Continued from the "Hypesman" thread......I'll go back to 2000 to now. Idk if I should make a hierarchy of positions or not...
QB/RB-WR-DB-DL-TE-LB-OL-K-P.....is that fair? So if there are multiple non-skill position guys in the top 10, I'll pick the furthest right on that hierarchy. If there's 2 of the same position, then we'll go with the more obscure school.
2000 - WR Santana Moss, Miami (all others are QB or RB)
2001 - OT Bryant McKinnie, Miami
2002 - QB Byron Leftwich, Marshall
2003 - WR Larry Fitzgerald, Pitt
2004 - WR Braylon Edwards, Michigan
2005 - LB A.J. Hawk, Ohio State
2006 - WR Calvin Johnson, GA Tech
2007 - DE Chris Long, Virginia
2008 - LB Rey Maualuga, USC
2009 - DT Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska
2010 - WR Justin Blackmon, Oklahoma State
2011 - CB Tyrann Mathieu, LSU
2012 - LB Jarvis Jones, Georgia
2013 - QB Jordan Lynch, Northern Illinois
2014 - LB Scooby Wright, Arizona
2015 - QB Keenan Reynolds, Navy
2016 - DE Jonathan Allen, Alabama
2017 - LB Roquan Smith, Georgia
2018 - DT Quinnen Wiliams, Alabama
So, what have we got here? WR-heavy, for sure. Voters might like certain position groups from certain schools - Georgia LB, Alabama DL. Defensive line in general is an interesting case....they tend to only get votes if the voting in a given year is truly diverse, with LB and OL getting votes as well. But DL tend not to get votes when the others don't, either. Scooby Wright's 2014 season will be lost to time, and that's fine...but 164 tackles, 31 TFL, and 15 sacks had him behind Jameis Winston's 25 TD, 18 INT season?!? The hell?!?
What we end up with is a more diverse group of players, which is a good thing. No, I don't believe Santana Moss was the best player in 2000, but would you argue against Larry Fitzgerald in 2003 or Suh in 2009?
Doing this would get the likeliest correct player more often than the current system does, no?