Bill Walsh College Football was the original release of what is now known as the NCAA Football video game series. Created by EA Sports, it was one of the first video games to offer the sport of football at the college level. The game was named after the legendary coach Bill Walsh because the endorsement was intended to parallel the John Madden NFL Football games that are also made by EA Sports. The Bill Walsh name only lasted for two releases: Bill Walsh College Football and Bill Walsh College Football 95.
Bill Walsh College Football was released on 4th generation video game consoles, including Super NES and Sega Genesis, in 1994.
Cover[]
The cover of the game features former NFL head coach and then Stanford Cardinal Football head coach Bill Walsh, discussing a play with one of his players, #11.
Gameplay[]
Game modes include Exhibition, Playoffs and All-Time Playoffs. The playbook includes 56 offensive plays and 52 defensive plays, including the triple option, the student body, and the wishbone. Other options and features include automatic or manual-pass catch mode, audibles, reverse angle replay, onside kicks, four weather conditions (fair, windy, rain and snow), three different quarter lengths (5, 10 and 15 minutes) and a hurry-up offense.
It is one of the only college football games to offer a choice between traditional Bowl games or a playoff system instead of a regular exhibition game.
Gallery[]
Teams[]
The game features a selection of teams that includes both the 24 all-time greatest college football teams since 1978 and the 24 top-ranked teams from the previous year in college football. While no actual players were named and no official team logos are used in this game, the college teams were listed by city and the players identified by number.
Team Matchup Data[]
| TEAM | Overall | Off | Def | QB | RB | WR | OL | DL | LB | CB |
| Pittsburgh '80 | 85 | 74 | 96 | 62 | 72 | 90 | 70 | 100 | 96 | 91 |
| Tallahassee | 84 | 85 | 83 | 100 | 63 | 90 | 87 | 66 | 94 | 89 |
| Clemson '81 | 83 | 81 | 84 | 95 | 81 | 68 | 81 | 65 | 94 | 93 |
| Washington '91 | 82 | 82 | 83 | 74 | 77 | 84 | 91 | 77 | 92 | 80 |
| Michigan '85 | 80 | 84 | 77 | 85 | 83 | 79 | 87 | 83 | 79 | 70 |
| Texas '81 | 80 | 61 | 99 | 50 | 86 | 54 | 55 | 100 | 98 | 100 |
| SC '79 | 80 | 87 | 73 | 70 | 99 | 77 | 100 | 72 | 75 | 72 |
| Alabama | 80 | 70 | 90 | 61 | 72 | 68 | 78 | 76 | 100 | 93 |
| Tallahassee '87 | 80 | 79 | 80 | 66 | 93 | 77 | 79 | 67 | 85 | 89 |
| Columbus '79 | 79 | 79 | 78 | 87 | 81 | 68 | 79 | 69 | 88 | 78 |
| Stanford | 78 | 76 | 81 | 69 | 73 | 73 | 90 | 61 | 89 | 92 |
| Provo '84 | 78 | 87 | 70 | 96 | 69 | 94 | 89 | 58 | 73 | 78 |
| Miami '91 | 78 | 78 | 79 | 83 | 58 | 87 | 82 | 75 | 84 | 77 |
| Nebraska '83 | 78 | 87 | 69 | 88 | 95 | 68 | 98 | 67 | 70 | 69 |
