SI's Top 150 Players of All Time.....

[SteelClip49]

1. Red Grange, Illinois
2. Jim Thorpe, Carlisle
3. Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State
4. Herschel Walker, Georgia
5. Sammy Baugh, TCU
6. Vince Young, Texas
7. Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh
8. Bronko Nagurski, Minnesota
9. Hugh Green, Pittsburgh
10. Bo Jackson, Auburn
11. Roger Staubach, Navy
12. Earl Campbell, Texas
13. Archie Griffin, Ohio State
14. Dick Butkus, Illinois
15. Tommie Frazier, Nebraska
16. OJ Simpson, USC
17. Glenn Davis, Army
18. Tommy Nobis, Texas
19. Ernie Davis, Syracuse
20. George Gipp, Notre Dame
21. Doak Walker, SMU
22. Tom Harmon, Michigan
23. Johnny Rodgers, Nebraska
24. Charles Woodson, Michigan
25. Ricky Williams, Texas
26. Chic Harley, Ohio State
27. Ernie Nevers, Stanford
28. Orlando Pace, Ohio State
29. Jim Brown, Syracuse
30. Reggie Bush, USC
31. Walter Eckersall, Chicago
32. Doc Blanchard, Army
33. Lee Roy Selmon
34. Willie Heston, Michigan
35. Don Hutson, Alabama
36. Matt Leinart, USC
37. Billy Sims
38. Jim McMahon, BYU
39. Walter Payton, Jackson State
40. Ross Browner, Notre Dame
41. Dave Rimington, Nebraska
42. John Elway, Stanford
43. Tim Tebow, Florida
44. Marcus Allen, USC
45. Charley Trippi, Georgia
46. Ron Dayne, Wisconsin
47. Bubba Smith, Michigan State
48. Jerry Rice, Mississippi Valley State
49. Cameron Newton, Auburn
50. Deion Sanders, Florida State
51. Jack Tatum, Ohio State
52. Gale Sayers, Kansas
53. Paul Hornung, Notre Dame
54. Jim Plunkett, Stanford
55. Steve Emtman, Washington
56. Danny Wuerffel, Florida
57. Davey O'Brien, TCU
58. Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska
59. Bennie Oosterbann, Michigan
60. John Hannah, Alabama
61. Lawrence Taylor, North Carolina
62. Nile Kinnick, Iowa
63. Eddie Mahan, Harvard
64. Doug Flutie, Boston College
65. Alex Karras, Iowa
66. Desmond Howard, Michigan
67. Chuck Bednarik, Pennsylvania
68. Mike Rozier, Nebraska
69. Frank Sinkwich, Georgia
70. Leon Hart, Notre Dame
71. Lee Roy Jordan, Alabama
72. Jim Parker, Ohio State
73. Johnny Lujack, Notre Dame
74. Billy Cannon, LSU
75. Doug Williams, Grambling State
76. Ty Detmer, BYU
77. Bill Fralic, Pittsburgh
78. Germany Schultz, Michigan
79. Ted Hendricks, Miami
80. Randy White, Maryland
81. Steve McNair, Alcorn State
82. Jim Stillwagon, Ohio State
83. Bob Gain, Kentucky
84. Anthony Carter, Michigan
85. Dick Modzelewski, Maryland
86. Howard Twilley, Tulsa
87. Elmer Oliphant, Army
88. Rich Glover, Nebraska
89. Charlie Ward, Florida State
90. Gary Beban, UCLA
91. Tommy Casanova, LSU
92. Howard Cassady, Ohio State
93. Jerry Sisemore, Texas
94. Chuck Ealey, Toledo
95. Ron Yary, USC
96. Peyton Manning, Tennessee
97. Randy Moss, Marshall
98. Alan Ameche, Wisconsin
99. Bryant McKinnie, Miami
100. Keith Jackson
101. Eric Dickerson, SMU
102. Mike Ditka, Pittsburgh
103. Raghib Ismail, Notre Dame
104. Jim Weatherall
105. Dean Steinkuhler, Nebraska
106. Jay Berwanger, Chicago
107. Thomas Shevlin, Yale
108. John Hicks, Ohio State
109. Joe Greene, North Texas State
110. Colt McCoy, Texas
111. Bruce Smith, Virginia Tech
112. Mike Rein, Penn State
113. Brian Bosworth
114. Tim Brown, Notre Dame
115. Frank Hinkey, Yale
116. Ed Widseth, Minnesota
117. Archie Manning, Mississippi
118. Eddie George, Ohio State
119. Bobby Layne, Texas
120. Terry Bradshaw, Louisiana Tech
121. Chris Spielman, Ohio State
122. Mike Singletary, Baylor
123. Sam Bradford
124. Johnny Lattner, Notre Dame
125. Charles White, USC
126. Ted Kwalick, Penn State
127. Darren McFadden, Arkansas
128. Joe Theismann, Notre Dame
129. Charlie Justice, North Carolina
130. Ted Koy, Yale
131. Ed Reed, Miami
132. Marshall Newell, Harvard
133. Michael Vick, Virginia Tech
134. Kenneth Sims, Texas
135. Larry Fitzgerald, Pittsburgh
136. Bennie Blades, Miami
137. Leroy Keyes, Purdue
138. George Connor, Notre Dame
139. Jerry Robinson, UCLA
140. LaDainian Tomlinson, TCU
141. Anthony Davis, USC
142. Paul Posluszny, Penn State
143. Derrick Thomas, Alabama
144. Ken Easley, UCLA
145. Ronnie Lott, USC
146. Pat White, West Virginia
147. Ray Guy, Southern Mississippi
148. Adrian Peterson
149. Marshall Goldberg, Pittsburgh
150. George Webster, Michigan State


