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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.

nFor 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.

nUnlike 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.

nOne 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.

nIn any case, here are thexc2xa050 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)

n50.

nIan Berryman, P, Western Carolina

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n49.

nBlake Bockrath, LB, ETSU

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n48.

nJaxe2x80x99Lon Williams, DT, The Citadel

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n47.

nJared Jacon-Duffy, OG, Wofford

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n46.

nKaelan Riley, QB, Mercer

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n45.

nAlex Rios, OT, ETSU

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n44.

nMarquise Irvin, WR, Mercer

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n43.

nNick Nixon, OT, Samford

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n42.

nIsaiah Mack, DT, Chattanooga

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n41.

nBrian Lipscomb, LB, VMI

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n40.

nBailey Lenoir, TE, Chattanooga

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n39.

nRoo Daniels, C, Wofford

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n38.

nTahjai Watt, LB, Western Carolina

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n37.

nTee Mitchell, RB, Mercer

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n36.

nGreg Sanders, DB, VMI

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n35.

nChris Shelling, WR, Samford

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n34.

nNasir Player, DE, ETSU

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n33.

nThomas Marchman, OT, Mercer

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n32.

nJaylan Reid, DT, Furman

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n31.

nAaquil Annoor, CB, Furman

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n30.

nMyles Pierce, LB, The Citadel

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n29.

nJosh Cardiello, OG, Chattanooga

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n28.

nMikel Horton, DT, Wofford

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n27.

nTyler Vaughn, DE, Wofford

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n26.

nKailik Williams, S, The Citadel

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n25.

nAllan Cratsenberg, LB, VMI

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n24.

nZach Weeks, OT, Western Carolina

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n23.

nAntonio Wilcox, RB, Furman

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n22.

nAron Spann III, DB, The Citadel

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n21.

nAndre Stoddard, RB, Wofford

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n20.

nTerrell Bush, OG, Furman

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n19.

nTyrie Adams, QB, Western Carolina

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n18.

nP.J. Blazejowski, QB, Furman

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n17.

nIsaiah Buehler, DE, Mercer

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n16.

nAndy Schumpert, TE, Furman

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n15.

nDevin Watson, CB, Wofford

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n14.

nShaheed Salmon, LB, Samford

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n13.

nTerryon Robinson, WR, Western Carolina

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n12.

nLucas Webb, S, Chattanooga

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n11.

nOmari Williams, CB, Samford

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n10.

nMarvin Tillman, S, Western Carolina

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n9.

nTyler Davis, OG, The Citadel

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n8.

nKelvin McKnight, WR, Samford

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n7.

nLee Bennett, LB, Mercer

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n6.

nMiles Brown, DT, Wofford

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n5.

nDetrez Newsome, RB, Western Carolina

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n4.

nRoss Demmel, OT, Wofford

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n3.

nDevlin Hodges, QB, Samford

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n2.

nMatthew Schmidt, C, Furman

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n1.

nAhmad Gooden, DE, Samford

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Jim Johnson – Editor of Southern Pigskin, Producer of “Three & Out”, and host of “Explosive Recruiting” on the Southern Pigskin Radio Network.nE-mail: [email protected]: @JimJohnsonSP


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