Recruiting doesn’t pause for the football season, but it does slow down.

The SEC kicks off in just eight days, but many of the country’s high school teams already have played. Thus, it seems like an appropriate time to examine the best players already committed to SEC programs. Many of these players are launching their senior seasons of high school right now.

Let’s take a look at the SEC’s top five ranked commits, broken down by position, ahead of the 2015 regular season:

Offense

Defense

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