10 college football players that scared the crap out of us

7. Ray Lewis

Linebackers have a unique brand of toughness that only they can call their own.

It takes a special kind of not only a physical state but a mental state, to inflict pain and terrorize opposing offenses for a living. You have to be able to intimidate even the toughest of offensive linemen, some of the toughest athletes in the game. That mindset alone makes players like Ray Lewis, one of the toughest linebackers in college football history, a fantastic fit for this list.

In this asylum scenario you find yourself in, Lewis serves as the warden’s favorite security measures for intruders like you. Along with all of the terrifying associates he has running around the asylum, you’ve met a few already, Lewis is who the warden (who you’ll meet later) sends after his prime targets.

Lewis was a special breed of terrifying. Terrorizing opposing offenses during his time at Miami in the ’90s, he accumulated over 300 tackles and was an All-American before he even became an upperclassman, earning the award both his sophomore and junior seasons.

Lewis was a big part of some of the most terrifying defenses in college football history, continuously coming up with big plays for the absolutely dominant Miami defenses he helped lead. There may not be another man who resembles the word “intimidation” more in the history of college football.

That is, except for the warden himself.