Top college football players of 2024: Ranking the best 151, headlined by Colorado sensation Travis Hunter

We made it! The 2024 college football season is finally upon, with Week 0’s slate kicking off Saturday with No. 10 Florida State vs. Georgia Tech in Ireland. In the springtime, I ranked my top 101 players in college football and then the next cut of second-tier stars. Now I’ve combined them into a full top 151. My list does not include freshmen, but we’ll have you covered on that front this week. 

Before we get to the list, here’s a quick primer of new entries, who moved up, who moved down and who dropped out because of injury. 

New: 

No. 98 Clemson DT Demonte CapehartNo. 103 Oklahoma State OL Joe MichalskiNo. 149 Pitt TE Gavin Barholomew

Moved up:

No. 31 Ohio State DT Tyleik Williams (was 118)No. 68 Oklahoma WR Deion Burks (was 102)No. 76 Clemson DT Peter Woods (was 131)No. 77 Ohio State QB Will Howard (was 128)No. 88 Georgia OL Earnest Greene II (was 103)

Moved down:

No. 102 UCF QB KJ Jefferson (was 68)No. 104 SMU EDGE Elijah Roberts (was 88)No. 118 Texas A&M EDGE Cashius Howell (was 31)No. 128 Colorado EDGE BJ Green II (was 77)No. 131 Miami OT Francis Mauigoa (was 98)

Dropped out because of injury:

No. 76 Texas RB CJ BaxterNo. 146 Cincinnati DT Dontay Corleone

Top 151 college football players entering 2024 season

L-R: Jalen Milroe, Travis Hunter and Luther Burden are headliners of our ranking of CFB’s top players. 
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1. Colorado CB Travis Hunter

Former No. 1 overall recruit Travis Hunter leads my list as the top overall player in the country entering the 2024 season. He is a generational player and, if he took fewer snaps offensively at wide receiver, would be even more…

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Author : Blake Brockermeyer

Publish date : 2024-08-19 14:39:04

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