Best Of The Best | College Football’s 10 Greatest Freshmen

There was a time, not that long ago actually, when college football was dominated by men who looked like Hacksaw Jim Duggan, and never, ever needed a fake I.D. to get into a bar. It was the redshirt era—a time when fifth-year seniors ruled the gridiron and freshmen spent the majority of their game time waving towels over their heads on the sidelines.

But with the onslaught of early entries into the NFL Draft and the rise of the super-underclassman in recent years (see Tebow, Peterson, Crabtree, et al … ), more freshmen are arriving on campuses each fall looking to make an impact from Day One. So with the college football season nearly upon us, we thought we’d take a look back today on the game’s greatest freshmen. And yes, a few of them even managed to ma...

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