STARRING ROLE: BEST RUNNING BACKS
1. Marcus Lattimore, South Carolina
2. Montee Ball, Wisconsin
3. Knile Davis, Arkansas
4. Kenjon Barner, Oregon
5. Stepfan Taylor, Stanford
CATCHING ON: TOP WIDE RECEIVERS
1. Marqise Lee, USC
2. Tavon Austin, West Virginia
3. Robert Woods, USC
4. Da'Rick Rogers, Tennessee
5. Marquess Wilson, Washington State
QUARTERBACKS: POCKET PASSERS
1. Matt Barkley, USC
2. Aaron Murray, Georgia
3. Tyler Wilson, Arkansas
4. Geno Smith, West Virginia
5. Keith Price, Washington
QUARTERBACKS: DUAL-THREAT
1. Logan Thomas, Virginia Tech
2. Collin Klein, Kansas State
3. Denard Robinson, Michigan
4. James Franklin, Missouri
5. Braxton Miller, Ohio State
TIGHT ENDS: BEST IN THE BIZ
1. Tyler Eifert, Notre Dame
2. Jake Stoneburner, Ohio State
3. Zach Ertz, Stanford
4. Philip Lutzenkirchen, Auburn
5. Chris Gragg, Arkansas
END GAME: DEFENSIVE ENDS -- THE DIRTY DOZEN
(I'm allowing myself to exceed the limit of five per category!)
1. Sam Montgomery, LSU
2. Brandon Jenkins, Florida State
3. William Gholston, Michigan State
4. Barkevious Mingo, LSU
5. Bjoern Werner, Florida State
6. Jadeveon Clowney, South Carolina
7. Corey Lemonier, Auburn
8. Jackson Jeffcoat, Texas
9. Dion Jordan, Oregon
10. Alex Okafor, Texas
11. John Simon, Ohio State
12. Malliciah Goodman, Clemson
INSIDE JOB: DEFENSIVE TACKLES
1. Star Lotulelei, Utah
2. Johnathan Hankins, Ohio State
3. Jesse Williams, Alabama
4. Kawann Short, Purdue
5. Bennie Logan, LSU
GOT YOUR BACK: OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS
1. Jarvis Jones, Georgia
2. Chase Thomas, Stanford
3. Jonathan Brown, Illinois
4. Jamie Collins, Southern Miss
5. Jelani Jenkins, Florida
INSIDE LINEBACKERS
1. Kevin Reddick, North Carolina
2. Shayne Skov, Stanford
3. Manti Te'o, Notre Dame
4. Nico Johnson, Alabama
5. Chris Borland, Wisconsin
TAKE COVER: DEFENSIVE BACKS
1. David Amerson, NC State
2. Xavier Rhodes, Florida State
3. Johnthan Banks, Mississippi State
4. Nickell Robey, USC
5. Johnny Adams, Michigan State
SAFETY FIRST: TOP SAFETIES
1. Eric Reid, LSU
2. Tony Jefferson, Oklahoma
3. Robert Lester, Alabama
4. Bacarri Rambo, Georgia
5. Kenny Vaccaro, Texas
RIGHT TO EXCITE: MOST EXCITING PLAYERS
1. Tavon Austin, West Virginia
2. De'Anthony Thomas, Oregon
3. Denard Robinson, Michigan
4. Sammy Watkins, Clemson
5. Onterio McCalebb, Auburn
RODNEY DANGERFIELDS: PLAYERS WHO DON'T GET ENOUGH RESPECT
1. David Amerson, NC State
2. Geno Smith, West Virginia
3. Johnathan Franklin, UCLA
4. Chase Thomas, Stanford
5. Bjoern Werner, Florida State
SHHHHH, DON'T TELL: BEST-KEPT SECRETS
1. Le'Veon Bell, Michigan State
2. Giovani Bernard, North Carolina
3. Cameron Marshall, Arizona State
4. Michael Clay, Oregon
5. Marquess Wilson, Washington State
DON'T TURN YOUR BACK: BACKYARD FOOTBALL
1. Kyle Fuller, Virginia Tech
2. Jared Abbrederis, Wisconsin
3. Jamal Miles, Arizona State
4. Tony Jefferson, Oklahoma
5. Eric Reid, LSU
DRESS FOR SUCCESS: LOOKS THE PART
1. William Gholston, Michigan State
2. Jadeveon Clowney, South Carolina
3. Shayne Skov, Stanford
4. Da'Rick Rogers, Tennessee
5. Marqise Lee, USC
OFF AND RUNNING: READY TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL
1. Marqise Lee, USC
2. Keith Price, Washington
3. Braxton Miller, Ohio State
4. Nico Johnson, Alabama
5. Cobi Hamilton, Arkansas
OLD SCHOOL: THROWBACK PLAYERS
1. Collin Klein, Kansas State
2. Rex Burkhead, Nebraska
3. Marcus Lattimore, South Carolina
4. Max Bullough, Michigan State
5. Philip Lutzenkirchen, Auburn
AHEAD OF THE CURVE
1. Marcus Mariota, Oregon
2. Andrew Maxwell, Michigan State
3. Michael Holmes, Virginia Tech
4. Trey Metoyer, Oklahoma
5. Matt Miller, Boise State
OUCH! THE ANKLE BREAKERS
1. Denard Robinson, Michigan
2. Kenjon Barner, Oregon
3. Robert Woods, USC
4. Jamal Miles, Arizona State
5. Dustin Harris, Texas A&M
BASIC INSTINCT: IT'S EVERYTHING
1. Chris Borland, Wisconsin
2. Arthur Brown, Kansas State
3. Dion Bailey, USC
4. Manti Te'o, Notre Dame
5. Cameron Lawrence, Mississippi State
SURPRISE PARTY: TEAMS
1. Mississippi State
2. Purdue
3. Boise State (Chris Petersen!)
4. Tennessee
5. UCLA
SUDDEN IMPACT: BEST COORDINATOR HIRES
1. Mike Stoops, Oklahoma
2. Doug Nussmeier, Alabama
3. Sal Sunseri, Tennessee
4. Brian VanGorder, Auburn
5. Justin Wilcox, Washington
MOVIN' ON UP: HEAD COACHES WHO WILL GET HIGHER-PROFILE OPPORTUNITIES
1. Charlie Strong, Louisville
2. James Franklin, Vanderbilt
3. Skip Holtz, South Florida
4. Dave Doeren, Northern Illinois
5. Mario Cristobal, FIU
THE ULTIMATE HERBIE
1. Matt Barkley, USC
2. Collin Klein, Kansas State
3. Marcus Lattimore, South Carolina
4. Barrett Jones, Alabama
5. Montee Ball, Wisconsin