58° CLOUDY, SEC's best players — No. 9 Brandon Spikes
Last Modified: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 11:13 p.m.
No. 9 — Brandon Spikes
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- SEC's Best Players — No. 3 Percy Harvin
- SEC's Best Players — No. 4 Eric Berry
- SEC's best players — No. 6 Andre Smith
- SEC's best players — No. 7 Tyson Jackson
- SEC's best players — No. 8 Greg Hardy, Ole Miss
- SEC's best players — No. 10 Arian Foster
- SEC's best players — No. 11 Geno Atkins
- SEC's best players — No. 12 Kenny McKinley
- SEC's best players — No. 13 Derek Pegues
- SEC's best — No. 14 Ricky Jean-Francois
- SEC's best players — No. 15 Anthony Parker
- SEC's best players — No. 16 Jasper Brinkley
- SEC's best players — No. 18 Eric Norwood
- SEC's best players — No. 17 D.J. Moore
- SEC's best players — No. 19 Cornelius Ingram
- SEC's best players — No. 20 Captain Munnerlyn
- SEC's best players — No. 21 Ben Tate
- SEC's best players — No. 22 Anthony Dixon
- SEC's best players — No. 23 Michael Oher
- SEC's best players — No. 24 Jeremy Jarmon
- SEC's best players — No. 25 Rico McCoy
Florida junior middle linebacker
Why he's No. 9: Spikes ranked second in the conference with 131 total tackles as a sophomore en route to being named first-team All-SEC. This member of UF's Leadership Committee also looked his most comfortable during spring practice, making plays all over the field while also directing teammates.
Key number: 1. As in 2009 first-round NFL draft projection. Scout.com lists Spikes as the No. 32 rated prospect (which, if held to form, would make him the final pick of the opening round), but adds he has "top-15 potential if he has a big junior year." Foxsports.com, among others, also lists Spikes as a first-rounder. Also, on his first-ever snap as a collegian (against Southern Miss in 2006) made a tackle.
Fun fact: Wore a much-discussed (and photographed) pink suit on the plane ride to the 2006 BCS title game in Arizona. The outfit was made by his mother.
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