Top 100 Greatest College Football Players

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Rank	Position	College	Year	Player
1	RB	Syracuse	1954-56	Jim Brown
2	RB	Georgia	1980-82	Herschel Walker
3	RB	Auburn	1982-85	Bo Jackson
4	RB	Ohio St	1972-75	Archie Griffin
5	RB	Carlisle	1907-12	Jim Thorpe
6	RB	Illinois	1923-25	Red Grange
7	RB	Texas	1974-77	Earl Campbell
8	LB	Illinois	1962-64	Dick Butkus
9	RB	Oklahoma St	1986-88	Barry Sanders
10	RB	Kansas	1962-64	Gale Sayers
11	QB	Navy	1962-64	Roger Staubach
12	DE	Pitt	1977-80	Hugh Green
13	RB	Army	1944-46	Doc Blanchard
14	DT	Minnesota	1927-29	Bronko Nagurski
15	RB	Syracuse	1959-61	Ernie Davis
16	RB	Jackson St	1971-74	Walter Payton
17	RB	Pitt	1973-76	Tony Dorsett
18	RB	Army	1943-46	Glenn Davis
19	DE	Tennessee	1980-83	Reggie White
20	RB	Oklahoma	1975-79	Billy Sims
21	QB	Tennessee	1994-97	Peyton Manning
22	RB	LSU	1957-59	Billy Cannon
23	RB	SMU	1945-49	Doak Walker
24	QB	TCU	1936-38	Davey O'Brien
25	RB	USC	1967-68	OJ Simpson
26	DB	Florida St.	1985-88	Deion Sanders
27	QB	Notre Dame	1954-56	Paul Hornung
28	QB	Boston College	1981-84	Doug Flutie
29	QB	TCU	1934-36	Sammy Baugh
30	C	Penn	1945-48	Chuck Bednarik
31	DE	Michigan St.	1964-66	Bubba Smith
32	WR	Mississippi Valley	1981-84	Jerry Rice
33	QB	Stanford	1979-82	John Elway
34	DL	Oklahoma	1972-75	Lee Roy Selmon
35	DT	Maryland	1972-74	Randy White
36	RB	San Diego St.	1991-93	Marshall Faulk
37	QB	Notre Dame	1943-47	John Lujack
38	RB	Ohio St.	1992-95	Eddie George
39	WR	Nebraska	1970-72	Johnny Rodgers
40	RB	USC	1978-81	Marcus Allen
41	DB	Michigan	1995-97	Charles Woodson
42	LB	UNC	1977-80	Lawrence Taylor
43	QB	Stanford	1968-70	Jim Plunkett
44	DB	Ohio St	1968-70	Jack Tatum
45	RB	Oklahoma	2004-06	Adrian Peterson
46	WR	Pitt	2002-03	Lary Fitzgerald
47	RB	Ohio St	1952-55	Howard Cassady
48	C	Nebraska	1979-82	Dave Rimington
49	RB	SMU	1979-82	Eric Dickerson
50	QB	Ole MIss	1968-70	Archie Manning

Rank	Position	College	Year	Player
51	OT	Ohio St	1996-96	Orlando Pace
52	RB	Syracuse	1964-66	Floyd Little
53	WR	Notre Dame	1984-87	Tim Brown
54	LB	Texas	1963-65	Tommy Nobis
55	DE	Virginia Tech	1981-84	Bruce Smith
56	RB	Army	1956-58	Pete Dawkins
57	RB	Texas	1995-98	Ricky Williams
58	DB	USC	1977-80	Ronnie Lott
59	DE	Notre Dame	1964-66	Alan Page
60	RB	Stanford	1923-25	Ernie Nevers
61	RB	USC	2005-05	Reggie Bush
62	DT	North Texas	1966-68	Joe Greene
63	DL	Nebraska	2005-09	Ndamukong Suh
64	QB	Stanford	2009-11	Andrew Luck
65	RB	Michigan	1938-40	Tom Harmon
66	WR	Marshall	1996-97	Randy Moss
67	QB	Pitt	1979-82	Dan Marino
68	RB	Nebraska	1981-83	Mike Rozier
69	LB	Penn St	1968-70	Jack Ham
70	RB	Florida	1987-89	Emmit Smith
71	LB	Alabama	1985-88	Derrick Thomas
72	LB	Alabama	1983-86	Cornelius Bennett
73	LB	Alabama	1960-62	Lee Roy Jordan
74	RB	TCU	1997-2000	LaDainian Tomlinson
75	QB	Texas	1944-47	Bobby Layne
76	QB	Florida	2006-09	Tim Tebow
77	RB	Wisconsin	1951-54	Alan Ameche
78	TE	Pitt	1958-60	Mike Ditka
79	OG	Alabama	1970-72	John Hannah
80	DL	Utah St	1959-61	Merlin Olsen
81	QB	Texas	2003-05	Vince Young
82	RB	Wisconsin	1996-99	Ron Dayne
83	WR	Florida St	1962-64	Fred Biletnikoff
84	RB	Georgia Southern	1998-2001	Adrain Peterson
85	DL	Miami	1966-68	Ted Hendricks
86	QB	Northwestern	1941-43	Otto Graham
87	QB	BYU	1981-83	Steve Young
88	OL	Notre Dame	1946-49	Leon Hart
89	LB	UCLA	1975-78	Jerry Robinson
90	QB	Notre Dame	1917-20	George Gipp
91	QB	Florida	1964-66	Steve Spurrier
92	OT	Pitt	1981-84	Bill Fralic
93	QB	Purdue	1997-2000	Drew Brees
94	DL	Iowa	1955-57	Alex Karras
95	RB	Oklahoma	1967-69	Steve Owens
96	RB	USC	1976-79	Charles White
97	QB	Nebraska	1992-95	Tommie Frazier
98	RB	Penn St	1971-73	John Cappelletti
99	OT	USC	1976-79	Anthony Munoz
100	DB	Purdue	1983-86	Rod Woodson