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Brennan Armstrong Snubbed on ESPN's Top 100 College Football Players

ESPN did not include Brennan Armstrong in its list of the top 100 players in college football

Matt Newton

Virginia quarterback Brennan Armstrong talks to the media during the second day of ACC Media Days at the Westin Hotel in Charlotte, NC.
After a record-breaking season, Brennan Armstrong still isn't getting any love from ESPN / Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports

This week, ESPN released a list of its top 100 college football players for the 2022 season. "Not by unit, conference or where they might or might not be selected in future NFL drafts, but rather a good old-fashioned 1-to-100 stacking of who is the best at playing football, regardless of position," the article read. 

Inexplicably, Virginia quarterback Brennan Armstrong did not make the list. 

The player who ranked second in all of college football in passing yards per game and total offense and sixth in the country in points responsible for did not make the list ranking the sport's top 100 players for the upcoming season. 

One Cavalier did make the list. Wide receiver Dontayvion Wicks came in at No. 95. Here's what ESPN said about him:  

"Wicks was a big-play machine last season, catching 57 balls for 1,203 yards -- an average of 21.1 yards per catch, good for fifth nationally. He was the first player since 2019 to catch 50 passes and average at least 20 yards per reception, and Wicks finished the year with 27 catches of 20 yards or more -- trailing only Jordan Addison and Jaxon Smith-Njigba among Power 5 receivers."

Somehow, ESPN was able to recognize Wicks as a top 100 player (which we agree with, but would have had Wicks ranked much higher on the list) without noticing the man who was throwing him those passes. 

As Danny Neckel pointed out, ESPN included 21 quarterbacks in the top 100, but omitted the Power Five's leader in average passing yards and average total offense in 2021. 

Make it make sense. 

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Matt launched Virginia Cavaliers On SI in August of 2021 and has since served as the site's publisher and managing editor, covering all 23 NCAA Division I sports teams at the University of Virginia. He is from Downingtown, Pennsylvania and graduated from UVA in May of 2021.

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