The top 300 most impactful college football players of the regular season

Here are our updated rankings of the 300 most impactful players in college football.

This is not an NFL draft hot board nor simply a list of the 300 most talented players. Talent certainly is considered, but there are numerous variables and emphasis is placed on players having the most notable on-field impact; that is one reason it is skill position-heavy. The rankings are fluid and changed weekly during the regular season.

One note: Players who suffered season-ending injuries during the season are not listed (that means that, among others, USC WR Drake London, Texas RB Bijan Robinson and Notre Dame S Kyle Hamilton are not listed). And one other note: No bowl games have been taken into account yet; that will come in our final impactful players ranking of the season, after the national championship game.

The rankings of the most impactful players are done by On3’s Mike Huguenin, Charles Power and Matt Zenitz.

Player	School	Grade
1. QB Bryce Young	Alabama	99
2. EDGE Aidan Hutchinson	Michigan	99
3. QB Kenny Pickett	Pitt	99
4. EDGE Will Anderson Jr.	Alabama	99
5. RB Kenneth Walker III	Michigan State	99
6. QB C.J. Stroud	Ohio State	99
7. EDGE Kayvon Thibodeaux	Oregon	98
8. QB Matt Corral	Ole Miss	98
9. LB Nakobe Dean	Georgia	98
10. LB Devin Lloyd	Utah	98
11. LB Leo Chenal	Wisconsin	98
12. WR Jameson Williams	Alabama	98
13. C Tyler Linderbaum	Iowa	98
14. WR Garrett Wilson	Ohio State	98
15. WR Jordan Addison	Pitt	98
16. CB Ahmad Gardner	Cincinnati	97
17. TE Brock Bowers	Georgia	97
18. QB Desmond Ridder	Cincinnati	97
19. CB Andrew Booth Jr.	Clemson	97
20. WR Jahan Dotson	Penn State	97
21. DL Jordan Davis	Georgia	97
22. WR Chris Olave	Ohio State	97
23. RB Abram Smith	Baylor	96
24. LB Jack Campbell	Iowa	96
25. DL Arnold Ebiketie	Penn State	96
26. CB Roger McCreary	Auburn	96
27. WR David Bell	Purdue	96
28. LB Malcolm Rodriguez	Oklahoma State	96
29. DL DeMarvin Leal	Texas A&M	96
30. EDGE Jermaine Johnson	Florida State	95
31. OT Evan Neal	Alabama	95
32. TE Michael Mayer	Notre Dame	95
33. RB Hassan Haskins	Michigan	95
34. QB Sam Hartman	Wake Forest	95
34. RB Jerome Ford	Cincinnati	95
36. RB Braelon Allen	Wisconsin	95
37. RB Breece Hall	Iowa State	95
38. OT Ikem Ekwonu	NC State	95
39. WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba	Ohio State	95
40. OT Nicholas Petit-Frere	Ohio State	95
41. RB Tyler Allgeier	BYU	94
42. S Jalen Pitre	Baylor	94
43. S Jaquan Brisker	Penn State	94
44. QB Brennan Armstrong	Virginia	94
45. LB David Ojabo	Michigan	94
46. S Verone McKinley	Oregon	94
47. RB TreVeyon Henderson	Ohio State	94
48. DL Devonte Wyatt	Georgia	94
49. EDGE George Karlaftis	Purdue	94
50. EDGE Will McDonald	Iowa State	94

