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To celebrate the end of the 2010s, I locked myself in a room and spent many hours on Google Sheets crafting various all-decade teams. I made 1st, 2nd and 3rd teams for college football, college basketball, the NFL, the NBA, MLB and soccer, as well as CU-specific teams for both football and basketball. I’m tempted to publish all of these lists — I have zero editorial oversight lmao — but I’m only going to publish the CFB and CBB lists here, and the All-Colorado teams will be on another post because content.
All-Decade College Football
The All-Decade CFB list was designed to include the most defining players of the decade. There’s equal weight given to one-and-done superstars (like Cam Newton) and long-time who were consistently great but never superstars (like Barrett Jones). When in doubt, I chose who I think is the better player, which is why Lamar Jackson made second-team over Marcus Mariota, and why Jabrill Peppers isn’t on any team.
(These tables might be funky on mobile. Not my fault but I’m sorry.)
All-Decade CFB
Offense | First Team | Second Team | Third Team |
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Offense | First Team | Second Team | Third Team |
Pro-Style QB | Deshaun Watson | Baker Mayfield | Tua Tagovailoa |
Dual-Threat QB | Cam Newton | Lamar Jackson | Marcus Mariota |
RB | Melvin Gordon | Jonathan Taylor | Montee Ball |
RB | LaMichael James | Saquon Barkley | Derrick Henry |
AP | Keenan Reynolds | Tavon Austin | Christian McCaffrey |
WR | Justin Blackmon | Amari Cooper | James Washington |
WR | Corey Davis | Marqise Lee | Brandin Cooks |
TE | Evan Engram | Mark Andrews | Jace Amaro |
T | Cam Robinson | Penei Sewell | Game Carimi |
T | Luke Joeckel | Brandon Scherff | Taylor Lewan |
G | Quenton Nelson | Spencer Drango | Joshua Garnett |
G | David DeCastro | Chance Warmack | Pat Elflein |
C | Barrett Jones | Ryan Kelly | Billy Price |
Defense | |||
DE | Chase Young | Joey Bosa | Derek Barnett |
DE | Jadeveon Clowney | Jonathan Allen | Myles Garrett |
DT | Aaron Donald | Christian Wilkins | Nick Fairley |
DT | Quinnen Williams | Ed Oliver | Derrick Brown |
LB | Luke Kuechly | Josh Allen | Scooby Wright |
LB | Manti Te'o | Jarvis Jones | Khalil Mack |
LB | C.J. Mosley | Roquan Smith | Jaylon Smith |
CB | Patrick Peterson | Vernon Hargreaves | Tre'Davious White |
CB | Morris Claiborne | Desmond King | Jalen Ramsey |
Flex | Minkah Fitzpatrick | Lamarcus Joyner | Adoree' Jackson |
S | Mark Barron | Malik Hooker | Budda Baker |
S | Tyrann Mathieu | Derwin James | Grant Delpit |
Special Teams | |||
K | Zane Gonzalez | Rodrigo Blankenship | Roberto Aguayo |
P | Tom Hackett | Michael Dickson | Braden Mann |
KR | Tony Pollard | De'Anthony Thomas | Tyler Lockett |
PR | Dante Pettis | Ryan Switzer | Joe Adams |
All-Decade College Basketball
Like with the CFB team, I’ve tried to weigh single-season dominance with multi-season greatness. I mostly put the best college players, regardless of duration, on the first team because they were the best. The less good but more prolific players made second and third teams. I also included Evan Turner because I hate myself. (Also for some reason the guard and forward positiins didn’t convert into the table, but I trust you know Zion Williamson is a forward.)
All-Decade CBB
First Team | Second Team | Third Team |
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First Team | Second Team | Third Team |
Kemba Walker | Jimmer Fredette | Trey Burke |
John Wall | Malcolm Brogdon | Buddy Hield |
Evan Turner | Doug McDermott | Draymond Green |
Zion Williamson | Jared Sullinger | Grant Williams |
Anthony Davis | Frank Kaminsky | Montrezl Harrell |