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Topic: Mt Rushmore - Edge (4-3 DEs, 3-4 OLBs)

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OrangeAfroMan

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Mt Rushmore - Edge (4-3 DEs, 3-4 OLBs)
« on: March 12, 2026, 10:19:07 PM »
Who are your 4 best pass-rushing edge guys in college football history?
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Edge (4-3 DEs, 3-4 OLBs)
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2026, 10:30:16 PM »
Reggie White
Lawrence Taylor
Dwight Freeney
Myles Garrett
JJ Watt
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Edge (4-3 DEs, 3-4 OLBs)
« Reply #2 on: Today at 09:28:53 AM »
Terrell Suggs has to be in the conversation.

So does Tom Burke.

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Re: Mt Rushmore - Edge (4-3 DEs, 3-4 OLBs)
« Reply #3 on: Today at 09:59:52 AM »
Edge rusher is almost a seperate catagory from DE.

Had to look up Von Miller remembering him more with Denver - Ya he was a terror at aTm.  - he's in. So continuing on with a search engine

Ryan Kerrigan, Purdue A 2010 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year who recorded 34 career sacks and tied an FBS record with 14 forced fumbles.

Vic Beasley Broke Clemson’s career sack record with 33 sacks in his final three seasons.

Well,Mike Vrabel wasn't too shabby either - he is the all-time leading sack artist among defensive linemen in Ohio State football history, recording 36 career sacks from 1993 to 1996. Vrabel also holds the school records for career tackles for loss (66) and single-season sacks (13 in 1996).

Those would be my FOUR I'm not sure if todays stats would factor in extended season and post season results

Honorable mention might go to Jarvis Jones from Georgia he had 28 sacks in just two seasons. But he left for a payday and won't miss my vote one bit

Edit if you are including LBs then I'd move out Beasely and include Terrell Suggs in the final 4
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Edge (4-3 DEs, 3-4 OLBs)
« Reply #4 on: Today at 10:36:03 AM »
Dawg fans usually put Pollack ahead of Jarvis Jones.  I don't know if he's in the top four overall, but he might make that HM spot.

Pollack’s 36 career sacks are seven more than anyone else on Georgia’s all-time list, and he is one of only two Georgia players in history to be a three-time All-American— the other being Herschel Walker. He won the Ted Hendricks Trophy twice as the nation’s best defensive end, the Lombardi Award in 2004 and the Bednarik Award in 2004 as the best defensive player in college football. Pollack was also a three-time First-Team All-SEC selection, and won the SEC Defensive Player of the Year twice.

Of course, his NFL career was ... interrupted, and we should consider that of course ...
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Edge (4-3 DEs, 3-4 OLBs)
« Reply #5 on: Today at 10:38:10 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on Today at 10:36:03 AM

Of course, his NFL career was ... interrupted, and we should consider that of course ...

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Re: Mt Rushmore - Edge (4-3 DEs, 3-4 OLBs)
« Reply #6 on: Today at 10:42:20 AM »
Trev Alberts was born in Cedar Falls, Iowa

While attending the University of Nebraska, he played for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team from 1990 to 1993. Following his senior season in 1993, he was awarded the Dick Butkus Award and Jack Lambert Trophy as the top college linebacker; Alberts was also recognized as a consensus first-team All-American, after recording 15 quarterback sacks, 21 tackles for loss, and 38 quarterback hurries. Despite an injury early in the eleventh game of the season against the Oklahoma Sooners, Alberts returned with a cast on his arm for the national championship game against Florida State in the Orange Bowl. Although the Seminoles won 18–16, Alberts had a dominant performance with three sacks of Heisman Trophy-winner Charlie Ward (FSU quarterbacks were sacked only five times during the 1993 regular season).
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I was in attendance at that game
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Edge (4-3 DEs, 3-4 OLBs)
« Reply #7 on: Today at 10:42:55 AM »
Why might one consider the NFL careers in judging COLLEGE athletes?

Well, one obvious reason is the college playing field is not level, or at least, a lot less level than the NFL.  A QB might put up ridiculous stats at say Hawaii because of "System" and then do zip in the League.  Others might have played in a run oriented offense in college and then later shined.

Is that fair?  Who cares?  When the criteria are laid out to list one's OPINIONS about whatever, one is thus free to use whatever metrics one wishes.  Otherwise, one can just list quantifiables, the QBs with the most passing yards career and be done with it.
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Edge (4-3 DEs, 3-4 OLBs)
« Reply #8 on: Today at 11:53:45 AM »
Tom Burke still holds the record for most sacks in a season (22, 1998, 11 games) plus two more in the Rose Bowl (which the NCAA doesn't count like the dumbasses they are).

24 sacks, 12 games.

Terrell Suggs had 24 in 13 games.

Derrick Thomas had 27 in 12 games.
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Edge (4-3 DEs, 3-4 OLBs)
« Reply #9 on: Today at 12:09:57 PM »
JJ Watt was a beast in college, and I would put him on the Wisconsin Mt. Rushmore, but not the college one. If he had stuck around for his senior year and led the Badgers to a national title, rather than merely the Rose Bowl, I would feel differently.

David Pollack
Terrell Suggs
Julius Peppers
Dwight Freeney
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Edge (4-3 DEs, 3-4 OLBs)
« Reply #10 on: Today at 12:11:57 PM »
Quote from: SFBadger96 on Today at 12:09:57 PM
JJ Watt was a beast in college, and I would put him on the Wisconsin Mt. Rushmore, but not the college one. If he had stuck around for his senior year and led the Badgers to a national title, rather than merely the Rose Bowl, I would feel differently.
Agree completely, and yes, I do believe the Badgers were one JJ Watt away from winning it that season.
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Edge (4-3 DEs, 3-4 OLBs)
« Reply #11 on: Today at 12:13:42 PM »
I ain't out here whistling dixie.

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Re: Mt Rushmore - Edge (4-3 DEs, 3-4 OLBs)
« Reply #12 on: Today at 01:10:04 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on Today at 11:53:45 AM
Derrick Thomas had 27 in 12 games.
That's who I was trying to remember(w/o AI or google) was that  in the NFL?
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Edge (4-3 DEs, 3-4 OLBs)
« Reply #13 on: Today at 01:11:52 PM »
This guy is going on my Rushmore.


Elvis Dumervil was a dominant defensive end for the University of Louisville (2002–2005), highlighted by a stellar 2005 senior season where he led the nation with a school-record 20 sacks and 10 forced fumbles. He earned consensus All-American honors, the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, and the Ted Hendricks Award, finishing his career with 32 sacks and 42.5 tackles for loss
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