last 10 seasons. The “multiple consensus” tag has eluded all of the SEC’s Heisman winners from that time period, even those who returned to college after winning the award (Tim Tebow, Mark Ingram and Johnny Manziel).

Listed in chronological order, these are the seven SEC players of the last 10 seasons who can claim the prestigious title of multiple consensus All-American:

RB Darren McFadden, Arkansas (’06, ’07): Before Alabama became “RBU” of the SEC, there was “Run DMC” at Arkansas. While UA did better as a team in ’06 (SEC West champions), McFadden’s best season was ’07, when he was a unanimous All-American during an 8-5 campaign for the Razorbacks. In his final season with the Hogs, McFadden accounted for 1,994 yards from scrimmage and 17 touchdowns rushing and receiving.

In both seasons, McFadden was a Heisman finalist, named as the SEC Offensive Player of the Year and Doak Walk Award winner (best running back). In ’07, he won the Walter Camp Award for best offensive player in college football.

McFadden was the No. 4 overall pick by the Oakland Raiders in the 2008 NFL Draft. He is currently on the Dallas Cowboys roster for what will be his ninth season in the pros.

DT Terrence Cody, Alabama (’08, ’09): Cody was quite literally a big man on campus when he transferred from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College to Alabama in ’08. A YouTube video from 2008 references the 6-foot-4 Cody as weighing 380 pounds, while some reports from ’09 had him slimming down to 349 pounds before weighing in at 370 pounds at the Senior Bowl. Even at his smallest, “Mount Cody” was a force at nose tackle, requiring two blockers to keep him from entering the backfield.

In two seasons at Alabama, Cody finished with 52 tackles, including 10.5 tackles for loss. He will be best remembered by many Alabama fans for his ’09 block of a Tennessee field goal that could have derailed the Crimson Tide’s national championship run.

The Baltimore Ravens selected Cody in Round 2 with the No. 57 overall pick. He played five seasons with the Ravens but was released in 2015. In March, Cody was sentenced to nine months for animal abuse. 

LB Brandon Spikes, Florida (’08, ’09): While Percy Harvin and Tebow might be Gator Nation’s most celebrated 2006 signees, it was Spikes who earned consensus All-American honors twice. As a hard-hitting force in the middle, Spikes recorded 161 total tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, six interceptions, a forced fumble and four defensive touchdowns in his two All-American seasons. When the Gators won the national championship in 2008, Spikes was a unanimous All-American selection.

The New England Patriots drafted Spikes with the No. 62 overall pick in the second round of the 2010 NFL Draft. Spikes played four seasons with the Patriots before joining the Buffalo Bills in 2014. He signed again with Patriots in 2015, but was released following a hit-and-run accident.

DB Eric Berry, Tennessee (’08, ’09): One of the hardest hitters to ever play in the SEC, Berry was a beast in the Tennessee secondary for three seasons, earning unanimous All-American honors in the last two. In ’08, Berry, the SEC Defensive Player of the Year, was at the top of his coverage game, snagging a career-high seven interceptions and returning two for touchdowns. The following year, he set his career high in total tackles (87) and won the Jim Thorpe Award for best defensive back in the country.

The Kansas City Chiefs selected Berry with the No. 5 overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft. During his fifth season with the Chiefs, Berry was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in December 2014. Berry underwent chemotherapy treatments, and the Chiefs surprised the football world with a July announcement that Berry was cancer-free and could resume football activities. Berry eventually won back his starting job and earned his fifth Pro Bowl invite, as well as AP Comeback Player of the Year honors.

LB Jarvis Jones, Georgia (’11, ’12): Jones was a big part of why the Bulldogs won back-to-back SEC East championships in ’11 and ’12, earning unanimous All-American and SEC Defensive Player of the Year honors in his final collegiate season. The transfer from Southern Cal finished with 155 total tackles, 44 tackles for loss, 28 sacks and one interception in his two-year UGA career.

Jones was the No. 17 pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2013 NFL Draft. He will be looking for a new home in ’16, however, as the Steelers recently declined to pick up his option.

OL Barrett Jones, Alabama (’11, ’12): Barrett Jones can claim more championship rings than anyone else on the list, as the member of Alabama’s BCS champion teams in ’09, ’11 and ’12. Jones was a unanimous All-American in ’11 as a left tackle, the same year he won the John Outland Trophy for best interior lineman. The following season he won the Dave Remington Trophy, the award given to the best center.

Jones was drafted by the Rams in Round 4 of the 2013 NFL Draft and is currently on the Philadelphia Eagles’ roster.

LB C.J. Mosley, Alabama (’12, ’13): A four-year standout, Mosley capped off his Alabama career with unanimous All-American and Butkus Award honors in ’13. Mosley tallied 317 total tackles, 23 TFL, 6.5 sacks, seven interceptions and five touchdowns in his career with the Crimson Tide.

The Ravens selected Mosley with the No. 17 pick in the 2014 NFL Draft. He earned a Pro Bowl invite after a highly successful rookie season.