Who are the SEC’s five most indispensable players heading into the 2015 season?
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SEC Network recently posed the question and asked analyst Booger McFarland to provide the answers. Host Dari Nowkhah’s only stipulation was that quarterbacks be excluded from the equation.
Every team needs its signal caller to be great, that’s a given.
Booger McFarland’s 5 most indispensable SEC players
- Duke Williams, WR, Auburn
- Pharoh Cooper, WR, South Carolina
- Nick Chubb, RB, Georgia
- Myles Garrett, DE, Texas A&M
- Vernon Hargreaves, CB, Florida
McFarland quotables:
On Williams: “When you look at Auburn, they’re converting from a running quarterback to a passing quarterback. (Duke’s) a guy who changes everything they do offensively. He solidifies the receiving group and without him, the entire offense changes.”
On Cooper: “Without him on that offense, they have no offense. Not only did he catch the football, he threw the football, he ran the football, he returned the football … on top of that, he’s the leading receiver coming back in this conference.”
On Chubb: “When you look at Georgia, we can start at a lot of places, but everything starts with Nick Chubb. Who do they have they can count on? It’s Nick Chubb, without him on that offense, that offense really doesn’t tick this year.”
On Garrett: “It’s a very aggressive scheme. John Chavis wants to make sure his corners can play man to man coverage, but more than anything, get after the quarterback. Garrett changes the entire way they play defense. When you bring in Chavis, the scheme fits him perfectly.”
On Hargreaves: “You can put him in man-to-man situations. He does it all for this defense, best cornerback in this conference.”
Do you agree with Booger’s picks?
