Individual Player season All-Decade Teams Help

[OrangeAfroMan]

I need a favor.  Don't worry, it'll on be only this one thread.




I wanted to make all-decade teams for my cards/dice football game.  So I'd like your suggestions for INDIVIDUAL PLAYER SEASONS that were the best of all-time.  



So please specify the player and the season.  For example, I wouldn't just say 'Tim Tebow', I'd say '2007 Tebow'.  I don't need linemen or anything, just
QB passing
RB/QB rushing
WR/TE
DL/LB (for sacks only)
DB (for INT only)
K
P
KR
PR



So something like '91 Desmond Howard or '78 Billy Sims or whatever.  Any that pop out for you.  Thanks.
Oh, and there's 4 ball carriers and 6 pass-catchers on the team, so I'll take in all the suggestions and post the rosters, then we could argue over them if we want.  

[OrangeAfroMan]

To start:
10s
QB 2010 Cam Newton, Auburn
RB 2014 Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin
P  2015 Tom Hackett, Utah

00s
QB 2007 Tim Tebow, Florida
RB 2002 Larry Johnson, Penn St
DE 2005 Elvis Dumervil, Louisville
K  2003 Nate Kaeding, Iowa

80s
S  1986 Bennie Blades, Miami
RB 1981 Marcus Allen, USC
QB 1989 Andre Ware, Houston
KR 1988 Raghib Ismail, Notre Dame
PR 1988 Deion Sanders, FSU

90s
KR 1993 Leeland McElroy, Texas A&M
RB 1994 Rashaan Salaam, Colorado
DE 1996 Terrell Suggs, Arizona St
CB 1991 Terrell Buckley, FSU
CB 1996 Dre Bly, North Carolina
PR 1996 David Allen, Kansas St

[OrangeAfroMan]

Furthest back you should go is the 70s.  I'm sure some Billy the Bullet guy was great in the 40s, but that doesn't help me any.




And yes, a guy can fill 2 positions, like Deion Sanders CB and PR.  

[OrangeAfroMan]

Looking in the 90s:
I could have an entire RB corps from one school:
UNL - C.Jones ('92), D.Brown ('91), L.Phillips ('94), A.Green ('97)
WIS - Fletcher ('94), Moss ('93), McCullough ('95), Dayne ('96)
Hell, even Texas Tech had three different rushers in the top 3 nationally:  Bam Morris ('93), Hanspard ('96), and the "other" Ricky Williams ('98).



Then I realized....my 4 rushers could be 96 Dayne, 97 Dayne, 98 Dayne, and 99 Dayne!  Crazy.

[OrangeAfroMan]

Michigan:
'90 - Jon Vaughn.............1364 yds @ 6.3 pc
'91 - Ricky Powers...........1197 yds @ 5.0 pc
'92 - Ty Wheatley...............1357 yds @ 7.3 pc
'95 - Tim Biakabutuka.........1724 yds @ 6.2 pc




This is fun.

[FearlessF]

1988 Barry Sanders
1983 Mike Rozier

[OrangeAfroMan]

Top 3 P5 QBs by QB rating by year in the 90s:
90:  S.Moore (UVA), Weldon (FSU), Klingler (HOU)
91:  Grbac (UM), Blundin (UVA), Sacca (PSU)
92:  Grbac (UM), Graves (SYR), Stewart (CU)
93:  Barr (CAL), Ward (FSU), DeShazo (VT)
94:  Collins (PSU), R.Johnson (USC), Dean (FLA)
95:  Wuerffel (FLA), Hoying (OSU), McNabb (SYR)
96:  Wuerffel (FLA), Barnes (CAL), Manning (TENN)
97:  McNown (UCLA), Leaf (WSU), Huard (UW)
98:  A.Smith (ORE), Bishop (KSU), McNabb (SYR)
99:  Hamilton (GT), Vick (VT), Weinke (FSU)
I doubt most people realize Grbac was so good.  Blundin had a zero-INT season.  McNabb's best years were as a FR and a SR.  Joe Hamilton should have won the Heisman in '99.  Tony Sacca and Rob Johnson were good players I had forgotten about.  Kordell Stewart didn't run any in '92.  




