Settle in for a minute or two and try to recall the most memorable plays over the course of your college football fandom. Sure, many of these are likely team-specific, but a betting man would place odds on several highlights seared in your brain coming from a few of the greatest dynamos of all-time whose eye-popping flashes of individual talent won’t soon be forgotten.
For this summer exercise down memory lane, a look at the most dynamic players of the past 25 years begins with the 2000 season. Careers must have started from that point or thereafter. Therefore, Michael Vick and Ed Reed, among others, are not included on this list. This group is offense-heavy, but there were a pair of defenders over this stretch who changed games by simply being on the field.
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Judging by a few responses from colleagues, definitions of “dynamic” differ a bit from my own. As a kid from the South, the players I most remembered jumped off of the screen in the biggest moments of the biggest games. Some of these athletes dominated the opposition with elite athleticism, while others utilized world-class talent or speed on their way to piling up touchdowns. Active college football players were not eligible for this ranking, but could be in the future. I’m looking at you, Jeremiah Smith and Ryan Williams.
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Author : Brad Crawford
Publish date : 2025-06-09 15:10:00
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