Player	School	Grade
51. WR Treylon Burks	Arkansas	94
52. QB Sam Howell	North Carolina	93
53. QB Bailey Zappe	Western Kentucky	93
54. LB Noah Sewell	Oregon	93
55. LB James Skalski	Clemson	93
56. DL Jalen Carter	Georgia	93
57. WR Josh Downs	North Carolina	93
58. LB Zakoby McClain	Auburn	93
59. RB Sean Tucker	Syracuse	93
60. RB Deuce Vaughn	Kansas State	93
61. QB Hendon Hooker	Tennessee	92
62. EDGE Cameron Thomas	San Diego State	92
63. WR Xavier Worthy	Texas	92
64. QB Caleb Williams	Oklahoma	92
65. WR Wan’Dale Robinson	Kentucky	92
66. CB Riley Moss	Iowa	92
67. EDGE Isaiah Foskey	Notre Dame	92
68. RB B.J. Baylor	Oregon State	92
69. DL Dante Stills	West Virginia	92
70. LB Mike Rose	Iowa State	92
71. LB Channing Tindall	Georgia	92
72. RB Jaylen Warren	Oklahoma State	92
73. QB Devin Leary	NC State	92
74. EDGE Sam Williams	Ole Miss	92
75. LB Micah McFadden	Indiana	91
76. S Tanner Ingle	NC State	91
77. WR Jerreth Sterns	Western Kentucky	91
78. RB Tyler Badie	Missouri	91
79. TE Trey McBride	Colorado State	91
80. S Jaylan Foster	South Carolina	91
81. QB Carson Strong	Nevada	91
82. WR John Metchie	Alabama	91
83. LB Avery Roberts	Oregon State	91
84. DL Haskell Garrett	Ohio State	91
85. QB Malik Cunningham	Louisville	91
86. CB Marcus Jones	Houston	91
87. CB Trent McDuffie	Washington	91
89. RB Brian Robinson Jr.	Alabama	91
90. QB Will Rogers	Mississippi State	91
91. RB Chris Rodriguez Jr.	Kentucky	91
92. LB Drake Thomas	NC State	91
93. EDGE Nik Bonitto	Oklahoma	90
94. S Jordan Battle	Alabama	90
95. LB J.D. Bertrand	Notre Dame	90
96. QB Malik Willis	Liberty	90
97. QB Tanner Mordecai	SMU	90
98. WR A.T. Perry	Wake Forest	90
99. EDGE Josh Paschal	Kentucky	90
100. CB Mykael Wright	Oregon	90

Player	School	Grade
101. QB Jake Haener	Fresno State	90
102. RB Sincere McCormick	UTSA	89
103. QB Grayson McCall	Coastal Carolina	89
104. RB Isaiah Spiller	Texas A&M	89
105. WR Dontayvion Wicks	Virginia	89
106. LB Damone Clark	LSU	89
107. WR Nathaniel Dell	Houston	89
108. RB Zach Charbonnet	UCLA	89
109. LB Darrian Beavers	Cincinnati	89
110. LB Jack Sanborn	Wisconsin	89
111. CB Derion Kendrick	Georgia	89
112. LB Bumper Pool	Arkansas	89
113. S Daxton Hill	Michigan	89
114. RB Rachaad White	Arizona State	89
115. S Dane Belton	Iowa	89
116. OL Kenyon Green	Texas A&M	89
117. RB Mataeo Durant	Duke	88
118. WR Charleston Rambo	Miami	88
119. WR Jalen Tolbert	South Alabama	88
120. G Zion Johnson	Boston College	88
121. DL Phidarian Mathis	Alabama	88
122. WR Xavier Hutchinson	Iowa State	88
123. DL Logan Hall	Houston	88
124. LB Darien Butler	Arizona State	88
125. WR Mekai Polk	Mississippi State	88
126. WR Calvin Austin	Memphis	88
127. OT Darian Kinnard	Kentucky	88
128. QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson	UCLA	87
129. LB Josh Ross	Michigan	87
130. TE Charlie Kolar	Iowa State	87
131. TE Jalen Wydermyer	Texas A&M	87
132. OT Charles Cross	Mississippi State	87
133. CB Trevius Hodges-Tomlinson	TCU	87
134. TE Isaiah Likely	Coastal Carolina	87
135. EDGE Myles Murphy	Clemson	87
136. S Ronnie Hickman	Ohio State	87
137. EDGE Kingsley Enagbare	South Carolina	86
138. WR Dontario Drummond	Ole Miss	86
139. RB Blake Corum	Michigan	86
140. EDGE Felix Anudike-Uzomah	Kansas State	86
141. WR Danny Gray	SMU	86
142. LB Christian Harris	Alabama	86
143. WR Jaquarii Roberson	Wake Forest	86
144. LB Olakunle Fatukasi	Rutgers	86
145. TE Cole Turner	Nevada	86
146. RB Lew Nichols III	Central Michigan	86
147. DL Zach Carter	Florida	86
148. OT Jamaree Salyer	Georgia	86
149. WR Romeo Doubs	Nevada	86
150. S Lewis Cine	Georgia	86

