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The Top Ranked College Football Players of the 2020s
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 | Bryce Young | QB | Alabama |
| 2 | Caleb Williams | QB | USC |
| 3 | DeVonta Smith | WR | Alabama |
| 4 | Jayden Daniels | QB | LSU |
| 5 | Michael Penix | QB | Washington/Indiana |
| 6 | Aidan Hutchinson | DL | Michigan |
| 7 | Max Duggan | QB | TCU |
| 8 | Trevor Lawrence | QB | Clemson |
| 9 | C.J. Stroud | QB | Ohio St. |
| 10 | Mac Jones | QB | Alabama |
| 11 | Kenny Pickett | QB | Pitt |
| 12 | Bo Nix | QB | Oregon |
| 13 | Marvin Harrison Jr. | WR | Ohio St. |
| 14 | Kyle Trask | QB | Florida |
| 15 | Stetson Bennett | QB | Georgia |
| 16 | Will Anderson Jr. | LB | Alabama |
| 17 | Najee Harris | RB | Alabama |
| 18 | Hendon Hooker | QB | Tennessee |
| 19 | Jordan Travis | QB | Florida St. |
| 20 | Breece Hall | RB | Iowa St. |
| 21 | Kenneth Walker III | RB | Michigan St. |
| 22 | Jalen Milroe | QB | Alabama |
| 23 | Blake Corum | RB | Michigan |
| 24 | Ollie Gordon | RB | Oklahoma St. |
| 25 | Justin Fields | QB | Ohio St. |
| 26 | Matt Corral | QB | Ole Miss |
| 27 | Cody Schrader | RB | Missouri |
| 28 | Desmond Ridder | QB | Cincinnati |
| 29 | Zach Wilson | QB | BYU |
| 30 | Bijan Robinson | RB | Texas |
| 31 | Jordan Davis | DL | Georgia |
| 32 | Ian Book | QB | Notre Dame |
| 33 | Kyle Pitts | TE | Florida |
| 34 | J.J. McCarthy | QB | Michigan |
| 35 | Drake Maye | QB | North Carolina |
| 36 | Joe Alt | OL | Notre Dame |
| 37 | Brock Bowers | TE | Georgia |
| 38 | Cooper Beebe | OL | Kansas St. |
| 39 | Jer'Zahn Newton | DL | Illinois |
| 40 | Kenyon Green | OL | Texas A&M |
| 41 | Sauce Gardner | DB | Cincinnati |
| 42 | Tre'Vius Hodges-Tomlinson | DB | TCU |
| 43 | Tyler Linderbaum | OL | Iowa |
| 44 | Andrew Vorhees | OL | USC |
| 45 | Calijah Kancey | DL | Pitt |
| 46 | Darian Kinnard | OL | Kentucky |
| 47 | Kayvon Thibodeaux | DL | Oregon |
| 48 | Kool-Aid McKinstry | DB | Alabama |
| 49 | Michael Mayer | TE | Notre Dame |
| 50 | Rome Odunze | WR | Washington |
| 51 | Aaron Banks | OL | Notre Dame |
| 52 | Alex Leatherwood | OL | Alabama |
| 53 | Brady Christensen | OL | BYU |
| 54 | Brandon Joseph | DB | Northwestern |
| 55 | Christopher Smith | DB | Georgia |
| 56 | Clark Phillips III | DB | Utah |
| 57 | Cooper DeJean | DB | Iowa |
| 58 | Dallas Turner | LB | Alabama |
| 59 | Darius Stills | DL | West Virginia |
| 60 | David Bell | WR | Purdue |
| 61 | Daviyon Nixon | DL | Iowa |
| 62 | DeMarvin Leal | DL | Texas A&M |
| 63 | Deuce Vaughn | RB | Kansas St. |
| 64 | Devin Lloyd | LB | Utah |
| 65 | Devon Witherspoon | DB | Illinois |
| 66 | Drew Sanders | LB | Arkansas |
| 67 | Edgerrin Cooper | LB | Texas A&M |
| 68 | Elijah Moore | WR | Ole Miss |
| 69 | Ikem Ekwonu | OL | NC State |
| 70 | Ivan Pace Jr. | LB | Cincinnati |
| 71 | Jack Campbell | LB | Iowa |
| 72 | Jackson Powers | OL | Oregon |
| 73 | Jalen Carter | DL | Georgia |
| 74 | Jalen Green | DL | James Madison |
| 75 | Jalen Pitre | DB | Baylor |
