In the aftermath of the all-SEC National Championship Game in January, one of the big takeaways was that the league lost a lot of marquee talents: Derrius Guice, Christian Kirk, Calvin Ridley, Nick Chubb, Sony Michel and Shea Patterson are a few who jump to mind. But the cupboard of talent is hardly bare.

As we try to get through what struggles to pass as spring in some parts of the SEC footprint, here are 10 impact players who will get you burning with excitement. So as to not make this an all-Bama or all-UGA or all-Bama and UGA list, we went with no more than one player per team.

10. Emanuel Hall, WR, Missouri

Hall is 6-3, and he plays like one of those Randy Moss-type receivers who can go up and catch anything. He caught 33 passes in 2017 but averaged almost 25 yards per catch and haul in 6 50+ yard bombs. He’s big and strong, but also fast, somehow creating separation from coverage while the ball is in the air. Watch him toast Georgia’s secondary here, and think of what this could mean for 2018.

9. Benny Snell, RB, Kentucky

Snell isn’t the edge-running back who blazes past the defense. He’s the grinder who just plows through them. He’s already Kentucky’s career rushing touchdown leader after only two seasons. He’s trying to join an exclusive club of three-time 1,000-yard rushers. Few sights this fall will be as entertaining as watching opposing defenses load the box, and Kentucky grinding into the end zone with Snell carrying half of the opposing defense over the goal line.

8. Trayveon Williams, RB, Texas A&M

As College Station tries to figure out the QB situation under new coach Jimbo Fisher, people are forgetting the electric back to whom Kellen Mond, Nick Starkel and Co., can hand the ball. After a 1,000-yard season as a freshman in 2016, Williams was used less and had an uneven 2017 campaign. Which is understandable — it was a crazy season for A&M. Stability will mean more highlight-film runs for Williams, who is the total package: quick, elusive and hard to tackle.

7. Jordan Ta’amu, QB, Ole Miss

It was the Shea Patterson Show that was must-watch football in the fall of 2017 … until it wasn’t. When Patterson went down with a season-ending injury, Ta’amu stepped up as a JUCO transfer and was possibly even better. His mobility added an option to the Rebels attack, and his accuracy was superb. Consider this game-winning pass in the final seconds at Kentucky. The defender is in position, but Ta’amu’s throw was exactly where it had to be. With Ole Miss feeling less like a sideshow, they’re still must-watch football, even if Patterson is long gone. It’s Ta’amu time.

6. Nick Fitzgerald, QB, Mississippi State

Nobody has doubted that Fitzgerald has wheels. And with Joe Moorhead’s offense now in Starkville, he’ll be able to mix the run and pass more efficiently than in the past two seasons. Fitzgerald’s athleticism and versatility is part of the reason that some prognosticators (ahem, Connor O’Gara) see the Bulldogs as the sleeper of the West —  which might make Fitzgerald a sleeper of a Heisman candidate.

5. Greedy Williams, CB, LSU

Hey, we can’t let the offensive guys have all the fun. Tigers LB Devin White might be the league’s best returning defender, but Williams is perhaps the most exciting. He broke up 11 passes in 2017 and shared the SEC lead with six interceptions. Williams was a freshman All-American, and he has both the speed to run with anybody and the ballhawking skills to manufacture turnovers when needed. With Minkah Fitzpatrick gone, Williams could be the SEC’s best cover guy in 2018.

4. Deebo Samuel, WR, South Carolina

The loss of Samuel early in the 2017 season was devastating. Will Muschamp’s soldiering through the year with a weakened offense was impressive. But not as impressive as Carolina can be with a healthy Samuel back in 2018, ready to be one of the league’s best pass catchers and most dangerous return men. Don’t forget how he started the 2017 season:

3. D’Andre Swift, RB, Georgia

Sure, the Bulldogs lost a pair of the best backs to ever wear a Georgia uniform. But don’t worry for them. Consider Swift, who might combine the blazing speed of Sony Michel with Nick Chubb’s ability to read the defense. Let’s take a quick look at this play from the SEC Championship Game, when Swift literally blows away the Auburn defense. He looked like a man against boys on that play, and he’ll look like that often in 2018.

2. Kam Martin, RB, Auburn

Likewise, Auburn will be without Kerryon Johnson and Kamryn Pettway. Martin will ensure that fans don’t pine over those losses for too long. Martin has averaged 6.6 yards per carry in two years of reserve duty for the Tigers and is one of the fastest players in the SEC, and thus, the nation. Given the opportunity to play more in 2018 and to pair up with legitimate passing threat Jarrett Stidham, Martin might leave Tiger fans struggling to remember those guys he’s replacing.

1. Tua Tagovailoa, QB, Alabama

You might have heard of this guy. But seriously, what can the kid who came off the bench to win the national title do for an encore? Well, if you watched Tagovailoa played mop-up minutes against the SEC, you know the answer is “Whatever he wants.”

Consider this clip of a pass against Vanderbilt, in which he looks like both the most elusive and most accurate passer in the SEC. If Lamar Jackson could also be a pocket passer, he might have grown up to be Tagovailoa.