Brad Shepard@@Brad_ShepardIncluded Columnist IVFebruary 26, 2024Predicting College Football's Most Clutch Performers in 2024
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It isn't everyone who has the “clutch gene.” Some wilt under pressure, fall to the wayside or try to find someone else to bring the load with the video game on the line.
Others, nevertheless, desire the ball with the clock ticking down and delight in the essential minutes. Everyone desires a man like that on their group, and in college football, it's no various.
The sport lost a lot of those guys to the NFL from the 2023 season, such as competing quarterbacks Michael Penix Jr. (Washington) and Bo Nix (Oregon), Alabama kicker Will Reichard and Ohio State pass receiver Marvin Harrison Jr.
There are others all set to bring that baton in 2024. In all these cases, they've currently shown being a match for the minute and having a style for the remarkable.
Here are a handful of college football gamers who have actually currently revealed glances and merit to be considered this season's most clutch guys with the video game on the line.
Luther Burden III, Missouri Wide Receiver
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Every quarterback frantically requires a go-to receiver when things get sweaty late in video games. Missouri's Brady Cook has the very best in the sport in increasing junior Luther Burden III.
When coach Eli Drinkwitz tempted the previous 5-star possibility to stay at home and participate in Mizzou out of the 2022 recruiting class, he understood he was getting a possible star. Concern has actually progressed into perhaps the sport's greatest star at the position, and he has actually revealed he desires the ball pertaining to him with the video game on the line.
In 2 years at CoMo, Burden has 1,706 backyards from skirmish and 17 goals and likewise has a punt return TD.
His big-play acumen will serve him well this year and down the roadway. He's a vibrant skill, who simply has “it.”
- With Missouri holding on to a 7-3 lead in the 4th quarter of the Cotton Bowl versus Ohio State, Cook discovered Burden for a 7-yard rating to put the video game out of reach. How huge was the win? It has the prospective to raise the program to brand-new heights.
- Problem scored two times in a 30-27 win over Kansas State in which the Tigers required a last-second basket to win. His last TD with 8:24 left put Mizzou ahead.
- According to Pro Football Focus, Burden's 725 backyards after the catch ranked him 3rd amongst all FBS receivers in '23, and his 314 lawns after contact were fourth-most. He likewise captured 56.5 percent of objected to catches. No one desires it more.
“I think it is sort of simply grooming, simply being around the guys and sensation comfy for them to let me lead them,” Burden informed SI.com's Chase Gemes on taking a management function.