LOL at Vince Young being that high at #6 and Colt McCoy being higher than Sam Bradford...geez. I bet Oklahoma State fans are enjoying #3.

[Wayne Jarvis]

Lee Roy should be much higher and Jerry Tubbs should be on there somewhere.

[sooner59]

The only reason Colt is ranked higher than Sam is because he wasn't good enough to be drafted early, so he stayed around and racked up stats.

[cantwait48]

is Ricky Williams really the 25th greatest player of all time?

I still think someone needs to do a top 100 lists of all time and then just end all these stupid lists

[KBoomer11]

These lists are dumb

[prrriiide]

6. Vince Young, Texas
25. Ricky Williams, Texas

33. Lee Roy Selmon

Seriously, Clarence? Wonderlic and Pothead are ranked above one of the most dominant defensive players ever to strap on a helmet? SERIOUSLY??? Let me guess...the compiler of the list is a 17 year-old kid from Houston.

[sperry]

Where is Jimmy Clausen?


The only problem I have with it is there are way too many guys from the 20s, 30s, and 40s on there. Being the best at a time when sports were considered nothing more than a healthy diversion for young aristocrats at Harvard, Yale, adn the service academies is not that great of an achievement.

[sooner59]

6. Vince Young, Texas
25. Ricky Williams, Texas

33. Lee Roy Selmon

Seriously, Clarence? Wonderlic and Pothead are ranked above one of the most dominant defensive players ever to strap on a helmet? SERIOUSLY??? Let me guess...the compiler of the list is a 17 year-old kid from Houston.

Bingo. Lee Roy Selmon not being in the top 10 makes this list invalid.

[oudavid1]

I think Barry Sanders is the best ever.

[agoo758]

Hard to take any list that places Vince Young over Bo Jackson seriously, and I think Thorpe and Grange need to swap.

[WA. Sooner]

Vince WAY TO HIGH
Were is Tommy McDonald?

[AlbqSooner]

^^^^^ Even #53 Paul Hornung said Tommy was better.

[Adrian]

Terry Bradshaw at # 120? Really? What did he do as a collegian?

[Soonermagik]

McFadden ahead of AD... really?? Pat White ahead of AD?? This is a joke.

[Dwight]

Barry Sanders should be #1

[tcrb]

Meh. SI is in the swim suit business now. Cant take their list too seriously. I would think that even texass fans would disagree with vince being ranked higher than Earl Campbell.