Top 3 P5 RB by yards by year in the 90s:
90:  Lewis (A&M), Hudson (OKST), Beiniemy (CU)
91:  Dunbar (IU), Cobb (Rice), Sands (KU)
92:  Hearst (UGA), Dukes (BC), Cobb (Rice)
93:  Morris (TTU), Moss (Wis), Harris (OSU)
94:  Salaam (CU), Phillips (Neb), Carter (PSU)
95:  Davis (ISU), George (OSU), Autry (NW)
96:  Davis (ISU), Dayne (Wis), Hanspard (TTU)
97:  Williams (Tex), Green (Neb), Banks (Iowa)
98:  Williams (Tex), Cloud (BC), Williams (TTU)
99:  Dayne (Wis), Jones (UVA), Jordan (UMd)
I have no idea who Hudson or Dukes are.  Sands had the single-game record for awhile.  Cobb was all Rice had, ESPN had a good doc on him.  I didn't realize Raymont Harris had a big year.  Troy Davis will always be remembered.  I think Thomas Jones was eclipsed in most minds by Tiki Barber.




Top 3 P5 WR by yards by year in the 90s:
90:  H.Moore (UVA), Howard (UM), Wellman (USC)
91:  Grant (Hou), LaChapelle (UCLA), M.Bailey (UW)
92:  L.Hill (TTU), Badgett (UMd), V.Bailey (MIZ)
93:  Morton (USC), Stokes (UCLA), C.Johnson (CU)
94:  K.Johnson (USC), Jordan (UCLA), Toomer (UM)
95:  K.Johnson (USC), Glenn (OSU), Harrison (SYR)
96:  Anthony (FLA), Bates (NW), Carruth (CU)
97:  Pathon (UW), Alford (Pur), Walters (Stan)
98:  Holt (NCST), Boston (OSU), McGriff (FLA)
99:  Walters (Stan), Northcutt (Ari), Daniels (Pur)
I have no idea who Wellman or Badgett are.  I didn't realize how pass-happy the LA schools were back then.  Some of these guys were barely in the top 10, due to G5 schools passing the ball all over the place in this era (BYU, Houston, La Tech, Nevada, etc).  I wouldn't have guessed Walters being on here twice.  

[OrangeAfroMan]

Top 3 P5 QBs by QB rating by year in the 80s:
80: Hermann (Pur), Elway (Stan), Schlichter (OSU)
81: Belue (UGA), Marino (Pitt), Eason (ILL)
82: Ramsey (UCLA), Risher (LSU), Elway (Stan)
83: Long (Iowa), Neuheisel (UCLA), Eppley (Clem)
84: Long (Iowa), Kosar (Miami), Bell (FLA)
85: Bell (FLA), Harbaugh (UM), Long (Iowa)
86: Testaverde (Miami), Harbaugh (UM), Yarema (MSU)
87: McPherson (Syr), Hartlieb (Iowa), Aikman (UCLA)
88: Harris (WV), Rosenbach (WSU), Gundy (OKST)
89: S.Moore (UVA), Ware (Hou), Scharr (Syr)
Wow, Chuck Long!  I knew he narrowly missed the '85 Heisman, but 3 years as a top QB?  Plenty of guys here I have no idea about (too young).  Latter part of the decade had running QBs improving their passing, apparently.  




Top 3 P5 RB by yards by year in the 80s:
80:  G.Rogers (USCe), Walker (UGA), Allen (USC)
81:  Allen (USC), Walker (UGA), Woolfork (UM)
82:  Anderson (OKST), Walker (UGA), Rozier (Neb)
83:  Rozier (Neb), McCallum (Navy), Pinkett (ND)
84:  Byars (OSU), Mayes (WSU), K.Davis (TCU)
85:  White (MSU), Jackson (Aub), Thomas (OKST)
86:  Palmer (Temp), Humphrey (ALA), G.Green (UCLA)
87:  Heyward (Pitt), Morris (UM), Thomas (OKST)
88:  Sanders (OKST), Lewis (A&M), Thompson (IU)
89:  Thompson (IU), E.Smith (FLA), Bryant (ISU)
Herschel in 2nd all 3 of his years.  Never heard of Woolfork @ Michigan.  I looked at Navy and Temple's schedules for the years listed and they were in line with everyone else's.  A lot of independents back then.  Was Heyward fat in college?  I still can't picture Byars being a great RB - my only memories are him as a chubby pass-catcher in the NFL.




