The SEC season is right around the corner, which means it finally might be time to talk some numbers and stats instead of lawsuits and chaos. Here’s one number to know for every SEC school heading into the season.
Alabama – 7
Alabama has just seven scholarship seniors on their roster this year. That’s the fewest of any team in the SEC.
Arkansas – 3rd
New head coach Ryan Silverfield never finished higher than a tie for third in the American Conference as the head coach at Memphis.
Auburn – 13
Arkansas brought in 13 transfers from Alex Golesh’s previous school, South Florida. Weirdly enough, that was the exact number of transfers Curt Cignetti brought with him from James Madison to Indiana two years before winning a national championship.
Florida – 51
Florida returns 51% of their total snaps from a season ago. That includes 63% on defense.
Georgia – 9
Georgia brought in only nine transfer players this offseason. No one else in the SEC brought in less than 16.
Kentucky – 14
Kentucky brought in 29 players from the transfer portal including 20 players from Power Four schools. That also includes 14 players from SEC schools and several former highly ranked recruits.
LSU – 3
LSU is one of three SEC teams that reportedly has a $40 million roster along with Texas and Texas A&M. There are only seven in all of FBS.
Mississippi State – 3
Mississippi State lost three one score games a season ago including two ranked teams in overtime.
Missouri – 43
Missouri lost 43% of their overall production for sacks, tackles for loss and pressures from a season ago.
Oklahoma – 6
Oklahoma returns six offensive lineman with at least six starts.
Ole Miss – 5
Ole Miss returns two of the best offensive players in America at running back and quarterback, but they lose five of their top six pass catchers from a season ago.
South Carolina – 79
South Carolina added a combined 79 years of college experience in the transfer portal this offseason through their 26 players.
Tennessee – 1,000
Tennessee returns a 1,000 yard rusher for the first time in ten years.
Texas – 4
Texas has four potential first rounders in the first 12 picks of next year’s NFL Draft according to ESPN’s way too early mock draft.
Texas A&M – 177
Texas A&M had the most veteran offensive line in the country last year with 177 combined starts amongst their five starters. They lost four of those five starters from last year’s team.
Vanderbilt – $2 million
Vanderbilt will pay $2 million dollars to a second string quarterback despite being the only five star recruit they’ve ever signed in program history.