| Atlanta '90 | 77 | 76 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 77 | 81 | 64 | 94 | 75 |
| Colorado | 77 | 75 | 79 | 74 | 50 | 98 | 76 | 54 | 91 | 93 |
| Miami | 77 | 72 | 82 | 80 | 50 | 87 | 70 | 73 | 88 | 85 |
| South Bend | 76 | 80 | 73 | 72 | 85 | 71 | 91 | 75 | 75 | 69 |
| Washington | 76 | 75 | 77 | 80 | 60 | 75 | 84 | 68 | 82 | 82 |
| Boston '84 | 75 | 89 | 61 | 100 | 76 | 100 | 81 | 53 | 58 | 72 |
| Oklahoma '85 | 75 | 71 | 78 | 91 | 77 | 50 | 67 | 60 | 76 | 98 |
| Los Angeles '82 | 75 | 85 | 64 | 96 | 67 | 94 | 82 | 59 | 69 | 65 |
| Colorado '90 | 74 | 77 | 72 | 91 | 79 | 72 | 66 | 81 | 69 | 65 |
| Pullman | 74 | 78 | 71 | 77 | 53 | 99 | 81 | 54 | 79 | 80 |
| South Bend '88 | 74 | 80 | 68 | 96 | 79 | 65 | 80 | 63 | 80 | 60 |
| State College '86 | 74 | 73 | 74 | 64 | 89 | 56 | 83 | 68 | 92 | 62 |
| Georgia | 72 | 75 | 69 | 64 | 84 | 75 | 78 | 64 | 71 | 73 |
| Michigan | 72 | 79 | 66 | 61 | 81 | 74 | 98 | 71 | 75 | 51 |
| Tennessee '85 | 72 | 77 | 67 | 75 | 61 | 85 | 86 | 64 | 63 | 74 |
| Syracuse | 72 | 77 | 66 | 75 | 70 | 79 | 84 | 60 | 70 | 69 |
| College Station | 71 | 68 | 75 | 58 | 77 | 65 | 73 | 65 | 81 | 78 |
| Boston | 71 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 79 | 72 | 70 | 51 | 76 | 84 |
| Provo | 71 | 76 | 65 | 67 | 68 | 92 | 77 | 63 | 77 | 55 |
| Tennessee | 70 | 70 | 71 | 80 | 61 | 63 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 62 |
| Nebraska | 70 | 74 | 67 | 74 | 93 | 54 | 74 | 54 | 78 | 69 |
| Baton Rouge '87 | 70 | 81 | 59 | 72 | 85 | 82 | 86 | 58 | 69 | 50 |
| Georgia '80 | 70 | 69 | 72 | 59 | 84 | 61 | 70 | 63 | 67 | 85 |
| Auburn '83 | 70 | 74 | 66 | 75 | 89 | 50 | 82 | 68 | 68 | 62 |
| Alabama '78 | 70 | 72 | 68 | 61 | 83 | 58 | 86 | 71 | 72 | 60 |
| Arizona | 70 | 67 | 73 | 69 | 70 | 77 | 50 | 77 | 79 | 63 |
| Raleigh | 69 | 70 | 67 | 62 | 72 | 69 | 78 | 65 | 62 | 74 |
| State College | 68 | 68 | 69 | 56 | 65 | 77 | 73 | 55 | 73 | 79 |
| Columbus | 68 | 70 | 67 | 70 | 61 | 66 | 82 | 61 | 71 | 68 |
| Florida '84 | 68 | 76 | 60 | 67 | 100 | 63 | 73 | 59 | 67 | 55 |
| Kansas | 68 | 71 | 65 | 88 | 78 | 58 | 60 | 52 | 73 | 70 |
| Florida | 65 | 74 | 56 | 82 | 54 | 87 | 74 | 50 | 66 | 52 |
| SC | 65 | 67 | 62 | 70 | 50 | 82 | 66 | 54 | 77 | 55 |
| Hawaii | 64 | 71 | 57 | 83 | 77 | 63 | 60 | 65 | 50 | 57 |
All-Time Greatest Teams[]
- Alabama '78
- Atlanta '90 (Georgia Tech)
- Auburn '83
- Baton Rouge '87 (LSU)
- Boston '84 (Boston College)
- Clemson '81
- Colorado '90
- Columbus '79 (Ohio St.)
- Florida '84
- Georgia '80
- Los Angeles '82 (UCLA)
- Miami '91
- Michigan '85
- Nebraska '83
- Oklahoma '85
- Pittsburgh '80
- Provo '84 (BYU)
- Southern California '79
- South Bend '88 (Notre Dame)
- State College '86 (Texas A&M)
- Tallahassee '87 (Florida St.)
