Considering the number of star tailbacks the SEC produces in the NFL draft each year, it’s hard to believe that only five SEC alums still active in the NFL have posted even one 1,000-yard season as a pro (which, in a 16-game NFL season, is an average of only 62.5 yards per game).

Still, while the SEC may not claim a large proportion of the starting tailbacks throughout the NFL, it does claim some of the league’s best individuals at the position. With this in mind, here’s our list of the five best current NFL tailbacks to hail from an SEC school.

Honorable mention: Mark Ingram (Alabama), Tre Mason (Auburn), Stevan Ridley (LSU).

5. Knowshon Moreno (Georgia): Moreno’s best season is likely a credit to Peyton Manning and the work Denver’s 2013 passing offense did to open up lanes for Moreno to feast on opposing defenses. Nevertheless, he cashed in on those opportunities, helping lead Denver to the Super Bowl that season, and for his six-year career he has more than 3,600 rushing yards and 27 touchdowns. He’s also improved the way he carries the football, overcoming six fumbles in his first two NFL seasons with only two in his last four. Moreno may never rush for 1,000 yards again, but he’ll remain a productive member of whatever offense in which he’s playing for the rest of his pro career.

4. Darren McFadden (Arkansas): McFadden is the wily veteran of the list after seven injury-riddled seasons in the NFL, all with the oft-faltering Oakland Raiders. He only has one 1,000-yard season to his name (and that came in 2010), but when healthy he’s continued to resemble the other-worldly talent that carried the Arkansas Razorbacks in the mid-2000s, even when running behind some of the NFL’s weakest offensive lines in Oakland. Between injuries and a bad situation with the team that drafted him McFadden’s career has been held back, but the flashes he’s shown in the NFL are enough to earn him a spot on this list of former SEC playmakers.

3. Jeremy Hill (LSU): After only one year in the NFL, Hill has already proven himself to be one of the league’s brightest up-and-coming tailbacks. Playing behind a stout offensive line in Cincinnati, Hill needed only a few weeks to jump 2013 second-round pick Gio Bernard for the Bengals’ starting job. A second-round pick in 2014 himself, Hill closed the year with more than 1,100 yards at more than 5.0 yards per carry to go along with nine touchdowns, and he’ll begin next year as the starter in Cincinnati’s backfield as it aims to earn its fifth-straight playoff berth. If Hill can maintain or build upon his level of play from last year, he could come in much higher on this list at this time next year.

2. Eddie Lacy (Alabama): This list is now changing gears as we hit the top-two SEC tailbacks in the NFL right now. While the other three on this list are all productive NFL rushers, Lacy and our No. 1 selection are true stars at the position, cracking the short list for Pro Bowl invites each year. We’ll start with Lacy, the former Alabama standout whose bruising running style has complemented Green Bay’s spread offense (led by MVP Aaron Rodgers) to perfection.

Lacy wears down opposing defenses with hard running between the tackles, and that punishment gives the rest of the Packers’ offense an edge over a tired defense across the line. Plus, while many spread offenses struggle in short-yardage situations, Lacy thrives in those very instances. His consecutive 1,100-yard seasons to begin his NFL career, along with 20 total touchdowns, prove he’s the best of the former Tide tailbacks in the pros, not Ingram (who had a career high in yards last year with 964) or Trent Richardson (widely considered a draft bust).

1. Arian Foster (Tennessee): Foster is a former NFL rushing champion (he led the league with 1,616 yards as a second-year pro in 2010) and has run for at least 1,200 yards four times in six NFL seasons. His first season below 1,200 yards can be chalked up to Foster being an undrafted rookie working to prove his worth, and the other (2013) came as a result of a slew of injuries.

Foster is more or less a 1,000-yard machine at the NFL level, leading the Houston Texans to three winning seasons and two playoff berths in the last five years. His 53 career touchdowns, including 41 from 2010-12, lead the NFL since 2009, and he’s also amassed more than 2,000 yards receiving and another 12 touchdowns in that time. Foster is the most well-rounded back on this list, the most dynamic back on this list and the most accomplished back on this list. He’s the obvious choice at No. 1.