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The Top Ranked D1 Independent Football Players of the 1980s
Notes: The rankings are based on college stats.
What players did in the pros does not factor into this list.
| Rnk | Athlete | Pos | College |
| 1 | Doug Flutie | QB | Boston College |
| 2 | Vinny Testaverde | QB | Miami |
| 3 | Tim Brown | WR | Notre Dame |
| 4 | George Rogers | RB | South Carolina |
| 5 | Paul Palmer | RB | Temple |
| 6 | Don McPherson | QB | Syracuse |
| 7 | Hugh Green | DL | Pitt |
| 8 | Major Harris | QB | West Virginia |
| 9 | Dan Marino | QB | Pitt |
| 10 | Steve Walsh | QB | Miami |
| 11 | Bernie Kosar | QB | Miami |
| 12 | Tony Rice | QB | Notre Dame |
| 13 | Craig Heyward | RB | Pitt |
| 14 | Napoleon McCallum | RB | Navy |
| 15 | Bill Fralic | OL | Pitt |
| 16 | Todd Blackledge | QB | Penn St. |
| 17 | Greg Allen | RB | Florida St. |
| 18 | Jeff Hostetler | QB | West Virginia |
| 19 | Deion Sanders | DB | Florida St. |
| 20 | Allen Pinkett | RB | Notre Dame |
| 21 | D.J. Dozier | RB | Penn St. |
| 22 | Reggie Collier | QB | Southern Miss |
| 23 | Blair Thomas | RB | Penn St. |
| 24 | Curt Warner | RB | Penn St. |
| 25 | Raghib Ismail | WR | Notre Dame |
| 26 | Bennie Blades | DB | Miami |
| 27 | Bob Crable | LB | Notre Dame |
| 28 | Brian Jozwiak | OL | West Virginia |
| 29 | Bruce Smith | DL | Virginia Tech |
| 30 | Daniel Stubbs | DL | Miami |
| 31 | Kenny Jackson | WR | Penn St. |
| 32 | Sean Farrell | OL | Penn St. |
| 33 | Shane Conlan | LB | Penn St. |
| 34 | Willie Smith | TE | Miami |
| 35 | Marc Zeno | WR | Tulane |
| 36 | Tim Green | DL | Syracuse |
| 37 | Andy Heck | OL | Notre Dame |
| 38 | Chris Zorich | DL | Notre Dame |
| 39 | Darryl Taylley | LB | West Virginia |
| 40 | Del Wilkes | OL | South Carolina |
| 41 | Eddie Brown | WR | Miami |
| 42 | Frank Stams | DL | Notre Dame |
| 43 | Greg Mark | DL | Miami |
| 44 | James Seawright | LB | South Carolina |
| 45 | Jerome Brown | DL | Miami |
| 46 | John Rienstra | OL | Temple |
| 47 | John Scully | OL | Notre Dame |
| 48 | Julius Dawkins | WR | Pitt |
| 49 | LeRoy Butler | DB | Florida St. |
| 50 | Mark Bavaro | TE | Notre Dame |
| 51 | Mark May | OL | Pitt |
| 52 | Markus Paul | DB | Syracuse |
| 53 | Michael Stonebreaker | LB | Notre Dame |
| 54 | Michael Tanks | OL | Florida St. |
| 55 | Paul McGowan | LB | Florida St. |
| 56 | Sal Sunseri | LB | Pitt |
| 57 | Scott Zettek | DL | Notre Dame |
| 58 | Terry Long | OL | East Carolina |
| 59 | Todd Lyght | DB | Notre Dame |
| 60 | Tony Thurman | DB | Boston College |
| 61 | Pat Tomberlin | OL | Florida St. |
| 62 | Mark Stepnoski | OL | Pitt |
| 63 | Michael Irvin | WR | Miami |
| 64 | Ned Bolcar | LB | Notre Dame |
| 65 | Rodney Holman | TE | Tulane |
| 66 | Andre Collins | LB | Penn St. |
| 67 | Anthony Young | DB | Temple |
| 68 | Benjie Pryor | TE | Pitt |
| 69 | Bill Hawkins | DL | Miami |
| 70 | Bill Romanowski | LB | Boston College |
| 71 | Brian Brennan | WR | Boston College |
| 72 | Bubba McDowell | DB | Miami |
| 73 | Chris Conlin | OL | Penn St. |
| 74 | Chuck Lanza | OL | Notre Dame |
| 75 | Cortez Kennedy | DL | Miami |
| 76 | Dan Bitson | WR | Tulsa |
| 77 | Don Smith | OL | Army |
| 78 | Emil Boures | OL | Pitt |
| 79 | Fred Marion | DB | Miami |
| 80 | Gerard Phelan | WR | Boston College |
| 81 | Glenn Dennison | TE | Miami |
| 82 | Gregg Rakoczy | OL | Miami |
| 83 | Jamie Dukes | OL | Florida St. |
| 84 | Jeff Alm | DL | Notre Dame |
| 85 | Jerry Olsavsky | LB | Pitt |
| 86 | Jim Sandusky | WR | UNLV |
| 87 | Joe Wolf | OL | Boston College |
| 88 | Ken Lanier | OL | Florida St. |
| 89 | Lester Williams | DL | Miami |
| 90 | Marc Spindler | DL | Pitt |
| 91 | Michael Zordich | DB | Penn St. |
| 92 | Mike Ruth | DL | Boston College |
| 93 | Odell Haggins | DL | Florida St. |
