One classic highlight reel from every team you need to watch this offseason
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It's the college football offseason, and you know what that means:
For those of you who aren't aggressively online and don't get the joke, Offseason college football Twitter mostly centers around people posting the same seven videos:
- Cam Newton's run against LSU in 2010
- Reggie Bush against Fresno State in 2005
- USC's team entrance against Alabama before getting destroyed in 2016
- Some form of 2019 LSU/Joe Burrow highlights
- Lamar Jackson/Deshaun Watson clips from 2016 Clemson-Louisville
- Tavon Austin at West Virginia
- The Texas-USC National Championship
Now look, I'm not here to discredit any of those videos. Those players/games are some of the greatest in college football history, and will always stand the test of time. All I'm asking for is some different material! There's too many highlights out there to only focus on the same ones each offseason, and that's where I've got you covered today.
I've curated one classic highlight reel from every team in the country that you need to watch to help get you through the next eight months. In full transparency, over 50 of these are my own videos. I won't lie to you - The main goal of this post is pumping my own tires –Subscribe to my YouTube channel if you haven't already!– but I feel like I make the best CFB content on the internet, and I'm not gonna pretend like I'm not here to promote my own work ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
Anyway, here are some things to note before you watch:
- This isn't showcasing every program's "best" highlight reel, so don't yell at me when you don't see Reggie Bush, Bo Jackson, Percy Harvin, or Ted Ginn.
- A decent chunk of these were created by people in the early days of YouTube. That means the video quality either sucks, or there's music underneath them. If you're under 25, use these videos as an opportunity to appreciate how good you have it now. 80% of the football highlight videos your elders watched either had "Here Comes the Boom" or "Click Click Boom" playing in the background.
- Some channels don't let their videos be embedded, so you'll have to click on the link to watch them.
Lastly, I'm making today's post public for everyone, but the majority of the content on this site is for subscribers only. College football fans like you are subscribing at a higher rate than I've ever had, and I've got a ton more great content like this coming your way this offseason.
One classic highlight reel from every team you need to watch this offseason
Air Force
Cowboys legend Chad Hennings:
Akron
Jason Taylor. Yes, THEE Jason Taylor:
Alabama
Current Houston Texans Head Coach Demeco Ryans:
Appalachian State
The video can't be embedded, but of course - Armanti Edwards.
Arizona
Ka'Deem Carey:
Arizona State
Terrell Suggs against Arizona in 2002:
Arkansas
The first choice here is Darren McFadden, but also take the time to appreciate Felix Jones.
Arkansas State
Corey Rucker's 310 yards receiving against Louisiana-Monroe in 2020:
Army
There aren't many individual Army player highlight reels out there, so here's the final minute of the 2017 game vs. Navy:
Auburn
Bo Jackson vs Alabama in 1983:
Ball State
Baylor
Freshman Robert Griffin III runs for 200+ yards on Washington State in 2008:
Boise State
Ian Johnson vs. Oregon State in 2006:
Boston College
Luke Kuechly:
Bowling Green
Jerry "Boo Boo" Gates:
Buffalo
Charlie Jones in 2018:
BYU
Kyle Van Noy against Texas in 2013:
Cal
Jahvid Best's 311-yard game against Washington in 2008:
Central Michigan
Bert Emanuel Jr. vs Buffalo in 2022:
Charlotte
Benny Lemay's 2019 highlights:
Cincinnati
Travis Kelce:
Clemson
CJ Spiller:
Coastal Carolina
Josh Norman:
Colorado
Laviska Shenault in 2018:
Colorado State
Preston Williams in 2018:
Duke
East Carolina
Eastern Michigan
Florida
Jevon Kearse:
Florida Atlantic
Florida International
Florida State
Peter Warrick:
Fresno State
Davante Adams:
Georgia
Champ Bailey:
Georgia Southern
Adrian Peterson:
Georgia State
It's tough to find classic individual highlights on a program so new, so here's the time they beat Tennessee.
Georgia Tech
Tashard Choice:
Hawai'i
Ashley Lelie's incredible three game stretch in 2001:
Houston
Ed Oliver's freshman highlights.
