according to this site: Walker #1 Olsen #38 Tomlinson #41 Bush #46 + Detmer #43.

May 24, 2016
2:23:57pm

robin 3rd String

http://www.rantsports.com/ncaa-football/2015/11/07/ranking-the-50-greatest-college-football-players-of-all-time/

You'd think McMahon and Young would be close to being on this list. Also surprising that Faulk not on this list. Maybe he was better in NFL than in college.

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Best Player BYU Football ever faced? Marshall Faulk? Whos on that list?

buckeyecougarguy

5/24/16 10:25am

Dalton, Hughes, A. Smith, kickoff return dude from Hawaii

BlackBart

5/24/16 10:28am

Dalton was the first name that came to my mind

chazen

5/24/16 1:26pm

Thomas Jones at LES was pretty impressive

BYUheaven

5/24/16 10:28am

At the time? Maybe Russell Maryland.

byubyu

5/24/16 10:28am

Sam Bradford could be on the list.

beebs4lyfe

5/24/16 10:29am

I totally forgot Marshawn Lynch and Desean Jackson.

beebs4lyfe

5/24/16 10:31am

DeSean Jackson did bad things to our defense.

Mayor of Cougartown

5/24/16 10:53am

I agree with Faulk. Most amazing college back I've seen in person. He was a man

specsauce

5/24/16 10:30am

Reggie Bush was a freak show in college.

RichieRich

5/24/16 10:30am

That USC team was amazing. That season had two great home games in the preseason

blackandblue

5/24/16 10:41am

the correct answer is Reggie Bush...

BigYfan

5/24/16 11:07am

Oregon State QB that won the Heisman in the 60s

Y05

5/24/16 11:51am

meant for OP

Y05

5/24/16 11:52am

Dickerson, Faulk, Jonathan Ogden (who almost single-handedly won the game) are 3

BigD Coug

5/24/16 10:33am

James had a better game than Dickerson though. I guess the distinction would

BYUheaven

5/24/16 10:36am

Both Dickerson and James weren't superstars yet in 1980

donnerstag

5/24/16 10:44am

James had more yards...

CoachSpeak

5/24/16 1:45pm

I wouldn't vote James for anything except javelin catcher on the track team.

CougarThug

5/24/16 7:09pm

Eric Bieniemy from Colorado was pretty good in '88

BYUBandfan

5/24/16 10:37am

Tough to answer because there have been so many great players but Gerald McCoy

The Dude Abides

5/24/16 10:39am

Jim McMahon in practice

maizecoug

5/24/16 10:39am

Of those not already mentioned, Demarco Murray held to 58 yards rushing in 2009

Thrill

5/24/16 10:41am

Was Freeney on SU when they visited LES?

Crush4

5/24/16 10:43am

IDK, but David Tyree was, IIRC.

Y05

5/24/16 12:20pm

Tyree & Freeney both played.

BigD Coug

5/24/16 12:33pm

Justin Tuck.

Crush4

5/24/16 10:44am

Herschel Walker

golf1

5/24/16 10:46am

I went to that game.

SoCalCoug

5/24/16 1:46pm

They played against Brian Urlacher... He was a stud in college

RaggaeCoug

5/24/16 10:47am

Al Noga did whatever he wanted to against BYU

donnerstag

5/24/16 10:48am

Jerry Hughes

Crush4

5/24/16 10:49am

Steve Smith

Mayor of Cougartown

5/24/16 10:51am

I was happy to send him out on a loss.

Crush4

5/24/16 10:52am

Marshawn Lynch and Reggie Bush come to mind.

Josef K

5/24/16 10:54am

Faulk, Tomlinson, Lynch, Bush and Walker are some of the

kimdaddy35

5/24/16 10:55am

Oops, meant to add Dickerson to that list as well.

kimdaddy35

5/24/16 10:56am

Dickerson and Craig James both killed us ... fortunately McMahon was better

ManicBlue

5/24/16 11:00am

In our favor McMahon, Detmer and one year of Young were about the greatest

kimdaddy35

5/24/16 11:06am

Craig James also killed a bunch of hookers, IIRC

Jericho

5/24/16 11:12am

according to Mike Leach it was 5

Wear Blue

5/25/16 9:36pm

It helped that SMU let up, because they thought they had won

donnerstag

5/24/16 11:15am

they played 56 minutes

Y05

5/24/16 12:07pm

My point stands that if they had played 60 minutes

donnerstag

5/24/16 12:39pm

I should probably include the Bus in that list as well

kimdaddy35

5/24/16 11:57am

Jerome Bettis, another HOF back

Y05

5/24/16 12:19pm

pretty nice we got Tomlinson as a frosh

Y05

5/24/16 12:00pm

Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin

Y05

5/24/16 12:57pm

Scott Mitchell !!!

IDAHO 4 Y

5/24/16 11:29am

Dwight Freeney

WhyaskY?

