ESPN released their top eleven players in college football history during the National Championship Game between LSU and Clemson. In honor of college football’s 150th season, ESPN ranked the 150 greatest college football players of all-time.
Two Georgia Bulldogs made ESPN’s list: second-ranked Herschel Walker and number 149 Champ Bailey. Herschel Walker finished behind legendary Syracuse RB Jim Brown. Brown didn’t put up the numbers Herschel Walker did, but he was a little more versatile.
Walker had more than double Brown’s career rushing yardage and scored twice as many touchdowns. Walker additionally won a National Championship as a freshman and later went on to win a Heisman. Herschel Walker deserved to be named the greatest player in college football history.
The top ten is extremely running back heavy, with nine of the top ten players being running backs. Of course, back in the old days running backs used to be the focal point of every offense, but still the list, much like the Heisman Trophy ignores too many elite players in the trenches.
Frank Sinkwich has to be UGA’s biggest snub from the list. Sinkwich won a Heisman in 1942 along with Georgia’s first National Championship. It’s hard to deny any player who won a National Championship and a Heisman in the same season a spot on the top 150.
