Sports Illustrated's Chris Johnson and Colin Becht debate which player they believe will have a better 2016 college football season: Stanford Cardinals' Christian McCaffrey or Florida State Seminoles' Dalvin Cook.
Ranking college football players is an inherently dangerous task. With the number of different ways a player can contribute—quantitative ways like sacks, yards and interceptions or qualitative ways like sound blocking and tight coverage—it’s difficult to gage who makes the most impact. On top of that, with players limited to four-year careers, there’s a significant amount of guesswork to assess how players will develop from one season to the next.