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By Jim Johnson
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Ranking the best 50 players in the Southern Conference based only on their play throughout the 2017-18 season.
For the past two years, I’ve ranked the top 50 players from the Southern Conference prior to the season. However, now, for the first time, I’ve decided to do them after the season, as well.
Unlike the preseason version, which I described as the order you would see if all the players were sorted by a ‘Madden’ rating, neither overall talent nor past production carries any weight. The only thing that impacted the ranking was how well each player performed during this past season. As such, whereas the preseason rankings used to be partly based on past performance, going forward they will be nearly entirely a projection.
One new wrinkle that had to be addressed with this, that wasn’t a problem with the preseason ones, was injuries or just missed time in general. These were a player by player call with no two situations being identical.
In any case, here are the050 best SoCon players from the 2017-18 campaign, based solely on their performance over that stretch: (the list will be updated 10 at a time over the course of this week)
50. |
Ian Berryman, P, Western Carolina |
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49. |
Blake Bockrath, LB, ETSU |
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48. |
Jaxe2x80x99Lon Williams, DT, The Citadel |
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47. |
Jared Jacon-Duffy, OG, Wofford |
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46. |
Kaelan Riley, QB, Mercer |
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45. |
Alex Rios, OT, ETSU |
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44. |
Marquise Irvin, WR, Mercer |
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43. |
Nick Nixon, OT, Samford |
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42. |
Isaiah Mack, DT, Chattanooga |
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41. |
Brian Lipscomb, LB, VMI |
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40. |
Bailey Lenoir, TE, Chattanooga |
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39. |
Roo Daniels, C, Wofford |
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38. |
Tahjai Watt, LB, Western Carolina |
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37. |
Tee Mitchell, RB, Mercer |
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36. |
Greg Sanders, DB, VMI |
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35. |
Chris Shelling, WR, Samford |
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34. |
Nasir Player, DE, ETSU |
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33. |
Thomas Marchman, OT, Mercer |
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32. |
Jaylan Reid, DT, Furman |
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31. |
Aaquil Annoor, CB, Furman |
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30. |
Myles Pierce, LB, The Citadel |
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29. |
Josh Cardiello, OG, Chattanooga |
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28. |
Mikel Horton, DT, Wofford |
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27. |
Tyler Vaughn, DE, Wofford |
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26. |
Kailik Williams, S, The Citadel |
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25. |
Allan Cratsenberg, LB, VMI |
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24. |
Zach Weeks, OT, Western Carolina |
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23. |
Antonio Wilcox, RB, Furman |
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22. |
Aron Spann III, DB, The Citadel |
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21. |
Andre Stoddard, RB, Wofford |
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20. |
Terrell Bush, OG, Furman |
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19. |
Tyrie Adams, QB, Western Carolina |
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18. |
P.J. Blazejowski, QB, Furman |
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17. |
Isaiah Buehler, DE, Mercer |
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16. |
Andy Schumpert, TE, Furman |
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15. |
Devin Watson, CB, Wofford |
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14. |
Shaheed Salmon, LB, Samford |
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13. |
Terryon Robinson, WR, Western Carolina |
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12. |
Lucas Webb, S, Chattanooga |
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11. |
Omari Williams, CB, Samford |
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10. |
Marvin Tillman, S, Western Carolina |
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9. |
Tyler Davis, OG, The Citadel |
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8. |
Kelvin McKnight, WR, Samford |
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7. |
Lee Bennett, LB, Mercer |
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6. |
Miles Brown, DT, Wofford |
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5. |
Detrez Newsome, RB, Western Carolina |
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4. |
Ross Demmel, OT, Wofford |
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3. |
Devlin Hodges, QB, Samford |
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2. |
Matthew Schmidt, C, Furman |
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Ahmad Gooden, DE, Samford |
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