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Most exciting player in college football opts back in for 2020

The most exciting player in college football (when healthy) has opted back in for the 2020 season.

There are a bunch of exciting players all around the world of college football but for my money, when healthy, there isn’t a more exciting one than Rondale Moore of Purdue.

Moore became the first true freshman to earn consensus All-American honors in 2018 when it felt like each time he stepped on the field, something special happened.

Moore had announced he was opting out of the 2020 season previously, back when the Big Ten was contemplating playing a spring season since they, at the time, had cancelled their fall season.

Moore played in just four games in 2019 after dealing with a hamstring injury, but averaged more than seven receptions per game while scoring a pair of touchdowns and totaling 390 scrimmage yards.

Moore totaled 1471 scrimmage yards on 135 touches that historic freshman year, finding the end zone 14 times along the way.

Here’s hoping the New Albany, Indiana native stays healthy and has another fall full of incredible highlights like he had two seasons ago.

 

Notre Dame’s Most Exciting Player

ESPN named the most exciting player on their top 25 teams entering the 2020 college football season. Do you agree with their choice for NDs?

When you look at Notre Dame football in 2020 what player are you most excited to watch?

Some may go the easy route and say the quarterback, Ian Book, who hopefully goes from good to great in his fifth year on campus.

Many would probably go the route of Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah who is getting national pre-season All-American love.

ESPN weighed in on the question and offered the following on a budding superstar in Notre Dame’s secondary…

Safety Kyle Hamilton, Sophomore:

Let’s give the defense a little love here, too.  In his freshman season, safety Hamilton had four interceptions, six pass breakups and 41 total tackles.  He’s quickly become a name everyone was talking about and now, going into the 2020 season, Hamilton is primed to be one of the best safeties in the country in only his second season. He can make a big play at any time, brought some excitement to Notre Dame’s defense last season and should do much of the same this season.

Hamilton made his impact known right away last year, getting big-time minutes against Louisville in the opener.  My personal favorite game of Hamilton’s was the USC game where the defensive game plan was clearly built around his discipline as he allowed nothing behind him.

Now as a sophomore can Hamilton handle the pressure of being the experienced member of Notre Dame’s secondary that lost so much from a year ago?  Grad-transfer help with experience elsewhere will be there but make no mistake, he’s without question the guy in this secondary entering 2020.

I’d make a case for Owusu-Koramoah as the most exciting player on this roster but ultimately I agree with ESPN’s assessment on it and would give the nod to Hamilton as the most exciting, based off consistency.