Tebow or Herschel Who's the Greatest of all time?

Tim Tebow is only a couple of rushing touchdowns away from breaking Herschel Walker’s SEC record. As the legend of Tebow grows, some believe that Tim Tebow is the greatest college football player of all time.

Obviously, when you start talking about the greatest of all time, you have to contend with issues like playing in different eras and in this case, players who play different positions. However, statistics are statistics, so let’s take a look:

Who is the Greatest College Football Player of All Time, Tim Tebow or Herschel Walker?

By the Numbers:
In 45 games, Tebow has for 48 touchdowns rushing and 73 touchdowns through the air. In 33 games, Walker scored 52 touchdowns.
Tebow has won one Heisman Trophy and led his team to one national championship. The same can be said for Walker.
Walker had 28 games with 100+ rushing yards. Tebow has rushed for a touchdown and passed for a touchdown in the same game more frequently than any other player in college football history.
So the statistics are impressive for both.

Here is the truth, like it or not.
Before Herschel Walker came to Georgia, they were not a great team. The ’78 Dawgs had won the SEC with a team that overachieved. In 1979 Georgia went 6-5. With almost the exact team (with the addition of Walker), Georgia went 12-0 in 1980 and won the National Championship. In fact, from 1980-1982 Georgia’s record was 33-3. They won 1 National Championship and lost to Penn State in the 1982 title game.

You can’t credit Tim Tebow with Florida’s 2007 National Championship. He was absolutely apart of the team, but he was used as a special teams player in that he came into the game is short yardage and other special situations. He was not the quarterback or the running back on that team. Florida went 13-1 and won the title in 2006, with Tebow playing a limited role behind Chris Leak. In 2007, Tebow’s first year as a starter, the Gators were 9-4. The four losses that Tebow had in 2007 were more than Herschel had in his entire career.
Florida had been a national contender since 1990 when Steve Spurrier began his career in Gainesville. Georgia was little more than an afterthought before Walker came to Athens.

Tebow is continuing a tradition, Walker created one.

Walker is without a doubt the greatest college football player of all time.
For now.
As much as I hate to admit it, Tebow has a chance in this, his senior season to pass Walker and every other player in college football history.
If Tebow comes back from this concussion, leads Florida to an SEC title, wins the Heisman trophy for a second time, and steers the Gators to another National Championship then, Tim Tebow will be the greatest college football player of all time.

For now, he’s looking up at #34, just like everyone else.