SEC College Football Early Entrants into the 2020 NFL Draft

Posted by Ryan Wright

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The 2019 season was another stellar season on the college gridiron for the SEC with five teams being ranked in the Top 25 by the Associated Press at the end of the season with four making it into the top-10 (No. 4 Georgia, No. 6 Florida, and No. 8 Alabama) seeing LSU taking home the national championship. LSU wore out the competition for a 15-0, 8-0 SEC, finish wrapping up the West with Georgia taking the East off a 12-2, 7-1, run. As easy as some of the SEC teams made winning look this past season, replicating the success maybe harder in 2020 with the NFL calling.

With success at the collegiate level comes the inevitable fall as players graduate and others test the NFL waters earlier than expected. So far, 115 Division-I players have declared early for the NFL Draft with the SEC taking a 36-player hit so far. In the East, Georgia took the biggest hit with five leaving early including quarterback Jake Fromm and running back D’Andre Swift. In the West, Alabama has lost six so far, but LSU is down nine off their championship winning squad.

The big hits for some SEC teams may keep coming; the deadline to declare for the NFL Draft is Jan. 24 as the young talents need to prepare for the start of the NFL Scouting Combine on Monday, Feb. 24, and the NFL Draft on Thursday, April 23.

The following is a list of the juniors coming out of the SEC prepared to bypass their final year of eligibility to play in the NFL.

School – Position – Player (11)

SEC East

Georgia – QB – Jake Fromm

Georgia – RB – D’Andre Swift

Georgia – OL – Solomon Kindley

Georgia – OL – Andrew Thomas

Georgia – OL – Isaiah Wilson

Florida – CB – CJ Henderson

Kentucky – WR/QB – Lynn Bowden Jr.

Missouri – OC – Trystan Colon-Castillo

Missouri – TE – Albert Okwuegbunam

Missouri – DT – Jordan Elliott

South Carolina – TE – Kyle Markway

SEC West (25)

Alabama – DE – Terrell Lewis

Alabama – DB – Xavier McKinney

Alabama – OL – Jedrick Wills

Alabama – WR – Jerry Jeudy

Alabama – WR – Henry Ruggs III

Alabama – QB – Tua Taovailoa

Arkansas – SS – Kamren Curl

Auburn – DL – Nick Coe

Auburn – CB – Boah Igbinoghene

Auburn – P – Arryn Siposs

LSU – DE – K’Lavon Chaisson

LSU – LB – Jacob Phillips

LSU – LB – Patrick Queen

LSU – SS – Grant Delpit

LSU – OC – Lloyd Cushenberry

LSU – OT Saahidiq Charles

LSU – RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire

LSU – TE Thaddeus Moss

LSU – WR Justin Jefferson

Mississippi State – LB – Willie Gay Jr.

Mississippi State – CB Cam Dantzler

Texas A&M – DT – Justin Madubuike

Texas A&M – DB – Debione Renfro

Texas A&M – WR – Kendrick Rogers

Texas A&M – WR Quartney Davis

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Photo credit: CBS Sports; Alabama QB Tua Taovailoa

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