GOAT-D1 Ndamukong Suh vs. Ricky Williams

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Ndamukong Suh was the first player in NCAA history to be named the AP Player of the Year (2009) playing solely on defense. Suh owns the record for the Colt McCoy QB Toss at five yards. Suh's 2009 season was one of the most dominant statistical performances in NCAA history, as he amassed 85 total tackles, 52 solo tackles, 24 tackles for loss, 12 sacks, 10 passes defensed, an INT, a forced fumble, and three blocked PATs. By way of comparison, a stat line of 72 total tackles, 35 solo tackles, 17 TFL, 3 sacks, 0 passes defensed and 0 forced fumbles was generated by Alabama's entire defensive line (Deadrick, Washington & Cody) in 2009, in one of their recent championship seasons.

 

Ricky Williams rushed for 200 or more yards 12 times in his career, finishing with 6,592 total yards, breaking Tony Dorsett's 22-year-old career rushing record on the day after Thanksgiving, 1998. Williams was often at his best in big games, rushing for 150 yards in a 1998 victory over Nebraska and 166 against bitter rival Oklahoma. Not bad for a kid drafted out of high school in the eighth round of the 1995 Major League Baseball draft. The "Texas Tornado" won the Heisman Trophy in his senior season, rushing for 2,327 yards and 29 TDs, including two separate games where he rushed for more than 300 yards (Rice & Iowa State). Williams amassed 11 TDs in those two games alone.