Building the Best College Football Team of All Time

Picking the returner for this team was one of the toughest calls for this all-time team. From guys like Notre Dame’s Raghib Ismail and Tim Brown to Miami’s Devin Hester to Kentucky’s Derek Abney to Michigan’s Desmond Howard, there isn’t a shortage of qualified candidates.

Ultimately, I went with two-time consensus All-American and 1972 Heisman winner from Nebraska, Johnny Rodgers who returned a then-record seven punts for touchdowns in his three years with the Huskers.

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One of his punt returns came in the Game of the Century against rival Oklahoma in 1971 when he had a 72-yard return to set up the game’s first score in Nebraska’s 35-31 win. Rodgers also had one kick return for a touchdown and set an NCAA career record for all-purpose yards with 5,586.

He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000.

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