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College Grid: Daily College Football Trivia

A daily 3×3 grid puzzle where each cell needs a college football player who fits both the row and the column: a school, plus a position, the Heisman or a draft pick.

The College Football Grid is a daily 3x3 puzzle for fans who remember where guys played on Saturdays. Rows are schools like Alabama, LSU or Notre Dame. Columns are positions, the Heisman and draft picks. Each of the 9 cells needs one player who fits both.

If you came looking for a college football grid, this is that idea built on where players went to school. Every answer is checked against our own records: NFL draft picks back to 1936, NFL careers from 1970 on, and every Heisman winner since 1935. The columns run from Quarterback and Defensive Back to Heisman Winner, First Round Pick and Top 5 Pick.

One grid a day, the same for everyone, 15 guesses, and a rarity score for style points. A fresh college football grid game lands every day at midnight Eastern.

How to play College Grid, a free daily football guessing game

Tapping a cell for its two requirements

Tap an empty cell. The game spells out both requirements, like Alabama plus Heisman Winner.

Picking a name from the record backed list

Start typing a name and pick him from the list. The list only offers players in our records, and when two players share a name it adds his school or his years so you get the right guy.

What a green or red pick means

A pick that fits locks in green with a rarity percentage. A pick the records say doesn't fit flashes red and costs a guess.

When the records cannot settle a pick

If the records can't settle it either way, nothing is charged. You see what they do have on him, and you can try someone else.

Filling all nine cells for a Rarity Score

Fill all 9 cells or run out of guesses, then share your Rarity Score and emoji grid.

A new grid every midnight Eastern

Come back tomorrow. A new grid arrives at midnight Eastern.

College Grid rules for positions, Heisman and draft picks

Fifteen guesses to fill nine cells

You get 15 guesses to fill 9 cells, and correct answers use a guess too.

Matching the row and the column at once

A cell only takes a player who matches its row and its column at the same time.

When a guess costs you nothing

A guess costs a turn only when the records say no. If they can't tell, it's free.

Spending each player once per grid

Each player goes on the board once. Pick someone who's already on your grid and you just get a reminder.

Rows for schools and columns for positions

Rows are schools. Columns are one of eight positions (Quarterback, Running Back, Wide Receiver, Tight End, Offensive Lineman, Defensive Lineman, Linebacker, Defensive Back), Heisman Winner, or a draft column: First Round Pick, Top 10 Pick or Top 5 Pick.

Draft columns go by overall pick number. A player drafted twice counts his best pick, and First Round Pick means that pick came inside that year's first round.

Rarity scores from how common your pick was

Each correct answer shows a rarity percentage, the share of players who used the same name there. Your Rarity Score averages your correct cells, and lower is better.

College Grid walkthrough: Derrick Henry solves Alabama

Derrick Henry opens Alabama and Heisman Winner

Say the rows are Alabama, Ohio State and LSU, and the columns are Quarterback, Heisman Winner and First Round Pick. You open with Alabama plus Heisman Winner and type Derrick Henry, who won it in 2015. Green, with a rarity percentage next to his name.

Banking Chase Young and saving Joe Burrow for Ohio State

Ohio State plus First Round Pick has plenty of answers, so you bank Chase Young. For LSU plus Quarterback you skip Joe Burrow, since everybody types him, and go with JaMarcus Russell, the first overall pick in 2007. Burrow still has a job, though: our records have him at Ohio State too, so he fills Ohio State plus Quarterback.

Jalen Hurts closes out a nine for nine board

Alabama plus Quarterback goes to Jalen Hurts, who the records have at Alabama as well as Oklahoma. Two picks come back red along the way because the records say they don't fit, and those cost a guess each. You close the rest with names you're sure of and finish 9 for 9 with guesses to spare.

College Grid tips for rarity scores and thin columns

Fighting the obvious first instinct

Fight the first instinct. The obvious name is the one everyone types, and rarity rewards the road less traveled.

Heisman Winner as the tightest column

Heisman Winner is the tightest column on the board. There's one winner a year, so even the big programs only have a handful.

Where First Round Pick beats the deeper rounds

First Round Pick is usually the roomiest draft column. Top 10 Pick and Top 5 Pick get thin fast.

Transfers and spending a name on the harder cell

Players who changed schools count for every school our records have them at, which can open up a thin cell.

Each player goes on the board once, so if a name fits two cells, spend him on the harder one.

College Grid FAQ: guesses, rarity and repeat players

How is this different from the NFL grid?

Same 3x3 bones, different angle. The NFL grid asks which team a player suited up for. This one asks where he went to school, crossed with his position, the Heisman or where he went in the draft.

Why didn't that guess cost me anything?

A guess only costs a turn when our records say no. If they can't settle it, like a player with no position on file, you get a note saying what they do have on him and your guess count stays put. A school we don't have him at is never charged either, because our records of players moving between schools aren't complete.

What does the rarity percentage mean?

The share of players who answered that cell with the same name. 3 percent means almost nobody thought of your guy. Lower averages make better Rarity Scores.

Can I use the same player in more than one cell?

No. Each player goes on the board once. Joe Burrow can fill LSU plus Quarterback or Ohio State plus Quarterback, but not both.

What counts as a position?

The spots the draft, roster and college stat records list him at. Some players are listed at two, and then either one counts: Chase Young fits Ohio State plus Defensive Lineman and Ohio State plus Linebacker. Scott Frost played quarterback at Nebraska and defensive back in the NFL, so he fits Nebraska plus Quarterback and Nebraska plus Defensive Back.

Do I need an account?

No. A free account is optional and only matters for keeping your stats.

Is College Grid free to play?

Yes. College Grid is free to play on DoUKnowBall, right in your browser. No download and no signup needed.

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DoUKnowBall's College Football Grid is a free daily CFB puzzle game where you name football players who went to a given college program and fit a second column: a position, the Heisman, or where they went in the NFL draft. Where the pro version asks which team a player suited up for, this college one asks which campus he came from, and it tests your knowledge of players from Alabama, Ohio State, Clemson, Georgia, and dozens more programs. A new grid is available every day.