No college football discussion is complete without mention of the people who actually play the games, and looking through the history of both Georgia Tech and Florida State produces a long list of outstanding football players. Here's a look at the top players by position from each school.

Quarterback

	Chris Weinke won the Heisman and a national title while at FSU.

The best players at this position came through Florida State and Georgia Tech in recent years. Chris Weinke rewrote the Seminole record book in is four seasons, setting new marks for career (9,839) and single-season (4,167) passing yards and racking up three of the top four single-game passing totals in school history. Weinke also set career (79) and single-season (33) records for touchdown passes and has 121 more career completions (650) than the next-closest FSU quarterback. Add to that a string of 20 consecutive games with at least 200 yards passing, 13 career 300-yard games, the 1999 National Championship and the 2000 Heisman Trophy, and Weinke far outdistances all other FSU quarterbacks.

Joe Hamilton was not only the best quarterback ever to come through Georgia Tech, he was arguably the best offensive player in the history of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Hamilton's 10,640 career total yards are the most ever in ACC history and his 8,882 career passing yards are a Yellow Jackets record. His 175.0 passer rating in 1999 is the highest single-season total in ACC history, and he also holds Georgia Tech records for total offense (906), passing yards (756) and completions (52) in bowl games. Hamilton was also one of the most versatile QBs in NCAA history, as his 734 yards rushing in 1999 were the most ever by a Division I-A quarterback with at least 3,000 passing yards.

Running Back
Picking the best runner ever at Florida State is a tough task, but Warrick Dunn stands out on the list of great backs to come through Tallahassee. Dunn owns the FSU single-season (1,242) and career (3,939) rushing marks and his 21 career 100-yard games are more than any other runner in school history. His 6.9 yards-per-carry average is also a Florida State record, and Dunn's 37 career rushing touchdowns are second only to Greg Allen's 44 among Seminole runners.

No back in the history of Georgia Tech has rushed for as many yards as Robert Lavette's 4,066, and only three backs in ACC history have gone for more yards. His 47 career touchdowns make him the highest-scoring non-kicker in school history, while his 914 career rushing attempts are more than 200 better than Jerry Mays' second-place total. Lavette is also the only player since 1950 to lead the Yellow Jackets in rushing for four consecutive years.

Wide Receiver

	Kelly Campbell, even with nine games left in his Ga. Tech career, is already the best receiver in school history.

At a position that has been played by the likes of Peter Warrick, Andre Cooper and Fred Biletnikoff, Ron Sellers was by far the most prolific wideout ever at FSU. The school leader with 3,598 career receiving yards, Sellers averaged an amazing 149.6 yards per game during the 1968 season. He has seven of the ten highest single-game reception totals in FSU history, and his 212 career receptions were amassed in just three seasons. By comparison, Warrick needed four seasons to become the only other Florida State receiver to top 200 receptions, catching 207 balls from 1996-99. Sellers career total of 23 touchdown catches ranks just sixth in school history, but his sheer productivity makes him the top pass-catcher in a distinguished group.

Kelly Campbell is already the top wide receiver in Georgia Tech history, and his senior season is just underway. Campbell's 230 receiving yards this season give him a school-record 2,429 for his career, and his 153 career receptions are just 10 behind Harvey Middleton for the top spot in that category. More amazing is that his 22 career touchdown receptions are already eight better than the second-place total with nine games remaining in his career. His 1,105 yards last season was the also the highest total in Georgia Tech history.

Offensive Line
The contribution of an offensive lineman to the success of a team is difficult to quantify, but Jamie Dukes, Clay Shiver and Jason Whitaker had a major impact on the teams they were a part of. Whitaker is one of just four offensive linemen in FSU history to start every game as a freshman, and he started 48 consecutive games over the course of his Florida State career (1982-85) before going on to an 11-year NFL career. Shiver was a three-time All-ACC pick who was a team captain in his senior year and is considered by Bobby Bowden to be the best center to ever come through Tallahassee. Whitaker anchored the offensive line that helped produce an undefeated season in 1999 and started 24 consecutive games over his final two seasons despite several injuries. All three were consensus All-America selections and each earned at least two All-ACC selections.

