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Greatest College Football Players to Wear Numbers 1-99

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Aussie said...
I would go Elway before I would go Vick.

Can't argue, my list is pretty much guys i have seen with my own eyes
Elway > Vick no doubt though
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If we do numbers 1-99, I nominate Nile Kinnick for #24. He was the 1939 Heisman Trophy winner and passed up pro football to join the military during WW2. He was killed during a test flight in 1943. If citizenship and leadership (he was team captain and student body president) mean anything, Kinnick gets the nod here. Plus, he delivered the greatest speech in Heisman Trophy history.
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The Great 34 Debate
Bo or Hershel?
gimme Bo
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thejumper5 said...
If we do numbers 1-99, I nominate Nile Kinnick for #24. He was the 1939 Heisman Trophy winner and passed up pro football to join the military during WW2. He was killed during a test flight in 1943. If citizenship and leadership (he was team captain and student body president) mean anything, Kinnick gets the nod here. Plus, he delivered the greatest speech in Heisman Trophy history.

Good story, didn't know that
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The Great 34 Debate
Bo or Hershel?
gimme Bo
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Lee Roy Jordan - 54
Derrick Thomas - 55
OJ Simpson - 32
Jim Brown - 44
Barry Sanders - 21
Peyton Manning - 16
Lawrence Taylor - 98
Warren Sapp - 76
Ed Reed - 20
Ronnie Lott - 42
Suh - 93
Just some that I think fit the bill
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#15 Frazier or Tebow
I say Tebow
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#15 Frazier or Tebow
I say Tebow

Mario Edwards Jr imo
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#15 Frazier or Tebow
I say Tebow

I say Frazier, but I would also argue that he's the greatest college QB of all time. No one ever ran his team's system better than he did.
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Also
#56 - Alvin Mack
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Everyone has V Young locked in at 10?
Derrick Brooks wore 10 didn't he?
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I say Frazier, but I would also argue that he's the greatest college QB of all time. No one ever ran his team's system better than he did.

I would say Frazier even though I don't want to.
I still have nightmares from that Fiesta Bowl.
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Could make a case for Eric crouch at #7 as well.
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Everyone has V Young locked in at 10?
Derrick Brooks wore 10 didn't he?

Would still have Vince at #10. Guy won a NC by himself.
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Could make a case for Eric crouch at #7 as well.

How? No player that Rex Grossman outshines could be considered the best ever.
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Lesticals said...
Patrick Peterson over Danny Wuerfuell
Just being a homer so carry on

If we factor NFL production in as well, then no homer at all.
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Bo Jackson 6.6ypc 43 TD 4303 yrds 3 season
Herschel 5.3ypc 49 TD 5259 yrds 3 seasons
Williams 6.2ypc 72 TD 6279 yrds 4 seasons
It's close

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How? No player that Rex Grossman outshines could be considered the best ever.

To be fair Grossman was great that year. I still think Grossman should have won the Heisman that year.
Crouch won it because of one play.
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Aussie said...
Would still have Vince at #10. Guy won a NC by himself.

Brooks never finished ranked outside of the top-5, won a NC, and won his conference 3 or 4 times I think.
Just saying the argument could be made for the longevity of success.
Plus, QBs can take a game over...LBs is a different story

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Could make a case for Eric crouch at #7 as well.

Loses points for "retiring" while in camp his rookie year.
he quit.
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Skill position numbers are easier to have good debates on, so here are some of my picks on line numbers:
67--Russell Maryland
50--Dave Remington
73--John Hannah
75--Orlando Pace
99--Hugh Green
95--Bubba Smith
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#38 George Rogers.... Not anyone even close here.. The sentimental vote is Chucky Mullins of Ole Miss but Big George is one of the Greatest of all time.

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Brooks never finished ranked outside of the top-5, won a NC, and won his conference 3 or 4 times I think.
Just saying the argument could be made.

VY was certainly more valuable to his team.
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Cam #2.
Neither of the other two single handedly won a title.
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#20 Tucker Frederickson
SEC All Century Team
Played fullback and safety
6th in Heisman voting
SEC Player of the Year
Consensus All American
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