Ranking the NCAA Football Covermen, from Worst to First

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  • RaychelSnr
    Executive Editor
    • Jan 2007
    • 4845

    #1

    Ranking the NCAA Football Covermen, from Worst to First


    The NCAA Football cover has been shared by 25 different athletes since the series officially adopted the name of NCAA Football. While many of these athletes never quite enjoyed a bountiful pro career, most came off of an incredible college career (I'm looking at you Ricky Williams).

    While the NCAA cover has missed several times, with notable college standouts such as Cam Newton and Eli Manning not gracing the cover, it has featured a wide variety of programs. Both USC and Michigan have graced the cover the most at three times apiece. Texas, Florida, and Alabama are the other multi cover programs. Teams that have appeared on the cover once include Oklahoma State, Baylor, Pitt, Boise State, Florida State, Oregon, Boston College, Arkansas, Texas Tech, Utah, Cal, West Virginia, and Michigan State.

    Of the ten winningest programs of the 2000s, six never graced a cover in the last decade: Ohio State, Oklahoma, TCU, LSU, Georgia, or Virginia Tech. Nine out of the seventeen Heisman winners have been on an NCAA cover since the series adopted that name.

    Ranking the 25 cover athletes was tough, but I took my best crack at it. Here they are from worst to first.

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  • BurghFan
    #BurghProud
    • Jul 2009
    • 10050

    #2
    Nice list, but who is Matt Sanchez (#19)? Also, nice to see Fitzgerald (NCAA 2005) ranked up there in the top 10.
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    • Lawdawg25
      Rookie
      • Jun 2011
      • 128

      #3
      Re: Ranking the NCAA Football Covermen, from Worst to First

      Zabransky at 12 is too high IMO.
      "If you fail to prepare, be prepared to fail"

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      • The_Wise_One
        Why Not Us?
        • Jan 2011
        • 2633

        #4
        Fitz FTW

        I agree the Tebow cover was the best though.
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        • BenGerman
          No Place Better
          • Sep 2008
          • 2752

          #5
          Loved Zabransky, but there was no way I would have ever put him on the cover of an NCAA.
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          • RaychelSnr
            Executive Editor
            • Jan 2007
            • 4845

            #6
            Originally posted by BurghFan
            Nice list, but who is Matt Sanchez (#19)? Also, nice to see Fitzgerald (NCAA 2005) ranked up there in the top 10.
            Haha! Oh man, that's literally something that my brain apparently continually skipped over while making this list. But yeah, Mark Sanchez...although a fictional Matt Sanchez might've been just as powerful of a cover athlete. #dig
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            • fsufan4423
              Stop the Nonsense
              • Apr 2006
              • 1071

              #7
              Re: Ranking the NCAA Football Covermen, from Worst to First

              The last time I cared was 2002


              A lot of people seem to care, cause the customer cover threads are usually 30 pages deep.
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              3 national championships 3 Heisman Trophy winners 16 ACC Championships 14 straight AP top fives

              2014 BCS National Champions

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              • This Is Michigan
                Rookie
                • Apr 2012
                • 79

                #8
                Re: Ranking the NCAA Football Covermen, from Worst to First

                Desmond that low? Why?

                He perfectly fit the new game modes into the game just like Barry Sanders did last year.
                GO BLUE!

                Jacking my team's player ratings up since 2003.

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                • mikemulloy
                  Pro
                  • Apr 2004
                  • 510

                  #9
                  peter warrick went to florida state

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                  • Feldman011teen
                    Rookie
                    • Aug 2011
                    • 108

                    #10
                    What is this list based on? And why Tebow at 1? Barry Sanders is legend.

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                    • Irishwhiskey119
                      Banned
                      • Jul 2012
                      • 65

                      #11
                      WIth all do respect. This is a terrible list.

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                      • MrOctober430
                        MVP
                        • May 2005
                        • 1694

                        #12
                        Re: Ranking the NCAA Football Covermen, from Worst to First

                        Reminds me, I gotta buy NCAA 11. Football Jesus collectable.

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                        • xandermole25
                          Rookie
                          • Jan 2011
                          • 78

                          #13
                          you do know that Fitzgerald only played two years in college and never had a senior year

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                          • OhioBuckeyes7
                            Banned
                            • Jun 2012
                            • 53

                            #14
                            funny and sad that boise state got on a cover and Ohio State did not? we should have been on the cover in 2003. typical EA giving weak teams a spot on the cover.

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                            • stormisbruin
                              Rookie
                              • Jan 2013
                              • 198

                              #15
                              Re: Ranking the NCAA Football Covermen, from Worst to First

                              Originally posted by Feldman011teen
                              What is this list based on? And why Tebow at 1? Barry Sanders is legend.
                              So is Tebow?

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