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Building the Best College Football Team of All Time

By Patrick Schmidt

College Football: Marshall Randy Moss (88) in action, running into endzone for touchdow vs West Virginia at Mountaineer Field.Morgantown, WV 8/30/1997CREDIT: Al Tielemans (Photo by Al Tielemans /Sports Illustrated/Getty Images)(Set Number: X53411 TK3 R4 F15 )
College Football: Marshall Randy Moss (88) in action, running into endzone for touchdow vs West Virginia at Mountaineer Field.Morgantown, WV 8/30/1997CREDIT: Al Tielemans (Photo by Al Tielemans /Sports Illustrated/Getty Images)(Set Number: X53411 TK3 R4 F15 ) /
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PITTSBURGH – 1980: Linebacker Hugh Green #99 of the University of Pittsburgh Panthers pursues the play during a college football game at Pitt Stadium circa 1980 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images)
PITTSBURGH – 1980: Linebacker Hugh Green #99 of the University of Pittsburgh Panthers pursues the play during a college football game at Pitt Stadium circa 1980 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images) /

Hugh Green came as close as any defensive player had ever come to winning the Heisman when the Pitt defensive end finished as the runner-up to South Carolina running back George Rogers in 1980 as a senior. Green had 123 tackles, 11 for loss, 17 sacks, seven forced fumbles, four fumble recoveries and six passes defended.

While Green didn’t win the Heisman, he did win the Lombardi, Maxwell and Walter Camp Player of the Year Award and was a consensus All-American for the third time. He was a second-team All-American as a freshman after notching 12 sacks.

Green left Pitt with 460 tackles, 52 tackles for loss, 53 career sacks, 24 forced fumbles and 13 fumble recoveries. Green was the No. 7 pick int he 1981 NFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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