As always, a maximum of 2 players per program at Honorable Mention, which we rank first. (That rule is why the “List” won’t feature Jordan Watkins, for example, despite becoming the 2nd SEC Player this season to score 5 touchdowns in a game last week in Ole Miss’ blowout win over Arkansas. Still, what an accomplishment for Mr. Watkins.) Alabama: Ryan Williams, WR; Kadyn Proctor, OL. Arkansas: Patrick Kutas, OL; Andrew Armstrong, WR. Auburn: Jalen McLeod, DL; Jarquez Hunter, RB. Florida: Jake Slaughter, C; Jeremy Crawshaw, P. Georgia: Brett Thorson, P; CJ Allen, LB. Kentucky: Jamon Dumas-Johnson, LB, D’Eryk Jackson, LB. LSU: Bradyn Swinson, Edge; Will Campbell, OT. Mississippi State: Isaac Smith, S. Missouri: Corey Flagg Jr., LB; Armand Membou, OT. Oklahoma: Robert Spears-Jennings, S; Eli Bowen, CB. Ole Miss: Tre Harris, WR; Suntarine Perkins, DL. South Carolina: Dylan Stewart, Edge; Raheim Sanders, RB. Tennessee: Cooper Mays, C; James Pearce Jr., Edge. Texas: Kelvin Banks, OT; Jahdae Barron, DB. Texas A&M: Shemar Stewart, DL; Le’Veon Moss, RB. Vanderbilt: Jesse Mirco, P; CJ Taylor, S. 10. Michael Taaffe, DB (Texas) Texas had a bye to prepare for Florida’s visit to Austin on Saturday. Taaffe ranks 3rd on the nation’s top-ranked defense in tackles this season with 39 and is tied for 2nd in pass breakups with 4. He grades out as one of college football’s best safeties for a defense that ranks 2nd in pass defense success rate. 9. Whit Weeks, LB (LSU) Weeks has gobbled up a team-high 74 tackles for LSU this season, ranking 5th in the SEC in that category. The LSU linebacker also has 3 sacks, a forced fumble and an interception for a LSU defense that enters the Alabama game ranked 35th in SP+ defense and 40th in defensive success rate. Those numbers might seem modest, but they are a vast improvement over last year’s generationally bad LSU defense and Weeks, a ball-hawking tackling machine, is at the center of that improvement. 8. Jihaad Campbell, LB (Alabama) Alabama had a bye last week to prepare for Saturday’s rivalry tilt at LSU. Campbell leads Alabama in tackles, ranks 2nd in tackles for loss (6.5), and grades out as the best player on an improving Alabama defense, per PFF. All-American honors are very much possible with a strong finish to the campaign. 7. Kyle Kennard, Edge (South Carolina) Kennard had 4 pressures, 4 hurries, 2 quarterback hits and 3 tackles in South Carolina’s 44-20 blowout win over Texas A&M. On the season, Kennard has 30 pressures and 8.5 sacks, good for 2nd in the SEC in both categories. The Gamecocks rank 2nd in the SEC in quarterback pressures and sacks as a team as well — a huge reason they stand on the precipice of bowl eligibility entering Week 11. 6. Jaxson Dart, QB (Ole Miss) Dart played his best game of the season on Saturday in Ole Miss’ 63-31 decimation of Arkansas in Fayetteville. The senior quarterback threw for 515 yards and 6 touchdowns. His touchdown total matched his incompletions. Dart has yet to deliver against a great team this season, but will get another opportunity on Saturday when No. 3 Georgia visits Oxford. Dart leads the SEC with 3,210 yards passing and he ranks 2nd in completion percentage, behind only Florida’s Graham Mertz. 5. Nick Emmanwori, S (South Carolina) The Gamecocks’ star graded out lower than he has all year in South Carolina’s rout of No. 10 Texas A&M. But he did pick up a tackle for loss and he continues to grade out as the best coverage safety in college football, per PFF. Emmanwori continues to lead the SEC in interceptions (4) and he has yet to allow a completion in coverage of 20 yards or more, a staggering accomplishment for a safety. He was named a Thorpe Award semifinalist last week. 4. Princely Umanmielen, Edge (Ole Miss) Umanmielen earned SEC defensive lineman of the week honors for the 2nd time this season with 2 sacks, a fumble recovery and defensive touchdown in the Rebels’ rout of Arkansas. TJ Dottery : 6 tackles, 2.5 for loss, 2 sacks & a forced fumble JJ Pegues : 5 tackles; 2 carries for 3 yards & a TD (6th rushing TD this season) Princely Umanmielen : 3 tackles, 2 sacks & a fumble recovery in the endzone for a touchdown pic.twitter.com/o6FVCHGU4e