10:01 PM ET Even with 80-something underclassmen leaving school early for the NFL, college football has an abundance of returning talent. In the next couple of days, we’ll count down the top 50 players for 2016. Spoiler alert: Half of the top 10 consists of players from this past season’s Heisman Trophy race. Even so, there are bound to be surprises as to how those stars should be ordered. Here are Nos. 50-26, with heavy representation from defending champion Alabama. 50. Eddie Vanderdoes, DT, UCLA 2015 stats: 8 tackles (2 for a loss) The Bruins had absolutely terrible luck with injuries in 2015. It started with Vanderdoes, who tore an ACL in September. He was expected to have his biggest season yet after compiling 87 tackles (10 for a loss) in his first two years. The 6-foot-3, 305-pound space-eater, who also moonlights as a blocker on offense, recently announced he will return to school. That’s a boost for a defense already losing NFL-bound tackle Kenny Clark and several other defenders. …
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