Top 3 P5 WR by yards by year in the 80s:
80: Chappelle (Iowa), Burrell (Pur), Young (Pur)
81: Cooper (Minn), Bryant (Pur), A.Carter (UM)
82: Clayton (UL), Simmons (USC), Castor (Duke)
83: B.Johnson (KU), Brennan (BC), Martin (LSU)
84: D.Williams (ILL), Brown (Miami), Phelan (BC)
85: Estell (KU), Carter (Pur), D.Williams (ILL)
86: W.Davis (LSU), C.Carter (OSU), Sharpe (USCe)
87: Jones (IU), Hines (Duke), W.Davis (LSU)
88: Phillips (Hou), Dykes (OKST), Mitchell (Van)
89: Hazard (Hou), Hines (Duke), Buchanan (NW)
Ton of guys I've never heard of.  Didn't realize LSU threw the ball that much back then.  Houston's run-and-shoot emergence is seen here.  Hines can thank Spurrier for showing up on this list.  Didn't realize Purdue was such a passing juggernaut early in the decade.

[Huskerfan_12]

Would '98 Daunte Culpepper qualify? UCF was D-AA at the time but that was an impressive season.

[OrangeAfroMan]

No, the inequity in schedule is severe.  If I'm not including the BYUs and Ball States of the world, then not the '98 UCFs.  They lost the only 2 games they played vs P5 schools.

[FearlessF]

no Sooner RBs in the top 3 in the 80's????

I guess Herschel was great but not that great

[OrangeAfroMan]

Maybe I should just post an attempt at a team and have people poke holes in it and offer other suggestions.  I'll start in my wheelhouse- the 90s:

QB
'95 Wuerffel (Fla)
RB
'98 Williams (Tex)
'91 Dunbar (IU)
'96 Dayne (Wis)
'94 Phillips (Neb)
WR/TE
'98 Holt (NCST)
'91 Howard (UM)
'96 Anthony (Fla)
'95 Johnson (USC)
'93 Stokes (UCLA)
'95 Glenn (OSU)



DEF
DBs - INTs
'91 Buckley (FSU)
'97 Bly (UNC)
'97 Woodson (UM)
DL/LB - Sacks
'93 Bruschi (Ari)
'94 Rice (ILL)
'96 Boulware (FSU)



Special Teams
K
Gramatica (KSU)
KR
McElroy (A&M)
P
Sauerbrun (WV)
PR
Allen (KSU)



Plenty of RB seasons to choose from.  GT's Joe Hamilton ('99) would be my next choice at QB.  If you wanted range over accuracy, Janikowski would make sense at kicker.  Sack numbers are STUPIDLY hard to come by, pre-2000.  Very frustrating.  

[FearlessF]

as you know, I like Tommie Frazier in 95 over Danny

DEF

DL/LB - Sacks 

Trev Alberts 1993 - Butkus

Trev Alberts became Nebraska's first Butkus Award winner in 1993, capping one of the finest seasons in history by an NU defensive player.

As a senior co-captain, the Cedar Falls, Iowa, native led the Huskers to an undefeated regular season and an Orange Bowl appearance against Florida State. The Big Eight defensive MVP, Alberts led the Huskers with 96 tackles, including 47 solo stops, and tied a school record with 15 sacks for 88 yards. He also had 21 tackles for 99 yards lost, three fumbles caused, one pass breakup and 38 quarterback hurries, all of which were team highs. He recorded eight double-figure tackle games and had at least one sack in nine games. In the final regular-season game, he dislocated his elbow, but returned to play in the Orange Bowl, where he had six tackles, including three sacks for 29 yards lost, and three quarterback hurries, earning defensive MVP honors in the Huskers' 18-16 loss to FSU.

For his performance, Alberts was named a first-team All-American by every major publication and was named the Football News National Defensive Player of the Year, Big Eight Defensive Player of the Year and the Big Eight Male Athlete of the Year. His No. 34 jersey was retired at the 1994 Spring Game.

[Brutus Buckeye]

From current P5 teams? 

Or Big11Ten, SEC, Pac 10, SWC, Big 8, ACC and Big East? 

P7?