re: Biggest busts your school has EVER had

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I'm always skeptical of a 5* coming out of Arkansas. It's not always that the competition is bad, but for whatever reason they just don't translate well to the college game.

Winston, Tenpenny, Frazier, Mustain.


There are Exceptions too like McFadden.

Dyer was great his freshman year, but a thuggish dumbass over all.

It just seems Arkansas 5 stars flame out much more than other states. Possibly because there are so few of them if any most years.

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A general rule for Arkansas players is that those in the northern part of the state are often overrated, while those in the southern part are often underrated. Of the players you named, only Frazier and Mustain were from the northern part.

I think a lot of players who were busts were really not so bad, but were just in the wrong system or had a bad coach.

We had two kids out of Wilcox Central in the early 00's that were supposed to be studs. Eric Packer and Chris Browder. Browder ended up transferring to auburn and didn't contribute at either school. I think Packer quit football. Wilcox Central had some nasty teams back then

Jeff Driskel. So much promise

I honestly think he was as talented as Bo Jackson. Just bat shite insane though

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Chris Donald, Brandon Warren, Gerald Riggs JR., Jonathan Crompton, LeMarcus Coker...those are just off the top of my head.

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Warren and Coker were actually damn good players who made poor off the field choices. Riggs wasn't a complete bust, imo. Crompton was a bust until his final year. Donald was a 5* bust, did he even see the field other than on special teams?

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Warren and Coker were busts because they made decisions that took them off of the field. Riggs wasn't a complete bust...but my expectations for him were a bit over the top.

I think Donald saw the field a lot...after transferring to UTC. I remember when that class signed...he was my consolation for Harrison Smith going to Notre Dame.

In my mind, it's a guy that never even made it to campus. He was the top rated player in the south and one of the best in the country; David Paine.

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Linnie Patrick seemed to never be on Bears Good side, but he had two runs during the game for 315 (1981) that keep him from being a bust

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Yep. He was a good back. He only gets labeled a bust by some because he could have/should have been a great back.

Not a UAB fan. But one of the biggest busts I've ever seen was Mac Campbell out of Alexandria, AL around 1997. At only 5' 8", the guy was electric. He had over 2K yards as an 8th grader. AHSAA would only count 9-12 grades in the record books, so he ended up with around 8,600 official yards and around 160 TDs for his career. I remember a ton of buzz around him my Jr. year in HS. They actually put us out of the playoffs that year.

Everyone wondered if he was going to sign with AU or UA. Then it came out that, no matter how hard he tried, he absolutely couldn't pass the HS exit exam and he had put up like a 6 on the ACT. That exit exam was incredibly easy.

National signing day rolls around and he signed with UAB. However, I don't think he ever officially graduated HS.

Miami its willie Williams

I was in around the 4th/5th grade when Dupree was in high school. That dude was truely a man among boys. He actually went to USM the season after OU but was never eligible, so that spring(84) he signed a huge contract to play for the NO Breakers of the USFL. He then tore up his knee in 85, and sat out about 5 years. He then tried out and made the LA Rams and played for a few years.