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re: The Athletic: Who is the best college player of the past 25 years?

Posted on 5/20/25 at 2:28 pm to
Posted by RemouladeSawce
Uranus
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Posted on 5/20/25 at 2:28 pm to
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Joe Burrow was fricking average in 2018
Function of his environment. It’s just not conceivable for an “average” player to jump from 16 TDs to 60 in the span of a single offseason

I mean he called his shot on how absurd the 2019 offense would be that summer. All he needed was a modern OC to enable it all
Posted by Madking
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Posted on 5/20/25 at 2:33 pm to
1- Burrow
2- Tebow
3- Bush
Posted by BigBinBR
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 5/20/25 at 2:39 pm to
Lamar Jackson at 5 but Jayden Daniels is down at 21 when neither one of them could overcome the LSU defense.
Posted by OWLFAN86
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Posted on 5/20/25 at 2:42 pm to
Young as well, according to your criteria
Posted by Mr Clean
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Posted on 5/20/25 at 2:43 pm to
Tommie Frazier is the best NCAA football player ever

Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
70816 posts
Posted on 5/20/25 at 2:47 pm to
That guy was an absolute stud
Posted by RelicBatches86
Florida
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Posted on 5/20/25 at 2:48 pm to
Where is Johnny Manziel??
Posted by mylsuhat
Mandeville, LA
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Posted on 5/20/25 at 2:56 pm to
Tyrann Mathieu is an all-time great college football player and is forgotten so much
Posted by BZ504
Texas
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Posted on 5/20/25 at 4:35 pm to
I’d probably put Tebow or Bush at number 1. They played more seasons at the highest level than Scam Newton.
Posted by 1999
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Posted on 5/20/25 at 4:52 pm to
Cam, Reggie and Burrow are interchangeable at 1 imo. Suh is rage bait.
Posted by lepdagod
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Posted on 5/20/25 at 5:00 pm to
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Miller did not play the same position as Suh and they had very different responsibilities


Did they though??
Posted by lepdagod
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 5/20/25 at 5:04 pm to
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Suh is rage bait.


I don’t know that Big12 championship game against Texas was legendary.. with that said the best college football player I’ve ever witnessed is Honey Badger 2011…
Posted by Kato
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Posted on 5/20/25 at 5:14 pm to
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he dominated that BIG12 Championship game

Posted by Dwagfan4lyfe
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Posted on 5/20/25 at 5:26 pm to
Bowers and Matheiu too low. Travis hunter, Chase Young and even Mariota way too high
Posted by dukke v
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Posted on 5/20/25 at 5:28 pm to
List is strange… hard to choose for one season it’s Joe Burrow for a career it’s Tebow.
Posted by blzr
Saratoga
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Posted on 5/20/25 at 5:43 pm to
Cam is a clear #1
Posted by inadaze
Member since Aug 2010
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Posted on 5/20/25 at 5:45 pm to
Quenton Nelson? I didn't watch many Our Lady games when he was playing, so I don't know if that's deserved or not. But a lot of this is just based on criteria. At his position, the impact on the game is relatively limited, so other guys would be ahead of him in overall impact. But if the criteria is more based on how effective a player was in his specific role, maybe that warrants the ranking.
There are more ways to vary the weight of the criteria. Career impact, peak season or performances, how good a player's overall team was, level of competition, etc.
Darren McFadden is in the top 10 for me.
Posted by 91TIGER
Lafayette
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Posted on 5/20/25 at 5:51 pm to
W/O looking at any other responses I would say Cam Newton. He may be a POS now, and didn't do too much in NFL, but he was a beast in CFB.
Posted by Frank Black
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Member since Mar 2004
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Posted on 5/20/25 at 6:19 pm to
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The Athletic: Who is the best college player of the past 25 years?

Like most of you, the first thing I did was check for my name.

WTF, I'm not even on the list?
Posted by dallastiger55
Jennings, LA
Member since Jan 2010
34235 posts
Posted on 5/20/25 at 6:26 pm to
Far from an Aggy fan but Manziel is the craziest player ive ever seen play. He belongs on an all time list.
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