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By Jim Johnson
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Ranking the best 100 players in the Sun Belt Conference based only on their play throughout the 2017-18 season
For the past two years, I’ve ranked the top 100 players from each of Southern Pigskin’s three FBS conferences — the ACC, SEC, and Sun Belt — 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 the 100 bestSun Beltplayers from the 2017-18 campaign, based solely on their performance over that stretch: (the list will be updated 20 at a time over the course of this week)
100. |
Wesley Fields, RB, Georgia Southern |
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99. |
Thomas Hennigan, WR, Appalachian State |
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98. |
Bryan London, LB, Texas State |
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97. |
Chase Rogers, TE, Louisiana |
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96. |
Marterious Allen, DE, Georgia State |
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95. |
Aaron Brewer, OT, Texas State |
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94. |
Caleb Fuller, DL, Appalachian State |
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93. |
Frank Sutton Jr., OG, ULM |
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92. |
Michael Shaw, LB, Georgia State |
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91. |
A.J. Howard, Appalachian State |
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90. |
RJ Turner, WR, ULM |
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89. |
Grant Horst, OT, Louisiana |
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88. |
Devan Stringer, LB, Appalachian State |
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87. |
Conner Manning, QB, Georgia State |
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86. |
Caleb Evans, QB, ULM |
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85. |
Joe Dillon, DE, Louisiana |
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84. |
Caleb Caston, DL, Arkansas State |
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83. |
Tyler Rogers, QB, New Mexico State |
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82. |
Tracy Walker, S, Louisiana |
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81. |
Tristan Crowder, OG, Troy |
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80. |
Shane Johnson, LB, Coastal Carolina |
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79. |
Darian Mills, CB, South Alabama |
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78. |
Jamal Stadom, DT, Troy |
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77. |
Sloan Spiller, TE, ULM |
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76. |
Cole Prudhomme, C, Louisiana |
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75. |
Marcus Jones, CB, Troy |
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74. |
Gabe Schrade, TE, Texas State |
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73. |
Marcus Williamson, DE, Coastal Carolina |
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72. |
Warren Wand, RB, Arkansas State |
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71. |
Kris Weatherspoon, S, Troy |
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70. |
Chandon Sullivan, CB, Georgia State |
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69. |
Deondre Douglas, WR, Troy |
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68. |
Trey Payne, LB, Georgia State |
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67. |
Noah Johnson, OG, Idaho |
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66. |
Logan Hunt, DL, Georgia Southern |
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65. |
Jamarius Way, WR, South Alabama |
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64. |
Ronheen Bingham, DE, Arkansas State |
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63. |
J.L. Gaston, OT, Troy |
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62. |
Johnston White, RB, Arkansas State |
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61. |
Jerome Smith, CB, Georgia State |
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60. |
Chris Murray, WR, Arkansas State |
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59. |
Deontae Crumitie, C, Troy |
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58. |
Easy Anyama, DE, Texas State |
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57. |
Baron Poole II, DT, Troy |
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56. |
Kyle Wilson, LB, Arkansas State |
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55. |
Osharmar Abercrombie, RB, Coastal Carolina |
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54. |
Shamarious Gilmore, OG, Georgia State |
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53. |
Ike Lewis, WR, Appalachian State |
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52. |
Aaron Duckworth, RB, Idaho |
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51. |
Dalton Herrington, LB, New Mexico State |
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50. |
Ryheem Malone, WR, Louisiana |
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49. |
Jason Huntley, RB, New Mexico State |
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48. |
Marcus Green, WR, ULM |
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47. |
Jamin Smith, C, New Mexico State |
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46. |
Frankie Griffin, LB, Texas State |
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45. |
Robert Hunt, OG, Louisiana |
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44. |
Cedarius Rookard, S, Troy |
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43. |
Lanard Bonner, OT, Arkansas State |
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42. |
Malcolm Williams, WR, Coastal Carolina |
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41. |
Cedric Wilcots, DE, New Mexico State |
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40. |
Vic Johnson, OT, Appalachian State |
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39. |
Terrill Hanks, LB, New Mexico State |
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38. |
Justin McInnis, WR, Arkansas State |
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37. |
Steven Rowzee, OT, Troy |
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36. |
Blaise Taylor, CB, Arkansas State |
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35. |
Hunter Reese, LB, Troy |
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34. |
Kirk Kelley, OG, Troy |
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33. |
Alfonso Onunwor, WR, Idaho |
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32. |
Brandon Silvers, QB, Troy |
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31. |
Colby Gossett, OG, Appalachian State |
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30. |
Trey Ragas, RB, Louisiana |
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29. |
Blace Brown, CB, Troy |
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28. |
Kevon Perry, DT, Louisiana |
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27. |
Noah Fisher, OT, South Alabama |
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26. |
Jordan Chunn, RB, Troy |
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25. |
Ron LaForce, S, New Mexico State |
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24. |
Justice Hansen, QB, Arkansas State |
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23. |
Trevon Sanders, DT, Troy |
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22. |
Kaden Elliss, LB, Idaho |
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21. |
Jaypee Philbert, OT, Arkansas State |
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20. |
Shamad Lomax, CB, New Mexico State |
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19. |
Justin Clifton, S, Arkansas State |
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18. |
Tae Hayes, CB, Appalachian State |
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17. |
Tron Folsom, LB, Troy |
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16. |
Larry Rose III, New Mexico State |
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15. |
Kevin Dotson, OG, Louisiana |
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14. |
Taylor Lamb, QB, Appalachian State |
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13. |
Monquavion Brinson, Georgia Southern |
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12. |
Eric Boggs, LB, Appalachian State |
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11. |
Clifton Duck, CB, Appalachian State |
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10. |
Blake Mack, TE, Arkansas State |
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9. |
Tony Lashley, LB, Idaho |
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8. |
Jalin Moore, RB, Appalachian State |
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7. |
Jaleel Scott, WR, New Mexico State |
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6. |
Aikeem Coleman, DE, Idaho |
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5. |
Beau Nunn, OT, Appalachian State |
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4. |
Jeremy Reaves, S, South Alabama |
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3. |
Penny Hart, WR, Georgia State |
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2. |
Tee Sims, DL, Appalachian State |
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JaVon Rolland-Jones, DE, Arkansas State |
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