The SEC is poised for another big year in 2016 with many familiar faces returning and plenty of new ones looking to make an impact.

Here’s a breakdown of where each SEC team stands in terms of their skill positions on offense.

ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE

The skinny: National champion Alabama will defend their title without several key components from the 2015 team that went 14-1 and overhauled the Crimson Tide’s record books. Chief among the losses at the skill position is Heisman Trophy-winning running back Derrick Henry, who will test the NFL draft waters a year early, and Jake Coker, a quarterback who transformed into an NFL prospect during his senior season. Fortunately for the Tide, when you’ve won four of the last seven championships, it’s easy to lure talent to Tuscaloosa. Alabama reloads next season, with most of the answers already on the roster as rising sophomores Bo Scarbrough and Damien Harris expect to compete for first-team snaps out of the backfield. Under center, head coach Nick Saban will let junior Cooper Bateman, sophomores Blake Barnett and David Cornwell, as well as newcomer Jalen Hurts, fight it out for the starting nod. Don’t expect any answers on Saban’s future quarterback any time soon. The Tide’s strength, however, might be in its ability to catch the ball with one of the nation’s most dangerous wide receivers in Calvin Ridley returning for his sophomore campaign. Title-game hero O.J. Howard will be back to dominate the tight end position.

Key Losses: RB Derrick Henry, QB Jake Coker, RB Kenyan Drake

Returning: WR Calvin Ridley, TE O.J. Howard, WR ArDarius Stewart

ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS

The skinny: The Arkansas offense will have a vastly different look next year with the exit of Alex Collins and Brandon Allen, two of the most dynamic players in program history. The Hogs also lose Jonathan Williams out of the backfield, forcing Bret Bielema to go with rising senior Kody Walker (394 rushing yards, 6 TDs in 2015), Rawleigh Williams III, who missed significant time with a neck injury, or true freshman Devwah Whaley, a four-star recruit who spurned the likes of Georgia to play on Saturdays in Fayetteville. The competition at quarterback should be fun to watch as Allen’s brother, Austin Allen, Ricky Town, Rafe Peavey and Ty Storey vie for the Hogs’ starting job. Arkansas is set at wide receiver, returning all of its weapons in Keon Hatcher, Dominique Reed and Jared Cornelius, as well as Drew Morgan — who led the SEC during the regular season in receiving touchdowns with 10.

Key Losses: RB Alex Collins, QB Brandon Allen, RB Jonathan Williams, TE Hunter Henry

Returning: WR Drew Morgan, TE Jeremy Sprinkle, WR Dominique Reed. RB Kody Walker

AUBURN TIGERS

The skinny: Peyton Barber could be a breakout star in 2016. The Auburn running back was the only SEC player to twice score four times or more in a single game this season. The sophomore finished with 1,017 yards and 13 touchdowns and should be the featured back, that is if Jovon Robinson (639 yards), Roc Thomas (261 yards) or Kerryon Johnson (208 yards) don’t oust him from that role. The Tigers lacked consistency under center with neither Jeremy Johnson nor Sean White truly wresting the job from one another. Both expect to be back and will be pushed by dual-threat quarterbacks Tyler Queen, Woody Barrett and John Franklin III. Rising senior Marcus Davis (181 yards, TD) will replace Ricardo Louis as Auburn’s top returning wideout, opening up an opportunity for the nation’s top-wide receiver recruit, Kyle Davis, to make an early impact.

Key Losses: WR Ricardo Louis

Returning: RB Peyton Barber, RB Jovon Robinson, RB Kerryon Johnson

FLORIDA GATORS

The skinny: Florida has plenty of depth at quarterback as four players — Austin Appleby, Luke Del Rio, Feleipe Franks, and Kyle Trask — figure to duke it out with incumbent signal-caller Treon Harris for the Gators’ starting role. Who the position’s winner hands off to will be another wait-and-see prospect as coach Jim McElwain looks to replace 1,000-yard rusher Kelvin Taylor out of the backfield with either freshmen Jordan Cronkrite and Jordan Scarlett or newcomers McArthur Bennett or Mark Thompson, who is regarded as the top JUCO recruit among running backs. Florida returns the speedy Antonio Callaway at wide receiver, but loses second-leading receiver Demarcus Robinson and tight end Jake McGee. Looking to step up in their absence should be sophomores Brandon Powell (390 yards, 3 TDs) and TE DeAndre Goolsby (277 yards, TD).