Tackle Chris Brown is the most recent in a string of dominating offensive linemen that have come out of Georgia Tech. Brown was a consensus All-America pick last season and played in the Senior Bowl. Center Craig Page was a consensus All-America selection in 1998, and he joins a long list of outstanding centers to play for the Yellow Jackets. Peter Pund (1926-28), Larry Morris (1951-54) and Maxie Baugan (1957-59) each played center and earned election the the College Football Hall of Fame, and are among the ten GT centers to earn consensus All-America honors.

Defensive Backs
Jamal Reynolds, Corey Simon and Andre Wadsworth were all great players, but no Seminole defensive linemen was as dominant as Ron Simmons. A consensus All-America pick in 1979 and 1980, he finished in the top 10 in the Heisman balloting in 1979 after recording 81 tackles (17 for loss) and six sacks. Simmons still holds the records for season (17) and career (44) tackles for loss, and was the first FSU defensive player ever to have his number retired.

Coleman Rudolph comes out on top of a list of Georgia Tech linemen that includes former NFL star Pat Swilling, who once recorded seven sacks in a single game. Rudolph earned first-team All-America mention in his senior season in 1992, a season that saw him become the school's career leader in sacks and earn his second straight first-team All-ACC berth. His 52 career tackles for loss are also a Tech record, and he is also among the top five in single-season and single-game sacks.

Linebackers
There are players with more career sacks and more career tackles, but Marvin Jones played better in his three seasons as a Seminole than perhaps any other linebacker in school history. Jones had at least 100 tackles in each of his three seasons, including 133 as a freshman despite not starting the first two games. He won the Butkus and Lombardi awards after his junior season in 1992 while leading FSU to an 11-1 season and recording nine games with at least 10 tackles. Jones was also a two-time consensus All-America selection, and earned All-ACC honors in FSU's first year in the conference in 1992.

In terms of stopping the ballcarrier, no one was better at Georgia Tech than Keith Brookings. The school's career leader with 467 tackles, Brookings had four career games with 20 tackles and led the entire ACC conference with 146 tackles in 1995. He had three seasons with at least 130 tackles, including two with over 145, and is also in the top ten in career tackles for loss.

Defensive Backs
Deion Sanders may have been the best athlete ever to play at Florida State, but Terrell Buckley was the best defensive back. Winner of the Jim Thorpe Award in 1991, Buckley had at least one interception in eight of FSU's 12 games that year and totaled 12 INTs on the year. His 470 career return yards on interceptions are an NCAA record, his 21 career picks in three seasons are five more than the next-closest player and his four INT returns for touchdowns are tied with Sanders for the school record.

Among Yellow Jacket defensive backs, no one comes close to the accomplishments of Ken Swilling. The brother of Pat Swilling, Ken was a consensus All-America pick in 1990, first-team All-ACC in 1989-90, and has more tackles (267) than any other DB in school history. He was also a Thorpe Award finalist in 1989-90. Only two players have more career interceptions than Swilling's 13, and he totaled 200 return yards on interceptions in 1989.

Kickers
Kickers are, for the most part, an anonymous lot. Sebastian Janikowski was an exception to the rule, though. The Florida State kicker with the highest career field goal percentage (79.5) and the school records for field goals in a game (5) and a season (27 in 1998), Janikowski gained equal acclaim in Tallahassee for his colorful personality, his round physique and his love of partying. None of that seemed to affect his kicking, however, as booted two of the three longest field goals in FSU history during his career and made all 47 of his PAT attempts in 1998.

Scott Sisson was not as colorful as Janikowski, but his credentials are arguably more impressive. He was a first-tam All-american in 1992 and his 299 career points are 127 more than the second-place kicker in school history and better than any other Yellow Jacket player. Sisson kicked six game-winning field goals in his career, including a 37-yarder with seven seconds remaining that gave Tech a 41-38 win over No. 1 Virginia in 1990. Sor his career, Sisson converted 119-of-121 PATs and 60-of-88 field goals.

Rico Longoria is a researcher for ESPN.com.