Remember when people thought Mike Hartline was incapable of running the Kentucky football offense?

Those days quickly disappeared this fall when Hartline had by far his best collegiate season for UK. Hartline threw for 3,178 yards and 23 touchdowns en route to the Cats’ fifth straight bowl game.

His turnaround season was good enough to warrant the honor as one of the Southeastern Conference’s most improved players, according to ESPN blogger Chris Low. Hartline was tabbed one of 10 players alongside fellow UK senior Chris Matthews.

Here is what Low had to say about both:

7. Kentucky senior quarterback Mike Hartline: The suspension for the bowl game was unfortunate, but it doesn’t diminish what was a brilliant senior season for Hartline. He’d been plagued by inconsistency throughout much of his career and had the knee injury as a junior, but passed for 3,178 yards and 23 touchdowns while completing 66.2 percent of his passes this season. 8. Kentucky senior receiver Chris Matthews: In his first season at Kentucky after coming over from junior college, Matthews showed flashes. But this season, he emerged as one of the most productive receivers in the league. He was second only to South Carolina’s Alshon Jeffery with six touchdown catches against SEC competition.