The Best in College Football, By the Numbers

At the end of the college football season, everyone and their brother releases their All-American team for the year. And pretty much every year, all the teams have basically the same names. This year, Cam Newton will be everyone’s first team All-American quarterback. LaMichael James will be one of the running backs on the first team. Da’Quan Bowers is a given to be an All-American defensive end.

It’s time to do something a little different. It’s time to compile a “best of” list with some different names- a lot of different names. There are a lot of outstanding football players that deserve national recognition, and here it will be done by jersey number. The following list is based on the number they wear on their chest and back. Which player in the country wears number #10? Roy Helu Jr, perhaps? Perhaps. Perhaps not.

The Best by the Numbers

#	Player	Pos.	School
1	Alshon Jeffery	WR	South Carolina
2	Cam Newton	QB	Auburn
3	Brandon Weeden	QB	Oklahoma State
4	Mark Barron	S	Alabama
5	Chimdi Checkwa	CB	Ohio State
6	Kenny Tate	S	Maryland
7	Patrick Peterson	CB	LSU
8	A.J. Green	—	Georgia
9	Tyler Sash	S	Iowa
10	Colin Kaepernick	QB	Nevada
11	Kellen Moore	QB	Boise State
12	Andrew Luck	QB	Stanford
13	Cliff Harris	CB	Oregon
14	Andy Dalton	QB	TCU
15	Ryan Mallett	QB	Arkansas
16	Denard Robinson	QB	Michigan
17	Ryan Tannehill	QB/WR	Texas A&M
18	Anthony Allen	RB	Georgia Tech
19	Johnny Patrick	CB	Louisville
20	Jayron Hosley	CB	Virginia Tech
21	LaMichael James	RB	Oregon
22	Mark Ingram	RB	Alabama
23	Jordon Todman	RB	Connecticut
24	Kendall Hunter	RB	Oklahoma State
25	Sean Baker	S	Ball State
26	Joe Lefeged	CB	Rutgers
27	Xavier Rhodes	CB	Florida State
28	Eric Hagg	S	Nebraska
29	Kendrick Hardy	RB	Southern Miss
30	Josh Jasper	K/P	LSU
31	Jarvis Wilson	LB	Florida International
32	Dan Molls	LB	Toledo
33	Stepfan Taylor	RB	Stanford
34	Vai Taua	RB	Nevada
35	Brandon Lindsey	DT	Pittsburgh
36	Brian Rolle	LB	Ohio State
37	Robert Lester	S	Alabama
38	Dave Teggart	K	Connecticut
39	Joe Phillips	K	Utah
40	Luke Kuechly	LB	Boston College
41	Victor Aiyewa	LB	Washington
42	Justin Houston	LB	Georgia
43	Tank Carder	LB	TCU
44	Jeremy Beal	DE	Oklahoma
45	D.J. Williams	TE	Arkansas
46	Tyler Replogle	LB	Indiana
47	A.J. Klein	LB	Iowa State
48	Owen Marecic	FB	Stanford
49	Brandon Jenkins	DE	Florida State
50	Michael Brewster	OL	Ohio State
51	Bruce Taylor	LB	Virginia Tech
52	David DeCastro	OL	Stanford
53	Greg Jones	LB	Michigan State
54	Jordon Holmes	OL	Oregon
55	Jonathan Martin	OL	Stanford
56	Nate Irving	LB	North Carolina State
57	Marcel Darius	DT	Alabama
58	Kenny Rowe	DE	Oregon
59	Dwight Roberson	LB	Oregon State
60	Clint Boling	OL	Georgia
61	Stefen Wisniewski	OL	Penn State
62	Rodney Hudson	OL	Florida State
63	Colin Miller	OL	Central Michigan
64	Colin Baxter	OL	Arizona
65	DeMarcus Love	OL	Arkansas
66	Sam Griffin	OL	Cincinnati
67	Joel Foreman	OL	Michigan State
68	Gabe Carimi	OL	Wisconsin
69	Andrew Jackson	OL	Fresno State
70	Tyron Smith	OL	Southern Cal
71	Wade Grayson	OL	Arkansas
72	Chase Beeler	OL	Stanford
73	Lee Ziemba	OL	Auburn
74	Anthony Costanzo	OL	Boston College
75	Barrett Jones	OL	Alabama
76	Jake Kirkpatrick	OL	TCU
77	Carson York	OL	Oregon
78	Nate Solder	OL	Colorado
79	Derek Sherrod	OL	Mississippi State
80	Vincent Brown	WR	San Diego State
81	Justin Blackmon	WR	Oklahoma State
82	Torrey Smith	WR	Maryland
83	Michael Egnew	TE	Missouri
84	Jared Karstetter	WR	Washington State
85	Ryan Broyles	WR	Oklahoma
86	Jeffery Henderson	TE	Alabama-Birmingham
87	Terrence Miller	TE	Arizona
88	Lance Lewis	WR	East Carolina
89	Ladarius Green	TE	UL-Lafayette
90	Nick Fairley	DT	Auburn
91	Jake Bequette	DE	Arkansas
92	Drake Nevis	DT	LSU
93	Da’Quan Bowers	DE	Clemson
94	Jared Crick	DT	Nebraska
95	Dan Bailey	K	Oklahoma State
96	Will Snyderwine	K	Duke
97	Jabaal Sheard	DE	Pittsburgh
98	Devin Taylor	DE	South Carolina
99	J.J. Watt	DE	Wisconsin