And then there were 10.

Every summer, SI sets out to determine the top 100 players of the college football season ahead, taking a stab at the impossible subjective task of comparing players across positions and competition levels. We kicked off the 2019 edition of our list on Tuesday with Nos. 100–51, then ran through Nos. 50–26 on Wednesday and Nos. 26–11 on Thursday. Now, it's time to unveil our Top 10, completing our ranking.

A reminder: In constructing our rankings, the most important factor we assess is how significantly each player’s production will impact his team’s success this season—not how good he was last year, where he sat on 2018 statistical leaderboards or what type of NFL draft prospect he is (although those three factors often have a way of lining up). Put another way, this list is forward-looking, but not too forward-looking. If you don’t see your team’s unsung hero or rising star on this list, check out our breakdown of this year’s toughest snubs before you head for our mentions.

10. Alabama DL Raekwon Davis

Is this the year Davis breaks out as one of the nation’s top defensive playmakers? We’ve all been waiting for this athletic freak—he stands 6’7” and weighs 315 pounds—to single handedly destroy offensive lines, especially after a sophomore season in 2017 that included 8.5 sacks, but Davis’s numbers slipped last year, so much so that he surprisingly decided to bypass the NFL draft and return for a fourth year. In fact, longtime ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper ranked Davis last spring as his No. 1 defensive line prospect for the 2019 draft. Davis has quite the past: He threw punches at a Missouri football player during a game this past season, and he played Alabama’s season opener in 2017 days after a stray bullet hit him in the leg.

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9. Ohio State DL Chase Young

The Buckeyes' defense was painful to watch at times in 2018, but Young's rise to stardom as a former top-10 overall recruit continues unimpeded. Coming off a sophomore season in which he had 10 sacks and 14.5 tackles for loss (highlighted by his game-winning fourth-down stop of Penn State RB Miles Sanders), Young should be the most feared member of a unit that is out for respect after several offseason staff changes.

8. Purdue WR Rondale Moore

Moore was the best wide receiver in the Big Ten last year—as a freshman. The former four-star recruit, who was once committed to Texas, slid right into the starting lineup under then-second year head coach Jeff Brohm and recorded 114 catches for 1,258 yards with 12 touchdowns. Unafraid of big moments, his best performance came when the spotlight shone the brightest. Last Oct. 20, Moore had 12 receptions for a career-high 170 yards and two scores against Ohio State’s elite defense in a stunning 49–20 upset. Moore will be back to frustrate Big Ten defenses this fall, but the Boilermakers need to give him some help offensively. No other Purdue receiver last year made more than 46 catches, and running backs D.J. Knox and Markell Jones, who received the bulk of carries in 2018, have graduated.

7. Clemson RB Travis Etienne

Etienne became a household name in 2018, when he averaged 8.1 yards per carry and scored 24 rushing touchdowns, most in the FBS. He's put on some added muscle this offseason—he played last year around 203 pounds, and at the end of spring ball, he was up to 212—which will bode well as far as pass blocking and breaking tackles, and in Clemson’s balanced offense, he should be ready to catch a few passes from Trevor Lawrence, as well; last season he had 12 receptions for 78 yards and two touchdowns.

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