- Tennessee '85
- Texas '81
- Washington '91
Top-Ranked Teams[]
- Arizona
Overall: 91 Quarterback: 61 Running back: 72 Wide Receiver: 68 Offensive Line: 78 Defensive line: 76 Linebackers: 100 Secondary: 93 Place Kicker: 82 Punter: 72
- Boston
Overall: 70 Quarterback: 64 Running back: 79 Wide Receiver: 72 Offensive Line: 70 Defensive line: 51 Linebackers: 76 Secondary: 84 Place Kicker: 51 Punter: 87
Overall: 72 Quarterback: 58 Running back: 77 Wide Receiver: 65 Offensive Line: 73 Defensive line: 65 Linebackers: 81 Secondary: 78 Place Kicker: 73 Punter: 83
- Colorado
Overall: 88 Quarterback: 74 Running back: 50 Wide Receiver: 98 Offensive Line: 76 Defensive line: 54 Linebackers: 91 Secondary: 93 Place Kicker: 75 Punter: 100
Overall: 63 Quarterback: 70 Running back: 61 Wide Receiver: 66 Offensive Line: 82 Defensive line: 61 Linebackers: 71 Secondary: 68 Place Kicker: 71 Punter: 75
Overall: 54 Quarterback: 82 Running back: 54 Wide Receiver: 87 Offensive Line: 74 Defensive line: 50 Linebackers: 66 Secondary: 52 Place Kicker: 63 Punter: 72
- Georgia
Overall: 73 Quarterback: 64 Running back: 84 Wide Receiver: 75 Offensive Line: 78 Defensive line: 64 Linebackers: 71 Secondary: 73 Place Kicker: 84 Punter: 77
- Hawaii
Overall: 50 Quarterback: 83 Running back: 77 Wide Receiver: 63 Offensive Line: 60 Defensive line: 65 Linebackers: 50 Secondary: 57 Place Kicker: 82 Punter: 93
- Kansas
Overall: 59 Quarterback: 88 Running back: 78 Wide Receiver: 58 Offensive Line: 60 Defensive line: 52 Linebackers: 73 Secondary: 70 Place Kicker: 96 Punter: 68
- Miami
Overall: 81 Quarterback: 80 Running back: 50 Wide Receiver: 87 Offensive Line: 70 Defensive line: 73 Linebackers: 88 Secondary: 85 Place Kicker: 61 Punter: 83
Overall: 70 Quarterback: 61 Running back: 81 Wide Receiver: 74 Offensive Line: 98 Defensive line: 71 Linebackers: 75 Secondary: 51 Place Kicker: 55 Punter: 66
Overall: 66 Quarterback: 74 Running back: 93 Wide Receiver: 54 Offensive Line: 74 Defensive line: 54 Linebackers: 78 Secondary: 69 Place Kicker: 67 Punter: 89
- Provo
Overall: 69 Quarterback: 67 Running back: 68 Wide Receiver: 92 Offensive Line: 77 Defensive line: 63 Linebackers: 77 Secondary: 55 Place Kicker: 71 Punter: 79
- Pullman
Overall: 78 Quarterback: 77 Running back: 53 Wide Receiver: 99 Offensive Line: 81 Defensive line: 54 Linebackers: 79 Secondary: 80 Place Kicker: 80 Punter: 52
Overall: 65 Quarterback:62 Running back: 72 Wide Receiver: 69 Offensive Line: 78 Defensive line: 65 Linebackers: 62 Secondary:74 Place Kicker: 76 Punter: 64
Overall: 54 Quarterback: 70 Running back: 50 Wide Receiver: 82 Offensive Line: 66 Defensive line: 54 Linebackers: 77 Secondary: 55 Place Kicker: 55 Punter: 68
Overall: 80 Quarterback: 72 Runningback:85 Wide Receiver: 71 Offensive Line: 91 Defensive line: 75 Linebackers: 75 Secondary:69 Place Kicker: 71 Punter: 89
- Syracuse
Overall: 71 Quarterback: 75 Running back: 70 Wide Receiver: 79 Offensive Line: 84 Defensive line: 60 Linebackers: 70 Secondary: 69 Place Kicker: 73 Punter: 85
Overall: 90 Quarterback: 69 Running back: 73 Wide Receiver: 73 Offensive Line: 90 Defensive line: 61 Linebackers: 89 Secondary:92 Place Kicker: 82 Punter: 83
- ST. College
Overall: 66 Quarterback: 56 Running back: 65 Wide Receiver: 77 Offensive Line: 73 Defensive line: 55 Linebackers: 73 Secondary:79 Place Kicker: 57 Punter: 66
- Tallahassee
Overall: 92 Quarterback: 100 Running back: 63 Wide Receiever:90 Offensive Line: 87 Defensive line: 66 Linebackers: 94 Secondary:89 Place Kicker: 55 Punter: 50
- Tennessee
Overall: 65 Quarterback: 80 Running back: 61 Wide Receiver: 63 Offensive Line: 74 Defensive line: 77 Linebackers: 75 Secondary: 62 Place Kicker:84 Punter: 79
