Harris did not start a contest in his first two years with the Tide because of the team's depth at the position. He carried the ball just 61 times as a freshman, rushing for 370 yards (6.1 per) and three scores, and caught six passes for 45 yards (7.5 per) for the national champions. Harris nearly doubled his workload as a sophomore with 117 totes for 783 yards (6.7 per) and four touchdowns (four catches for seven yards receiving). Harris was suspended for the first quarter of the 2019 season opener, reportedly for missing a team function. He started the other 12 games of his junior year, garnering second-team All-SEC honors by covering 1,224 yards and scoring 13 times on 209 carries (5.9 per) while also catching 27 passes for 304 yards (11.3 per) and seven touchdowns. Harris eschewed the NFL to return to Alabama in 2020, helping the Tide win another national title and also winning the Doak Walker Award as the nation's top back as well as first-team All-SEC honors. He ranked second in the FBS with 251 carries, third with 1,466 yards, and he topped all backs with 26 touchdowns on the ground. He also scored four times as a receiver (43-425-9.9) to lead the nation in TDs. Harris also set school career records with 57 total scores, 3,843 rushing yards, and 46 rushing touchdowns. The 13-game starter won the SEC Championship Game MVP award (31-178, two TDs rushing; 5-67, 3 TDs receiving) and scored three times (22-79, two TDs rushing: 7-79, one TD receiving) in the national title game before accepting an invitation to the Senior Bowl. This success was not a surprise, given that he was the No. 1 recruit in the country and the Bobby Dodd National High School Running Back of the Year as a senior (2,776 yards, 36 TDs) at Antioch High School in California. -- by Chad Reuter

Freiermuth (pronounced fry-er-mewth), a four-star recruit, was a three-time Boston Herald All-Star at Brooks School, earning New England Preparatory School Athletic Council Class C Player of the Year honors as a senior. He garnered honorable mention All-Big Ten and Freshman All-American honors in his first year with the Nittany Lions, finishing second among all FBS tight ends with eight scores (26 receptions, 368 yards, 14.2 average in 13 games with nine starts). He rightly felt snubbed after not being named as one of the John Mackey Award (top TE) semifinalists during the 2019 season. He was still a second-team All-Big Ten selection and Penn State's Most Valuable Offensive Player, however, catching 43 passes for 507 yards (11.8 per) and seven TDs in 13 starts. Freiermuth's 2020 campaign was cut short after four starts due to injury, but he was still named first-team All-Big Ten by league coaches (23 receptions, 310 yards, 13.5 average, one TD) and set a school record for tight ends with 16 career touchdowns. -- by Chad Reuter

Green stayed in-state as a four-star recruit and first-team all-state defensive tackle from Peoria. He switched from defense to offense during his 2017 redshirt season, adding 30 pounds in the process. Green started all 12 games at left guard the following year, and then began all 13 games in 2019 (12 at left guard, bowl game at center to replace the injured Doug Kramer). He was a first-team All-Big Ten selection as a junior, starting eight games on the year (three at center, five at left guard). -- by Chad Reuter

Moore was a three-star recruit as a guard coming out of West Brook High School in Beaumont, Texas. In his true freshman season with the Aggies, however, he played in eight games with one start at right tackle. Moore switched to the left tackle position for his sophomore year, starting all 13 games. He repeated that feat in his junior campaign, and then notched second-team All-SEC honors after starting all 10 contests for A&M at that spot in 2020. He accepted an invitation to the Senior Bowl. -- by Chad Reuter

Devodrick "Buddy" Johnson did a bit of everything for Dallas' Kimball High School as a senior, earning first-team all-district honors at linebacker but also leading the team in rushing and receiving, as well as playing some quarterback. The four-star prospect played in 12 games as a reserve in 2017 (20 tackles, 1.5 for loss) and 2018 (27 tackles, five for loss). In his junior campaign, Johnson led A&M with 77 tackles, 9.5 for loss, with one sack in 13 starts. He paced the squad in tackles again as a senior, posting 86 (8.5 for loss with four sacks) while also intercepting a pass (which he returned for a score), breaking up three others and forcing two fumbles in 10 starts. His mother gave her son his nickname because she thought he resembled the "Buddy Lee" character from the Lee blue jeans commercials when he was a toddler. -- by Chad Reuter

Loudermilk played eight-man football in Kansas growing up, earning first-team all-state honors in that sport as well as basketball during his time at West Elk High School. As a redshirt freshman at Wisconsin, he contributed as a backup in 11 games (11 tackles, 1.5 sacks) while missing three due to injury. He struggled with knee and ankle problems in 2018 (15 tackles, 2.5 for loss with one sack, three pass breakups), but started six of nine games played. Loudermilk started all 14 games as a junior, garnering honorable mention All-Big Ten honors with 24 tackles, five for loss with three sacks, five pass breakups and two forced fumbles. He was an honorable mention selection in 2020, as well (13 tackles, 2.5 for loss with two sacks in six starts). His father, Carteze, played football at Independence Community College and Creighton. -- by Chad Reuter

Miami landed one of the top graduate transfers of 2020 when Roche (pronounced roe-SHAY) moved from Temple to Miami. He started 10 games for the Hurricanes (sat out the bowl game), receiving third-team All-ACC notice. Roche tied for eighth in the FBS with 14.5 tackles for loss (with 4.5 sacks, 45 total tackles) and tied for third with three fumble recoveries (also forcing two). He accepted an invitation to the Senior Bowl. Roche was coming off an excellent junior season, when he was named the American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year and first-team all-conference by ranking eighth in the FBS with 13 sacks and tying for 10th with 19 tackles for loss (among 49 total stops, also making six pass breakups in 13 games, 12 starts). Roche was awarded a single-digit jersey, a big honor for the Owls, midway through the year due to his play. This success was not a surprise, however, as he started five of 13 games played the previous season (57 tackles, nine for loss, with six sacks) and contributed as a redshirt freshman in 2017 (31 tackles, 11.5 for loss, seven sacks, team-high three forced fumbles in 13 appearances). -- by Chad Reuter

Norwood took on a major role for the Sooners as a true freshman, playing in all 14 games with five starts (30 tackles, eight pass breakups) just one year after starring at Northside High School in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He started all 14 games as a sophomore (58 tackles, two for loss, one interception, six pass breakups), but then missed the following fall because of a preseason injury. Norwood was ready to go in 2020, tying for third in the FBS with five interceptions (one returned for a score). The honorable mention All-Big 12 selection was also credited with 23 tackles and seven pass breakups in 11 games (five starts). He accepted an invitation to the Senior Bowl. -- by Chad Reuter

The South Carolina product was a top-five punter recruit nationally, so it was no surprise that he took over starting duties as a true freshman in 2017 to earn third-team All-ACC honors (44.1-yard average, 15 fair catches on 50 punts, 16 inside 20, one touchback). Harvin was a second-team all-conference pick in 2018, and would have led the ACC in punting average but did not punt often enough (41.3-yard avg., seven fair catches on 35 punts, 14 inside the 20 against two touchbacks). He averaged 44.8 yards on 80 punts (significantly larger number of punts was a biproduct of moving out of the triple-option offense with head coach Paul Johnson's retirement) in 2019 (22 fair catches, 18 inside the 20 against seven touchbacks). Harvin won the Ray Guy Award and was named first-team Associated Press All-American and first-team All-ACC as a senior after he led the FBS by averaging 48 yards per punt. He forced 21 fair catches on 45 punts, placed 18 inside the 20 yard-line with just three touchbacks. -- by Chad Reuter