Ranking the SEC's 25 best players of the last decade

Over the last month, our staff has been diving into history, ranking the SEC’s best players of the last decade.

So much has changed, and so many players have come and gone in college football’s best conference. The run over the last decade could prove to be the golden age of the SEC.

Before you get all up in arms about the player rankings, go read the justification for why we think each player is ranked exactly where they should be on the countdown. You can read about each player and his individual stats in the links below.

Here’s our top 25:

No. 25: South Carolina WR Alshon Jeffery
No. 24: Texas A&M LT Luke Joeckel
No. 23: Vanderbilt WR Jordan Matthews
No. 22: Alabama OL Barrett Jones
No. 21: Georgia QB Aaron Murray
No. 20: Florida OL Mike Pouncey
No. 19: Georgia LB Jarvis Jones
No. 18: Georgia WR A.J. Green
No. 17: Alabama LB Rolando McClain
No. 16: Florida LB Brandon Spikes
No. 15: South Carolina DE Jadeveon Clowney
No. 14: Alabama QB AJ McCarron
No. 13: Alabama RB Mark Ingram
No. 12: LSU DB Patrick Peterson
No. 11: Alabama WR Amari Cooper
No. 10: Alabama WR Julio Jones
No. 9: Ole Miss LB Patrick Willis
No. 8: LSU DL Glenn Dorsey
No. 7: Tennessee DB Eric Berry
No. 6: LSU DB Tyrann Mathieu
No. 5: Florida ATH Percy Harvin
No. 4: Arkansas RB Darren McFadden
No. 3: Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel
No. 2: Auburn QB Cam Newton
No. 1: Florida QB Tim Tebow

How would you rank the SEC’s best 25 players over the last decade? Let us know in the comments.