Even the best and brightest stars in SEC history didn’t achieve their success alone. After all, football is a team sport, and a star is only as strong as his supporting cast.

With this in mind, we decided to look for the best of the supporting casts of the SEC’s recent history, more specifically of the BCS era (plus last season). So without further ado, here are the conference’s best sidekicks since 1998, with the hero they supported listed in parentheses:

Alabama’s Jalston Fowler (Mark Ingram, Trent Richardson, Eddie Lacy, T.J. Yeldon): Fowler served as Alabama’s primary tailback from 2010-15, paving the way for the slew of now-NFL tailbacks during their days in Tuscaloosa. He helped Ingram become Alabama’s first Heisman winner, and helped all four backs go in the top-two rounds of their respective drafts in addition to playing on two national championship teams. He’s since been drafted into the NFL himself, rewarding his often unappreciated work at Alabama with a shot at an NFL career.

Arkansas’ Felix Jones (Darren McFadden): Although he posted consecutive 1,100-yard seasons in 2006-07, and although he was a consensus All-American in ’07, Jones was an obvious second fiddle to Darren McFadden during their Arkansas careers. McFadden ran for 1,000 yards three times, twice topping the 1,600 yard mark, and Jones was merely a No. 2 back with All-American talent. He certainly got his fair share of touches, and he obviously made the most of them with those 1,000-yard years, but he was a complementary piece in Fayetteville.

Auburn’s Ronnie Brown (Cadillac Williams): If you took the last paragraph, subbed Brown’s name for Jones and Williams’ name for McFadden, you could repurpose that explanation here. Brown was one of the best backs in the nation, but he happened to share a backfield with one of the few backs better than he was in college. He only ran for 1,000 yards once in college, and was likely better in the NFL than he was backing up Williams at Auburn as Williams posted multiple 1,000-yard seasons and four seasons with at least 600 yards rushing.

Florida’s Percy Harvin (Tim Tebow): Tebow was the Gators’ unquestioned leader as the full-time starting quarterback from 2007-09, winning a national title and a Heisman Trophy in that time. Harvin was the Gators’ do-everything weapon on offense, serving as the team’s best runner out of the backfield and as its most dangerous receiver down the field. Because Tebow was versatile in his own right as a thrower and a powerful downhill runner with subtle elusiveness, Harvin was able to play off him to perfection. Between the two, they left defenders heads spinning, and their win-loss record indicates how successful they really were together.

Georgia’s Mohamed Massaquoi (A.J. Green): Green’s career at Georgia was legendary, including three seasons all with at least 50 catches and 800 yards. His freshman season happened to also be Massaquoi’s senior season at UGA, and although he was more experienced he served as the perfect complement to Green. While Green occupied defenses with incredible speed, length and leaping ability, Massaquoi took the top off defenses with incredible speed of his own. He was often charged with simply beating single coverage, which for a future NFL wideout like him was a piece of cake. Together Green and Massaquoi played a huge role in Matt Stafford going first overall in the 2009 draft.

Kentucky’s Chris Matthews (Randall Cobb): It’s safe to say Cobb is Kentucky’s best player at any position in the last 10 years, and he’s continued that success at the NFL level. But while he was in college, he played opposite Matthews, a long, 6-foot-5 wideout with tremendous athleticism, making him a dangerous red zone target. Cobb attacked defenses in a number of ways, but if those defenses ever fell asleep on Matthews, he made them pay in a big way with more than 15 yards per reception in 2010 to go along with nine touchdowns. If you’re wondering what happened to Matthews, he was working at foot locker, but almost won Super Bowl MVP a few months ago for the Seattle Seahawks.