Player	School	Grade
151. RB Travis Dye	Oregon	86
152. QB K.J. Jefferson	Arkansas	86
153. RB Kennedy Brooks	Oklahoma	85
154. CB Matt Hankins	Iowa	85
155. WR Skyy Moore	Western Michigan	85
156. WR Kyle Philips	UCLA	85
157. QB Tyler Van Dyke	Miami	85
158. LB Chad Muma	Wyoming	85
159. WR Jacob Cowing	UTEP	85
160. LB Nate Landman	Colorado	85
161. C Alec Lindstrom	Boston College	85
162. LB Quay Walker	Georgia	85
163. RB Kyren Williams	Notre Dame	85
164. EDGE Myjai Sanders	Cincinnati	85
165. QB Sean Clifford	Penn State	85
166. C Luke Fortner	Kentucky	85
167. S Antonio Johnson	Texas A&M	85
168. DE Jacub Panasiuk	Michigan State	85
169. LB Ellis Brooks	Penn State	85
170. LB D’Marco Jackson	Appalachian State	85
171. TE Sam LaPorta	Iowa	85
172. RB Brad Roberts	Air Force	85
173. WR Khalil Shakir	Boise State	85
174. WR Tyquan Thornton	Baylor	84
175. S Yusuf Corker	Kentucky	84
176. G Javion Cohen	Alabama	84
177. CB Joey Porter Jr.	Penn State	84
178. CB Denzel Burke	Ohio State	84
179. QB Aidan O’Connell	Purdue	84
180. CB Jermaine Waller	Virginia Tech	84
181. DL Jayden Peevy	Texas A&M	84
182. CB Damarion Williams	Houston	84
183. CB Emmanuel Forbes	Mississippi State	84
184. EDGE Nolan Smith	Georgia	84
185. DL Perrion Winfrey	Oklahoma	84
186. WR Jalen Cropper	Fresno State	84
187. QB Payton Thorne	Michigan State	84
188. WR Zakhari Franklin	UTSA	84
189. RB Tank Bigsby	Auburn	84
190. G Thayer Munford	Ohio State	84
191. LB Henry To’oTo’o	Alabama	84
192. RB Greg Bell	San Diego State	84
193. RB Leddie Brown	West Virginia	84
194. OT Sean Rhyan	UCLA	84
195. QB Taulia Tagovailoa	Maryland	84
196. DL Curtis Brooks	Cincinnati	84
197. LB Chance Campbell	Ole Miss	84
198. QB Cameron Rising	Utah	84
199. LB Terrel Bernard	Baylor	84
200. EDGE Collin Oliver	Oklahoma State	84

