10 college football players that scared the crap out of us

5. Ndamukong Suh

Many people forget that before Ndamukong Suh arrived in the NFL and picked up his mean, villainous reputation (which, honestly, is probably deserved), he was an absolute terror to each and every player he lined up against during his time at Nebraska.

Suh gained his fearsome reputation, and thus his spot on our list, not through the mischievous (and sometimes downright bogus) things he’s done in the NFL, though they’ve helped, but through his ability to dominate games defensively in a way that not many linemen are capable of.

The best way to get the 6-foot-4, 307-pound monster with nearly 34-inch arms to smile is to show him a quarterback in turmoil. Although, most of the time, Suh will take care of that all by himself.

Like our favorite Halloween terrors, from demons to angry, hockey mask-wearing serial killers, Suh also has a penchant for big games and the limelight. In Nebraska’s loss to Texas in the 2009 Big 12 Championship, Suh had a school-record seven tackles for loss, and truly terrorized one of the best offensive lines in the Big 12.

Now when we talk about the extra things Suh does on the field (the ones that often lead to him being brought up as one of the NFL’s dirtiest players), even Aaron Rodgers named Suh as the most terrifying defensive player in the NFL.

Though the reason for his ability to strike fear into opponents may have been added to a bit from his time in college, he’s still an absolutely terrifying force on the field, even when you take away any extra “efforts” he puts in.