No. 9 – Nick Bosa, defensive-end (2016-2018)
Had it not been for the injury bug, the younger Bosa may have been higher up this list. He played in all thirteen games as a freshman in 2016, but was still recovering from a leg injury that didn’t allow him to be the force he ultimately became. He was named to the All-Big Ten First team in 2017 and also took home honors as the Defensive Lineman of the Year in the conference.
Bosa started out the 2018 season on a rampage but then sustained a hard-luck core-muscle injury that took him out for the remainder of the campaign. He’s now tearing it up in the NFL as a member of the San Francisco 49ers.