re: Best SEC players of all time……….

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Alabama — Derrick Thomas

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Our high school team chaplain (20 years ago) was an SEC tight end. I don’t remember his name.

But he told us a story once of having to block Thomas in a game. He was a big dude who was mostly used as a blocking tight end. He said he came off the line and got a clean, full shot on Thomas. Most players would get bulldozed over, but Thomas didn’t budge. He described it as hitting a brick wall, knowing that there would be nothing he could do to successfully stop Thomas from owning the line of scrimmage.