| 76 | Jalin Hyatt | WR | Tennessee |
| 77 | Jameson Williams | WR | Alabama |
| 78 | Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah | LB | Notre Dame |
| 79 | John Michael Schmitz | OL | Minnesota |
| 80 | Jordan Addison | WR | Pitt |
| 81 | Joseph Ossai | LB | Texas |
| 82 | Kamren Kinchens | DB | Miami |
| 83 | Laiatu Latu | DL | UCLA |
| 84 | Landon Dickerson | OL | Alabama |
| 85 | Malaki Starks | DB | Georgia |
| 86 | Malik Nabers | WR | LSU |
| 87 | Marcus Jones | DB | Houston |
| 88 | Nakobe Dean | LB | Georgia |
| 89 | O'Cyrus Torrence | OL | Florida |
| 90 | Olu Fashanu | OL | Penn St. |
| 91 | Patrick Surtain II | DB | Alabama |
| 92 | Payton Wilson | LB | NC State |
| 93 | Peter Skoronski | OL | Northwestern |
| 94 | Rashad Weaver | DL | Pitt |
| 95 | Roger McCreary | DB | Auburn |
| 96 | Shaun Wade | DB | Ohio St. |
| 97 | Talanoa Hufanga | DB | USC |
| 98 | Tarron Jackson | DL | Coastal Carolina |
| 99 | Terrion Arnold | DB | Alabama |
| 100 | Trey McBride | TE | Colorado St. |
| 101 | Tuli Tuipulotu | DL | USC |
| 102 | T'Vondre Sweat | DL | Texas |
| 103 | Verone McKinley III | DB | Oregon |
| 104 | Wyatt Davis | OL | Ohio St. |
| 105 | Xavier Hutchinson | WR | Iowa St. |
| 106 | Xavier Watts | DB | Notre Dame |
| 107 | Zak Zinter | OL | Michigan |
| 108 | Zaven Collins | LB | Tulsa |
| 109 | Zion Johnson | OL | Boston College |
| 110 | Haskell Garrett | DL | Ohio St. |
| 111 | Jeremiah Trotter Jr. | LB | Clemson |
| 112 | Jason Henderson | LB | Old Dominion |
| 113 | Kyle Hamilton | DB | Notre Dame |
| 114 | Mohamed Ibrahim | RB | Minnesota |
| 115 | Nik Bonitto | LB | Oklahoma |
| 116 | Quinyon Mitchell | DB | Toledo |
| 117 | Jared Verse | DL | Florida St. |
| 118 | Alec Lindstrom | OL | Boston College |
| 119 | Alim McNeill | DL | NC State |
| 120 | Audric Estime | RB | Notre Dame |
| 121 | Beanie Bishop | DB | West Virginia |
| 122 | Brian Branch | DB | Alabama |
| 123 | Byron Murphy | DL | Texas |
| 124 | Cain Madden | OL | Marshall |
| 125 | Caleb Downs | DB | Alabama |
| 126 | Cameron Thomas | DL | San Diego St. |
| 127 | Charlie Jones | WR | Purdue |
| 128 | Chase Brown | RB | Illinois |
| 129 | Chris Olave | WR | Ohio St. |
| 130 | Christian Darrisaw | OL | Virginia Tech |
| 131 | Clay Webb | OL | Jacksonville St. |
| 132 | Coby Bryant | DB | Cincinnati |
| 133 | Dallin Hooker | TE | Colorado St. |
| 134 | David Ojabo | LB | Michigan |
| 135 | Dawand Jones | OL | Ohio St. |
| 136 | Devonte Wyatt | DL | Georgia |
| 137 | Emmanuel Forbes | DB | Mississippi St. |
| 138 | Evan Neal | OL | Alabama |
| 139 | Garrett Wilson | WR | Ohio St. |
| 140 | Howard Cross | DL | Notre Dame |
| 141 | Hunter Long | TE | Boston College |
| 142 | Isaiah Foskey | DL | Notre Dame |
| 143 | J.C. Latham | OL | Alabama |
| 144 | Jaelan Phillips | DL | Miami |
| 145 | Jaelon Darden | WR | North Texas |
| 146 | James Wiggins | DB | Cincinnati |
| 147 | Jamon Dumas-Johnson | LB | Georgia |
| 148 | Jaquan Brisker | DB | Penn St. |
| 149 | Ja'Quan McMillian | DB | East Carolina |
