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Greatest College Football Players by Number: 1-33
No. 1 | Anthony Carter, WR, Michigan (1979-82)
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The most exciting football player I've ever seen. That's how Michigan coach Lloyd Carr, then an assistant for Bo Schembechler, described the three-time All-America wideout. Carter was a touchdown-making machine for the Wolverines (he had 36 in his career) and finished in the top 10 in the Heisman Trophy voting his final three seasons.

Runner-up:
Ernie Nevers, FB, Stanford (1923-25)
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