50 greatest college football players this century, ranked

• Outland Trophy (2009)
• Lombardi Award (2009)
• Bednarik Award (2009)
• Bronko Nagurski (2009)
• AP Player of the Year (2009)
• Consensus All-American (2009)
• Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year (2009)
• 2x First-Team All-Big 12 (2008, 2009)

Suh might be the most physically dominant player in this or any other era of college football. At 6-foot-4, 305-pounds, he had more brute strength than any player in college football, regularly taking on double-teams throughout his career. He recorded 49.5 tackles behind the line of scrimmage and 24 sacks as an interior lineman. No other defensive tackle in college football in the last four decades has put up sack numbers anywhere close to Suh’s, with the exception of Aaron Donald (seems a little unfair that they’re on the same team in the NFL now).

In addition to bulldozing and throwing off multiple offensive linemen and slinging opposing quarterbacks around like rag dolls, Suh is also might be as nimble as any 300-pounder to ever put on a pair of shoulder pads. In four seasons at Nebraska, three as a starter at defensive tackle, Suh had four interceptions and defended 15 passes. Two of those interceptions he even took back for touchdowns, one on a 30-yard return and the other 49 yards.

Suh finished fourth in the Heisman voting in 2009 and ended his career with 215 tackles on top of the 49.5 tackles for a loss and 24 sacks mentioned above. He had 11 games with two or more tackles behind the line of scrimmage and against Texas in 2009, he totaled 12 tackles, 6.0 TFL’s and 4.5 sacks.

Bonus Fact: To give an idea of just how powerful and athletic Suh was, he bench pressed 225 pounds 32 times and had a 35.5-inch vertical leap at the 2010 NFL combine.