| 150 | Jaret Patterson | RB | Buffalo |
| 151 | Javonte Williams | RB | North Carolina |
| 152 | Jay Higgins | LB | Iowa |
| 153 | Jermaine Johnson II | DL | Florida St. |
| 154 | Jerreth Sterns | WR | Western Kentucky |
| 155 | Joey Porter Jr. | DB | Penn St. |
| 156 | JoJo Domann | DB | Nebraska |
| 157 | Jonah Elliss | DL | Utah |
| 158 | Jonah Tavai | DL | San Diego St. |
| 159 | Jonathan Adams Jr. | WR | Arkansas St. |
| 160 | Josh Downs | WR | North Carolina |
| 161 | Kaevon Merriweather | DB | Iowa |
| 162 | Kris Abrams | DB | Missouri |
| 163 | Leo Chenal | LB | Wisconsin |
| 164 | Liam Eichenberg | OL | Notre Dame |
| 165 | Luther Burden | WR | Missouri |
| 166 | Malcolm Rodriguez | LB | Oklahoma St. |
| 167 | Malik Washington | WR | Virginia |
| 168 | Mike Rose | LB | Iowa St. |
| 169 | Nicholas Petit-Frer | OL | Ohio St. |
| 170 | Nick Bolton | LB | Missouri |
| 171 | Olusegun Oluwatimi | OL | Michigan |
| 172 | Omarion Hampton | RB | North Carolina |
| 173 | Paris Johnson | OL | Ohio St. |
| 174 | Patrick Jones II | DL | Pitt |
| 175 | Rashee Rice | WR | SMU |
| 176 | Ronnie Hickman | DB | Ohio St. |
| 177 | Sean Tucker | RB | Syracuse |
| 178 | Sedrick Van Pran | OL | Georgia |
| 179 | Steve Avila | OL | TCU |
| 180 | Taliese Fuaga | OL | Oregon St. |
| 181 | Tate Ratledge | OL | Georgia |
| 182 | Thayer Munford | OL | Ohio St. |
| 183 | Tommy Eichenberg | LB | Ohio St. |
| 184 | Trevon Moehrig | DB | TCU |
| 185 | Troy Franklin | WR | Oregon |
| 186 | Tyler Badie | RB | Missouri |
| 187 | Tyler Nubin | DB | Minnesota |
| 188 | Tyree Wilson | DL | Texas Tech |
| 189 | William Dunkle | OL | San Diego St. |
| 190 | Zach Charbonnet | RB | UCLA |
| 191 | Christian Haynes | OL | Connecticut |
| 192 | Jordan Battle | DB | Alabama |
| 193 | Alex Palczewski | OL | Illinois |
| 194 | Andre Carter II | LB | Army |
| 195 | Ben Cleveland | OL | Georgia |
| 196 | Ben Sinnott | TE | Kansas St. |
| 197 | Blake Freeland | OL | BYU |
| 198 | Braden Fiske | DL | Florida St. |
| 199 | Bralen Trice | DL | Washington |
| 200 | Brett Neilon | OL | USC |
| 201 | Brian Thomas | WR | LSU |
| 202 | C.J. Brewer | DL | Coastal Carolina |
| 203 | Chad Muma | LB | Wyoming |
| 204 | Charlie Kolar | TE | Iowa St. |
| 205 | Chop Robinson | DL | Penn St. |
| 206 | Christian Barmore | DL | Alabama |
| 207 | Connor Galvin | OL | Baylor |
| 208 | Creed Humphrey | OL | Oklahoma |
| 209 | Dalton Kincaid | TE | Utah |
| 210 | Danny Stutsman | LB | Oklahoma |
| 211 | DeWayne McBride | RB | UAB |
| 212 | Dillon Thieneman | DB | Purdue |
| 213 | Dontay Corleone | DL | Cincinnati |
| 214 | Drake London | WR | USC |
| 215 | Dyami Brown | WR | North Carolina |
| 216 | Dylan Moses | LB | Alabama |
| 217 | Edefuan Ulofoshio | LB | Washington |
| 218 | Eli Ricks | DB | LSU |
| 219 | Felix Anudike | DL | Kansas St. |
| 220 | George Karlaftis | DL | Purdue |
| 221 | Greg Newsome II | DB | Northwestern |
| 222 | Hassan Haskins | RB | Michigan |
| 223 | Israel Abanikanda | RB | Pitt |
| 224 | Jahan Dotson | WR | Penn St. |
