Every year since 2009, I have counted down from the least important player on that year’s roster to the most important player, including starters, scholarship players, preferred walk-ons, special teams players, student body walk-ons, and everyone in between.
YEARLY DISCLAIMER: The countdown is by the player’s importance to the team, not his overall talent. A talented player at a deep position won’t necessarily be missed a lot if he gets injured, but an injury to a moderately talented player at a thin position could be devastating. For example, I had cornerback Ambry Thomas ranked at #2 in 2020 because he was the team's only proven cornerback. Naturally, he opted out of the season and the team as a whole was an unmitigated disaster. Meanwhile, first round pick Kwity Paye was #6 because more talent was returning on the defensive line.
TEMPORARY DISCLAIMER: As many might have noticed, posting has slowed here for personal reasons. Not because of any loss of passion, but due to limited time/energy. I will probably never return to the point of posting multiple times per day like I did in some years past, but my goal is to return to daily posting - not yet, but in time. As such, I will be starting the countdown in a condensed fashion with some of the lower ranked players being combined into chunks of players.
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