After every weekend of games, you always hear about the performances of stars like Amari Cooper and Shane Ray. But there are also the performances you don’t hear as much about, coming from some under-the-radar SEC players — the sleepers.

Who were the best of the Saturday Sleepers from Week 12? Take a look.

CARLTON HEARD

Heard has been relatively anonymous on South Carolina’s bench this season, but he came out of nowhere to make a season-saving play in the Gamecocks’ win over Florida on Saturday. The player with just one four-yard punt return and one special teams tackle to his name all season managed to block Kyle Christy’s punt late in regulation, setting South Carolina up for the game-tying score to force overtime in the Swamp. The Gamecocks won in overtime and improved their record to 5-5 this season, keeping it alive to attain bowl eligibly next week against South Alabama. There hasn’t been a more unlikely hero in the SEC all season, making Heard the ultimate sleeper in Week 12.

JIMMIE HUNT/DARIUS WHITE

The Missouri passing game has struggled this season, and aside from Bud Sasser there has been an obvious lack of production from the Tigers other wide receivers. That changed on Saturday, as Hunt and White combined to catch 13 passes for 140 yards and a touchdown in a win over Texas A&M. Neither made any plays that would show up on a highlight reel, but both routinely made big catches to extend drives and keep the offense balanced while Sasser was blanketed all night. That balance in the passing game allowed quarterback Maty Mauk to throw for 252 yards, the most he’s thrown for in SEC play this season.

MALKOM PARRISH

Parrish had recorded just five tackles all season entering Saturday’s showdown with Auburn, but he saved his best game of the season for the Bulldogs most important game of the year. He registered five tackles and forced one of two Auburn fumbles in the Bulldogs’ 34-7 win, and he helped limit a potent Auburn rushing attack to just 4.3 yards per carry, well below its season average. The entire Georgia defense was dominant in the victory, but Parrish was an unlikely leader on Saturday.

NICK PERRY

Perry had his best game of the season in Alabama’s statement win over Mississippi State, recording a season-high 12 tackles while also pulling in his first interception of the season. The Tide’s defense held the Bulldogs to their second-lowest scoring output of the year with just 20 points in the loss, thanks in large part to Perry’s play in the back-end of the defense, which limited MSU to a modest 211 yards through the air. Perry was one of a few stars on Alabama’s defense Saturday, but among those stars he was surely the most unlikely of the bunch, earning him “sleeper status” in Week 12.

BRIAN RANDOLPH

Tennessee manhandled Kentucky 50-16 on Saturday, and Randolph was the unlikely star who opened the floodgates for the Vols to pour it on UK. With Tennessee leading just 7-3 midway through the game’s opening quarter, Randolph intercepted Kentucky backup quarterback Reese Phillips (in for Patrick Towles, who was being treated for an ankle injury) and returned it 23 yards for a touchdown. Tennessee would eventually lead 33-13 at halftime and 50-16 through three quarters before both teams sleepwalked through the fourth quarter of play. Randolph now has 76 tackles on the year, but his interception was his first of the season and the touchdown was the first of his career. The play changed the entire dynamic of the game in Tennessee’s most impressive win of the year.

DEATRICH WISE JR.

Wise had just nine tackles all season entering Week 12, but the Arkansas defensive lineman erupted for 1.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks in the Hogs’ 17-0 whitewash of LSU to snap a 17-game SEC losing streak. He served as a disruptive force in the trenches, limiting a potent LSU rushing attack to just 1.1 yards per carry (that’s not a typo) while holding the Tigers’ passing game to fewer than 100 yards. His play along the line, and especially in the LSU backfield, never allowed the Tigers to find a rhythm, and even when he wasn’t recording his 1.5 sacks he was occupying blockers and freeing up teammates to record 2.5 more in the dominant win. Arkansas came out of nowhere to snap its SEC losing skid, and Wise was as unlikely a contributor as anyone.