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Watson ranked No. 1 in final ESPN player ranking

Six Clemson players are among the final top 50 players of the 2016 college football season released by ESPN. The list includes Deshaun Watson, who was ranked number-one by the ESPN panel of experts.

The list included the entire college football season, including all postseason bowl games and the College Football Playoff.

Clemson had the most players in the ESPN Final top 50 with six, followed by Alabama with five and LSU and Washington with four. Ohio State and Southern California were next with three apiece. The list also shows the challenge of Clemson’s schedule as the Tigers played against 14 of the 44 possible opponents on the list.