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Sports Illustrated has been ranking college football's Top 100 players, and it is a well put together list that the guys over there clearly put a lot of effort into. However, that effort doesn't explain one omission from their Top 5 that will certainly leave a lot of football fans scratching their heads.
In 2015, Clemson's Deshaun Watson became the first player in college football history to throw for 4,000 yards and rush for 1,000 in a season. The effort helped Clemson nearly win the national title against Alabama, and Watson was one of the finalists for the Heisman Trophy.
The SI.com list, however, put him as No. 6 on their list of top college football players, in front of Iowa corner Desmond King and behind Michigan linebacker Jabrill Peppers.
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One of the better parts about the list is that it really gives a lot of credit to defensive players, but placing Watson behind a still somewhat unproven Peppers is rather steep. Peppers certainly has the potential to be a Top 5 player — and perhaps even the very best — but giving him that over Watson right now is a very bold take.
LSU running back Leonard Fournette topped the list, where he was followed by Texas A&M defensive end Myles Garrett and Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey. Florida State running back Dalvin Cook and the aforementioned Peppers rounded out the list's first five.
