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Who are some superstars in the NFL that had shitty high school and college film
Posted on 5/24/15 at 4:18 pm
Posted on 5/24/15 at 4:18 pm
Anyone here recent? Usually you can see a guy dominate in high school and say yep, that guy will be in the NFL one day. But is there any superstars in the NFL that didn't dominate in high school or college that exploded in the NFL?
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Posted on 5/24/15 at 4:19 pm to DawgGONIT
Edit: Never mind. Kurt Warner?
This post was edited on 5/24/15 at 4:23 pm
Posted on 5/24/15 at 4:20 pm to DawgGONIT
Brett Favre 
Posted on 5/24/15 at 4:21 pm to DawgGONIT
Arian Foster
Posted on 5/24/15 at 4:22 pm to DawgGONIT
I can't say for sure but something tells me Gronk belongs on this list.
Posted on 5/24/15 at 4:22 pm to Bench McElroy
quote:42 Solo, 20 Ast, 7.0 Sk, 1 Int
JJ Watt
Ronnie Lott Trophy Winner
eta: Got you before the edit
This post was edited on 5/24/15 at 4:23 pm
Posted on 5/24/15 at 4:35 pm to goldenbadger08
Cortland Finnegan - he was a late bloomer and grew a few inches while at Sanford.
This post was edited on 5/24/15 at 4:36 pm
Posted on 5/24/15 at 4:43 pm to DawgGONIT
King Dunlap, sort of.
Posted on 5/24/15 at 4:47 pm to DawgGONIT
quote:Not recent but Bart Starr went on to become a superstar in the NFL. Did ok in high school, but played at Bama under Bama's worst football coach. Starr was injured his junior year and rarely played. Starr's senior year, Whitworth only played 2 seniors and Bart wasn't one. He sat on the bench.
But is there any superstars in the NFL that didn't dominate in high school or college that exploded in the NFL?
Then in the pro's....
. 4× Pro Bowl selection (1960, 1961, 1962, 1966)
. AP First-Team All-Pro (1966)
. 1966 NFL MVP (AP, NEA, SN, UPI)
. 5× NFL Champion (1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967)
. 2× Super Bowl champion (I, II)
. 2× Super Bowl MVP (I, II)
. Packers Hall of Fame inductee
. Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee (1977)
. Green Bay Packers #15 retired
. Rated #51 NFL Player of all-time by NFL.com
Posted on 5/24/15 at 4:48 pm to DawgGONIT
Osi Umenyiora
Posted on 5/24/15 at 4:51 pm to DawgGONIT
Romo. Watched him play in high school. He was a decent athlete and was the best athlete on the field in all of his games, but never would have stated he would be an NFL QB.
Just one of those late developers.
Just one of those late developers.
Posted on 5/24/15 at 5:36 pm to Rebel Land Shark
quote:ding ding
Arian Foster
Posted on 5/24/15 at 5:56 pm to DawgGONIT
Arian Foster
Posted on 5/24/15 at 5:57 pm to DawgGONIT
Patrick Willis was a 2 star. Ole Miss was his only big offer.
Posted on 5/24/15 at 5:58 pm to DawgGONIT
Not recent but the first person who come to mind for me is Jerry Rice.
Posted on 5/24/15 at 6:18 pm to spacewrangler
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Not recent but the first person who come to mind for me is Jerry Rice.
I don't think it was the shitty film as it was growing up in the middle of nowhere.
Crawford, Mississippi has a little over a 1000 people.
Posted on 5/24/15 at 6:50 pm to DawgGONIT
Aneas Williams-Recently selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Southern University-Baton Rouge. Only played ONE season of football. Very average to below average player from New Orleans in high school.
Posted on 5/24/15 at 6:53 pm to DawgGONIT
Marques Colston, he has better stats than Brandon Marshall, drafted in the same class yet he's never made a pro bowl
Posted on 5/24/15 at 7:28 pm to UsingUpAllTheLetters
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I can't say for sure but something tells me Gronk belongs on this list.
Yup. He transfered HS for his senior year and he had like 8 catches his senior year of HS. I think he was still the top rated TE though.
At Arizona he set just about every school record possible for catches by a TE but he missed his whole junior year before declaring for the draft, so he only has two years of college film.
Posted on 5/24/15 at 8:37 pm to DawgGONIT
Not superstars, but I think Schaub and Matt Cassill never started in college. They turned out to have solid NFL careers.
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