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College football's 2021 breakout players for each Top 25 team

The 2020 college football season has just ended, but it's never too early to start looking ahead to next season. Here's a look at one potential breakout star for each player in the 2021 Way-Too-Early Top 25.

No. 1 Clemson: QB D.J. Uiagalelei

This feels like cheating. Saying Uiagalelei is going to be Clemson's breakout player is like predicting the next Marvel movie will make a lot of money. These aren't predictions so much as foregone conclusions. Uiagalelei was among the most hotly recruited quarterbacks in the nation, then gave Clemson fans a sneak peek of his skill set in a two-game fill-in spot for Trevor Lawrence, who tested positive for COVID-19.