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Posted on 4/19/21 at 9:30 am to Chad4Bama
Don Hutson...?
Posted on 4/19/21 at 9:48 am to RollTide1987
Yes. You can go numbers, awards, whatever. He is it.
He's an amazing combination of speed, hands, footwork, and route-running. The GOAT at the University of Alabama.
He's an amazing combination of speed, hands, footwork, and route-running. The GOAT at the University of Alabama.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 10:06 am to bamaphan13
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He is probably the GOAT offensive player in AL football history.
Yeah I think the better debate is where Smitty ranks all time among Alabama players generally. In terms of combined individual and team accomplishments there's a strong argument to be made that he has had the GOAT Alabama football career.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 3:39 pm to RollTide1987
GOAT WR in CFB history...
This post was edited on 4/19/21 at 3:40 pm
Posted on 4/19/21 at 4:32 pm to WeBleedCrimson
I agree it's quite hard to compare players from different eras, especially the way the rules have changed. But I don't think there could be much of an argument that Smitty had the best hands of any WR ever in Tuscaloosa. Get it close to him and he's coming down with it. He's certainly in the conversation of greatest at Alabama and even GOAT.
BTW, OP left out one of the greats, the Wizard of Oz, Ozzie Newsome.
BTW, OP left out one of the greats, the Wizard of Oz, Ozzie Newsome.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 6:12 pm to Dubosed
quote:Don Hutson was the most important WR in the history of college football. Go do some reading about him.
Numbers and trophies wise he probably is. But Julio Jones is the most important recruit and player in the history of Alabama football in my opinion.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 6:24 pm to phil4bama
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Ozzie Newsome
I thought he played TE at Alabama.
Posted on 4/20/21 at 4:49 am to RollTide1987
No, Ozzie played TE in the NFL. At Alabama, he was a split end/wr in the wishbone and was THE dominant receiver for his 4 years in Tuscaloosa.
Posted on 4/20/21 at 4:55 am to phil4bama
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At Alabama, he was a split end/wr in the wishbone and was THE dominant receiver for his 4 years in Tuscaloosa.
He's listed as a TE on both the 1976 and 1977 1st Team All-SEC team roster. And Wikipedia says he was named the 1977 SEC Lineman of the Year by the Birmingham Quarterback Club. Though he's apparently listed interchangeably as a WR/TE on the various All-America teams he made in 1977.
This post was edited on 4/20/21 at 4:58 am
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