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This comes to no surprise to critics of the conference, but quarterback is an enormous need in the SEC in 2016.
The good news: Chad Kelly and Joshua Dobbs return, Alabama, Auburn and Texas A&M could display some new talent and the 2016 quarterback class has a chance to be special.
Beyond that, there are a lot of SEC West teams with questions at offensive line. Judging by our team-by-team look, those are the two biggest areas of concern across the conference entering spring practice in a few weeks.
We’ve listed every team’s top concern this offseason. If you want to delve deeper on a particular team, we’ve included links to each of our analysis articles as well.
It won’t be long before we start to get a grasp on how teams will resolve these concerns, as SEC spring practice starts this month.
SEC EAST
- Florida: Quarterback
- Georgia: Linebacker
- Kentucky: Quarterback
- Missouri: Quarterback
- South Carolina: Defensive line
- Tennessee: Passing game
- Vanderbilt: Passing game
SEC WEST
- Alabama: Offensive line
- Arkansas: Offensive line
- Auburn: Quarterback
- LSU: Quarterback
- Mississippi State: Replacing Dak Prescott
- Ole Miss: Offensive line
- Texas A&M: Offensive line
An itinerant journalist, Christopher has moved between states 11 times in seven years. Formally an injury-prone Division I 800-meter specialist, he now wanders the Rockies in search of high peaks.
