Former Georgia Bulldog star kicker Rodrigo Blankenship has been named one of the top walk-ons of all time. Blankenship is ranked as the No. 46 best walk-on ever.
Blankenship is the only Georgia player on the list, which is headlined by Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield. At Oklahoma, Mayfield won the Burlsworth Trophy twice (2015 and 2016). The Burlsworth Trophy is awarded to the nation’s top walk-on player.
Baker Mayfield became the first walk-on to win the Heisman Trophy in 2017. Interestingly, Mayfield’s final career game came against the University of Georgia and Rodrigo Blankenship, who helped Georgia keep pace with Oklahoma’s high-powered offense.
Who will be college football’s next great walk-on? There are too many walk-ons to consider any individual walk-on likely to become a star. Instead, the vast number of walk-ons is what allows there to be so many success stories.
It is always a great story when college football walk-ons earn full scholarships. Rodrigo Blankenship, who made a game-winning kick against Kentucky in 2016, did not get a full scholarship until the 2017 college football season.
For every Santana Moss, Rodrigo Blankenship, or Jordy Nelson there are dozens of walk-ons grinding to make the football team and paying full tuition.
Do you think that Blankenship is ranked too lowly in the list of the greatest college football walk-ons of all time?
Greatest Walk-Ons Of All Time
No. 1 is fairly obvious.@ASUFootball, @HuskerFBNation, and @BadgerFootball are Walk-OnU. pic.twitter.com/AZQdU1lZex
— Big Game Boomer (@ATL_boomer1990) March 29, 2021
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