Top 300 most impactful college football players

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This ranking of most impactful players is meant to reflect the best players in college football in real time. It’s fluid and changes weekly.

This is not a NFL draft Draft hot board. The emphasis is heavier on on-field impact. Thus, there are more skill-position players present.

At the top, we have Ole Miss quarterback Matt Corral and Alabama quarterback Bryce Young. Corral is off to the best start of any quarterback and Young is playing well for the nation’s top team. The next quarterback is North Carolina’s Sam Howell at No. 6. Howell had a shaky start to the season but looks to have stabilized with the Tar Heel offense gaining some footing last week. Standout skill players like LSU wide receiver Kayshon Boutte, Notre Dame tight end Michael Mayer, USC receiver Drake London and Auburn running back Tank Bigsby are present in the top 15. We also have several impact defenders in the top 10, like edge rushers Kayvon Thibodaux (Oregon), Will Anderson (Alabama) and Aidan Hutchinson (Michigan) and Notre Dame safety Kyle Hamilton.

The 300:

Rank	Pos.	Player	School	Grade
1	QB	Matt Corral	Ole Miss	99
2	QB	Bryce Young	Alabama	99
3	EDGE	Kayvon Thibodeaux	Oregon	99
4	WR	Kayshon Boutte	LSU	98
5	EDGE	Will Anderson	Alabama	98
6	QB	Sam Howell	North Carolina	98
7	TE	Michael Mayer	Notre Dame	98
8	EDGE	Aidan Hutchinson	Michigan	98
9	S	Kyle Hamilton	Notre Dame	98
10	WR	Drake London	USC	98
11	LB	Nakobe Dean	Georgia	98
12	RB	Tank Bigsby	Auburn	97
13	EDGE	DeMarvin Leal	Texas A&M	97
14	QB	Malik Willis	Liberty	97
15	QB	Desmond Ridder	Cincinnati	97
16	RB	Breece Hall	Iowa State	97
17	DL	Jordan Davis	Georgia	97
18	QB	Spencer Rattler	Oklahoma	96
19	WR	Chris Olave	Ohio State	96
20	CB	Andrew Booth	Clemson	96
21	WR	Garrett Wilson	Ohio State	96
22	RB	Zach Evans	TCU	96
23	S	Jalen Catalon	Arkansas	96
24	RB	Bijan Robinson	Texas	96
25	CB	Ahmad Gardner	Cincinnati	96
26	OT	Evan Neal	Alabama	95
27	WR	Treylon Burks	Arkansas	95
28	CB	Derek Stingley	LSU	95
29	WR	Jameson Williams	Alabama	95
30	IOL	Tyler Linderbaum	Iowa	95
31	WR	Marvin Mims	Oklahoma	95
32	LB	Noah Sewell	Oregon	95
33	EDGE	Drake Jackson	USC	95
34	RB	Kenneth Walker III	Michigan State	95
35	CB	Eli Ricks	LSU	95
36	WR	Wan’Dale Robinson	Kentucky	94
37	RB	TreVeyon Henderson	Ohio State	94
38	CB	Kaiir Elam	Florida	94
39	EDGE	Nik Bonitto	Oklahoma	94
40	WR	Quinton Johnston	TCU	94
41	QB	JT Daniels	Georgia	94
42	WR	Dontario Drummond	Ole Miss	94
43	RB	CJ Verdell	Oregon	94
44	RB	Zach Charbonnet	UCLA	94
45	CB	Mykael Wright	Oregon	93
46	OT	Ikem Ekwonu	NC State	93
47	RB	Isaiah Spiller	Texas A&M	93
48	QB	Anthony Brown	Oregon	93
49	RB	Zonovan Knight	NC State	93
50	EDGE	Jermaine Johnson	Florida State	93
51	RB	Kyren Williams	Notre Dame	93
52	WR	John Metchie	Alabama	92