Player	School	Grade
201. EDGE Isaiah Thomas	Oklahoma	84
202. LB Brandon Smith	Penn State	84
203. G T.J. Bass	Oregon	83
204. RB Tavion Thomas	Utah	83
205. S Reed Blankenship	Middle Tennessee	83
206. OT Bernhard Raimann	Central Michigan	83
207. S Kerby Joseph	Illinois	83
208. EDGE Micheal Clemons	Texas A&M	83
209. S Sean Mahone	West Virginia	83
210. TE Brant Kuithe	Utah	83
211. QB Adrian Martinez	Nebraska	83
212. WR Jaivon Heiligh	Coastal Carolina	83
213. LB JoJo Domann	Nebraska	83
214. OT Connor Galvin	Baylor	83
215. CB Montaric Brown	Arkansas	83
216. CB Kyler Gordon	Washington	83
217. EDGE Derick Hall	Auburn	83
218. CB Mario Goodrich	Clemson	83
219. DE Mika Tafua	Utah	83
220. CB Kaiir Elam	Florida	83
221. CB Kyu Blu Kelly	Stanford	83
222. S J.L. Skinner	Boise State	83
223. S Ji’Ayir Brown	Penn State	83
224. QB Jayden de Laura	Washington State	83
225. WR Jayden Reed	Michigan State	83
226. WR Corey Sutton	Appalachian State	83
227. WR Josh Johnson	Tulsa	83
228. LB Yasir Abdullah	Louisville	83
229. EDGE Boye Mafe	Minnesota	83
230. DE Cody Roscoe	Syracuse	83
231. QB Brock Purdy	Iowa State	83
232. EDGE Josaiah Stewart	Coastal Carolina	83
233. CB Kei’Trel Clark	Louisville	82
234. CB Cam Taylor-Britt	Nebraska	82
235. WR Travell Harris	Washington State	82
236. QB Jaren Hall	BYU	82
237. CB Alontae Tayor	Tennessee	82
238. QB Chase Garbers	California	82
239. DL Colby Wooden	Auburn	82
240. C Ricky Stromberg	Arkansas	82
241. EDGE B.J. Ojulari	LSU	82
242. DL Tuli Tuipulotu	USC	82
243. LB Chris Bergin	Northwestern	82
244. DL Thomas Booker	Stanford	82
245. EDGE Tyree Johnson	Texas A&M	82
246. CB Ja’Quan McMillian	East Carolina	82
247. TE TE Peyton Hendershot	Indiana	82
248. RB Jashaun Corbin	Florida State	82
249. WR Jack Sorenson	Miami (Ohio)	82
250. LB Jeremy Banks	Tennessee	82

Player	School	Grade
251. QB Anthony Brown	Oregon	82
252. S Xavier Henderson	Michigan State	82
253. RB Pat Garwo III	Boston College	82
254. DE Matt Henningsen	Wisconsin	82
255. WR Rakim Jarrett	Maryland	82
256. S Brad Hawkins	Michigan	82
257. WR Emeka Emezie	NC State	82
258. LB Mikel Jones	Syracuse	81
259. RB Rasheen Ali	Marshall	81
260. RB Ty Chandler	North Carolina	81
261. TE Greg Dulcich	UCLA	81
262. LB DeMarvion Overshown	Texas	81
263. CB Jalyn Armour-Davis	Alabama	81
264. QB Frank Harris	UTSA	81
265. CB Martin Emerson	Mississippi State	81
266. QB Seth Henigan	Memphis	81
267. TE Jelani Woods	Virginia	81
268. EDGE Andre Carter II	Army	81
269. LB Baylon Spector	Clemson	81
270. EDGE Zach Harrison	Ohio State	81
271. LB Josh Chandler-Semedo	West Virginia	81
272. LB Vince Sanford	Air Force	81
273. TE Marshon Ford	Louisville	82
274. S Scott Nelson	Wisconsin	81
275. S Demani Richardson	Texas A&M	81
276. LB Jaylan Alexander	Purdue	81
277. RB Tyler Goodson	Iowa	81
278. S Brandon Joseph	Northwestern	81
279. LB DeAndre Square	Kentucky	81
280. WR Mitchell Tinsley	Western Kentucky	81
281. RB Devon Achane	Texas A&M	81
282. WR Billy Kemp IV	Virginia	80
283. WR Calvin Jackson Jr.	Washington State	80
284. TE Sean Dykes	Memphis	80
285. C Nick Ford Jr.	Utah	80
286. DL Ron Stone Jr.	Washington State	80
287. Payne Durham	Purdue	80
288. C Nathan Eldridge	Oregon State	80
289. DT Siaki Ika	Baylor	80
290. TE Derrick Deese Jr.	San Jose State	80
291. WR Dante Cephas	Kent State	80
292. RB Keaontay Ingram	USC	80
293. LB Justin Rice	Utah State	80
294. S Trenton Thompson	San Diego State	80
295. DE Ali Fayad	Western Michigan	80
296. EDGE Javon Solomon	Troy	80
297. DL Calijah Kancey	Pitt	80
298. QB Max Johnson	LSU	80
299. QB Logan Bonner	Utah State	80
300. S Elijah Hicks	California	80