| 225 | Jahmyr Gibbs | RB | Alabama |
| 226 | JaQuan Bailey | DL | Iowa St. |
| 227 | Javon Foster | OL | Missouri |
| 228 | Jaxon Smith-Njigba | WR | Ohio St. |
| 229 | Jaxson Kirkland | OL | Washington |
| 230 | Jaylan Ford | LB | Texas |
| 231 | Jose Ramirez | DL | Eastern Michigan |
| 232 | Josh Seltzner | OL | Wisconsin |
| 233 | Kimani Vidal | RB | Troy |
| 234 | Kolby Harvell-Peel | DB | Oklahoma St. |
| 235 | Kris Jenkins Jr. | DL | Michigan |
| 236 | Lewis Cine | DB | Georgia |
| 237 | Luke Kandra | OL | Cincinnati |
| 238 | Marcus Fuqua | DB | Buffalo |
| 239 | Max Mitchell | OL | UL-Lafayette |
| 240 | Mekhi Blackmon | DB | USC |
| 241 | Mekhi Wingo | DL | LSU |
| 242 | Micah McFadden | LB | Indiana |
| 243 | Michael Carter | RB | North Carolina |
| 244 | Michael Maietti | OL | Notre Dame |
| 245 | Nathaniel Dell | WR | Houston |
| 246 | Nathaniel Watson | LB | Mississippi St. |
| 247 | Nick Herbig | LB | Wisconsin |
| 248 | Ricardo Hallman | DB | Wisconsin |
| 249 | Ricky White | WR | UNLV |
| 250 | Riley Moss | DB | Iowa |
| 251 | Sam Williams | DL | Ole Miss |
| 252 | Samuel Cosmi | OL | Texas |
| 253 | Sebastian Castro | DB | Iowa |
| 254 | Sincere McCormick | RB | UTSA |
| 255 | T.J. Tampa | DB | Iowa St. |
| 256 | Tetairoa McMillan | WR | Arizona |
| 257 | Tommy Kraemer | OL | Notre Dame |
| 258 | Trent McDuffie | DB | Washington |
| 259 | Trey Taylor | DB | Air Force |
| 260 | Troy Fautanu | OL | Washington |
| 261 | Ty Fryfogle | WR | Indiana |
| 262 | Tykee Smith | DB | West Virginia |
| 263 | Will McDonald IV | DL | Iowa St. |
| 264 | Zach Frazier | OL | West Virginia |
| 265 | Zay Flowers | WR | Boston College |
| 266 | Zion Tupuola-Fetui | LB | Washington |
| 267 | Cade Hall | DL | San Jose St. |
| 268 | Charles Cross | OL | Mississippi St. |
| 269 | Chazz Surratt | LB | North Carolina |
| 270 | Derek Stingley Jr. | DB | LSU |
| 271 | Eric Stokes | DB | Georgia |
| 272 | Shemar Jean-Charles | DB | Appalachian St. |
| 273 | Steven Jones Jr. | DB | Appalachian St. |
| 274 | Tiawan Mullen | DB | Indiana |
| 275 | Taulia Tagovailoa | QB | Maryland |
| 276 | Will Howard | QB | Ohio St. |
| 277 | Sean Clifford | QB | Penn St. |
| 278 | Drew Allar | QB | Penn St. |
| 279 | Payton Thorne | QB | Michigan St. |
| 280 | Dillon Gabriel | QB | Oregon |
| 281 | Peyton Ramsey | QB | Northwestern |
| 282 | Aidan O'Connell | QB | Purdue |
| 283 | Adrian Martinez | QB | Nebraska |
| 284 | Kyle McCord | QB | Ohio St. |
| 285 | Kurtis Rourke | QB | Indiana |
| 286 | Luke Altmyer | QB | Illinois |
| 287 | Gavin Wimsatt | QB | Rutgers |
| 288 | Noah Vedral | QB | Rutgers |
| 289 | Athan Kaliakmanis | QB | Rutgers |
| 290 | Hudson Card | QB | Purdue |
| 291 | Tommy Devito | QB | Illinois |
| 292 | Spencer Petras | QB | Iowa |
| 293 | Cade McNamara | QB | Michigan/Iowa |
| 294 | Billy Edwards | QB | Maryland |
| 295 | Brendan Sorsby | QB | Indiana |
| 296 | Graham Mertz | QB | Wisconsin |
| 297 | Casey Thompson | QB | Nebraska |
| 298 | Max Brosmer | QB | Minnesota |
| 299 | Ethan Garbers | QB | UCLA |
