With more than 10,000 scholarship roster spots available at the FBS level, it’s difficult to narrow the talent pool down to the top 500 college football players, much less the top 100. That’s our threshold each summer as SI highlights the coming season's top 100 players, but the rollout of the 2019 list this week comes with a reminder that it’s impossible to include every player who looks poised to make waves come fall.
With that in mind, here’s a look at seven players not included in SI.com’s top 100 who should have big-time impacts in 2019. (Check back on Tuesday for the start of our official countdown.