LSU’s Eric Reid (Patrick Peterson, Morris Claiborne): Before he developed into one of the SEC’s best safeties in recent memory, Reid was just a young, emerging safety playing behind the best cornerback tandem in college football in Patrick Peterson and Morris Claiborne. Both corners went on to be first-round NFL draftees, but in 2010 (Reid’s freshman year and Peterson’s last season at LSU), Reid finished third on the team behind Peterson and Claiborne with a pair of interceptions and 64 return yards on those picks. He added even greater depth to a secondary that didn’t need it but loved to have it, and the Tigers boasted a historically significant defense by season’s end.

Mississippi State’s Josh Robinson (Dak Prescott): You don’t have to travel far back in time to find this tandem. In fact, if we’re talking sidekicks, then a tandem nicknamed “Dakman and Robinson” should fit perfectly, right? Prescott torched defenses last year with his arm and his legs (he threw for 3,000 yards and ran for nearly 1,000 more), and the way he toyed with defenses opened up opportunities for Robinson to blast them on the ground. There’s an obvious correlation between Prescott’s best games and Robinson’s best games, and the read-option tandem they formed allowed both to finish in the top 10 in the SEC in rushing in 2014.

Missouri’s Kony Ealy (Michael Sam): While Michael Sam was winning SEC Defensive Player of the Year in 2013, Ealy was tormenting opposing offensive lines from the other side of the field as yet another devastating defensive lineman at #DLZou. Sam logged a team-high 11.5 sacks and 19 tackles for loss, and when defenses shifted protection Sam’s way, Ealy burned them to the tune of 8 sacks and 14 tackles for loss. Ealy was actually drafted higher in the NFL draft than Sam, but at Mizzou it was Ealy who was Sam’s sidekick up front.

Ole Miss’ Chris Collins (Eli Manning): A name forgotten by many outside Oxford, Collins was Manning’s top receiver during the Rebels’ best stretch of the 2000s before Hugh Freeze’s arrival. Collins led Ole Miss in receiving in each of Manning’s three seasons as the Ole Miss starter, catches 186 passes for 2,453 yards and 23 touchdowns in that span. He never went on to star in the NFL like Manning, but he’ll forever be linked to one of the two greatest quarterbacks in school history.

South Carolina’s Kelcy Quarles (Jadeveon Clowney): Much was made of Jadeveon Clowney’s dominant presence in the South Carolina lineup from 2011-13, but in that time Quarles had the pleasure of playing opposite Clowney, amassing some monstrous numbers as a result. Quarles actually led the team in sacks in 2013, Clowney’s final year in school, benefitting from the number of double- and triple-teams sent Clowney’s way on the heels of his historic 2012 campaign.

Tennessee’s Travis Henry (Tee Martin): SEC fans will forever remember Martin as the man who replaced Peyton Manning and won the first-ever BCS national championship in his first year as a starter. But none of that would’ve been possible had it not been for the work Henry did in the backfield, rushing for only 970 yards but doing so at 5.5 yards per carry. Henry provided balance to the offense, and while he wouldn’t rise to national superstardom for two more years, he was a vital piece of that ’98 title team.

Texas A&M’s Mike Evans (Johnny Manziel): We’ll always remember Manziel’s incredible, unprecedented two-year career at Texas A&M, but we ought to remember Evans’ role in that career as well, especially now that he’s establishing himself as a star in the NFL. Evans pulled down seemingly every ball Manziel threw his way, be it too high, too low, overthrown, underthrown or even thrown into triple coverage. The guy had tight end strength, even greater strength in his hands, and Kobe Bryant’s leaping ability, and while Manziel made dazzling plays with his legs, Evans did plenty to improve Manziel’s numbers through the air.

Vanderbilt’s Earl Bennett (Jay Cutler): Before James Franklin briefly turned around the Vanderbilt program from 2011-13, Cutler and Bennett were the ‘Dores’ two best offensive weapons of the BCS era. It was Bennett’s play on the outside that helped elevate Cutler to a first-round selection, although Bennett also went on to be a productive NFL receiver for a number of years. He’s second in school history in career receptions, helping Cutler become the program’s all-time leader in completions and yards.