The top 300 most impactful college football players of the 2021 season

Here are our final rankings of the 2021 season’s 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.

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).

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 Will Anderson Jr.	Alabama	99
3. QB Kenny Pickett	Pitt	99
4. EDGE Aidan Hutchinson	Michigan	99
5. RB Kenneth Walker III	Michigan State	99
6. QB C.J. Stroud	Ohio State	99
7. LB Nakobe Dean	Georgia	99
8. EDGE Kayvon Thibodeaux	Oregon	98
8. QB Matt Corral	Ole Miss	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	98
17. TE Brock Bowers	Georgia	98
18. WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba	Ohio State	97
19. QB Bailey Zappe	Western Kentucky	97
20. CB Andrew Booth Jr.	Clemson	97
21. WR David Bell	Purdue	97
22. WR Jahan Dotson	Penn State	97
23. DL Devonte Wyatt	Georgia	97
24. RB Abram Smith	Baylor	97
25. LB Jack Campbell	Iowa	97
26. DE Arnold Ebiketie	Penn State	97
27. WR Chris Olave	Ohio State	97
28. CB Roger McCreary	Auburn	97
29. QB Sam Hartman	Wake Forest	97
30. QB Desmond Ridder	Cincinnati	96
31. LB Malcolm Rodriguez	Oklahoma State	96
32. OT Evan Neal	Alabama	96
33. OT Ikem Ekwonu	NC State	96
34. TE Michael Mayer	Notre Dame	96
35. DL Jordan Davis	Georgia	96
36. RB Jerome Ford	Cincinnati	96
37. DL DeMarvin Leal	Texas A&M	96
38. EDGE Jermaine Johnson	Florida State	96
39. RB Breece Hall	Iowa State	96
40. OT Nicholas Petit-Frere	Ohio State	96
41. S Jalen Pitre	Baylor	96
42. S Jaquan Brisker	Penn State	96
43. WR Treylon Burks	Arkansas	96
44. RB Hassan Haskins	Michigan	96
45. QB Brennan Armstrong	Virginia	96
46. LB David Ojabo	Michigan	96
47. S Verone McKinley	Oregon	96
48. WR Jerreth Sterns	Western Kentucky	96
49. RB Braelon Allen	Wisconsin	95
50. EDGE George Karlaftis	Purdue	95

Player	School	Grade
51. RB Tyler Allgeier	BYU	95
52. EDGE Will McDonald	Iowa State	95
53. RB TreVeyon Henderson	Ohio State	95
54. QB Sam Howell	North Carolina	95
55. LB Mike Rose	Iowa State	95
56. LB Noah Sewell	Oregon	95
57. WR Josh Downs	North Carolina	95
58. DL Jalen Carter	Georgia	95
59. RB Sean Tucker	Syracuse	95
60. RB Deuce Vaughn	Kansas State	95
61. EDGE Cameron Thomas	San Diego State	95
62. LB Channing Tindall	Georgia	95
63. WR Wan’Dale Robinson	Kentucky	94
64. CB Riley Moss	Iowa	94
65. QB Hendon Hooker	Tennessee	94
66. WR Xavier Worthy	Texas	94
67. LB Darrian Beavers	Cincinnati	94
68. QB Devin Leary	NC State	94
69. LB James Skalski	Clemson	94
70. QB Carson Strong	Nevada	94
71. DL Dante Stills	West Virginia	94
72. RB Brian Robinson Jr.	Alabama	94
73. CB Trent McDuffie	Washington	94
74. RB Chris Rodriguez Jr.	Kentucky	93
75. QB Caleb Williams	Oklahoma	93
76. EDGE Sam Williams	Ole Miss	93
77. LB Damone Clark	LSU	93
78. RB B.J. Baylor	Oregon State	93
79. LB Drake Thomas	NC State	93
80. LB Zakoby McClain	Auburn	93
81. WR Deven Thompkins	Utah State	93
82. RB Jaylen Warren	Oklahoma State	92
83. S Tanner Ingle	NC State	92
84. RB Tyler Badie	Missouri	92
85. TE Trey McBride	Colorado State	92
86. S Jaylan Foster	South Carolina	92
87. WR John Metchie	Alabama	92
88. WR A.T. Perry	Wake Forest	92
89. EDGE Felix Anudike-Uzomah	Kansas State	92
90. OT Charles Cross	Mississippi State	92
91. G Kenyon Green	Texas A&M	92
92. QB Malik Cunningham	Louisville	91
93. EDGE Josh Paschal	Kentucky	91
94. CB Mykael Wright	Oregon	91
95. S Daxton Hill	Michigan	91
96. EDGE Isaiah Foskey	Notre Dame	91
97. CB Derion Kendrick	Georgia	91
98. CB Marcus Jones	Houston	91
99. QB Will Rogers	Mississippi State	91
100. QB Stetson Bennett	Georgia	91