53	WR	Erik Ezukanma	Texas Tech	92
54	EDGE	Zach Harrison	Ohio State	92
55	S	Jordan Battle	Alabama	92
56	OT	Kenyon Green	Texas A&M	92
57	WR	Dontay Demus Jr.	Maryland	92
58	TE	Greg Dulcich	UCLA	92
59	EDGE	Amare Barno	Virginia Tech	92
60	WR	Zay Flowers	Boston College	92
61	QB	Taulia Tagovailoa	Maryland	92
62	WR	David Bell	Purdue	92
63	EDGE	Myles Murphy	Clemson	92
64	WR	Josh Downs	North Carolina	92
65	QB	Carson Strong	Nevada	92
66	S	Jaquan Brisker	Penn State	95
67	RB	Brian Robinson Jr.	Alabama	92
68	RB	Chris Rodriguez Jr.	Kentucky	91
69	QB	Tanner McKee	Stanford	91
70	WR	Justyn Ross	Clemson	91
71	DL	Jalen Carter	Georgia	91
72	S	Lewis Cine	Georgia	91
73	WR	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	Ohio State	92
74	DL	Bryan Bresee	Clemson	91
75	WR	Ainias Smith	Texas A&M	91
76	RB	Sincere McCormick	UTSA	91
77	WR	Rakim Jarrett	Maryland	91
78	RB	Devon Achane	Texas A&M	91
79	EDGE	Kingsley Enagbare	South Carolina	91
80	QB	Jake Haener	Fresno State	91
81	RB	Blake Corum	Michigan	91
82	QB	CJ Stroud	Ohio State	91
83	EDGE	George Karlaftis	Purdue	91
84	OT	Dawand Jones	Ohio State	91
85	QB	Bo Nix	Auburn	90
86	WR	Dontayvion Wicks	Virginia	90
87	LB	Jack Sanborn	Wisconsin	90
88	WR	Romeo Doubs	Nevada	90
89	TE	Brock Bowers	Georgia	90
90	DL	Perrion Winfrey	Oklahoma	90
91	QB	Grayson McCall	Coastal Carolina	90
92	CB	Brandon Joseph	Northwestern	90
93	TE	Jalen Wydermyer	Texas A&M	90
94	CB	Josh Jobe	Alabama	90
95	S	Daxton Hill	Michigan	90
96	WR	Jalen Tolbert	South Alabama	90
97	QB	Tanner Mordecai	SMU	90
98	S	Xavier Henderson	Michigan State	90
99	EDGE	Isaiah Foskey	Notre Dame	90
100	OT	Charles Cross	Mississippi State	90
101	LB	Mike Rose	Iowa State	90
102	QB	Brennan Armstrong	Virginia	89
103	RB	Zamir White	Georgia	89
104	CB	Roger McCreary	Auburn	89
105	RB	Deuce Vaughn	Kansas State	89
106	EDGE	Zachary Carter	Florida	89
107	OT	Sean Rhyan	UCLA	89
108	DL	Devonte Wyatt	Georgia	89
109	RB	Ronnie Rivers	Fresno State	89
110	OT	Peter Skoronski	Northwestern	89
111	WR	Charleston Rambo	Miami	89
112	QB	Michael Pratt	Tulane	89
113	OG	Thayer Munford	Ohio State	89
114	WR	Danny Gray	SMU	89
115	QB	DJ Uiagalelei	Clemson	89
116	LB	Chrsitian Harris	Alabama	89
117	CB	Emmanuel Forbes	Mississppi State	89
118	OT	Darian Kinnard	Kentucky	89
119	EDGE	Jeffrey Gunter	Coastal Carolina	89
120	QB	Dorian Thompson-Robinson	UCLA	88
121	CB	Trent McDuffie	Washington	88
122	RB	Greg Bell	San Diego State	88
123	S	Demani Richardson	Texas A&M	88
124	EDGE	Arnold Ebiketie	Penn State	88
125	OT	Daniel Faalele	Minnesota	88
126	LB	Devin Lloyd	Utah	88
127	TE	Jahleel Billingsley	Alabama	88
128	WR	Jahan Dotson	Penn State	88
129	RB	Tyler Badie	Missouri	88
130	QB	Jayden Daniels	Arizona State	88
131	RB	D’Vonte Price	FIU	88
132	EDGE	Adam Anderson	Georgia	88
133	RB	Kevin Harris	South Carolina	88
134	OT	Nicholas Petit-Frere	Ohio State	87
