College Fantasy Football player rankings debut with tons of SEC players featured

Fantasy football isn’t just something for the NFL. If you weren’t aware, college fantasy football has been around for a while, too. It’s a market Yahoo! Sports is eager to advertise for the coming season and has got our interest after debuting the initial individual player rankings for the 2018 season on Thursday.

In this version of college fantasy football, members can select players from 65 schools — every Power 5 program plus Notre Dame. Rosters consist of 15 players, 1 QB, 2 RBs, 2 WRs, 1 TE, 1 FLEX, 1 K, 1 Defense and 6 bench players.

Here are the SEC players featured among the highest ranked prospects in Yahoo! Sports’ debut player rankings — the numbers indicate position rankings in the nation:

Quarterback

• #4 — Nick Fitzgerald, Mississippi State
• #5 — Drew Lock, Missouri
• #7 — Jordan Ta’amu, Ole Miss
• #21 — Jarrett Stidham, Auburn
• #27 — Jake Bentley, South Carolina
• #28 — Jake Fromm, Georgia
• #29 — Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama
• #30 — Kyle Shurmur, Vanderbilt
• #32 — Jalen Hurts, Alabama
• #51 — Joe Burrow, LSU
• #52 — Nick Starkel, Texas A&M

Running Back

• #8 — D’Andre Swift, Georgia
• #9 — Benny Snell, Kentucky
• #15 — Trayveon Williams, Texas A&M
• #16 — Aeris Williams, Mississippi State
• #18 — Damien Harris, Alabama
• #26 — Kam Martin, Auburn
• #34 — Damarea Crockett, Missouri
• #41 — Clyde Edwards-Helaire, LSU
• #45 — Jordan Scarlett, Florida
• #49 — Devwah Whaley, Arkansas

Receiver

• #1 — A.J. Brown, Ole Miss
• #17 — Ryan Davis, Auburn
• #20 — Emanuel Hall, Missouri
• #22 — DaMarkus Lodge, Ole Miss
• #27 — Bryan Edwards, South Carolina
• #28 — Jerry Jeudy, Alabama
• #29 — Terry Godwin, Georgia
• #32 — Johnathon Johnson, Missouri
• #34 — Deebo Samuel, South Carolina
• #35 — D.K. Metcalf, Ole Miss
• #37 — Henry Ruggs III, Alabama

Tight End

• #1 — Albert Okwuegbunam, Missouri
• #12 — Dawson Knox, Ole Miss
• #15 — Jace Sternberger, Texas A&M
• #18 — Farrod Green, Mississippi State
• #19 — Isaac Nauta, Georgia
• #22 — Foster Moreau, LSU
• #29 — Irv Smith Jr., Alabama

Defense

• #1 — Alabama
• #4 — Georgia
• #8 — Auburn
• #11 — LSU
• #19 — Mississippi State
• #23 — South Carolina

Michael Wayne Bratton

A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com