SEC+3's Countdown to Kickoff: #4 and #3

 

 

SEC Football starts this week with South Carolina playing Vanderbilt in Nashville to kickoff the SEC schedule Thursday Sept. 1. Be sure to follow us on Twitter @GSL_SECPlus3 and @griffaldo for updates. You can also follow the blog by liking our Facebook page and clicking the "follow" button in the upper right corner of your screen.

 

 

Our countdown today includes a couple running backs from Alabama:

 

 

#4 TJ Yeldon, RB, Alabama

 

 

Yeldon was part of a recent lineage of dominant Alabama running backs. His 37 rushing touchdowns ranks him No. 16 all-time in SEC history. Check out this incredible 68-yard touchdown run by Yeldon against Ole Miss in 2013:

 

 



#3 Trent Richardson, RB, Alabama

Richardson was another one of Nick Saban's running back monsters. Richardson was the 2011 SEC Offensive Player of the Year and won the Doak Walker award that year as well. He also finished third in the Heisman voting for his tremendous season and was a Consensus All-American. His 43 career touchdowns are the No. 14-best in SEC history. In another run against Ole Miss, check out Richardson's incredible juke move that helped him score on a 76-yard touchdown run:



As always, thanks for reading! Be sure to check back for tomorrow's countdown and our first week's picks and predictions! Be sure to check out our first week's guest picker, Justin Hall, and I's podcast talking about an incredible slate of week one games. If you missed any of the countdown, you can find it in the links to the right of the page.

SEC+3's Countdown to Kickoff: #5

Just five days until South Carolina takes on Vanderbilt in Nashville next Thursday. Be sure to follow us on Twitter @GSL_SECPlus3 and @griffaldo for updates. You can also check out our new page on Facebook and follow the blog by clicking the "follow" button on the upper right of your screen.

Our countdown today features one of the best running backs to ever play in the SEC:

Darren McFadden, RB, Arkansas

Simply put: McFadden was a stud his entire career at Arkansas from 2005 to 2007. He finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting in both 2006 and 2007. He was, however, named the SEC Offensive Player of the Year for both the 2006 and 2007 seasons. In the 2006 and 2007 seasons, he won two consecutive Doak Walker Awards and took home the Walter Camp Award in 2007. His 4,590 rushing yards are the second-best all-time in SEC history, which is pretty amazing considering how many carries he split with Felix Jones in the Razorback offense. Check out this amazing 80-yard run McFadden made against bitter rival LSU in 2006:




Be sure to follow the blog as we make our week one SEC picks next Tuesday. If you missed any of the countdown posts, you can find each post on the right side of the page. As always, thanks for reading!

SEC+3's Countdown to Kickoff: #15

15 days separate us from the SEC opener between South Carolina and Vanderbilt in Nashville. Today's countdown pays homage to two of the conferences most popular quarterbacks:

Dak Prescott, QB, Mississippi State

Prescott terrorized SEC defenses from 2012 to 2015. In his four years in Starkville, Prescott scored 111 total touchdowns, which is the fourth-most total in SEC history. His 316 completions in 2015 were the most of any SEC quarterback. Check out some Prescott's best highlights in this video made by YouTube user Lucas Productions:





Tim Tebow, QB, Florida

Perhaps one the most loved or most hated quarterbacks in SEC history, Tebow showed football fans a shade of competitiveness that's rarely, if at all, matched. Tebow was the 2007 Heisman Trophy winner, a two-time Maxwell Award recipient and the 2007 Associated Press Player of the Year.

Tebow's career passing efficiency rating of 170.8 still stands as the best in SEC history. His 145 touchdowns in his career as a Gator also are the most in SEC history. Despite receiving the most first place votes for the 2008 Heisman Trophy, Tebow fell short of both Sam Bradford and Colt McCoy for the award, which would have made him only the second player to ever win the award twice.

Check out some of Tebow's best highlights in a video made by Stevenson Bone below:




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