Player	School	Grade
101. QB Malik Willis	Liberty	91
102. S Jordan Battle	Alabama	91
103. WR Nathaniel Dell	Houston	91
104. QB Tanner Mordecai	SMU	90
105. S Lewis Cine	Georgia	90
106. S Dane Belton	Iowa	90
107. QB Jake Haener	Fresno State	90
108. WR Charleston Rambo	Miami	90
109. QB Grayson McCall	Coastal Carolina	90
110. RB Sincere McCormick	UTSA	90
111. RB Zach Charbonnet	UCLA	90
112. LB Christian Harris	Alabama	90
113. LB Jack Sanborn	Wisconsin	90
114. WR Mekai Polk	Mississippi State	90
115. LB J.D. Bertrand	Notre Dame	90
116. LB Micah McFadden	Indiana	89
117. DL  Phidarian Mathis	Alabama	89
118. DL Haskell Garrett	Ohio State	89
119. LB Avery Roberts	Oregon State	89
120. QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson	UCLA	89
121. WR Romeo Doubs	Nevada	89
122. TE Charlie Kolar	Iowa State	89
123. LB Bumper Pool	Arkansas	89
124. LB Chad Muma	Wyoming	89
125. EDGE Kingsley Enagbare	South Carolina	89
126. OT Connor Galvin	Baylor	89
127. TE Isaiah Likely	Coastal Carolina	89
128. CB Trevius Hodges-Tomlinson	TCU	89
129. S Kolby Harvell-Peel	Oklahoma State	89
130. S Ronnie Hickman	Ohio State	89
131. RB  Kennedy Brooks	Oklahoma	89
132. WR Danny Gray	SMU	89
133. OT Darian Kinnard	Kentucky	89
134. G Zion Johnson	Boston College	89
135. RB Isaiah Spiller	Texas A&M	88
136. CB Joey Porter Jr.	Penn State	88
137. WR Jalen Tolbert	South Alabama	88
138. DL Curtis Brooks	Cincinnati	88
139. LB Terrel Bernard	Baylor	88
140. DE Travon Walker	Georgia	88
141. WR Dontario Drummond	Ole Miss	88
142. RB Lew Nichols Jr.	Central Michigan	88
143. TE Cole Turner	Nevada	88
144. S Bryan Cook	Cincinnati	88
145. LB Josh Ross	Michigan	88
146. CB Denzel Burke	Ohio State	88
147. CB Montaric Brown	Arkansas	88
148. TE Jalen Wydermyer	Texas A&M	88
149. CB Kyler Gordon	Washington	88
150. QB K.J. Jefferson	Arkansas	87

Player	School	Grade
151. RB Rachaad White	Arizona State	87
152. G Thayer Munford	Ohio State	87
153. EDGE Myjai Sanders	Cincinnati	87
154. LB Quay Walker	Georgia	87
155. WR Jaquarii Roberson	Wake Forest	87
156. WR Tay Martin	Oklahoma State	87
157. OT Jamaree Salyer	Georgia	87
158. DL Logan Hall	Houston	87
159. QB Tyler Van Dyke	Miami	87
160. WR Dontayvion Wicks	Virginia	87
161. WR Skyy Moore	Western Michigan	87
162. EDGE Collin Oliver	Oklahoma State	87
163. CB Mario Goodrich	Clemson	87
164. CB Coby Bryant	Cincinnati	87
165. RB Mataeo Durant	Duke	86
166. S Antonio Johnson	Texas A&M	86
167. LB D’Marco Jackson	Appalachian State	86
168. RB Tavion Thomas	Utah	86
169. WR Kyle Philips	UCLA	86
170. EDGE Nik Bonitto	Oklahoma	86
171. RB Travis Dye	Oregon	86
172. DE Mika Tafua	Utah	86
173. WR Jacob Cowing	UTEP	86
174. QB Aidan O’Connell	Purdue	86
175. EDGE Myles Murphy	Clemson	86
176. RB Kyren Williams	Notre Dame	86
177. WR Zakhari Franklin	UTSA	86
178. WR Tyquan Thornton	Baylor	86
179. C Alec Lindstrom	Boston College	86
180. DT Siaki Ika	Baylor	86
181. CB Jalyn Armour-Davis	Alabama	86
182. CB Emmanuel Forbes	Mississippi State	86
183. LB Darien Butler	Arizona State	86
184. RB Rasheen Ali	Marshall	86
185. WR Xavier Hutchinson	Iowa State	85
186. TE Brant Kuithe	Utah	85
187. EDGE Derick Hall	Auburn	85
188. DL Jayden Peevy	Texas A&M	85
189. CB Jermaine Waller	Virginia Tech	85
190. LB Olakunle Fatukasi	Rutgers	85
191. TE Greg Dulcich	UCLA	85
192. CB Damarion Williams	Houston	85
193. S Reed Blankenship	Middle Tennessee State	85
194. EDGE Josaiah Stewart	Coastal Carolina	85
195. WR Cedric Tillman	Tennessee	85
196. WR Jalen Cropper	Fresno State	85
197. LB Nate Landman	Colorado	85
198. DE Zach Carter	Florida	85
199. WR Jayden Reed	Michigan State	85
200. LB Henry To’oTo’o	Alabama	85

