Top 5 All-Time AU players at each position

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Nick Fairley, Zeke Smith, Tracy Rocker, Quentin Groves and Antonio Coleman need to be in consideration here.

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CB

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Carlos Rogers.

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LB

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Kevin Green, Takeo Spikes, Karlos Rogers, Dontarius Thomas...

This is hard.

I'm pretty young as well but here it goes. Most will be from 1990- as that is when I was born

QB:
1. Cam Newton
2. Pat Sullivan
3. Dameyune Craig
4. Jason Campbell
5. Brandon Cox (winner)

RB:
1. Bo Jackson
2. Carnell Williams
3. Ronnie Brown
4. Tre Mason
5. Brent Fullwood

WR/TE:
1. Frank Sanders
2. Terry Beasley
3. Karsten Bailey
4. Courtney Taylor
5. Sammie Coates (will be on this list imo)

OL:
1. Greg Robinson
2. Steve Wallace
3. Marcus McNeil
4. Kendall Simmons
5. Wayne Gandy

DLine:
1. Nick Fairley
2. Tracy Rocker
3. Zeke Smith
4. Dee Ford
5. Quentin Groves

LB:
1. Takeo Spikes
2. Aundray Bruce (may have been a DE)
3. Karlos Dansby
4. Travis Williams
5. Josh Bynes

CB:
1. Carlos Rogers
2. David King
3. David Irons
4. Pat Lee
5. Walt McFadden

Safety:
1. Chris Shelling
2. Junior Rosegreen
3. Bob Harris
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Kicker:
1. Wes Byrum
2. Cody Parkey
3. Damon Duval

Punter:
1. Steven Clark
2. Terry Daniel
3. Kody Bliss

Kick Retuner:
1. Chris Davis
2. Tristan Davis
3. Tim Carter

I don't know what you do with Zeke Smith. I know the family personally, so I'm a little biased. He could be OL or DL.

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In 1958, Zeke Smith won the Outland Trophy given to the nation's top lineman and was selected as an All-America guard. He was the ringleader of a Tiger defense that held Tennessee to minus-33 yards offense and no first downs. Smith was named All-SEC later that year. Bobby Dodd, then Georgia head coach, called Smith and Kentucky lineman Lou Michaels "the greatest lineman in the SEC in the past 10 years." After leaving Auburn, Smith played professional football for the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants. Since 1977, Auburn has presented the Zeke Smith Award to the team's defensive Player of the Year.

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It's funny how young you guys are in this thread. And I'm not even that old from an Auburn perspective. Anyway, Cox doesn't belong anywhere near a top 5 QB list. I'd personally go Reggie Slack as 5th.

Fullwood should be second behind Bo for me as far as best Rb goes, but I can see the argument for Caddy from a overall stats perspective. James Brooks, Tucker Fredrickson, Joe Cribbs, Stephen Davis all belong on a top 5 RB list above Mason, Brown, and Tate. While Tre was a very good back for us, you are confusing his skillset with Gus's offense putting him in awesome spots. Bo, Fullwood, or Brooks would have put up Tecmo numbers in Gus's offense.

Karstan Bailey #1 over Beasley? Anyway Beasley is #1, I'd say Frank Sanders and Lawyer Tillman should be the next two, followed by maybe some combo of Taylor, Freddie Weygand, or Shayne Wasden.

I'd put Ed King and Willie Anderson over Simmons or Gandy on the OL list, but we've had a ton of good OL over the years so it's hard to quibble too much on top 5 lists there.

DL is another tough one. I'd put Doug Smith, Benji Roland, Ron Stallsworth, Ben Thomas, Gary Walker and Gerald Williams above Groves and Ford by a bit.

At LB Thomas really doesn't belong on there to me. Kurt Crain would be in my 5, he was a beast. Greg Carr probably as well. Quentin Riggins and Craig Ogletree being right behind.

At CB Calvin Jackson and Kevin Porter are two of the best we've had, I'd put both ahead of Irons/Powers/Lee. Corey Barlow was also 2 time All SEC for us back in the late 90s.

At safety I'd put Tommy Powell up near the top of the list. I'd probably put Brian Robinson on there as well.

Good thread. Will be back tomorrow after I sober.