Can you name the top 25 college football players of all time?

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#9
About half my problem was I forgot there was a letter C in "Herschel".
 
#12
#12
I got 19.

Epic fail for Woodson being number 11 and I am honestly surprised that Tebow wasn't on the list. I don't think he should be, just surprised that ESPN didn't put him on there.
 
#13
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utvol0427 said:
I got 19.

Epic fail for Woodson being number 11 and I am honestly surprised that Tebow wasn't on the list. I don't think he should be, just surprised that ESPN didn't put him on there.
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It is absolutely retarded that Woodson is on that list over someone like Ronnie Lott. Other portions of the list are equally ridiculous, but that one jumped out.
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BigPapaVol said:
It is absolutely retarded that Woodson is on that list over someone like Ronnie Lott. Other portions of the list are equally ridiculous, but that one jumped out.
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Vince Young's presence on that list is far more ridiculous than Charles Woodson's.
 
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hatvol96 said:
Vince Young's presence on that list is far more ridiculous than Charles Woodson's.
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Young is on that list for his NC game win over USC. Woodson is on it because ESPN won him the Heisman. Both are ridiculous.
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#16
#16
It seems like they really wanted to reward big winners, but then they also put John Elway on there.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
Young is on that list for his NC game win over USC. Woodson is on it because ESPN won him the Heisman. Both are ridiculous.
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Charles Woodson was an elite player from the tome he stepped on campus in Ann Arbor. Vince Young had one good season.
 
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kptvol said:
It seems like they really wanted to reward big winners, but then they also put John Elway on there.
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Elway had his moments in college, i.e. passing Oklahoma silly once, but he was far from a great college player.
 
#22
#22
21. Harmon, Baugh, Nevers, and Green were the ones I missed. I actually only got 18, but then I just started typing in names of famous players and I got three more.
 
#23
#23
24; I couldn't remember Hugh Green (I was thinking Bill Fralic; that's just the OL in me).

I'm with hatvol (partially) on this one. Vince Young has no business being on the list; he had a couple of terrific bowl games and one superb season, but we're talking about the best of all-time here. When you get into that lofty strata, it's basically a matter of choosing which three-year or four-year legend to put into a particular spot. Putting Young up there as basically the #3 quarterback in college history is absolutely insane.

Basically, here's what the breakdown would look like using this list.
#1 QB -- Sammy Baugh
#2 QB -- Roger Staubach
#3 QB -- Vince Young
#4 QB -- John Elway

Then you start getting into the differences between a modern-type QB, a single-wing tailback (which Baugh was, although he passed a ton more than he ran), and a modern-type halfback.

#1 DB (CB) -- Charles Woodson

#1 DL (DE) -- Hugh Green

#1 LB -- Dick Butkus

#1 WR -- Johnny Rodgers

I don't even know where to begin with the list as a whole. Rodgers certainly has a case for being the #1 receiver and Green for #1 defensive lineman. Butkus...I don't know. I think there's a lot of hype and legend that clouds the real picture. And Woodson as the greatest DB in college history is laughable. From the last 25 years alone (off the top of my head), I'd rather have Deion Sanders, Rod Woodson, Champ Bailey, or Jamar Fletcher.

If you want to go back a little bit further, there's Kenny Easley and Ronnie Lott, there's Jack Tatum, and there's George Webster.
 
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