135	QB	Kenny Pickett	Pittsburgh	87
136	EDGE	Myjai Sanders	Cincinnati	87
137	RB	Rachaad White	Arizona State	87
138	DL	Logan Hall	Houston	87
139	TE	Cade Otton	Washington	87
140	EDGE	BJ Ojulari	LSU	81
141	WR	Jordan Addison	Pittsburgh	87
142	RB	Jerome Ford	Cincinnati	87
143	EDGE	Ali Gaye	LSU	87
144	OT	Dare Rosenthal	Kentucky	87
145	TE	Charlie Kolar	Iowa State	87
146	WR	Khalil Shakir	Boise State	87
147	DL	Tuli Tuipulotu	USC	87
148	TE	Jelani Woods	Virginia	87
149	RB	Mataeo Durant	Duke	86
150	TE	Jeremy Ruckert	Ohio State	86
151	QB	Will Levis	Kentucky	86
152	CB	Tre’vius Hodges-Tomlinson	TCU	86
153	RB	Kennedy Brooks	Oklahoma	86
154	QB	Emory Jones	Florida	86
155	S	Verone McKinley	Oregon	86
156	WR	Jaylon Robinson	UCF	86
157	QB	Max Duggan	TCU	86
158	RB	James Cook	Georgia	86
159	LB	James Skalski	Clemson	86
160	CB	Jaylon Jones	Texas A&M	86
161	OT	Myron Cunningham	Arkansas	86
162	RB	Jerrion Ealy	Ole Miss	86
163	EDGE	Tyreke Smith	Ohio State	86
164	QB	D’Eriq King	Miami	86
165	RB	Jashaun Corbin	Florida State	85
166	WR	Jonathan Mingo	Ole Miss	85
167	DL	DJ Dale	Alabama	85
168	TE	Lucas Krull	Pittsburgh	85
169	OT	Jamaree Salyer	Georgia	85
170	QB	Anthony Richardson	Florida	89
171	LB	Brian Asamoah	Oklahoma	85
172	WR	Jaivon Heiligh	Coastal Carolina	85
173	OT	Zion Nelson	Miami	85
174	IOL	Ricky Stromberg	Arkansas	85
175	RB	Frank Gore Jr.	Southern Miss	85
176	WR	Jerreth Sterns	Western Kentucky	85
177	WR	Calvin Austin III	Memphis	85
178	CB	Latavious Brini	Georgia	85
179	QB	Tanner Morgan	Minnesta	85
180	WR	Neil Pau’u	BYU	85
181	RB	Ricky Person	NC State	85
182	CB	Jalyn Armour-Davis	Alabama	85
183	OT	Tyler Vrabel	Boston College	85
184	QB	Nick Starkel	San Jose State	84
185	EDGE	Brenton Cox Jr.	Florida	84
186	WR	Jermaine Burton	Georgia	84
187	RB	Leddie Brown	West Virginia	84
188	WR	Dylan Wright	Minnesota	84
189	TE	Austin Stogner	Oklahoma	84
190	WR	Jayden Reed	Michigan State	84
191	DL	Jowon Briggs	Cincinnati	84
192	S	Nick Cross	Maryland	84
193	DL	Gervon Dexter	Florida	84
194	LB	Dee Winters	TCU	84
195	TE	Grant Calcaterra	SMU	84
196	S	Brian Branch	Alabama	84
197	QB	Jaxson Dart	USC	84
198	EDGE	Mitchell Agude	UCLA	84
199	RB	Eric Gray	Oklahoma	84
200	QB	Payton Thorne	Michigan State	83
201	QB	Graham Mertz	Wisconsin	84
202	EDGE	Will McDonald IV	Iowa State	84
203	RB	Jace McClellan	Alabama	83
204	S	Antonio Johnson	Texas A&M	84
205	OT	Luke Tenuta	Virginia Tech	84
206	WR	Chris Autman-Bell	Minnesota	84
207	CB	Martin Emerson	Mississippi State	84
208	QB	Dustin Crum	Kent State	84
209	WR	Corey Sutton	Appalachian State	84
210	QB	Spencer Petras	Iowa	83
211	OT	Obinna Eze	TCU	83
212	TE	Trey McBride	Colorado St	83
213	IOL	Paris Johnson	Ohio State	83
214	WR	Nathaniel Dell	Houston	83
215	QB	Jaren Hall	BYU	83
216	WR	JoJo Earle	Alabama	83
217	RB	Camerun Peoples	Appalachian State	83
218	QB	Brock Purdy	Iowa State	83