Illinois
Rashard Mendenhall vs. Wisconsin in 2007:
Indiana
Tevin Coleman's back-to-back huge games against Rutgers and Ohio State in 2014:
Iowa
Dallas Clark:
Iowa State
Todd Blythe:
Jacksonville State
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James Madison
It's from this past season, but Jalen Green:
Kansas
Kansas State
Michael Bishop:
Kent State
Dri Archer clinches the MAC East for Kent State in 2012:
Kentucky
Lynn Bowden in 2018:
Liberty
Louisiana
Louisiana-Monroe
Kolton Browning:
Louisiana Tech
Amik Robertson:
Louisville
Yes, of course Lamar Jackson exists, but so does Elvis Dumervil's six-sack game against Kentucky in 2005:
LSU
Grant Delpit in 2019:
Marshall
Obviously Randy Moss, but I'm nominating Vinny Curry:
Maryland
Memphis
DeAngelo Williams:
Miami (FL)
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson:
Miami (OH)
Ben Roethlisberger's Hail Mary vs. Akron in 2001:
Michigan
Braylon Edwards:
Michigan State
Plaxico Burress vs Michigan in 1999:
Middle Tennessee
Minnesota
Marion Barber III (RIP) and Laurence Maroney.
Mississippi State
Missouri
Brad Smith goes 200/200 on Nebraska in 2005:
Navy
Keenan Reynolds:
NC State
Russell Wilson:
Nebraska
Mike Rozier vs. Kansas in 1983:
Nevada
Romeo Doubs' 2020 highlights:
New Mexico
New Mexico State
North Carolina
Javonte Williams in 2019:
North Texas
Video of Lance Dunbar is unfortunately limited, but Zach Orr also works.
Northern Illinois
Maybe my favorite reel I've ever made - Garrett Wolfe:
Northwestern
Damien Anderson runs for 200+ yards against Indiana and Michigan in back-to-back weeks in 2000:
Notre Dame
Jeff Samardzija:
Ohio
Papi White in 2018:
Ohio State
I have over 70 Ohio State reels to choose from, but here's Michael Wiley's incredible 1998:
Oklahoma
Roy Williams:
Oklahoma State
Justin Blackmon:
Old Dominion
Taylor Heinicke:
Ole Miss
Dexter McCluster vs Tennessee in 2009:
Oregon
Oregon State
Chad Johnson:
Penn State
LaVar Arrington:
Pitt
Dan Marino:
Purdue
George Karlaftis in 2019:
Rice
THE LEGENDARY JARETT DILLARD
Rutgers
Mohammed Sanu:
Sam Houston State
San Diego State
Marshall Faulk vs USC in 1992:
San Jose State
SMU
South Alabama
South Carolina
Melvin Ingram:
South Florida
Jason Pierre-Paul:
Southern Miss
Jaylond Adams:
Stanford
Syracuse
Donovan McNabb vs. Michigan in 1998:
TCU
Temple
PJ Walker's 2014 highlights.
Tennessee
Eric Berry:
Texas
Jamaal Charles:
Texas A&M
Dat Nguyen:
Texas State
Finding Texas State stuff is a tall task, so how about their upset of Baylor this past season:
Texas Tech
Wes Welker:
Toledo
Troy
Making a full Demarcus Ware Troy video is on my bucket list, but here's him against Utah State in 2004:
Tulane
Matt Forte:
Tulsa
Zaven Collins in 2020:
UAB
UCF
UCLA
Maurice Jones-Drew vs Cal in 2005.
UConn
UMass
Victor Cruz:
UNLV
USC
Dwayne Jarrett:
UTEP
Jacob Cowing in 2021:
UTSA
Utah
Star Lotulelei:
Utah State
Vanderbilt
Virginia
Tiki Barber:
Virginia Tech
Tyrod Taylor:
Wake Forest
Greg Dortch in 2018:
Washington
Corey Dillion gains 305 yards in the first quarter vs. San Jose State in 1994:
Washington State
West Virginia
Owen Schmitt:
Western Kentucky
Leon Allen runs for 345 yards on Army in 2014:
Western Michigan
If I could find any Greg Jennings videos I'd share them here, but I'll continue to pump my own work with D'Wayne Eskridge:
Wisconsin
The classic wide receiver duel between Lee Evans and Charles Rogers in 2001:
Wyoming
Regretfully, Josh Allen
