Which Players Would've Been 99 Overall In NCAA Football 15-21 (If They Existed)?
On this week's episode of Unnecessary Roughness, we discussed the players that missed out on a 99 ranking in NCAA Football from 2014-2020. To decide who would've had that honor we had to turn the clock back to all the 99 ratings from 2003-2014.
2003: EJ Henderson (Maryland)
2004: Roy Williams (Texas), Chris Gamble (OSU)
2005: Mike Williams (USC), Marcus Spears (LSU), David Pollack (Georgia), Derrick Johnson (Texas)
2006: Matt Leinart, Reggie Bush, Mathias Kiwanuka (USC)
2007: Gains Adams (Clemson), Laron Landry, Mason Crosby
2008: Darren McFadden, Sam Baker (USC), Dan Connor (PSU)
2009: Tim Tebow, James Laurinaitis
2010: Sam Bradford, Jermaine Gresham (OU), Tim Tebow, Taylor Mays
2011: None
2012: Andrew Luck
2013: None
2014: Jadeveon Clowney
The key to being a 99 overall is being elite before you leave for the NFL. For example, Joe Burrow would not have been a 99 overall. Same goes for Kyler Murray.
Here is the list that Brandon came up with:
I forgot to add Tua to that list as well.
The only one I didn't really agree with was Bryce Love. I would've added:
-Myles Garrett
-Laremy Tunsil
-Jaylen Waddle
-Quenton Nelson (Notre Dame)
-Chase Young
-Marcus Marriota
-Jabrill Peppers
-Deshaun Watson
A list of some considered, but would've been in the 96-98 range:
-Devonta Smith
-Nick Chubb
-Minkah Fitzpatrick
-Christian McCaffrey
-Najee Harris
-Dak Prescott
-Justin Blackmon
I'm probably missing a few....but I had some fun running through some mid to late 2010 legends for this segment. Would love to hear who I missed out on.