Key Losses: RB Kelvin Taylor, WR Demarcus Robinson, TE Jake McGee

Returning: WR Antonio Callaway, WR Brandon Powell, TE DeAndre Goolsby

GEORGIA BULLDOGS

The skinny: If Nick Chubb can return to full strength after suffering a season-ending knee injury that cost him seven games this season, then Georgia should again have one of the more dominating rushing attacks in the SEC,. especially with Sony Michel returning, who ran for 1,161 yards and 8 touchdowns in Chubb’s absence. New head coach Kirby Smart inherits a challenge at quarterback as Greyson Lambert and Brice Ramsey both return to Athens. Neither overly impressed in 2015 and the door is wide open for No. 1 quarterback recruit Jacob Eason to take control of the offense as a true freshman. Whoever is under center will cope without the team’s leading wide receiver, Malcolm Mitchell (865 yards, 5 TDs), who exhausted his eligibility. The bulk of the attention at wideout should focus on Terry Godwin. The rising sophomore hauled in 379 yards and two touchdowns; and ended the 2015 season on a high note by catching a score and throwing another to Mitchell in the Bulldogs’ TaxSlayer Bowl win over Penn State.

Key Losses: WR Malcolm Mitchell, RB Keith Marshall

Returning: RB Nick Chubb, RB Sony Michel, WR Terry Godwin

KENTUCKY WILDCATS

The skinny: Quarterback Patrick Towles watched his playing time evaporate this season to Drew Barker, and decided to test his luck by transferring to Boston College, leaving the job to the redshirt freshman who made his Wildcat debut in Week 8 against Mississippi State. Kentucky also recently landed JUCO transfer QB Stephen Johnson II from College of the Desert (Calif.). The Wildcats’ strength in 2016 should once again be its running game as both sophomore Stanley “Boom” Williams and junior Jojo Kemp (1,410 combined yards, 12 touchdowns) return to Lexington. Coach Mark Stoops also returns a deep corps of young receivers. Kentucky’s top-four leading receivers this season — Dorian Baker, Garrett Johnson, Jeff Badet and Blake Bone — were all sophomores.

Key Losses: QB Patrick Towles

Returning: RB Stanley “Boom” Williams, WR Dorian Baker, RB Jojo Kemp, QB Drew Barker

LSU TIGERS

The skinny: Les Miles and LSU has the luxury of returning one of the most experienced teams in the SEC next season, as all the Tigers’ weapons appear poised to return to Death Valley. The biggest one, of course, is early Heisman-favorite Leonard Fournette, the nation’s incumbent leading rusher (162.8 YPG, 22 TDs). Behind Fournette is Derrius Guice (436 yards, 3 TDs) who would be a starter on most other teams in the nation. The Tigers struggled at quarterback last season as sophomore Brandon Harris connected on just 53.8 percent of this throws and finished ranked No. 10 among his SEC peers in quarterback rating (118.08) in an oft-times one-dimensional offense. Miles has lost two significant recruits recently as Feleipe Franks jumped ship to Florida and Anthony Russo opted for Temple over the Tigers. But the coach isn’t sitting by idling licking his wounds, as LSU is a potential landing spot for Maryland’s Dwayne Haskins, Tulane’s Tanner Lee or Pittsburgh-commit Anthony McVittie. Miles also lost WR Jeremy Diarse (137 yards) to TCU, but returns his top pass-catchers in Malachi Dupre (698 yards, 6 TDs) and Travin Dural (533 yards, 3 TDs), the latter who decided to return to Baton Rouge for his senior year. The Tigers will have plenty of depth at wideout, even without Diarse, as Tyron Johnson, Trey Quinn, D.J. Chark, and Jazz Ferguson return and three four-star recruits arrive on campus with the 2016 recruiting class.

