Every spring, draftniks seek to compare the newest crop of draftees to the NFL’s elite. And why not? There’s no better way to pique a fan’s interest than by comparing their team’s pick to a future Hall of Famer.

We’re getting an early jump on some of those experts. Many of the SEC’s biggest stars from 2014 will be back in the college ranks, ready to flex their supreme skills against the SEC. Let’s take a look at who some of the conference’s brightest remind us of.

Derek Barnett

Barnett wasn’t a highlight-reel player in 2014, despite his massive stat totals. He quietly amassed some of the most staggering defensive stats you’ll see out of a freshman defensive lineman, dominating against both the run and the pass. While he probably has a higher ceiling, Barnett’s quiet excellence is reminiscent of former Georgia defensive end and current Carolina Panther Charles Johnson. Since moving into a full-time role in 2010, Johnson has been an absolute terror as one of the best and most under-appreciated defenders in the NFL.

Nick Chubb

Built like a tank with deceptive speed and quickness, Chubb seems to get better the more he wears down a defense. In his prime, that sounds a lot like San Francisco 49ers back Frank Gore. Chubb has a bit more raw speed, having been clocked at 10.69 seconds in the 100-meter dash in high school, but Gore never had issues breaking away from defenses when he had to. Gore has had 200 or more carries in every season since his rookie year, the kind of workload that Chubb seems capable of handling after his first year at Georgia.

Pharoh Cooper

Cooper does a little bit of everything on the field. He catches passes, he runs the ball, he takes snaps out of the Wildcat and is a threat to both throw and run from the formation. His skill set is reminiscent of another do-it-all SEC star from the last decade: former Kentucky Wildcat and current Green Bay Packer Randall Cobb. The two players are similar in size and athletic ability, both play a Swiss Army Knife game as former quarterbacks and have to be accounted for no matter where they line up on the field.

Vernon Hargreaves

Before the season, Hargreaves talked about how much he admires Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman, widely considered the best in the game. With Sherman standing at 6-foot-3 with much more length than Hargreaves, it’s hard for the rising junior to totally mimic the vocal NFL superstar. The player Hargreaves more closely resembles is the other all-world cornerback playing in the Super Bowl on Sunday: New England’s Darrelle Revis. The two are very similar in stature. Both are phenomenal athletes, with Revis perhaps a bit underrated. The biggest draw between the two is that while they’re a cut above their competition from a physical standpoint, both Hargreaves and Revis have impeccable technique that allows them to shadow their marks instead of relying on athletic talent.