He was a consensus All-American, Sporting News Offensive Player of the Year, Big Eight Player of the Year, and won the Unitas award (top senior QB).
He was also named by Sports Illustrated as the nation’s top offensive player.
He passed for 1,362 yards and 17 TDs and ran for 604 yards and 14 TDs.
Against # 7 Kansas St. Frazier threw for 4 TDs. The following week, against #5 Colorado he threw for 241 yards and 2 TDs and ran for another score.
In the National Championship game vs. #2 Florida, he had one of the decade’s iconic runs; 75 yards for a touchdown.
He finished the game with 199 yards rushing on 16 carries and 2 TDs and 105 yards and a score through the air.
Nebraska went on to take their second straight national championship in a rout 62-24 over Florida.
They beat four top 10 teams (KSU, Kansas, Colorado and Florida) by an average score of 49-18. The Cornhuskers went 12-0 and easily won the Big Eight in its final season. They scored a NCAA high 52.4 points per game and had average nearly 400 yards rushing per game (399.8).
2 Eddie George: Won the Heisman Trophy and was a unanimous All-American. He won the Camp, and Maxwell awards (Top player), Doak Walker (top RB), and Big 10 Offensive POY.
He led the NCAA with 24 TDs and 144 points (12.0 per game).
His top performance came against Illinois
and the Illni defense that featured future top five picks Simeon Rice and Kevin Hardy. He rumbled for a school record 314 yards (8.9 per rush) and three total TDs.
He had 89 yards and a TD in Ohio State’s 20-14 loss to #4 Tennessee in the Citrus Bowl.
The Buckeyes finished the season 11-2. They won their first 11 games, including over #11 ND, #13 Penn St, and #25 Iowa. They finished #6 in the final poll after a loss to Tennessee.
3. Keyshawn Johnson: Was the Rose Bowl MVP. He was a consensus All-American, Pac 10 Offensive POY, and 7th in the Heisman.
He was 4th in the country with 90 catches and had 1218 yards and six TDs.
In the Rose Bowl, Keyshawn set a record with 216 yards. He had 12 catches and scored a TD, as USC upset #8 Northwestern.
He also had the game winning TD in a 31-30 win over Stanford.
USC finished the season 9-2-1 and Pac-10 champions (6-1-1) and beat Northwestern 41-32 in Pasadena. The Trojans were #12 in the final poll.
I understand why you went with Tommie Frazier on this one, but I have to say Eddie George would be my no. 1. I do like the inclusion of Keyshawn though. Hard to believe he was only 7th in the Heisman voting.
ReplyDeleteThe reasoning is in college you only have one postseason game to make an impression and George was below average and his team lost and Frazier was the best player on the field and his team dominated #2 and undefeated UF.Keyshawn was a last minute add slightly over Darnell Autry (RB from NW).
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