25 best college football players not in the College Football Hall of Fame (yet)

NEW YORK - DECEMBER 14: Carson Palmer of the University of Southern California speaks with the press after winning the 68th annual Heisman Trophy Award at The Yale Club December 14, 2002 in New York City. The USC quarterback became the first west coast player win the trophy since 1981. Palmer received 242 first-place votes winning by 233 over second place Iowa quarterback Brad Banks. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) /

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Corey Moore #56 of the Virginia Tech Hokies: (Doug Pensinger /Allsport) /

18. Corey Moore, Virginia Tech, DE

Corey Moore might be the most forgettable player on this list because of how his professional career went, but he was a star in college. Moore was one of the best defensive players in the Big East for the entire 90s. He won Big East Defensive Player of the Year in both 1998 and 1999. In 1999, he won the Lombardi Award and Bronko Nagurski Trophy, making him probably the best defensive player of that season. He ended the season with 17 sacks and 55 tackles.

Moore helped the Virginia Tech Hokies to the National Championship Game, where he had a tackle for loss (which actually ended up losing 16 yards on the play) and a forced fumble. It showed his big playmaking ability, but the fourth quarter was not kind to the Hokies. Either way, his legacy of that season was one of the most dominant defensive players of the 90s.

He ended up putting up 31 sacks in his final two college seasons. Moore got in the backfield as good as anyone in college football.

Moore was always one of the best stories in college football. He was always considered undersized at just 6-0 and 225 lbs. It didn’t stop him from dominating on the field every single week. Sure, Vick took most of the headlines for Virginia Tech (rightfully so), but Moore is what made that defense tick.

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