Manziel, Mason, Clowney lead crowd of SEC Juniors Going To The NFL

So here’s your list of junior SEC college football players going pro this year. We’ll miss you, juniors!!

ALABAMA

Ha Ha Clinton-Dix (S), Adrian Hubbard (OLB), Cyrus Kouandjio (OT) and Jeoffrey Pagan (DE)

ARKANSAS

None

AUBURN

Tre Mason (RB), Greg Robinson (OT)

FLORIDA

Ronald Powell (LB), Loucheiz Purifoy (CB), Marcus Roberson (CB)

GEORGIA

None

KENTUCKY

None

LSU

Odell Beckham Jr (WR), Jarvis Landry (WR), Anthony  Johnson (DT), Ego Ferguson (DT)

MISSISSIPPI STATE

None

MISSOURI

Kony Ealy (DE), Henry Josey (RB)

OLE MISS

Donte Moncrief (WR)

SOUTH CAROLINA

Jadeveon Clowney (DE), Kelcy Quarles (DT), Bruce Ellington (WR), Vic Hampton (CB)

TENNESSEE

Antonio Richardson (OT)

TEXAS A&M

Johnny Manziel (QB), Mike Evans (WR)

VANDERBILT 

Chris Boyd  (WR) (although Boyd was thrown off the team earlier  this season)

BOTTOM LINE: We’re mixed in our thoughts about whether these juniors should have stayed in college. Evans, Landry and Beckham were NFL-ready wide receivers. You can’t argue that. We’re not hugely sure about Moncrief. Anthony Johnson at LSU was only a ‘freak’ by nickname only….he was one of the biggest disappointments of the 2013 season in a poor LSU defense. But Ego Ferguson was pretty immense, and he’s NFL-ready. Manziel? We still think – because of some of his decision-making during games that have cost fumbles and interceptions – that Manziel needed another year at Texas A&M, but maybe that’s just because we loved seeing the kid in college football. Oh, and Purifoy’s going to be flat-out filthy in the NFL.