Roman Harper names top 10 players in the SEC entering 2026 season
By Andrew Olson
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SEC football is back. After the SEC was absent from Week 0, the conference’s Week 1 action kicks off Thursday night as Mizzou takes the field against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
Ahead of the first conference game, SEC Network analyst Roman Harper shared his top 10 players in the conference entering the season. Texas leads the way 3 selections, all in the top 5. Ole Miss and Alabama also have multiple representatives. South Carolina, Oklahoma and LSU have 1 player each in Harper’s top 10.
- Ole Miss QB Trinidad Chambliss
- South Carolina EDGE Dylan Stewart
- Texas EDGE Colin Simmons
- Texas WR Cam Coleman
- Texas QB Arch Manning
- Ole Miss RB Kewan Lacy
- Alabama DB Zabien Brown
- Oklahoma LB Kip Lewis
- Alabama DB Bray Hubbard
- LSU TE Trey’Dez Green
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1) Trinidad Chambliss
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) September 3, 2026
2) Dylan Stewart
3) Colin Simmons
4) Cam Coleman
5) Arch Manning
6) Kewan Lacy
7) Zabien Brown
8) Kip Lewis
9) Bray Hubbard
10) Trey’Dez Green@Harp41 ranks the Top 10 Players in the SEC 🏈 pic.twitter.com/bCb3MpWPr7
Conference-wide rankings rarely sit well with all SEC fanbases. Harper is sure to hear from Mizzou fans about the omission of Ahmad Hardy, last year’s SEC leading rusher. He also notably does not have any players from back-to-back SEC champion Georgia.
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