Key Losses: Jeremy Diarse

Returning: RB Leonard Fournette, WR Malachi Dupre, RB Derrius Guice, WR Travin Dural

MISSISSIPPI STATE

The skinny: Mississippi State moves on from the Dak Prescott era in 2016 without arguably two of the program’s greatest players. Also exiting Starkville with Prescott is the quarterback’s favorite target in De’Runnya Wilson (918 yards, 10 TDs), who leaves ranked second on the Bulldogs’ all-time receiving touchdowns list with 22 scoring grabs. Fred Ross — who led the Bulldogs with 1,007 yards and 5 touchdowns — slides into the team’s No. 1 receiver role and should be complimented by Donald Gray (386 yards, 2 TDs). It also appears that head coach Dan Mullen has plenty of options out of the backfield, once again, as Brandon Holloway, Aston Shumpert and Aeris Williams vie for carries and a greater role in the offense now that leading rusher Prescott is off to the NFL.

Key Losses: QB Dak Prescott, WR De’Runnya Wilson

Returning: WR Fred Ross, RB Brandon Holloway

MISSOURI TIGERS

The skinny: The Missouri offense was borderline dreadful at times this year, due mostly to an ineffective passing game and injury-riddled rushing attack. Maty Mauk has been reinstated to the Tigers after serving what turned-out to be a season-ending suspension for violating team rules. The rising senior will have to push Drew Lock to regain his position, however, as the freshman threw for 1,332 yards and four touchdowns in 12 games. Lock, unfortunately, threw twice as many interceptions as he did scoring throws. Junior Ish Witter will take over officially out of the backfield with Russell Hansbrough’s once-promising career ending with a fizzle. Neither back wowed anyone last year as each scored just once. In fact, the Tigers scored only five rushing touchdowns all year. Peyton Barber of Auburn scored that many in one game. If new head coach Barry Odom can inspire some consistency from the quarterback position, he’ll have two options back in leading receivers J’Mon Moore and Nate Brown — who each curiously averaged 12.07 YPC as sophomores this year.

Key Losses: RB Russell Hansbrough

Returning: RB Ish Witter, QB Maty Mauk, QB Drew Lock, WR J’Mon Moore, WR Nate Brown

OLE MISS REBELS

The skinny: Aside from Leonard Fournette in LSU, there might not be a bigger impact player returning to their respective team in 2016 than Ole Miss’ Chad Kelly. The quarterback transfer from Clemson quieted critics by leading the SEC in passing (4,042 yards) and touchdowns (31). Kelly won’t have leading receiver Laquon Treadwell (1,153 yards, 11 TDs), but he does return two big targets in Quincy Adeboyejo (604 yards, 7 TDs) and Damore’a Stringfellow (503 yards, 5 TDs). He’ll also have arguably the conference’s top tight end in Evan Engram and his 464 yards and two touchdowns returning to the mix. Kelly is the team’s lead returning rusher with the graduation of Jaylen Walton. Replacing Walton is potentially a trio of backs in Akeem Judd, Jordan Wilkins and Eugene Brazley, who combined to rush for 1,022 yards and 10 touchdowns in 2015.