| 300 | Tanner Mordecai | QB | Wisconsin |
| 301 | Connor Bazelak | QB | Indiana |
| 302 | Miller Moss | QB | USC |
| 303 | Rocky Lombardi | QB | Michigan St. |
| 304 | Tanner Morgan | QB | Minnesota |
| 305 | Jack Plummer | QB | Purdue |
| 306 | Aidan Chiles | QB | Michigan St. |
| 307 | Ben Bryant | QB | Northwestern |
| 308 | Brandon Peters | QB | Illinois |
| 309 | Ryan Hilinski | QB | Northwestern |
| 310 | Heinrich Haarberg | QB | Nebraska |
| 311 | Dylan Raiola | QB | Nebraska |
| 312 | Andrew Marty | QB | Northwestern |
| 313 | Isaiah Williams | QB | Illinois |
| 314 | John Paddock | QB | Illinois |
| 315 | Will Rogers | QB | Washington |
| 316 | Brendan Sullivan | QB | Northwestern |
| 317 | Braedyn Locke | QB | Wisconsin |
| 318 | Joe Milton | QB | Michigan |
| 319 | Jack Lausch | QB | Northwestern |
| 320 | Katin Houser | QB | Michigan St. |
| 321 | Luke McCaffrey | QB | Nebraska |
| 322 | Noah Kim | QB | Michigan St. |
| 323 | Jayden Maiava | QB | USC |
| 324 | Artur Sitkowski | QB | Illinois |
| 325 | Evan Simon | QB | Rutgers |
| 326 | Deacon Hill | QB | Iowa |
| 327 | Demond Williams | QB | Washington |
| 328 | Will Levis | QB | Penn St. |
| 329 | Donaven McCulley | QB | Indiana |
| 330 | Tayven Jackson | QB | Indiana |
| 331 | Austin Burton | QB | Purdue |
| 332 | Davis Warren | QB | Michigan |
| 333 | Chubba Purdy | QB | Nebraska |
| 334 | Alex Padilla | QB | Iowa |
| 335 | Hunter Johnson | QB | Northwestern |
| 336 | Jack Tuttle | QB | Indiana/Michigan |
| 337 | Ryan Browne | QB | Purdue |
| 338 | Alex Orji | QB | Michigan |
| 339 | Grant Gremel | QB | Indiana |
| 340 | MJ Morris | QB | Maryland |
| 341 | Tyler Van Dyke | QB | Wisconsin |
| 342 | Mike Wright | QB | Northwestern |
| 343 | Beau Pribula | QB | Penn St. |
| 344 | Johnny Langan | QB | Rutgers |
| 345 | Logan Smothers | QB | Nebraska |
| 346 | Coran Taylor | QB | Illinois |
| 347 | Dexter Williams | QB | Indiana |
| 348 | Christian Veilleux | QB | Penn St. |
| 349 | Eric Najarian | QB | Maryland |
| 350 | Jeff Sims | QB | Nebraska |
| 351 | Devin Brown | QB | Ohio St. |
| 352 | Chase Wolf | QB | Wisconsin |
| 353 | Jackson Stratton | QB | Iowa |
| 354 | Cole Snyder | QB | Rutgers |
| 355 | Justyn Martin | QB | UCLA |
| 356 | Lance Legendre | QB | Maryland |
| 357 | Sam Leavitt | QB | Michigan St. |
| 358 | Cole Kramer | QB | Minnesota |
| 359 | Ta'Quan Roberson | QB | Penn St. |
| 360 | Cole Freeman | QB | Northwestern |
| 361 | Julian Sayin | QB | Ohio St. |
| 362 | Reece Udinski | QB | Maryland |
| 363 | Joey Labas | QB | Iowa |
| 364 | Tommy Schuster | QB | Michigan St. |
| 365 | Michael Alaimo | QB | Purdue |
| 366 | Ryan Boe | QB | Northwestern |
| 367 | Jayden Denegal | QB | Michigan |
| 368 | Cameron Edge | QB | Maryland |
| 369 | Jack Miller | QB | Ohio St. |
| 370 | Anthony Russo | QB | Michigan St. |
| 371 | Marco Lainez | QB | Iowa |
| 372 | Lincoln Kienholz | QB | Ohio St. |
| 373 | Bennett Meredith | QB | Purdue |
| 374 | Carl Richardson | QB | Northwestern |
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