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The Top Ranked
College Football Linebackers of the 1970s
Notes: Ranking Explanations
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Rnk |
Athlete |
College |
|
1 |
Randy Gradishar |
Ohio St. |
|
2 |
Rod Shoate |
Oklahoma |
|
3 |
Jerry Robinson |
UCLA |
|
4 |
George Cumby |
Oklahoma |
|
5 |
Richard Wood |
USC |
|
6 |
Bob Golic |
Notre Dame |
|
7 |
Brian Ruff |
Citadel |
|
8 |
Ed Simonini |
Texas A&M |
|
9 |
Tom Cousineau |
Ohio St. |
|
10 |
Dave Chaney |
San Jose St. |
|
11 |
Greg Buttle |
Penn St. |
|
12 |
Jack Ham |
Penn St. |
|
13 |
Jeff Siemon |
Stanford |
|
14 |
Jerry Murtaugh |
Nebraska |
|
15 |
John Corker |
Oklahoma St. |
|
16 |
John Skorupan |
Penn St. |
|
17 |
Ken Bernich |
Auburn |
|
18 |
Mike Anderson |
LSU |
|
19 |
Mike Singletary |
Baylor |
|
20 |
Mike Taylor |
Michigan |
|
21 |
Mike Woods |
Cincinnati |
|
22 |
Rich Wood |
USC |
|
23 |
Robert Jackson |
Texas A&M |
|
24 |
Ron Simpkins |
Michigan |
|
25 |
Sammy Green |
Florida |
|
26 |
Daryl Hunt |
Oklahoma |
|
27 |
Michael Jackson |
Washington |
|
28 |
Woodrow Lowe |
Alabama |
|
29 |
Calvin O'Neal |
Michigan |
|
30 |
Jackie Walker |
Tennessee |
|
31 |
Barry Krauss |
Alabama |
|
32 |
Bob Breunig |
Arizona St. |
|
33 |
Clete Pillen |
Nebraska |
|
34 |
Dan Bass |
Michigan St. |
|
35 |
Dave Hodge |
Houston |
|
36 |
Ed O'Neil |
Penn St. |
|
37 |
Garth Ten Nappel |
Texas A&M |
|
38 |
Glen Gaspard |
Texas |
|
39 |
Greg Collins |
Notre Dame |
|
40 |
Jamie Rotella |
Tennessee |
|
41 |
Joe Federspiel |
Kentucky |
|
42 |
Lance Mehl |
Penn St. |
|
43 |
Lucius Sanford |
Georgia Tech |
|
44 |
Phil Croyle |
Cal |
|
45 |
Ralph Cindrich |
Pitt |
|
46 |
Reggie Williams |
Dartmouth |
|
47 |
Rick Kingrea |
Tulane |
|
48 |
Thomas Howard |
Texas Tech |
|
49 |
Tom Jackson |
Louisville |
|
50 |
Willie Hall |
USC |
|
51 |
Gary Spani |
Kansas St. |
|
52 |
Warren Capone |
LSU |
|
53 |
Al Humphrey |
Tulsa |
|
54 |
Bill Light |
Minnesota |
|
55 |
Bob Crable |
Notre Dame |
|
56 |
Chuck Zapiec |
Penn St. |
|
57 |
Dale Farley |
West Virginia |
|
58 |
Danny Kepley |
East Carolina |
|
59 |
Donnie Thomas |
Indiana |
|
60 |
Eddie Sheats |
Kansas |
|
61 |
Frank Manumaleuga |
San Jose St. |
|
62 |
Glenn Cameron |
Florida |
|
63 |
Harold Sears |
Miami |
|
64 |
Isiah Robertson |
Southern |
|
65 |
Jack Lazor |
Kent St. |
|
66 |
Jim Merlo |
Stanford |
|
67 |
Ken Fantetti |
Wyoming |
|
68 |
Kurt Allerman |
Penn St. |
|
69 |
Marty Huff |
Michigan |
|
70 |
Otis Wilson |
Louisville |
|
71 |
Ray Costict |
Mississippi St. |
|
72 |
Ray Preston |
Syracuse |
|
73 |
Richard Slough |
USC |
|
74 |
Scott Henderson |
Texas |
|
75 |
Scott Studwell |
Illinois |
|
76 |
Steve Brown |
Oregon St. |
|
77 |
Tom Boyd |
Alabama |
|
78 |
Waymond Bryant |
Tennessee St. |
|
79 |
John Anderson |
Michigan |
|
80 |
Charlie Hall |
Houston |
|
81 |
Clay Matthews Jr. |
USC |
|
82 |
Cleveland Vann |
Oklahoma |
|
83 |
David Lewis |
USC |
|
84 |
Dennis Johnson |
USC |
|
85 |
Derrel Luce |
Baylor |
|
86 |
Harold Randolph |
East Carolina |
|
87 |
Jim Youngblood |
Tennessee Tech |
|
88 |
Joe Norman |
Indiana |
|
89 |
John Mitchell |
Alabama |
|
90 |
Kevin McLain |
Colorado St. |
|
91 |
Larry Gordon |
Arizona St. |
|
92 |
Mark Arneson |
Arizona |
|
93 |
Paul Nunu |
Wyoming |
|
94 |
Phil Heck |
Cal |
|
95 |
Ralph Ortega |
Florida |
|
96 |
Robert Brazile |
Jackson St. |
|
97 |
Rodrigo Barnes |
Rice |
|
98 |
Steve Aycock |
Oklahoma |
|
99 |
Steve Strinko |
Michigan |
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