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The college football season has finally come to a close. The Ohio State Buckeyes are national champions for the first time since 2014 after winning the College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championship 34-23 over Notre Dame.
The CFP expanded to 12 teams this season and saw some surprises. The top four seeds all lost in the second round as the teams seeded No. 5 through No. 8 made it to the semifinals.
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The expanded playoff gave college football stars more opportunities to show out and put highlights on their tape ahead of the 2025 NFL draft. With up to four games for some teams in the postseason, many players had a chance to rise up draft boards while others likely fell with subpar performances.
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Here are four players who helped their draft stock in the CFP – and four who hurt their stock in the postseason:
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Ohio State RB Quinshon Judkins
The Buckeyes rolled into the 2024 season with one of the top running backs in the country in TreVeyon Henderson. But he and Judkins, a transfer from Ole Miss, made for one of the best one-two punches at the position in college football.
Judkins was a force in the college football playoff. On the biggest stage in the national championship game against Notre Dame, Judkins needed just 11 carries to reach 100 rushing yards and tallied three touchdowns (two rushing, one receiving).
The 2025 NFL draft features a deep running back class. Judkins averaged more than five yards per carry in the playoffs and had seven total touchdowns in the four biggest games of the season. He’s firmly in the conversation to be a top-40 selection in April.
Notre Dame S Xavier Watts
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Author : Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Publish date : 2025-01-21 23:25:00
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