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Your one alternative was the one I mentioned by athlete37

Leadership, play making ability, wins, ability to take care of the ball, game winning drives, etc. Book was a great leader, representative of the university, made a lot of great plays with his arm and legs, led a good number of game winning or game clinching drives (including many fourth down conversions), and displayed that he was a gamer. I think an NFL career like the one that Jackson had would be a very good, and perhaps more reasonable, goal for Book.

My list is not rank ordered. The comment was that he is top 5 over the last 30 years. I think a good basketball comparison would be Tory Jackson or Steve Vasturia.