A couple of notes: This isn’t best player or most important. As a list based on intrigue, it skews a bit toward youth and new players, but there will be plenty of established contributors, too.
The only scholarship player not considered for the list is defensive lineman Jahkeem Green, because at the outset of our countdown he is still in junior college and is only verbally bound to Nebraska.
The run of freshmen on the list continues with Hannah, the linebacker from Nashville, Tennessee. At 6-foot-3 and 235 pounds, Hannah’s intrigue is a combination of skill set and positional depth, or lack thereof.