[Jacie]

It is not exactly apples to oranges if it is understood that the list is about which ones were the top players in their time, who had the most impact on the opposition they faced. As this list came from SI, it is a fluff piece and not meant to be taken seriously.

[MI Sooner]

I only see three defensive players from the two-platoon era ahead of Welkom. Does't seem too outrageous to me.

Welkom is Selmon, FYI (fat fingers).

[stoopified]

Kurt Burris? Tom Catlin? Buddy Burris?

[stoopified]

Tony Casillas?

[SteelClip49]

#43 seriously?

[Eielson]

Reggie Bush at 30?

[MyT Oklahoma]

This list only goes to prove that SI knows as much about sports as they know about fornification.

[Eielson]

There are so many things ridiculously wrong with this list that I don't even think we should discuss it.

[SoonerOX]

This list is ghey...moving on.

[GrandStrandSooner]

It makes me puke but Tim Tebow is way too low.

[sooneron]

Radio is getting WAY too much credit for 1.5 years of good football.

It makes me barf, but I'd put timmah above him.

[Football Jim]

I agree. List is more than stupid. Time to move on.....

[Leroy Lizard]

Gary Beban better than Brian Bosworth and Sam Bradford?

[texaspokieokie]

i think beban was ucla QB when i lived in CA. fading memory, but think he was very good.

this list (or any other) is just to stir things up when there's nothing else
to discuss.

LL, i sure you know that.

[EstablishedSooner1967]

That list is a wast of time...

[Leroy Lizard]

i think beban was ucla QB when i lived in CA. fading memory, but think he was very good.

He is generally considered the worst Heisman winner of all time. Sam Bradford isnt.

Here are Beban's Heisman season stats:

87/156 55.8% 1359yds 8.7yd/att 8TD/8INT

He did rush for over 200 yards though. :D

[texaspokieokie]

well, i said it was vague.

generally considered by whom ??

[OhU1]

Where is Chris Simms?

[Leroy Lizard]

well, i said it was vague.

generally considered by whom ??

Here's one. I've seen others.

http://cfn.scout.com/2/597993.html

[King Crimson]

archie griffin and ricky williams ahead of Billy? no way.

griffin is kind of a punchline. sims SHOULD have won it twice.

bunch of no way nevers ahead of Lee Roy.

mile rozier, really? guy was the 3rd best RB on his own team....heisman or no.

no Jerry Tubbs? pffft.

[King Crimson]

pat white ahead of AD.

[Leroy Lizard]

I think Thorpe is #1. Sanders #2. Not sure about the rest.

And most importantly, I find it odd that a poster named King Crimson would have a Captain Beefheart avatar.

[King Crimson]

nothing mysterious about it.

[King Crimson]

Sanders never beat Oklahoma. and not even the best OU teams. or even the 2nd best OU teams. forgive me for not "giving it up" to Barry Sanders.

those Poke teams were about as good as OSU could get....no wins against Oklahoma.

[Leroy Lizard]

Sanders never beat Oklahoma. and not even the best OU teams. or even the 2nd best OU teams. forgive me for not "giving it up" to Barry Sanders.

those Poke teams were about as good as OSU could get....no wins against Oklahoma.


If he could have beaten OU he would be no. 1.

[texaspokieokie]

If he could have beaten OU he would be no. 1.

haha LL, you won't like it, but i agree.

barring injury, sanders would be the all-time leading rusher of the nfl, if he hadn't quit.

[SoonerDan74012]

Sanders = a tad bit overrated. Just a little.

[Leroy Lizard]

Sanders = a tad bit overrated. Just a little.

Best RB I've ever seen.

[texaspokieokie]

Sanders = a tad bit overrated. Just a little.

if you just say "tad", it means the same as saying "tad bit".

[King Crimson]

If he could have beaten OU he would be no. 1.

false overstatement is not the win here. the guy never lined up and had 40 carries and beat his in-state rival.

he's great, i just don't see how he's the best ever, de facto.

[Salt City Sooner]

I find it extremely difficult to fault Sanders for OSU having a lousy D that year. OU was the only game in which OSU didn't put up at least 41 on the board, & even then, the 28 they put up that night should've been enough to win, if they'd had anything resembling a competent D.

