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MCFARLANE'S COLLEGE FOOTBALL SERIES 2

by Colin
(Admin)

McFarlane's Sports Picks is proud to unveil the sequel to last summer's wildly successful College Football series. Series 2 is due in stores this July, and features seven of the finest professional football players captured in their collegiate glory, when fans first learned their names and NFL teams started taking notes. This series is seven players deep, and includes:






DREW BREES -- Purdue University: Before taking the Saints to their first-ever NFL championship, Brees was turning around a different program. After a 28-0-1 career as a high school quarterback in Texas, Brees landed at Purdue University. During his Boilermaker career, he set Big 10 Conference records for passing yardage, touchdown passes, total yardage, completions and attempts. Brees led Purdue to the 2001 Rose Bowl (their first postseason Pasadena appearance since 1967) while earning the Maxwell Award (for the nation's outstanding player) and being named the Academic All-America Player of the Year. And you thought he just won Super Bowls.






LARRY FITZGERALD -- University of Pittsburgh: Because he attended Valley Forge Military Academy before enrolling at the University of Pittsburgh, Fitzgerald was able to turn pro after just two collegiate seasons. That's not to say he didn't make the most of his time as a Pittsburgh Panther. In 26 collegiate games, he caught 161 passes for 2,677 yards and 34 touchdown receptions. Fitzgerald caught at least one touchdown pass in 18 consecutive games, a collegiate feat matched only by... no one. After his sophomore season, Fitzgerald won the Fred Biletnikoff Award (given to the top collegiate receiver) and narrowly finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting.






MARION BARBER III -- University of Minnesota: Being the son of an NFL running back brings a certain level of expectation, but following that same player's footsteps to college is a whole new ballgame. Marion Barber III picked up where his father left off collegiately, piling up yardage for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. His father was second on the Gophers' career rushing touchdown list (with 34), until he surpassed him with one final score (bringing him to 35 and dropping dear old Dad to third place).






TONY ROMO -- Eastern Illinois University: You might not be familiar with Eastern Illinois University, and if that's true you probably don't know the Dallas Cowboys' starting quarterback has "Antonio Ramiro Romo" printed on his driver's license. Following his senior year, Romo became the first Eastern Illinois Panther (and also first player in Ohio Valley Conference history) to win the Walter Payton award, essentially the Heisman Trophy for the NCAA's Division I-AA level. He finished his career as the school and conference all-time leader with 85 touchdown passes. During homecoming week in 2009, the school retired Romo's #17 -- making it the first-ever retired jersey in Eastern Illinois history.