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ESPN: College football's top 25 players of the 21st century
Posted on 7/29/24 at 4:14 pm
Posted on 7/29/24 at 4:14 pm
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There are about 26 consensus All-Americans per season. Twenty-four different players have won a Heisman since 2000. The one thing guaranteed about college football is that no one stays too long, and there are always new stars.
Are these all excuses for why it's almost impossible to rank the 25 best college football players of the 2000s? Absolutely. But we're going to do it anyway. It's ranking season, after all.
quote:
1. DT Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska
2. QB Baker Mayfield, Texas Tech/Oklahoma
3. QB Cam Newton, Florida/Auburn
4. QB Vince Young, Texas
5. S Ed Reed, Miami
6. QB Tim Tebow, Florida
7. RB Reggie Bush, USC
8. OT Bryant McKinnie, Miami
9. QB Joe Burrow, Ohio State/LSU
10. WR Larry Fitzgerald, Pittsburgh
rest of the list
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Posted on 7/29/24 at 4:23 pm to RLDSC FAN
Derrick Henry not even making the honorable mention.
Posted on 7/29/24 at 4:25 pm to RLDSC FAN
Baker at #2 is laughably bad.
Posted on 7/29/24 at 4:27 pm to RLDSC FAN
I will never fricking understand the Baker hype. He was surrounded by years of Heisman winners better than him and he only made the semi final.
Posted on 7/29/24 at 4:29 pm to Ssubba
quote:
Derrick Henry not even making the honorable mention.
Running backs are almost a dime a dozen and he gets knocked down because of the success of other bama backs (Richardson and Ingram).
Adrian Peterson and Darren McFadden are notable omissions too.
Posted on 7/29/24 at 4:35 pm to RLDSC FAN
quote:I mean cmon… he was good and the position is important but cmon…
8. OT Bryant McKinnie, Miami
Posted on 7/29/24 at 4:43 pm to RLDSC FAN
I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt and say they made that outlandish list because website traffic is down. Or at least that's what I hope because that's laughable.
Posted on 7/29/24 at 4:44 pm to RLDSC FAN
I'm sorry but Reggie fricking Bush is better than Baker Mayfield 
Posted on 7/29/24 at 4:53 pm to RLDSC FAN
Baker Mayfield shouldn’t even be top 10, probably not top 25 either. He was good, but not that great.
Posted on 7/29/24 at 5:02 pm to RLDSC FAN
This may a bit of my Barner bias, but Baker Mayfield ahead of Cam Newton is crazy.
It's crazy to have him above Tebow and Burrow as well.
It's crazy to have him above Tebow and Burrow as well.
Posted on 7/29/24 at 5:02 pm to RLDSC FAN
Baker Mayfield stands out for the wrong reasons. He couldn’t hold the jock of the other top 10 QBs.
Posted on 7/29/24 at 5:04 pm to RLDSC FAN
1. Bush
2. Young
3. Tebow
Everyone else.
2. Young
3. Tebow
Everyone else.
Posted on 7/29/24 at 5:17 pm to RLDSC FAN
And wait till you see #23.
Seriously. It’s Honey Badger.
Seriously. It’s Honey Badger.
Posted on 7/29/24 at 5:20 pm to RLDSC FAN
No Johnny Manziel. List is shite.
Posted on 7/29/24 at 5:55 pm to RLDSC FAN
When I saw Baker Mayfield ranked above Reggie Bush I spit out my drink and laughed. Who the hell came up with this ranking?
Posted on 7/29/24 at 6:06 pm to RLDSC FAN
The list itself wasn’t bad. The order was shite and was inconsistent
Posted on 7/29/24 at 6:06 pm to Ssubba
quote:
Derrick Henry not even making the honorable mention.
Good
Posted on 7/29/24 at 7:15 pm to RLDSC FAN
Not enough DBs.
Patrick Peterson deserves to be on that list. Best man corner in college football in the last 25 years.
Patrick Peterson deserves to be on that list. Best man corner in college football in the last 25 years.
Posted on 7/29/24 at 7:34 pm to RLDSC FAN
Suh was insane in college but I’m not sure about that #1 spot.
Posted on 7/29/24 at 7:35 pm to 632627
Baker shouldn't be that high, but I think he's getting shite on too much in this thread.
He was Big XII freshman offensive POY as a walk-on at Tech, then he transferred to OU without having a scholarship waiting for him, and finished 4th, 3rd, and 1st in Heisman voting in his three seasons with the Sooners.
The guy overachieved with his talent level more than anyone else on the list. He was a great college player.
He was Big XII freshman offensive POY as a walk-on at Tech, then he transferred to OU without having a scholarship waiting for him, and finished 4th, 3rd, and 1st in Heisman voting in his three seasons with the Sooners.
The guy overachieved with his talent level more than anyone else on the list. He was a great college player.
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