- Washington
Overall: 80 Quarterback: 80 Running back: 60 Wide Receiever:75 Offensive Line: 84 Defensive line: 68 Linebackers: 82 Secondary: 82 Place Kicker: 75 Punter: 66
TEAM MATCHUP Data (from: Apathetic Aardvark)[]
Alabama
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Quarterback - 61
Running Backs - 72
Wide Receivers - 68
Offensive Line - 78
Defensive Line - 76
Linebackers - 100
Secondary - 93
Kicker - 82
Punter - 72
Arizona
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Quarterback - 69
Running Backs - 70
Wide Receivers - 77
Offensive Line - 50
Defensive Line - 77
Linebackers - 79
Secondary - 63
Kicker - 71
Punter - 93
Boston
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Quarterback - 64
Running Backs - 79
Wide Receivers - 72
Offensive Line - 70
Defensive Line - 51
Linebackers - 76
Secondary - 84
Kicker - 51
Punter - 87
College Station
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Quarterback - 58
Running Backs - 77
Wide Receivers - 65
Offensive Line - 73
Defensive Line - 65
Linebackers - 81
Secondary - 78
Kicker - 73
Punter - 83
Colorado
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Quarterback - 74
Running Backs - 50
Wide Receivers - 98
Offensive Line - 76
Defensive Line - 54
Linebackers - 91
Secondary - 93
Kicker - 75
Punter - 100
Columbus
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Quarterback - 70
Running Backs - 61
Wide Receivers - 66
Offensive Line - 82
Defensive Line - 61
Linebackers - 71
Secondary - 68
Kicker - 71
Punter - 75
Florida
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Quarterback - 82
Running Backs - 54
Wide Receivers - 87
Offensive Line - 74
Defensive Line - 50
Linebackers - 66
Secondary - 52
Kicker - 63
Punter - 72
Georgia
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Quarterback - 64
Running Backs - 84
Wide Receivers - 75
Offensive Line - 78
Defensive Line - 64
Linebackers - 71
Secondary - 73
Kicker - 84
Punter - 77
Hawaii
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Quarterback - 83
Running Backs - 77
Wide Receivers - 63
Offensive Line - 60
Defensive Line - 65
Linebackers - 50
Secondary - 57
Kicker - 82
Punter - 93
Kansas
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Quarterback - 88
Running Backs - 78
Wide Receivers - 58
Offensive Line - 60
Defensive Line - 52
Linebackers - 73
Secondary - 70
Kicker - 96
Punter - 68
Miami
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Quarterback - 80
Running Backs - 50
Wide Receivers - 87
Offensive Line - 70
Defensive Line - 73
Linebackers - 88
Secondary - 85
Kicker - 61
Punter - 83
Michigan
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Quarterback - 61
Running Backs - 81
Wide Receivers - 74
Offensive Line - 98
Defensive Line - 71
Linebackers - 75
Secondary - 51
Kicker - 55
Punter - 66
Nebraska
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Quarterback - 74
Running Backs - 93
Wide Receivers - 54
Offensive Line - 74
Defensive Line - 54
Linebackers - 78
Secondary - 69
Kicker - 67
Punter - 89
Provo
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Quarterback - 67
Running Backs - 68
Wide Receivers - 92
Offensive Line - 77
Defensive Line - 63
Linebackers - 77
Secondary - 55
Kicker - 71
Punter - 79
Pullman
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Quarterback - 77
Running Backs - 53
Wide Receivers - 99
Offensive Line - 81
Defensive Line - 54
Linebackers - 79
Secondary - 80
Kicker - 80
Punter - 52
Raleigh
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Quarterback - 62
Running Backs - 72
Wide Receivers - 69
Offensive Line - 78
Defensive Line - 65
Linebackers - 62
Secondary - 74
Kicker - 76
Punter - 64
S.C.
