The Freaks List started in the summer of 2005 with a linebacker in the MAC named Terna Nande. The weight room stories his strength coach (now with the Denver Broncos) told me blew my mind — so much so that I ranked Nande from Miami (Ohio) above Vernon Davis, Calvin Johnson and a bunch of other players primed for big-time NFL careers. Twenty years later, the list — the thing I’m probably most known for in football circles — has only grown.
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At first, there were only 10 Freaks. Now, it’s expanded way beyond just the FBS, with submissions from schools, coaches, teammates, parents, NFL scouts, combine trainers and agents.