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Published Jul 24, 2020
Ranking UK running backs against the SEC
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Justin Rowland  •  CatsIllustrated
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With the scheduled season only weeks away Cats Illustrated's football content kicks into high gear.

We're previewing the Wildcats, the competition, and the season from a variety of angles.

In this new series we'll rank every Kentucky position group against their peer units across the Southeastern Conference.

We've covered the quarterbacks. Now the running backs.

Justin RowlandJeff DrummondTravis Graf

1. Alabama

1. Alabama

1. Alabama

2. Mississippi State

2. Arkansas

2. Mississippi State

3. Arkansas

3. Mississippi State

3. Kentucky

4. Georgia

4. Georgia

4. Arkansas

5. Texas A&M

5. LSU

5. Missouri

6. LSU

6. Kentucky

6. Texas A&M

7. Kentucky

7. Missouri

7. Georgia

8. Missouri

8. Ole Miss

8. Tennessee

9. Ole Miss

9. Texas A&M

9. Ole Miss

10. Missouri

10. Auburn

10. LSU

11. Florida

11. Tennessee

11. Auburn

12. Tennessee

12. Florida

12. Florida

13. South Carolina

13. Vanderbilt

13. South Carolina

14. Vanderbilt

14. South Carolina

14. Vanderbilt

As usual the SEC has an impressive assortment of running backs looking ahead to the 2020 season.

While UGA's D'Andre Swift and LSU's Clyde Edwards-Helaire are gone, star backs like Alabama's Najee Harris, Mississippi State's Kylin Hill and Arkansas' Rakeem Boyd return to headline the league's backs.

Missouri's Larry Rountree returns for a senior year and has had an impressive collegiate career so far. Kentucky's backfield is about a three-headed threat between AJ Rose, Kavosiey Smoke, and Chris Rodriguez.

Lane Kiffin has been very successful with running backs so the forecast is good for Jerrion Ealy in Oxford. UGA has young back Zamir White.

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