Key Losses: WR Laquon Treadwell, RB Jaylen Walton, WR Cody Core

Returning: QB Chad Kelly, TE Evan Engram, WR Quincy Adeboyejo, WR Damore’a Stringfellow

SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS

The skinny: South Carolina loses two pair of steady hands with the departure of WR Pharoh Cooper and TE Jerell Adams. The versatile, two-time All-SEC first teamer Cooper (1,139 all-purpose yards, 9 TDs) will be particularly missed, leaving Deebo Samuel and his 161 receiving yards and one touchdown as the Gamecocks’ leading returning receiver. South Carolina also loses two veterans out of the backfield in Brandon Wilds and Shon Carson. That leaves David Williams as the most-tenured running back with 299 yards and no touchdowns last year. But the biggest question mark is at quarterback where Perry Orth, Connor Mitch and Lorenzo Nunez failed to truly separate from one another last season — even with Mitch dropping out of the picture after two games with season-ending shoulder and hip injuries. The door could be open for Brandon McIlwain to steal the role. The 2016 commit is considered the No. 4-ranked dual quarterback in this year’s class.

Key Losses: WR Pharoh Cooper, TE Jerell Adams, RB Brandon Wilds

Returning: QB Lorenzo Nunez, RB David Williams, QB Perry Orth

TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS

The skinny: Tennessee should be one of the more dynamic rushing teams in the nation in 2016, with quarterback Josh Dobbs and running backs Jalen Hurd and Alvin Kamara all returning to Rocky Top. The trio combined for 2,657 yards on the ground for the upstart Vols. In fact, Butch Jones’ squad returns its top six rushers with John Kelly, Joe Young and Jauan Jennings all underclassmen. If Dobbs can improve upon his accuracy (59.6 percent in 2015), then perhaps UT can overcome its thin corps of wide receiver that sees Josh Malone (405 yards, 2 TDs) and Josh Smith (307 yards, 2 TDs) as its leading returners — as well as tight end Ethan Wolf (301 yards, 2 TDs). Despite catching just six passes for 58 yards in an injury-filled 2015 campaign, Marquez North has decided to join fellow wide receiver Von Pearson and try their luck on the professional ranks. Jones has a trio of three-star recruits in this year’s class, each who should be given a shot at earning some playing time.

Key Losses: WR Von Pearson, WR Marquez North

Returning: QB Josh Dobbs, RB Jalen Hurd, RB Alvin Kamara

TEXAS A&M AGGIES

The skinny: Texas A&M should be loaded at wide receiver with Christian Kirk lining up once again alongside Josh Reynolds, Ricky Seals-Jones and Speedy Noil — a quartet that hauled in 2,702 yards and 18 touchdowns in 2015. Who is getting them the ball is another question as Kevin Sumlin’s program watched quarterbacks Kyler Murray and Kyle Allen walk out the door this winter. The Aggies are hoping the solution is Oklahoma transfer Trevor Knight (3,424 career passing yards, 19 TDs) for some stability at the position. They’ll need it, especially with the graduation of leading rusher Tra Carson, leaving James White as the team’s returning leader with 196 yards and a touchdown. Keith Ford, another Sooner transfer, could also see some time out of the backfield.

Key Losses: QB Kyler Murray, QB Kyle Allen, RB Tra Carson

Returning: WR Christian Kirk, WR Josh Reynolds, WR Ricky Seals-Jones

VANDERBILT COMMODORES

The skinny: Leading passer Johnny McCrary (1,533 yards, 6 TDs) has opted to transfer after losing his job to freshman Kyle Shurmur midway through the 2015 season. Shurmur didn’t fare much better (503 yards, 5 TDs in 5 games) and could be pushed in spring camp by redshirt freshman Shawn Stankavage, walk-on John Webb and touted three-star recruit Deuce Wallace. The offense will still revolve around getting the ball to running back Ralph Webb (1,152 yards, No. 7 in the SEC) and his back-up Darrius Sims. Lining up wide once again will be leading receivers Trent Sherfield (659 yards, 3 TDs) and Caleb Scott (339 yards, 2 TDs) who should benefit from another year’s experience under their belts. Derek Mason’s receiving corps could also get a boost from Kalija Lipscomb, a three-star prospect who recently committed to play in Nashville.

Key Losses: QB Johnny McCrary, TE Steven Scheu

Returning: RB Ralph Webb, WR Trent Sherfield