219	IOL	Harry Miller	Ohio State	83
220	RB	Trestan Ebner	Baylor	83
221	DT	Jaquelin Roy	LSU	83
222	RB	Miyan Williams	Ohio State	83
223	WR	Jaden Walley	Mississippi State	83
224	WR	Reggie Roberson	SMU	83
225	QB	Cade McNamara	Michigan	83
226	EDGE	Zion Tupuola-Fetui	Washington	83
227	RB	Tyler Algeier	BYU	83
228	OT	Rasheed Walker	Penn State	83
229	QB	Bailey Zappe	Western Kentucky	82
230	WR	Bo Melton	Rutgers	82
231	DL	Phidarian Mathis	Alabama	82
232	QB	Levi Lewis	Louisiana	82
233	EDGE	Isaiah Thomas	Oklahoma	82
234	QB	KJ Jefferson	Arkansas	82
235	IOL	Branson Bragg	Stanford	82
236	QB	Casey Thompson	Texas	82
237	WR	Malik Knowles	Kansas State	82
238	RB	Hassan Haskins	Michigan	82
239	QB	Kaleb Eleby	Western Michigan	82
240	WR	Jordan Whittington	Texas	82
241	RB	Tahj Brooks	Texas Tech	82
242	EDGE	Sam Williams	Ole Miss	82
243	IOL	Zion Johnson	Boston College	82
244	CB	Riley Moss	Iowa	82
245	EDGE	Micheal Clemons	Texas A&M	82
246	RB	Stephen Carr	Indiana	82
247	WR	Josh Ali	Kentucky	82
248	TE	Brant Kuithe	Utah	82
249	WR	Mario Williams	Oklahoma	82
250	S	Andrew Mukuba	Clemson	82
251	WR	Calvin Jackson Jr.	Washington State	82
252	RB	Will Shipley	Clemson	82
253	WR	Ty Fryfogle	Indiana	82
254	LB	Henry To’oto’o	Alabama	82
255	CB	Chase Lucas	Arizona State	82
256	EDGE	Andre Carter II	Army	82
257	RB	Trey Sanders	Alabama	82
258	RB	Brandon Thomas	Memphis	82
259	LB	Jalen Pitre	Baylor	82
260	IOL	Alec Lindstrom	Boston College	82
261	QB	Gerry Bohannon	Baylor	81
262	CB	Marcus Jones	Houston	81
263	QB	Sean Clifford	Penn State	81
264	LB	Baylon Spector	Clemson	81
265	EDGE	Andre Anthony	LSU	81
266	TE	Isaiah Likely	Coastal Carolina	81
267	WR	Kevin Austin	Notre Dame	81
268	QB	Max Johnson	LSU	81
269	EDGE	Nolan Smith	Georgia	81
270	CB	Kyu Blu Kelly	Stanford	81
271	RB	Dameon Pierce	Florida	81
272	OT	Jaxson Kirkland	Washington	81
273	QB	Jayden de Laura	Washington State	81
274	WR	Jalin Hyatt	Tennessee	81
275	DL	Maason Smith	LSU	81
276	LB	Owen Pappoe	Auburn	81
277	WR	Trevon Clark	Cal	81
278	LB	Nate Landman	Colorado	81
279	TE	Cameron Latu	Alabama	81
280	WR	Xavier Hutchinson	Iowa State	81
281	CB	Tony Grimes	North Carolina	81
282	RB	Chez Mellusi	Wisconsin	81
283	QB	Will Rogers	Mississippi State	80
284	WR	Jaden Bray	Oklahoma State	80
285	QB	Kedon Slovis	USC	80
286	CB	Duce Chestnut	Syracuse	80
287	WR	Jacob Cowing	UTEP	80
288	QB	Malik Cunningham	Louisville	80
289	OT	Austin Deculus	LSU	80
290	QB	Jason Bean	Kansas	80
291	DL	Thomas Booker	Stanford	80
292	LB	Bumper Pool	Arkansas	80
293	DL	Gervon Dexter	Florida	80
294	WR	Joseph Ngata	Clemson	80
295	LB	Blaze Alldredge	Missouri	80
296	WR	Trea Shropshire	UAB	80
297	WR	Tay Martin	Oklahoma State	80
298	LB	JD Bertrand	Notre Dame	80
299	CB	Kool-Aid McKinstry	Alabama	80
300	LB	Malcolm Rodriguez	Oklahoma State	80

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