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re: Best prospect you ever saw play that never made it professionally....
Posted on 7/18/16 at 10:14 pm to DistrictDawg
Posted on 7/18/16 at 10:14 pm to DistrictDawg
Personally saw? Chad Jones?
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Posted on 7/18/16 at 10:33 pm to DistrictDawg
Ben Gay
Posted on 7/18/16 at 10:39 pm to Hugh McElroy
Marcus Dupree?
Posted on 7/18/16 at 10:39 pm to JETigER
Posted on 7/18/16 at 10:39 pm to DistrictDawg
Aj suggs. doesn't come close to that though
He sucked in college at Tennessee and GT. But damn was he a legend at mceachern in powder springs ga
He sucked in college at Tennessee and GT. But damn was he a legend at mceachern in powder springs ga
This post was edited on 7/18/16 at 10:40 pm
Posted on 7/18/16 at 10:49 pm to auzach91
Scott Sterling. Could've been Olympic gold medalist as a soccer player. Could've been gold medal volleyball player if he'd focused on that sport. Unreal talent.
This post was edited on 7/18/16 at 10:51 pm
Posted on 7/18/16 at 11:09 pm to DistrictDawg
Whenever I see these "greatest athlete" threads, no matter the criteria, Chris Jackson takes the cake for me. I know he went on to the NBA but I can probably speak for most people here in saying, he was a bust. Yeah, I know... He had some nice years but all in all flopped. Between the tics and the religion battle he was fighting, he simply faded.
As I've wrote before, I traveled with the the opposing team to Gulfport for the Highschool MS south State game. Somewhere between 1985-87. I was the ball boy. I vividly remember watching him warm up from the opposing bench. He missed twice in 25 minutes. The word freak was not tossed around back then unless you were referring to pistol Pete. Oh the irony.
*he rolled up like 40 points that night
As I've wrote before, I traveled with the the opposing team to Gulfport for the Highschool MS south State game. Somewhere between 1985-87. I was the ball boy. I vividly remember watching him warm up from the opposing bench. He missed twice in 25 minutes. The word freak was not tossed around back then unless you were referring to pistol Pete. Oh the irony.
*he rolled up like 40 points that night
Posted on 7/18/16 at 11:12 pm to DistrictDawg
Johnny Manziel
Posted on 7/18/16 at 11:17 pm to DistrictDawg
Dicenzo Miller. Hampered with a constant leg injury which eventually caught up with him, that guy ran through tackles left and right. Over 1300 yards his Jr season and despite injury again rushed for over 1,000 yards his SR season. He had great vision.
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Posted on 7/19/16 at 1:40 am to DistrictDawg
John David Booty. I know he was drafted late and was on a roster for a year or so but he never really "made" it.
Posted on 7/19/16 at 8:09 am to DistrictDawg
That's a hell of a story. Thanks op
Posted on 7/19/16 at 8:29 am to DistrictDawg
Lenny Patrick
Posted on 7/19/16 at 8:43 am to DistrictDawg
David Fair
Posted on 7/19/16 at 10:13 am to DistrictDawg
Larry Seivers
2x Consensus All-American
117 receptions - 1,900 yards
2005 selected as SEC Football Legend
Too short...too white for NFL
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Andy Kelly
514 completions - 6,400 yards
threw for over 42,000 yards and over 800 tds in Arena League from '93-'08
Arena Football League Hall of Fame '08
Never got a shot at the NFL
2x Consensus All-American
117 receptions - 1,900 yards
2005 selected as SEC Football Legend
Too short...too white for NFL
or
Andy Kelly
514 completions - 6,400 yards
threw for over 42,000 yards and over 800 tds in Arena League from '93-'08
Arena Football League Hall of Fame '08
Never got a shot at the NFL
Posted on 7/19/16 at 2:30 pm to JETigER
Cecil the Diesel Collins was certainly one of the best that never was.Huge RB with strength,speed and moves. Broke his leg then went crazy criminal.
Posted on 7/19/16 at 8:00 pm to MeatPants
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Rocket Ismail
He was amazing. I still remember the ND vs. UT series and man that Notre Dame team was loaded. All Hail the Miracle at South Bend -- one of the best comeback against all odds games in CFB history.
As for Ismail... he did play in Canada and on his own terms. He went there for an outrageous amount of money that the NFL wouldn't touch. I think the CFL thought that if they could get him they could raise the CFL but really they needed more than one player of his caliber.
EDIT to ADD: Kinda crazy but I just realized that Dale Carter was on that UT team and now his son Nigel Warrior is a freshman on this year's team.
This post was edited on 7/19/16 at 8:03 pm
Posted on 7/19/16 at 8:44 pm to DistrictDawg
Randy Livingston
Only because he never was the same after his knee injury.
Only because he never was the same after his knee injury.
Posted on 7/19/16 at 8:52 pm to DistrictDawg
Damn OP. I just read the article and all I can say is thank you for sharing that.
Posted on 7/19/16 at 8:55 pm to tb27688
That failed after college- van Tiffin. Wasn't a kick he couldn't make from any distance or angle. Never missed an extra point in college career. Have no clue how he wasn't an all pro for 15 years.
Never made it through college- Steve Christopher. Qb from anniston. First ever true duel threat I ever saw. Passed for close to 3000 and ran for 1000 in 89. Showed up at Bama with Jay barker and flat thought he would be handed the job and got an attitude when he found out he had to actually win the job. Also, his "boys" were a bad influence on him.
Never made it through college- Steve Christopher. Qb from anniston. First ever true duel threat I ever saw. Passed for close to 3000 and ran for 1000 in 89. Showed up at Bama with Jay barker and flat thought he would be handed the job and got an attitude when he found out he had to actually win the job. Also, his "boys" were a bad influence on him.
Posted on 7/19/16 at 9:59 pm to DistrictDawg
St Aug had a kid at RB named Sean Rhodes; I always wondered what happened to him.
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