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Name a great player from your school's "backyard" / pipeline you missed?
Posted on 6/8/14 at 11:42 am
Posted on 6/8/14 at 11:42 am
ETA: these are players that were unknowns and you clearly would have signed to a scholarship if you simply offered. Guys like Marcus Dupree who simply did not choose your school don't count
For Auburn we have 3 pretty major ones that should have gone to Auburn
Terrell Owens
Owens is from Alex City back when Russell Athletic dominated the town. Due to AU and Russell being linked, Benjamin Russell HS was a huge pipeline for Auburn and if we recruited TO it is hard to imagine he wouldn't have been a Tiger. Unfortunately, due to not being allowed to play sports till late in his Hs career, he flew under the radar. Have family who went to Hs with him and said nobody would have thought he would seriously play in college let alone be NFL HOF caliber. Amazing just how unknown he was
Demarcus Ware
Ware is from Auburn HS. Despite recent losses in recruiting from the home Hs to Alabama, traditionally AU recruits extremely well in its own backyard. Ware didn't play until his junior year and only received an offer from Troy University. Amazing that someone like Ware slipped through the cracks despite being 5 minutes away.
Osi Umenyiora
Teammates with Ware at AUHS and Troy University , Osi definitely fell through the cracks. Osi was not even that great in HS on some average Auburn HS teams. Supposedly his growth spurt and body transformation happened in college and led to his draft position and future star power in the NfL
For Auburn we have 3 pretty major ones that should have gone to Auburn
Terrell Owens
Owens is from Alex City back when Russell Athletic dominated the town. Due to AU and Russell being linked, Benjamin Russell HS was a huge pipeline for Auburn and if we recruited TO it is hard to imagine he wouldn't have been a Tiger. Unfortunately, due to not being allowed to play sports till late in his Hs career, he flew under the radar. Have family who went to Hs with him and said nobody would have thought he would seriously play in college let alone be NFL HOF caliber. Amazing just how unknown he was
Demarcus Ware
Ware is from Auburn HS. Despite recent losses in recruiting from the home Hs to Alabama, traditionally AU recruits extremely well in its own backyard. Ware didn't play until his junior year and only received an offer from Troy University. Amazing that someone like Ware slipped through the cracks despite being 5 minutes away.
Osi Umenyiora
Teammates with Ware at AUHS and Troy University , Osi definitely fell through the cracks. Osi was not even that great in HS on some average Auburn HS teams. Supposedly his growth spurt and body transformation happened in college and led to his draft position and future star power in the NfL
This post was edited on 6/8/14 at 11:52 am
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Posted on 6/8/14 at 11:44 am to GenesChin
Deangelo Williams
Posted on 6/8/14 at 11:45 am to GenesChin
Marcus Dupree and Jerry Rice
Posted on 6/8/14 at 11:46 am to GenesChin
I don't know the definition of 'missed'.
But Jamal Lewis killed us for a couple of years.
But Jamal Lewis killed us for a couple of years.
Posted on 6/8/14 at 11:47 am to GenesChin
Peyton.
Joe Mcknight.
Joe Mcknight.
Posted on 6/8/14 at 11:48 am to GenesChin
Marcus Dupree
Jerry Rice
Walter Payton
Steve McNair
Jerry Rice
Walter Payton
Steve McNair
Posted on 6/8/14 at 11:48 am to GenesChin
Drew Brees. Had several family members that went to A&M and we didn't offer
Posted on 6/8/14 at 11:52 am to ShaneTheLegLechler
Added some direction on what "missed" means.
Drew Brees not being offered by TAMU is good
Dupree or Manning being lost by being out recruited is not a solid pick
Drew Brees not being offered by TAMU is good
Dupree or Manning being lost by being out recruited is not a solid pick
Posted on 6/8/14 at 11:53 am to GenesChin
Randall Cobb
Patrick Willis
It hurts more knowing they wanted to come to UT. Thanks Phil
Patrick Willis
It hurts more knowing they wanted to come to UT. Thanks Phil
Posted on 6/8/14 at 11:54 am to TRUERockyTop
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Patrick Willis
Big miss by Tennessee. He wanted to be a Vol in an interview that I heard.
Posted on 6/8/14 at 11:55 am to GenesChin
Yeah our list would be a mile long on all the guys the Whorns got from us in the 2000s. There's still a ton, Ladainian Tomlinson is another one that didn't get an offer that almost surely would have committed with one
Posted on 6/8/14 at 11:56 am to GenesChin
Bo
Justin Tuck
Justin Tuck
Posted on 6/8/14 at 11:58 am to GenesChin
Matt Forte maybe?
Posted on 6/8/14 at 11:59 am to GenesChin
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Terrell Owens
He was one class below me, and the reason he was under the radar is because he didn't do anything in football until his senior year. He was more of a track guy until then. He was a late bloomer with underdeveloped hands, and Coach Steve Savarese got him into UTC where he physically matured. And we know the rest.
Posted on 6/8/14 at 12:00 pm to GenesChin
Pacman Jones was a 2* CB from Westlake in Atlanta, although missing on him may have been for the best. I can't imagine he would have handled Athens well
Posted on 6/8/14 at 12:00 pm to GenesChin
Steve McNair
Jerry Rice
Brett Favre
Walter Payton
Jerry Rice
Brett Favre
Walter Payton
Posted on 6/8/14 at 12:01 pm to GenesChin
Landon Collins
Posted on 6/8/14 at 12:02 pm to abellsujr
Willie Roaf from Pine Bluff
Posted on 6/8/14 at 12:02 pm to GenesChin
quote:
Added some direction on what "missed" means. Drew Brees not being offered by TAMU is good Dupree or Manning being lost by being out recruited is not a solid pick
Thanks.
I'm not a recruiting guru.
The only one that comes to mind at the moment is choosing Caleb King over Jonathan Dwyer.
I'm sure some other Dawg fans can recall other players that we didn't offer or didn't have higher up than the guys we took at the position.
Posted on 6/8/14 at 12:04 pm to GenesChin
Randall Cobb
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