15 best college football players we wish played in the Twitter era
1. Best college football players before Twitter: Tim Tebow, QB, Florida
Yes. It is a little weird to include a baseball player on this list, but believe it or not, Tim Tebow was a standout football player in his day.
Ok. If you are reading this, let’s hope that you know that Tebow was seemingly built to play quarterback in college football. He is a wrecking ball that just happened to throw a decent deep pass. From the jump pass in 2006 when he backed up Chris Leak to his final season when he set the SEC career record for rushing touchdowns.
Tebow gives the world a little bit of everything. There’s obviously the bruising rushing. He had an arsenal of talent around him, and he fit perfectly into Urban Meyer’s spread system. He was part of two BCS National Championship teams and would have been part of a third if Nick Saban hadn’t come back to college football. He even brings a religiousness that plays incredibly well in the SEC. And since he played in the SEC, he was the target for a lot of non-SEC ire.
He also became the first sophomore to win the Heisman and delivered “The Promise” that’s been immortalized with a plaque at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. It immediately sparked debate about whether he would tie, or best, Archie Griffin’s record of two Heisman trophies.
While he may not have matched his ungodly numbers from 2007, he probably should have taken home the Heisman in 2008. Sam Bradford’s numbers, in hindsight, see to be a product of system over skill. McCoy was fine, but not what Tebow was. That would be another debate for Twitter.
At the end of his illustrious career, Tebow threw for 9,285 yards and rushed for 2,947 more. He combined for 145 total touchdowns. But it isn’t the stats or the intangibles that made Tebow the perfect Twitter quarterback. It was how he played. A battering ram looking for contact.
He might have been the perfect college quarterback. He is without question everything Twitter loves.
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