Editor’s note: SDS is ranking the 25 best SEC players — at any position — of the last decade. Texas A&M LT Luke Joeckel is the second member of a 25-part daily series.

24.) TEXAS A&M LT LUKE JOECKEL (2010-12)

He’ll go down as the left tackle with the funny name that protected the blindside of two of the most productive quarterbacks in Texas A&M history.

A well-regarded high school recruit, Joeckel chose the Aggies despite offers from Alabama, LSU, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Arkansas, UCLA and Texas Tech. He was part of a tremendous offensive line class of 2010 that also included Jake Matthews, the starting right tackle until he assumed Joeckel’s spot in 2013 and became the sixth overall pick of the ’14 draft, and Cedric Ogbuehi, a potential high-round draft pick later this year.

Joeckel arrived in College Station and immediately became the starter at left tackle, where he earned Freshman All-American honors. The team produced a 100-yard rusher in nine of 13 games that season, setting the stage for some prolific offensive outputs the next two years.

In 2011, Joeckel anchored a line that allowed just nine sacks in 13 games and set school records for total, passing and scoring offense. The team averaged 490.2 yards of total offense and 39.1 points per game as QB Ryan Tannehill, WR Ryan Swope and a loaded backfield benefitted from Joeckel’s excellence.

But 2012 was his masterpiece, as A&M finally entered the SEC. A unanimous All-American, Joeckel earned first-team All-SEC honors and won the Outland Trophy as the nation’s best interior lineman. Along the way, Joeckel helped redshirt freshman Johnny Manziel win the Heisman Trophy.

The Aggies finished the season 11-2 with a Cotton Bowl win and a No. 5 ranking, the highest for the team since 1956.

Career numbers: Started all 39 games at Texas A&M.

Individual superlatives: 2010 — Freshman All-American; 2011 — Second-team All-Big 12; 2012 — Unanimous first-team All-American, Outland Trophy winner, first-team All-SEC.

NFL Draft: No. 2 overall to the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2013.

Defining moment: Texas A&M, a first-year SEC member, went to Tuscaloosa to face No. 1 Alabama and a defense that allowed just 8.2 points per game for the entire season. But the Aggies put up 20 first-quarter points and held on for a huge 29-24 upset.

Joeckel helped the team produce 418 yards of total offense against a unit drenched in NFL talent, buying time for Manziel to operate.