Lamar Jackson and everybody else: College football's top 50 players


9:21 PM ET College football is off to a roaring start, with a Kickoff Week for the ages and a Week 5 that … well, it’s one for the ages too. Week 5 is the first time since 1978 that we’ve had three conference matchups of top-10 teams and the first time since 2002 that we’ve seen three top-10 games of any kind on the same Saturday. That means a slew of stars will collide on the field this Saturday. What better time to reboot our preseason #CFBrank and see how our experts assess the nation’s best players after the first month of the season? We asked 10 writers to grade players from across the country on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the best early season performance possible. We ended up with a clear No. 1 player, a guy who has scored 25 touchdowns in four games and netted 10 perfect 10 scores from our panel. After Louisville’s breakout Lamar Jackson, though, things got interesting. Here are our top 50 players after four weeks. Jamie Rhodes/USA TODAY SportsLamar JacksonLouisville CardinalsSophomore | QuarterbackScore: 10.0Preseason rank: 51 Jackson has scored 25 total touchdowns this year (13 passing, 12 rushing), emerging…

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