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Top 20 individual SEC bowl performances

Brad Crawford

By Brad Crawford

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Which SEC players stood out during bowl season? Here’s our Top 20 individual bowl performances:

RELATED: All-SEC Bowl Team

20. Amari Cooper, WR, Alabama (9 catches, 71 yards, 2 TD)

19. Jalen Hurd, RB, Tennessee

One of three SEC true freshman running backs with an impressive bowl performance, Hurd rushed for 122 yards and two touchdowns during Tennessee’s blowout win over Iowa.

18. Trey Flowers, DL, Arkansas (5 tackles, sack)

17. Malcome Kennedy, WR, Texas A&M

In his final game with the Aggies, Kennedy caught seven passes for 82 yards and two touchdowns, his second score coming on a 9-yard grab with 22 seconds left in the third quarter that provided Texas A&M with a double-digit lead it wouldn’t relinquish.

16. Lorenzo Carter, DL, Georgia (8 tackles, sack)

15. Skai Moore, LB, South Carolina (11 tackles)

14. Bud Sasser, WR, Mizzou

Without top receiver Jimmie Hunt, the Tigers leaned on Bud Sasser to pick up the slack and the senior responded with two touchdowns receptions to lead Mizzou in its win over Minnesota.

13. Jaylen Reeves-Maybin, LB, Tennessee (13 tackles)

12. De’Runnya Wilson, WR, Mississippi St. (9 catches, 105 yards, 2 TD)

11. Cameron Artis-Payne, RB, Auburn (126 yards rushing, 2 TD)

10. Landon Collins, DB, Alabama

Despite injuring his shoulder in the first half, the All-American junior returned to his post at safety and finished with a game-high 12 tackles to go along with a forced fumble during a losing cause in New Orleans.

9. Jermaine Whitehead, DB, Auburn (8 tackles, 2 INT)

8. Kyle Allen, QB, Texas A&M (327 yards total offense, 5 TD)

7. Kris Frost, LB, Auburn

This junior tackler was all over the field in Tampa against Wisconsin, registering 12 stops and a sack. One of two Auburn linebackers considering the NFL Draft, Frost managed one of his best games in front of several scouts.

6. Pharoh Cooper, WR, South Carolina

The Gamecocks’ standout sophomore continued his late-season assault with nine catches for 170 yards and a touchdown during South Carolina’s win over Miami in Shreveport. He’ll be a Heisman darkhorse next fall as the SEC’s top returning wideout.

5. Dak Prescott, QB, Mississippi St. (500 yards total offense, 5 TD)

4. Markus Golden, DL, Mizzou (9 tackles, 1.5 sacks, forced fumble)

3. Dante Fowler, DL, Florida

The projected first-round pick dominated up front for the Gators as an unblockable force, recording a bowl-season high three sacks along with numerous pressures against East Carolina’s Air Raid attack.

2. Leonard Fournette, RB, LSU (143 yards rushing, 2 TD; Kickoff return TD)

1. Nick Chubb, RB, Georgia

This freshman’s 266-yard explosion against Louisville was second highest total in school history, behind only Herschel Walker’s 283 yards rushing against Vanderbilt in 1980. With two trips to the end zone, Chubb finished his rookie campaign with 13 total touchdowns over his final eight games.

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