| 94 | Odell Jones | DB | East Carolina |
| 95 | Pat Carter | TE | Florida St. |
| 96 | Ray Isom | DB | Penn St. |
| 97 | Reggie Herring | LB | Florida St. |
| 98 | Rick Phillips | OL | West Virginia |
| 99 | Rob Moore | WR | Syracuse |
| 100 | Roy Hart | DL | South Carolina |
| 101 | Steve DeOssie | LB | Boston College |
| 102 | Steve Trapilo | OL | Boston College |
| 103 | Tim Johnson | DL | Penn St. |
| 104 | Tony Woods | DL | Pitt |
| 105 | Tootie Robbins | OL | East Carolina |
| 106 | Wesley Carroll | WR | Miami |
| 107 | Andy Ponselgo | LB | Navy |
| 108 | Sterling Sharpe | WR | South Carolina |
| 109 | Alan Andrews | TE | Rutgers |
| 110 | Andrew Provence | DL | South Carolina |
| 111 | Bill Dugan | OL | Penn St. |
| 112 | Bobby Butler | DB | Florida St. |
| 113 | Brad Edwards | DB | South Carolina |
| 114 | Chet Parlavecchio | LB | Penn St. |
| 115 | Cleveland Gary | RB | Miami |
| 116 | Emanuel Weaver | DL | South Carolina |
| 117 | Frank McCallister | OL | Navy |
| 118 | George Mira Jr. | LB | Miami |
| 119 | Gerry Raymond | OL | Boston College |
| 120 | Harry Hamilton | DB | Penn St. |
| 121 | Jay Brophy | LB | Miami |
| 122 | Jim Dumont | LB | Rutgers |
| 123 | Jim Sweeney | OL | Pitt |
| 124 | Jody Schulz | DL | East Carolina |
| 125 | John Bosa | DL | Boston College |
| 126 | John Krimm | DB | Notre Dame |
| 127 | John Stroia | OL | West Virginia |
| 128 | Larry Williams | OL | Notre Dame |
| 129 | Mark Raugh | TE | West Virginia |
| 130 | Mark Robinson | DB | Penn St. |
| 131 | Mark Zavagnin | LB | Notre Dame |
| 132 | Mike Charles | DL | Syracuse |
| 133 | Mike Williams | DB | Army |
| 134 | Paul Lankford | DB | Penn St. |
| 135 | Pete Curkendall | LB | Penn St. |
| 136 | Randy Dixon | OL | Pitt |
| 137 | Reggie Rembert | WR | West Virginia |
| 138 | Rickey Jackson | DL | Pitt |
| 139 | Robert Brown | LB | Virginia Tech |
| 140 | Russell Maryland | DL | Miami |
| 141 | Terry Wooden | LB | Syracuse |
| 142 | Todd Moules | OL | Penn St. |
| 143 | Todd Peat | OL | Northern Illinois |
| 144 | Tom Rogers | WR | Colgate |
| 145 | Jimbo Covert | OL | Pitt |
| 146 | Steve Wisniewski | OL | Penn St. |
| 147 | Alonzo Hampton | DB | Pitt |
| 148 | Bill Maas | DL | Pitt |
| 149 | Burt Grossman | DL | Pitt |
| 150 | Cedric Figaro | LB | Notre Dame |
| 151 | Dan Sileo | DL | Miami |
| 152 | Dave Duerson | DB | Notre Dame |
| 153 | Dave Szott | OL | Penn St. |
| 154 | Dean Caliguire | OL | Pitt |
| 155 | Derek Brown | TE | Notre Dame |
| 156 | Don Maggs | OL | Tulane |
| 157 | Dwight Collins | WR | Pitt |
| 158 | Eric Hayes | DL | Florida St. |
| 159 | Ezekial Gadson | LB | Pitt |
| 160 | Fred Smalls | LB | West Virginia |
| 161 | Gary Richard | DB | Pitt |
| 162 | Hanford Dixon | DB | Southern Miss |
| 163 | Harold Green | RB | South Carolina |
| 164 | Jim Burt | DL | Miami |
| 165 | John Flannery | OL | Syracuse |
| 166 | Kelvin Martin | WR | Boston College |
| 167 | Louis Lipps | WR | Southern Miss |
| 168 | Marvin Harvey | TE | Southern Miss |
| 169 | Melvin Bratton | RB | Miami |
| 170 | Mike Gann | DL | Notre Dame |
| 171 | Mike Kelley | OL | Notre Dame |
| 172 | Mike Munchak | OL | Penn St. |
| 173 | Pat Terrell | DB | Notre Dame |
| 174 | Rob Bennett | TE | West Virginia |
| 175 | Rob Fada | OL | Pitt |
| 176 | Roman Matusz | OL | Pitt |
| 177 | Ron Simmons | DL | Florida St. |
| 178 | Scott Radecic | LB | Penn St. |
| 179 | Ted Gregory | DL | Syracuse |
| 180 | Ted Washington | DL | Louisville |
| 181 | Tim Grunhard | OL | Notre Dame |
| 182 | Tim Scannell | OL | Notre Dame |
| 183 | Tom Ricketts | OL | Pitt |
| 184 | Tom Thayer | OL | Notre Dame |
| 185 | Tony Hunter | TE | Notre Dame |
| 186 | Tyronne Stowe | LB | Rutgers |
| 187 | Walker Lee Ashley | DL | Penn St. |
| 188 | Wally Kleine | DL | Notre Dame |
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