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Lee Corso by the numbers: ESPN shares headgear stats from Corso’s College GameDay tenure
By Mark Kern
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Lee Corso has been a staple of college football for many years, starring on College GameDay for nearly 4 decades. He has been a huge part in helping College GameDay become a tradition for millions of college football fans across the country.
It was announced on Thursday that Week 1 of the 2025 college football season would be the final College GameDay of Corso’s legendary career. With that announcement, ESPN published some key headgear stats for Corso.
Corso has made 430 headgear picks all-time and has an impressive win rate of 66.5%. His best single season came back in 1999 when he went a perfect 11-0 on headgear picks — the only perfect season of his career.
He picked Ohio State the most of any program with 45 total selections. Corso went a staggering 17-0 when picking USC, his best record for any single program.
Here’s a graphic featuring more stats from Corso’s College GameDay tenure:
That Week 1 College GameDay promises to be an incredible moment, and should be a great way for fans to get excited for another college football season.
