The one aspect of these Mt. Rushmore conversations that often times get lost is not just the physical greatness of the player, but the leadership of that player as well as part they played in carrying whatever team to greatness.
Example, no one questions the physical tools that Vince was blessed with and the manner that he often times completely outclassed the competition, even the very best of college football at that time. There has to be a multiplier to his greatness factor when we remember he did this in a Greg Davis offense and had to overcome Mack's neurosis as he changed a program from one that had truly shit on its shelf in some big moments under Mack (specifically playing OU ) into a program that continually faced any challenge and made the plays needed to pull out games that before would have been losses such as Kansas or Oklahoma State, beat THE Ohio State at Columbus, Michigan in the Rose Bowl, and finally USC for the national title.
That is one reason why I mentioned Nobis. The old timers I know who saw him played talked more about Tommy's leadership and toughness than his physical ability which was pretty name impressive when you consider he was a 3x all conference player in an era where freshmen didn't play varsity ball, a 2x AA, and he started both ways for three seasons.
He was a key piece to the Horns winning the National Title in 1963, beating Navy and Staubach in the Cotton Bowl that year, as well as beating top ranked Bama and Namath in 1965.
The guy averaged 20 tackles a game at linebacker while playing guard. Fuck, load management or monitoring work rate.