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Quarterback - 70
Running Backs - 50
Wide Receivers - 82
Offensive Line - 66
Defensive Line - 54
Linebackers - 77
Secondary - 55
Kicker - 55
Punter - 68
South Bend
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Quarterback - 72
Running Backs - 85
Wide Receivers - 71
Offensive Line - 91
Defensive Line - 75
Linebackers - 75
Secondary - 69
Kicker - 71
Punter - 89
Stanford
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Quarterback - 69
Running Backs - 73
Wide Receivers - 73
Offensive Line - 90
Defensive Line - 61
Linebackers - 89
Secondary - 92
Kicker - 82
Punter - 83
State College
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Quarterback - 56
Running Backs - 65
Wide Receivers - 77
Offensive Line - 73
Defensive Line - 55
Linebackers - 73
Secondary - 79
Kicker - 57
Punter - 66
Syracuse
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Quarterback - 75
Running Backs - 70
Wide Receivers - 79
Offensive Line - 84
Defensive Line - 60
Linebackers - 70
Secondary - 69
Kicker - 73
Punter - 85
Tallahassee
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Quarterback - 100
Running Backs - 63
Wide Receivers - 90
Offensive Line - 87
Defensive Line - 66
Linebackers - 94
Secondary - 89
Kicker - 55
Punter - 50
Tennessee
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Quarterback - 80
Running Backs - 61
Wide Receivers - 63
Offensive Line - 74
Defensive Line - 77
Linebackers - 75
Secondary - 62
Kicker - 84
Punter - 79
Washington
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Quarterback - 80
Running Backs - 60
Wide Receivers - 75
Offensive Line - 84
Defensive Line - 68
Linebackers - 82
Secondary - 82
Kicker - 75
Punter - 66
Alabama 78
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Quarterback - 61
Running Backs - 83
Wide Receivers - 58
Offensive Line - 86
Defensive Line - 71
Linebackers - 72
Secondary - 60
Kicker - 57
Punter - 68
Atlanta 90
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Quarterback - 77
Running Backs - 70
Wide Receivers - 77
Offensive Line - 81
Defensive Line - 64
Linebackers - 94
Secondary - 75
Kicker - 50
Punter - 62
Auburn 83
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Quarterback - 75
Running Backs - 89
Wide Receivers - 50
Offensive Line - 82
Defensive Line - 68
Linebackers - 68
Secondary - 62
Kicker - 84
Punter - 83
Baton Rouge 87
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Quarterback - 72
Running Backs - 85
Wide Receivers - 82
Offensive Line - 86
Defensive Line - 58
Linebackers - 69
Secondary - 50
Kicker - 69
Punter - 72
Boston 84
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Quarterback - 100
Running Backs - 76
Wide Receivers - 100
Offensive Line - 81
Defensive Line - 53
Linebackers - 58
Secondary - 72
Kicker - 75
Punter - 60
Clemson 81
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Quarterback - 95
Running Backs - 81
Wide Receivers - 68
Offensive Line - 81
Defensive Line - 65
Linebackers - 94
Secondary - 93
Kicker - 75
Punter - 89
Colorado 90
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Quarterback - 91
Running Backs - 79
Wide Receivers - 72
Offensive Line - 66
Defensive Line - 81
Linebackers - 69
Secondary - 65
Kicker - 67
Punter - 77
Columbus 79
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Quarterback - 87
Running Backs - 81
Wide Receivers - 68
Offensive Line - 79
Defensive Line - 69
Linebackers - 88
Secondary - 78
Kicker - 86
Punter - 79
Florida 84
