Tennessee coach Butch Jones’ strong recruiting and eye toward early enrollees led to immediate production each of the last two seasons. The Vols got 263 total games from the ’15 class, leading the SEC in total production by a team’s first-year players for the second consecutive cycle.

By contrast, Mississippi State got the least production out of its class for a second consecutive season. Bulldogs players from the ’15 class started just 3 games, fewest in the conference.

Based on some of the early top players in this overall class, the SEC is going to get some outstanding play at receiver, cornerback and defensive tackle in the next few years.

In the last month, we’ve taken a detailed look at the ’15 classes of all 14 SEC teams, charting out which players saw the most action and which redshirts from the group could make the biggest impact this year. You can take a look at all 14 stories by clicking any of the team names in the chart below.

Team Games Starts Percentage Played* National Rank Most Productive
1. Tennessee 263 25 58.6% No. 4 LB Darrin Kirkland Jr.
2. Georgia 211 32 73.3% No. 5 DT Trent Thompson
3. Texas A&M 180 53 73.1% No. 11 WR Christian Kirk
4. Auburn 157 25 50.0% No. 8 CB Carlton Davis
5. South Carolina 139 32 48.1% No. 19 DE Marquavius Lewis
6. Missouri 130 17 56.5% No. 25 QB Drew Lock
7. LSU 124 39 58.3% No. 6 G Maea Teuhema
8. Alabama 119 27 41.7% No. 1 WR Calvin Ridley
9. Florida 114 39 55.0% No. 21 WR Antonio Callaway
10. Ole Miss 112 N/A 47.6% No. 17 QB Chad Kelly
11. Vanderbilt 104 14 68.4% No. 46 LB Josh Smith
12. Arkansas 91 31 36.0% No. 23 S Dre Greenlaw
13. Kentucky 83 30 42.1% No. 38 CB Chris Westry
14. Mississippi State 72 3 23.1% No. 18 WR Donald Gray

 *Only includes enrollees, based on the percentage that played at least one game in 2015.