Risers & Returners — 2026
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Pick a phase and the board compares like with like inside it: a quarterback’s yards and a linebacker’s tackles are not the same number, and no honest single score turns them into one. Δ is the change in the ranking column, per game. Both seasons clear the same volume floor, so a receiver who simply got the job is not counted as a riser. A jump after transferring is the strongest signal there is, because it controls for who he faced.
Returners are players listed as seniors who also played the previous season — they were almost certainly draft-eligible and came back. It is an approximation, not a determination: the rule is three years removed from high school, which no field here records, so an eligible redshirt sophomore is missed and a senior who was never a prospect is included.
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The biggest year-over-year jumps in college football, and the draft-eligible players who chose to come back for another season.