# Who was the best player on your college football team? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 25, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-player-on-your-college-football-team/705632 "2014-11-25T23:00:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-player-on-your-college-football-team/705632/21 "2014-11-27T19:43:37Z")
Florida State: I’d have to go with Deion Sanders for both college and pro football, although a good case can be made for Fred Biletnikoff ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-player-on-your-college-football-team/705632/22 "2014-11-27T21:02:58Z")
Maryland: Most well-known now is probably Boomer Esiason, but best may be Randy White (College and Pro HOF’s and Super Bowl Co-MVP). ---
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2014, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-player-on-your-college-football-team/705632/23 "2014-11-28T07:42:20Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I was going to say Chuck Muncie college, Aaron Rodgers pro – although the latter might be premature. Rodgers probably gets there when all is said and done, but I decided to go with the best TE of all time in the interim. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-player-on-your-college-football-team/705632/24 "2014-11-28T14:23:53Z")
You mean when I was there? Jimmy Taylor, Billy Cannon and Johnny Robinson all together at LSU. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-player-on-your-college-football-team/705632/25 "2014-11-29T01:43:51Z")
University of Richmond(VA)-Richmond College. Mike Bragg, punter, Washington Redskins, 11 years. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-player-on-your-college-football-team/705632/26 "2014-11-29T03:38:08Z")
> [@jk1245](#): > > Wisconsin > > College career - Ron Dayne, though Melvin Gordon’s current season is one for the ages. If Gordon maintained his career ypc average and got the same number of carries as Dayne, he’d be at 10,000 rushing yards. Course, with that many carries, his average would almost certainly drop. > > Pro- Mike Webster. JJ Watt will probably take this crown in a few years. I can’t argue with Dayne during college, though in the Pro “take this crown in a few years” category I’d have to say Russell Wilson has the potential to do so as well. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-player-on-your-college-football-team/705632/27 "2014-11-29T04:48:08Z")
**University of Alabama** It’s very difficult to pick one player as the greatest. On defense, historically the top 3 might be Derrick Thomas, Cornelius Bennett and Lee Roy Jordan. For the offense, the best known are probably Joe Namath and Kenny Stabler, along with Ozzie Newsome. Lots of recent players during Coach Saban’s tenure might also be in the discussion. Some examples: Mark Ingram, Julio Jones, AJ McCarron, Rolando McClain, Marcell Dareus, Terrence Cody [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-player-on-your-college-football-team/705632.md?page=1)