Joel Klatt's "All-Century" Team, from 2001-2025
I'll list the team, and you can say who you'd change. It's for fun.
Any list like this necessarily excludes a ton of amazing players, so the arguments are endless and probably all have some validity. I don't actively take exception to most of the names, so I'd be happy to leave it alone.
If I had to offer a couple of swaps:
1) Take out Surtain at CB and put in Okudah (tOSU). For my money, he was one of the best I've seen. Maybe I'm just thinking of 2019 and not remembering the whole career, but he stood out to me. YMMV, and Ohio State, Florida, LSU, probably others, have a revolving door of guys you could put there and I wouldn't object. Okudah was special, though.
2) Trying not to be a homer, but maybe I can't help it. I'd swap Aaron Donald for Glen Dorsey. Still think Dorsey is the second best DT I've ever seen. Can't help but think Donald has some NFL bias attached to him. His college career was great, and in TFL he had better numbers than Dorsey, but in other numbers, and just overall impact on plays, competition played, etc., I give Dorsey the edge. And he got his senior year numbers while injured for the majority of it and even missing games. Klatt already has a couple LSU guys on there and nobody wants a team-packed list, so take off Mathieu at NB. If there was an "Agent of Chaos" position.....Loki-back, as it were....I'd put him at that position. Or on a special teams list. But regular defensive back? Nah, there's been better.