5/24/16 11:42am

Matt Ryan, Dennis Dixon (we beat his ducks..) are up there too

SouthernAZcoug

5/24/16 11:46am

I still have nightmares of Gaston Green

SpiffCoug

5/24/16 11:54am

JJ Stokes

Y05

5/24/16 12:31pm

Shawn Alexander Alabama

Y05

5/24/16 11:54am

Travis Wilson

Ghost

5/24/16 12:00pm

Eric Metcalf, Texas

Y05

5/24/16 12:08pm

chris weinke, florida Statr, another Heisman Trophy winner

Y05

5/24/16 12:17pm

Florida State roster check from 1991 and 2000

Y05

5/25/16 6:06am

was Mike Singletary on that 83 Baylor team?

Y05

5/24/16 12:22pm

No, drafted in NFL in 1981.

robin

5/24/16 2:26pm

Randall Cunningham was UNLV punter when we played in early 80s

Y05

5/24/16 12:23pm

make that back up 1981 was his freshman year

Y05

5/24/16 12:28pm

Chris Dolman, Bill Fralic both part of that 1984 Pitt team

Y05

5/24/16 12:42pm

Ironhead did his damage in the 1987 Pitt game.

BigD Coug

5/24/16 12:54pm

ASU's Danny White, Penn State's Blair Thomas

Rob of NV

5/24/16 12:57pm

need more ASU guys on this list, ASU went undefeated twice in the 70s

Y05

5/24/16 3:43pm

Herschel Walker

Bob Vance

5/24/16 1:15pm

Reggie Bush

rad dawg

5/24/16 1:24pm

I would put Brian Urlacher on the top of my list; that guy was a beast at NM

OGSuperfan

5/24/16 1:34pm

Dee Dowis...I was at that game...He ran all over BYU, but BYU still won the game..

deckard667

5/24/16 1:41pm

chad henning, outland trophy winner, and whoever was the star of the 1985 and

Y05

5/24/16 3:58pm

Eric Dickerson...

CoachSpeak

5/24/16 1:43pm

Russel Maryland, Eric Dickerson, Herschel Walker, Marshal Faulk

Accipiter

5/24/16 1:50pm

JJ Stokes. I was at the Rose Bowl watching him carry BYU defenders 20 yards...

byubananastand

5/24/16 2:10pm

according to this site: Walker #1 Olsen #38 Tomlinson #41 Bush #46 + Detmer #43.

robin

5/24/16 2:23pm

#36 Orlando Pace, Ohio St, 1993 Holiday Bowl, #35 Ryan Broyles, Oklahoma, 2009

Y05

5/24/16 5:02pm

Herschel Walker!

BYU Grounds

5/24/16 2:36pm

Bradlee Van Pelt

icecougar

5/24/16 2:57pm

this guy stuck in my memory too. Definitely gave byu all it could handle.

buckeyecougarguy

5/26/16 1:14pm

Shaun Alexander

erodcoug

5/24/16 3:40pm

Jonathan Ogden: I still remember when he came to Provo and DOMINATED

HarlemCoug

5/24/16 3:43pm

Any Yewt player, each of which runs a sub 4.3.

Real Men Wear Blue

5/24/16 3:57pm

Merlin Olson, or whoever the USU legend is

Y05

5/24/16 4:06pm

What this tells us is BYU has faced a lot of great players.

crimedog

5/24/16 4:53pm

and it says a lot about BYU because we beat a lot of them or took the game

Y05

5/25/16 4:52am

place kickers: Jason Elam, Hawaii, Jason Hanson, Washington State

Y05

5/24/16 5:08pm

Jerome Bettis, Elam, Van Pelt, Faulk, Dickerson, Bush, Dowis

shakarocks

5/24/16 5:27pm

I know this is a bit of joke now, but Colin Kaepernick killed us in 2010

CougarTail

5/24/16 5:28pm

I can't believe no one has mentioned DeMarco Murray.

bushy7

5/24/16 6:10pm

Thrill did

Y05

5/24/16 8:28pm

I'm a hack then....

bushy7

5/24/16 8:30pm

it's ok, a lot of hacks on this thread

Y05

5/25/16 4:50am

Didn't Aaron Rodgers play for CAL when BYU lost the Vegas bowl to them

Dat_rmishner

5/24/16 6:51pm

Nope.

BigD Coug

5/24/16 8:18pm

year after he left

Y05

5/24/16 8:26pm

Lynch has to be on the list somewhere.

Y'zFan

5/24/16 7:56pm

Easy! Beast Mode, Marshawn Lynch

BringYourUltimate

5/24/16 7:58pm

Andy Dalton in 2008. He killed my will to live. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson famous

Bobmarleyjr

5/25/16 12:33am

Kevin Curtis, USU WR, was pretty dang good

Y05

5/25/16 4:42am

OJ McDuffie, PennState, Kerry Collins and Ki jana Carter all in 1992

Y05

5/25/16 6:14am

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