The SEC’s co-leaders in interceptions last season return, but otherwise, there is a lot of transition in the defensive backfields. Still, there’s enough familiar names from last season, as about half of the players with at least ten passes defended return to the fold.
1. LSU. The Tigers’ pass defense last year was fourth in yards/attempt and second in passer rating allowed, and it was primarily the responsibility of the secondary, which had more interceptions than TDs allowed and being the only SEC defense to notch a pass defense on over 20 percent of each 100 attempts.