The Best Stanford Football Players of All Time
Over 1.3K Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of The Best Stanford Football Players of All Time
Voting Rules
Upvote the Stanford Cardinal athletes below who were the best in the school's history. Vote based on each player's Stanford career only.
The Stanford Cardinal are the Pac-12 Conference's resident smarty-pants. Though the school is known for its academics (and is the top-ranked academic school in the entire FBS program), they've maintained high standards of excellence on the football field as well. Playing their first season in 1891, the Cardinal have won 14 conference titles since in its history, had one Heisman Trophy winner (Jim Plunkett in 1970), and taken home 2 national titles as well, in 1926 and 1940.
The following is a list of the best of the best players the Cardinal have ever offered up. What do you think? Who is the best player in Stanford football history? Cast your votes below to help determine the ranking.Most divisive: Kevin Hogan
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- 1Quarterback
- Birthplace: Port Angeles, Washington
- Age: 63
- Teams: Denver Broncos
- 2
Christian McCaffrey
- 3Quarterback
- Birthplace: Washington, D.C.
- Age: 34
- Teams: Indianapolis Colts
- 4Quarterback
- Birthplace: San Jose, USA, California
- Age: 75
- Teams: Oakland Raiders, New England Patriots, San Francisco 49ers
- 5
John Lynch
- 6Cornerback, Wide receiver
- Birthplace: Compton, California
- Age: 35
- Teams: Seattle Seahawks
