Remember the name: Noteworthy players visiting the SEC in Week 3

Six teams in the SEC step out of conference Saturday to welcome teams from New England to the desert Southwest and down into Bayou country.

Here is a noteworthy player from each of the visiting teams that will be worth watching.

Hasaan Henderson, Nevada, WR: The Texas A&M secondary could have its hands full chasing this man around for 60 minutes. The junior is big at 6-foot-5 and 220 pounds and uses his body to get separation from defenders. Even after missing the final few games of last season with an injury, the Mountain West media and coaches still selected the Las Vegas native to a third-team spot on the preseason all-conference team.

Before the injury in 2014, he had grabbed 45 passes and led the team with 12.9 yards per reception.

So far this season, the junior has 11 catches for 118 yards and a touchdown. He caught six passes for 58 yards and a score in a loss to Arizona and had five receptions for 60 yards versus UC-Davis.

Graham Stewart, UConn, LB: This is familiar territory for the Huskies linebacker as he visits Mizzou. Stewart spent the 2011 season as a member of the Florida Gators. He only was credited with one tackle that season, but picked up a blocked punt and returned it 14 yards for a touchdown in the Gator Bowl against Ohio State.

After sitting out a year, the Durham, Conn., native is thriving with his home-state team. In 2014, he started all 12 games for UConn and finished third on the squad with 94 tackles.

This year, the redshirt senior has nine total tackles (eight of them solo) and has a tackle for loss, a sack, a pass break-up, a fumble recovery and two quarterback hurries for the 2-0 Huskies.

Andy Wickman, Northwestern (La.) State, P: It may be odd to see a punter listed as a noteworthy player, but looks can be deceiving. The Demons visit Mississippi State winless, but Wickman has done his part to put the NSU defense in good position.

The Houston native has punted eight times this year for 835 yards or an average of 41.9 yards per attempt. He has had a pair of kicks travel more than 50 yards (a long of 51), and he has pinned the opponent inside the 20-yard line twice.

Last season, he only averaged 36.2 yards per kick, but had 17 end up inside the 20. Wickman also had four punts of more than 50 yards.

Antonio Turner, Austin Peay, LB: The Louisville, Ky., native missed last week’s 52-6 loss at Southern Mississippi, but should play this week at Vanderbilt.

In the season-opening loss to Mercer, Turner collected eight tackles, four of them unassisted and had one tackle for loss.

For his career, the 6-foot-1, 221-pound junior has 156 tackles — 74 of them solo stops — in 24 games. He has also had 11 tackles for loss and recovered two fumbles for the Governors.

Patrick Mahomes, Texas Tech, QB: Arkansas has to face some SEC quarterbacks with big arms this year, but Mahomes might present the biggest challenge of the year.

Last season, he was named the Big 12’s Freshman Offensive Player of the Year and finished second in the nation among freshmen with a 151.2 passer rating. He also set Big 12 freshman records with 598 yards passing against Baylor and by throwing for four touchdowns in three consecutive games (Oklahoma, Iowa State and Baylor).

The Whitehouse, Texas, native has not experienced a sophomore slump as of yet. In the 59-45 win over Sam Houston State and the 69-20 victory over UTEP, Mahomes is 51-of-86 for 786 yards and eight touchdowns. He has thrown one interception. He is averaging 393 yards per game and his passer rating is 164.4.

Detrez Newsom, Western Carolina, RB: Tennessee can expect to see a lot of this sophomore on Saturday. Clearly the go-to guy in the Catamounts’ backfield, Newsom has carried 24 times for 162 yards and two touchdowns.

He has shown some breakaway speed, ripping off a 45-yard run in the 42-14 win over Mars Hill. WCU is 1-1 after suffering a 28-10 loss to the Citadel to begin the year.

As a true freshman in 2014, the 5-foot-10, 210-pound native of Raeford, N.C., led the team with nine rushing touchdowns and was third in rushing with 488 yards. He was named second-team all-Southern Conference.

Steve Barnes

Steve Barnes is a contributing writer for Saturday Down South. He covers SEC football.