I won't say that Sanders was/is the best ever, but that's only because I never saw Jim Brown play, other than highlight films. Of the backs that I have watched, I'd take him 8 days a week & twice on Sundays.

[cccasooner2]

How was Tony Doorsit's name finally pronounced?.

[texaspokieokie]

I find it extremely difficult to fault Sanders for OSU having a lousy D that year. OU was the only game in which OSU didn't put up at least 41 on the board, & even then, the 28 they put up that night should've been enough to win, if they'd had anything resembling a competent D.

I won't say that Sanders was/is the best ever, but that's only because I never saw Jim Brown play, other than highlight films. Of the backs that I have watched, I'd take him 8 days a week & twice on Sundays.

i think he is 2nd only to brown in ypc, in nfl.

[OhU1]

I find it extremely difficult to fault Sanders for OSU having a lousy D that year. OU was the only game in which OSU didn't put up at least 41 on the board, & even then, the 28 they put up that night should've been enough to win, if they'd had anything resembling a competent D.

I was at that game. Brent Parker dropped Gumby's [hairGel] pass at the end of the game but if Sanders was the best of all time he would have somehow been there to scoop the ball up for a TD before it hit the ground.

[sooneron]

I find it interesting that so many are willing to concede overall greatness for one year of greatness.

[texaspokieokie]

I find it interesting that so many are willing to concede overall greatness for one year of greatness.

they are noticing how well he did in the nfl.

[texaspokieokie]

I was at that game. Brent Parker dropped Gumby's [hairGel] pass at the end of the game but if Sanders was the best of all time he would have somehow been there to scoop the ball up for a TD before it hit the ground.

that ball went thru parker's hands, there was no chance to "scoop the ball up".

the killer was garret limbrick drew a 15 yd penalty a play or 2 before. 15 yds. plus it was "dead ball", loss of down.

[texaspokieokie]

I find it interesting that so many are willing to concede overall greatness for one year of greatness.

keep in mind, he had the best season of any running back, ever.

[CowboyMRW]

keep in mind, he had the best season of any running back, ever.

In as few a games as he had. Nowadays team get 13 or 14 games a year, and no one still can break the record.

[CowboyMRW]

Sanders never beat Oklahoma. and not even the best OU teams. or even the 2nd best OU teams. forgive me for not "giving it up" to Barry Sanders.

those Poke teams were about as good as OSU could get....no wins against Oklahoma.

There are 21 other players on the field that have to do their job, especially the 11 on defense. It's not his fault the defense didn't do their job enough.

[texaspokieokie]

he had 12 games & over 2800 yds,including bowl game, about 235 ypg.

[MR2-Sooner86]

Even though he was an aggie Sanders was good. He was damn good.

[SoonerinSouthlake]

How does Cam Newton end up on this list playing only 1 year in major College FB?

[SONofa47straitSOONER]

Joe Washington? Billy Vessels? Tommy McDonald?

[tulsaoilerfan]

Radio at number 6 is an absolute joke; he had one great year and 2 years of mediocrity at best

[Leroy Lizard]

I won't say that Sanders was/is the best ever, but that's only because I never saw Jim Brown play, other than highlight films.

Speaking of overrated. Brown finished 5th in the Heisman vote, yet today we remember him motoring for a TD on every play -- and running over 8 players doing it. Average rush/attempt is 6.2, which is pretty damn good. Sanders averaged 7.6 yards/carry and (most importantly) put up over 200 yards on a very good Sooner defense. I mean, four 300-yard games?

[Sooner Cal]

Anthony Davis and Charles White better than AD. Matt Leinart better than Bradford. Larry Fitzgerald ranked that low. Billy Sims, who should have won 2 Heismans ranked that low. Archie Griffen, who did win 2 lower than Herschel Walker. No member of the 56 Sooners who never lost a game makes the list.

Can we say Joke.

[Leroy Lizard]

Archie Griffin was way overrated.

Here is a tough question: Which team was looked upon most favorably when making this list. IOW, what was the likely team favorite of the list composer?