If you're one of the select few who picked Joe Burrow to emerge from the shadows as college football's best player last fall as a breakout performer, we want to meet you. Projecting LSU's senior quarterback to have the season he did was next to impossible given the fact the Tigers had never run a stylized Air Raid attack with the success seen during an unbeaten run to a national championship.

Is there another Burrow-like campaign we can expect from a returning contributor within the SEC in 2020? 247Sports Director of Scouting Barton Simmons recently combed through the rosters and gathered intel from boots on the ground to pick a player from each team he believes has "rising star potential" as an impact starter.

It's hard to envision any making the noise Burrow did, but most of these guys were highly-recruited prospects and will be counted on to perform this season. For many, we've seen flashes of talent in a limited role with very few coming off a campaign as a three-down player. Keep an eye on these names during spring practice, a pivotal time in adjusting to a starting spot.

Here are the breakout candidate picks from Simmons in the SEC this season: