NFL.com's Top 14 Impact Freshmen for 2014

The NFL.com recently named 14 impact freshmen, both true and redshirt freshmen, for the 2014 college football season, and 5 players from the SEC were included on the list.

It's no surprise that LSU freshmen Leonoard Fournette came in at No. 1.

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1. RB Leonard Fournette, LSU
Size: 6-1, 225 pounds. Freshman status: True. Why he’ll make his mark early: Just weeks before the nation’s No. 1 running back recruit signed with the Tigers in February, his path to playing time cleared in a major way as LSU running backs Jeremy Hill and Alfred Blue both declared early NFL draft eligibility. If the remaining competition beats Fournette out for a starting role this year, it will be to just about every LSU fan’s surprise. At 225 pounds, the powerful five-star recruit had offers from every major program in the country. Left to battle the incoming phenom is veteran reserve Kenny Hilliard, the nephew of former Tigers and New Orleans Saints running back Dalton Hilliard.

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Complete List:
1. RB Leonard Fournette, LSU
2. CB Mackensie Alexander, Clemson
3. LB Matthew Thomas, Florida State
4. LB Raekwon McMillan, Ohio State
5. DB Jabrill Peppers, Michigan
6. CB Tony Brown, Alabama
7. S Marcus Ball, Arizona State
8. OT Cameron Robinson, Alabama
9. RB Joe Mixon, Oklahoma
10. WR Ricky Seals-Jones, Texas A&M
11. CB Jalen Tabor, Florida
12. QB Kevin Olsen, Miami
13. OL Darius James, Texas
14. CB Jermaine Kelly, Washington