Player	School	Grade
201. WR Calvin Austin	Memphis	85
202. TE Sam LaPorta	Iowa	85
203. OT Bernard Raimann	Central Michigan	85
204. EDGE Nolan Smith	Georgia	84
205. LB Chance Campbell	Ole Miss	84
206. S Kerby Joseph	Illinois	84
207. WR Travell Harris	Washington State	84
208. TE Jelani Woods	Virginia	84
209. WR Jack Sorenson	Miami (Ohio)	84
210. QB Payton Thorne	Michigan State	84
211. WR Mitchell Tinsley	Western Kentucky	84
212. EDGE Isaiah Thomas	Oklahoma	84
213. QB Cameron Rising	Utah	84
214. RB Brad Roberts	Air Force	84
215. C Luke Fortner	Kentucky	84
216. CB Jarrick Bernard-Converse	Oklahoma State	84
217. S Russ Yeast	Kansas State	84
218. CB Kei’Trel Clark	Louisville	84
219. QB Taulia Tagovailoa	Maryland	84
220. RB Tank Bigsby	Auburn	84
221. TE Sean Dykes	Memphis	84
222. G T.J. Bass	Oregon	84
223. EDGE Micheal Clemons	Texas A&M	84
224. LB DeAndre Square	Kentucky	84
225. LB Brandon Smith	Penn State	84
226. CB Matt Hankins	Iowa	84
227. S Ji’Ayir Brown	Penn State	83
228. DE Colby Wooden	Auburn	83
229. EDGE B.J. Olujari	LSU	83
230. DL Perrion Winfrey	Oklahoma	83
231. DE Jacub Panasiuk	Michigan State	83
232. RB Blake Corum	Michigan	83
233. TE Peyton Hendershot	Indiana	83
234. WR Rakim Jarrett	Maryland	83
235. EDGE Andre Carter II	Army	83
236. QB Sean Clifford	Penn State	83
237. LB JoJo Domann	Nebraska	83
238. DE Brock Martin	Oklahoma State	83
239. RB Greg Bell	San Diego State	83
240. TE Marshon Ford	Louisville	83
241. LB Yasir Abdullah	Louisville	83
242. CB Cam Taylor-Britt	Nebraska	83
243. RB Leddie Brown	West Virginia	83
244. QB Brock Purdy	Iowa State	83
245. WR Josh Johnson	Tulsa	82
246. TE Payne Durham	Purdue	82
247. G Javion Cohen	Alabama	82
248. CB Alontae Taylor	Tennessee	82
249. DL Tuli Tuipulotu	USC	82
250. QB Frank Harris	UTSA	82

Player	School	Grade
251. CB Ja’Quan McMillian	East Carolina	82
252. S Theo Jackson	Tennessee	82
253. EDGE Tyree Johnson	Texas A&M	82
254. RB Ty Chandler	North Carolina	82
255. TE Derrick Deese Jr.	San Jose State	82
256. RB Tyler Goodson	Iowa	82
257. LB Chris Bergin	Northwestern	82
258. CB Clark Phillips	Utah	82
259. S Brandon Joseph	Northwestern	82
260. RB Bryant Koback	Toledo	82
261. WR Emeka Emezie	NC State	82
262. EDGE Boye Mafe	Minnesota	82
263. LB Jeremy Banks	Tennessee	82
264. S Elijah Hicks	California	81
265. QB Jaren Hall	BYU	81
266. WR Calvin Jackson Jr.	Washington State	81
267. OT Sean Rhyan	UCLA	81
268. LB Mikel Jones	Syracuse	81
269. CB Kaiir Elam	Florida	81
270. S Trenton Thompson	San Diego State	81
271. QB Jayden de Laura	Washington State	81
272. WR Dante Cephas	Kent State	81
273. LB DeMarvion Overshown	Texas	81
274. CB Kyu Blu Kelly	Stanford	81
275. S Demani Richardson	Texas A&M	81
276. C Nick Ford Jr.	Utah	81
277. QB Seth Henigan	Memphis	81
278. RB DeWayne McBride	UAB	81
279. EDGE Ron Stone Jr.	Washington State	81
280. LB Josh Chandler-Semedo	West Virginia	80
281. CB Martin Emerson	Mississippi State	80
282. S Evan Williams	Fresno State	80
283. DE Thomas Booker	Stanford	80
284. QB Adrian Martinez	Nebraska	80
285. RB Keontay Ingram	USC	80
286. TE Dalton Kincaid	Utah	80
287. WR Khalil Shakir	Boise State	80
288. TE Zack Kuntz	Old Dominion	80
289. LB Vince Sanford	Air Force	80
290. DE Cody Roscoe	Syracuse	80
291. QB Dustin Crum	Kent State	80
292. WR Isaiah Neyor	Wyoming	80
293. TE Cameron Latu	Alabama	80
294. EDGE Javon Solomon	Troy	80
295. QB Max Johnson	LSU	80
296. DT Calijah Yancey	Pitt	80
297. EDGE Zach Harrison	Ohio State	80
298. TE Gerrit Prince	UAB	80
299. LB Jaylan Alexander	Purdue	80
300. RB Devon Achane	Texas A&M	80