When I think of someone being a dynamic football player, I think of someone who can do a lot of different things and can do all of them well.

I think of a player who can change a game by making one play. But I guess CBS Sports’ Brad Crawford has a different view of a dynamic football player, especially when it comes to Clemson and Georgia players.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion on things, and we definitely do not always agree. But it is hard to imagine two of the best programs of the last 25 football seasons did not have one dynamic player in Mr. Crawford’s piece on College football’s 25 most dynamic players of the past 25 years.

Again, this is Mr. Crawford’s opinion, and he is entitled to list anyone he wants to on his list. However, when he was given this assignment by his editors, I am sure they gave it to him with the knowledge he would be objective and fair in his selection of the 25 most dynamic players of the past 25 years.

I am sure his editors or copy editors checked his work and signed off on his column before it was published on CBS Sports’ website on Monday. Not only was Mr. Crawford not objective in his writing, but the editors and/or copy editors failed him, too.

It is one thing for Will Vandervort of The Clemson Insider to write an article that might have a Clemson slant to it – though I try to be fair and objective in my writing. However, it is entirely another thing for a national writer to let his views about his alma mater’s rivals get in the way of his judgement.

In other words, Clemson fans expect my views to be bias towards Clemson because I work for a Clemson website that covers only Clemson Athletics. However, these same fans expect a very objective approach from a writer who writes for one of the biggest news outlets in the world.

And like I said, it is not all Crawford’s fault. His editors should have caught his bias, which I am sure was more subconscious than intentional. They should have had him add at least one Clemson and/or Georgia player. There is a long list of dynamic players from both schools that he could have chosen from.

At Georgia—and this is going back to 2000—he could have picked either David Pollack, Nick Chubb, Todd Gurley, Sony Michel, Roquan Smith, Brock Bowers and I am sure I am missing a few more dynamic players.

At Clemson, he could have picked C.J. Spiller, Sammy Watkins, Deshaun Watson, Travis Etienne, Christian Wilkins, Derrick Hamilton, Justin Miller, Jacoby Ford, Tee Higgins, Woodrow Dantzler and I am sure I am missing someone on this list, too.

I understand it is hard to put a list together like this because there are truly hundreds, maybe thousands, of players to sort through. However, only Alabama has won more games since 2011 than Clemson.

No one has won more games than Georgia in the last five years. And before that, Clemson went to four national championship games in five years.

So, is Mr. Crawford telling us Clemson and Georgia did not have at least one dynamic player on any of those great teams? I find that interesting.

Did you know Clemson’s C.J. Spiller (2006-’09) holds the NCAA record for career kickoff return touchdowns with seven?

The 2009 ACC Player of the Year also holds the ACC record for career kickoff return touchdowns, and his 7,588 career all-purpose yards rank third in NCAA history.

I guess Spiller was not dynamic enough for Mr. Crawford or CBS, though.

Travis Etienne, who won back-to-back ACC Player of the Year honors in 2018 and 2019, broke numerous records during his time at Clemson. He holds the ACC records for career rushing yards (4,952), total touchdowns (78), rushing touchdowns (70), and total points scored (468). 

He also holds the FBS record for most career games scoring a touchdown (42).

I guess Etienne was not dynamic enough for Mr. Crawford.

Deshaun Watson finished third in the Heisman Trophy race in 2015 and then was the runners up in 2016. Like Vince Young did for Texas in the 2005 National Championship Game, Watson willed his Clemson team to the 2016 National Championship over Alabama. He almost did the same in the 2015 game.

A two-time winner of the Manning Award and the 2015 ACC Player of the Year, Watson ended his Clemson career third in ACC history in total offense (12,094). He threw for 10,163 yards and 90 career touchdowns. He is first in Clemson history in career completion percentage (.674), passing efficiency (157.5) and total offense per game (318.3).

Watson also ran for 1,934 yards and 26 more touchdowns, but I guess he was not dynamic enough for Mr. Crawford, either.

As for the Georgia players, I will let one of their website writers make a case of them. Unlike Mr. Crawford, I can be a little biased because I work for a Clemson website.