Top Football Players of the Decade: #5-#1

Today it’s time for the final installment of the Top 10 Players of the Decade, with #5-#1. Most of you will probably guess who #1 is, but what about the other four? There are plenty of guys to choose from, and a few of the players you’re going to read about became legends in the minds of Hokie fans over the last 10 years.

Before we get started, there were really 12 guys that I wanted to include in this Top 10 list. The two who didn’t get included on this final version (they made my list on a couple of rough drafts) were defensive end Darryl Tapp and quarterback Tyrod Taylor. If this article is written a year from now rather than today, Taylor is easily on this list. Probably even in the Top 5.

But it’s not a year from now, and he’s not on it. It’s a highly debatable list, and I changed my mind on players, rankings, etc. I even changed the order of the Top 5 as early as this morning.

Alright, enough of that. Here’s the Top 5 …

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