There’s only one college football player that’s won the Heisman Trophy twice, and he’s a former Ohio State player. Of course you know the answer to that trivia question — Archie Griffin, No. 45 who played his entire career under Woody Hayes in Columbus.
Being that he’s the only college player to accomplish that feat, you’d think that he’d be pretty high up any list of greatest of all-time. Sure enough, ESPN has named Griffin the fourth-best college football player in the 150-year history of the game.
The top 11 of all-time was unveiled during halftime of the national championship game between LSU and Clemson. And you had to have a chill watching Griffin take his place among greats like Red Grange, Herschel Walker, Barry Sanders, and Jim Brown on the podium.
Here’s a look at Griffin along with the others recognized tonight as some of the best of the best in college football lore.
But here’s what a lot of folks don’t know; Griffin is an even better person than he was player. He will always be cemented as one of the best to ever play the game.
Here are the rest of the eleven that also took center stage tonight.