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Quarterback - 67
Running Backs - 100
Wide Receivers - 63
Offensive Line - 73
Defensive Line - 59
Linebackers - 67
Secondary - 55
Kicker - 94
Punter - 93
Georgia 80
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Quarterback - 59
Running Backs - 84
Wide Receivers - 61
Offensive Line - 70
Defensive Line - 63
Linebackers - 67
Secondary - 85
Kicker - 86
Punter - 62
Los Angeles 82
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Quarterback - 96
Running Backs - 67
Wide Receivers - 94
Offensive Line - 82
Defensive Line - 59
Linebackers - 69
Secondary - 65
Kicker - 84
Punter - 68
Miami 91
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Quarterback - 83
Running Backs - 58
Wide Receivers - 87
Offensive Line - 82
Defensive Line - 75
Linebackers - 84
Secondary - 77
Kicker - 94
Punter - 66
Michigan 85
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Quarterback - 85
Running Backs - 83
Wide Receivers - 79
Offensive Line - 87
Defensive Line - 83
Linebackers - 79
Secondary - 70
Kicker - 75
Punter - 77
Nebraska 83
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Quarterback - 88
Running Backs - 95
Wide Receivers - 68
Offensive Line - 98
Defensive Line - 67
Linebackers - 70
Secondary - 69
Kicker - 69
Punter - 85
Oklahoma 85
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Quarterback - 91
Running Backs - 77
Wide Receivers - 50
Offensive Line - 67
Defensive Line - 60
Linebackers - 76
Secondary - 98
Kicker - 59
Punter - 83
Pittsburgh 80
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Quarterback - 62
Running Backs - 72
Wide Receivers - 90
Offensive Line - 72
Defensive Line - 100
Linebackers - 96
Secondary - 91
Kicker - 90
Punter - 56
Provo 84
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Quarterback - 96
Running Backs - 69
Wide Receivers - 94
Offensive Line - 89
Defensive Line - 58
Linebackers - 73
Secondary - 78
Kicker - 78
Punter - 89
S.C. 79
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Quarterback - 70
Running Backs - 99
Wide Receivers - 77
Offensive Line - 100
Defensive Line - 72
Linebackers - 75
Secondary - 72
Kicker - 55
Punter - 56
South Bend 88
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Quarterback - 96
Running Backs - 79
Wide Receivers - 65
Offensive Line - 80
Defensive Line - 63
Linebackers - 80
Secondary - 60
Kicker - 71
Punter - 72
State College 86
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Quarterback - 64
Running Backs - 89
Wide Receivers - 56
Offensive Line - 83
Defensive Line - 68
Linebackers - 92
Secondary - 62
Kicker - 71
Punter - 83
Tallahassee 87
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Quarterback - 66
Running Backs - 93
Wide Receivers - 77
Offensive Line - 79
Defensive Line - 67
Linebackers - 85
Secondary - 89
Kicker - 90
Punter - 72
Tennessee 85
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Quarterback - 75
Running Backs - 61
Wide Receivers - 85
Offensive Line - 86
Defensive Line - 64
Linebackers - 63
Secondary - 74
Kicker - 100
Punter - 70
Texas 81
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Quarterback - 50
Running Backs - 86
Wide Receivers - 57
Offensive Line - 55
Defensive Line - 100
Linebackers - 98
Secondary - 100
Kicker - 71
Punter - 89
Washington 91
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Quarterback - 74
Running Backs - 77
Wide Receivers - 84
Offensive Line - 91
Defensive Line - 77
Linebackers - 92
Secondary - 80
Kicker - 59
Punter - 68