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Who is your team's "Best that Never Was"?
Posted on 6/17/14 at 12:50 pm
Posted on 6/17/14 at 12:50 pm
Who was that player that could have been a superstar, but never reached their potential, due to injury/behavior/academics/etc.
For Tennessee, it has to be Chuck Webb. Johnny Majors said he's the only player he ever coached that could compare with Tony Dorsett. Career ending knee injury against Pacific in the 2nd game of his sophomore year, oh what might have been........
Who's your school's Chuck Webb?
For Tennessee, it has to be Chuck Webb. Johnny Majors said he's the only player he ever coached that could compare with Tony Dorsett. Career ending knee injury against Pacific in the 2nd game of his sophomore year, oh what might have been........
Who's your school's Chuck Webb?
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Posted on 6/17/14 at 12:51 pm to Vols&Shaft83
Cecil Collins
Posted on 6/17/14 at 12:51 pm to Vols&Shaft83
Reggie McNeal
Posted on 6/17/14 at 12:51 pm to Vols&Shaft83
Isaiah Crowell
Posted on 6/17/14 at 12:52 pm to Vols&Shaft83
Donte Walker in football. Marcus Bullard in basketball
ETA: Keifer Magee(sp) drown prior to his junior year. He could have been the GOAT
ETA: Keifer Magee(sp) drown prior to his junior year. He could have been the GOAT
This post was edited on 6/17/14 at 12:55 pm
Posted on 6/17/14 at 12:53 pm to Vols&Shaft83
jordan jefferson
Posted on 6/17/14 at 12:53 pm to Vols&Shaft83
Marvin Constant
Posted on 6/17/14 at 12:53 pm to Vols&Shaft83
Andre Debose - he does have one last chance to get it together though and stay injury free.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 1:02 pm to Vols&Shaft83
Tony Van Zant
1985 Parade Magazine National player of the year. Biggest recruit Mizzou ever landed. Played in a high school all star game in 86 right before coming to Mizzou and blew out his knee on the second carry of the game. He was never the same after.
1985 Parade Magazine National player of the year. Biggest recruit Mizzou ever landed. Played in a high school all star game in 86 right before coming to Mizzou and blew out his knee on the second carry of the game. He was never the same after.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 1:05 pm to Vols&Shaft83
Kenneth Hall. Greatest high school running back ever. Nay. Best high school football player period. Bear Bryant ruined him though, so it was all for naught.
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Hall had one of the legendary careers in high school football and as a result, his numbers are too hard to overlook. Hall had more rushing yards in one season (4,045 in 12 games in 1953 with 395 points scored) than Thomas, Dickerson, Campbell, Tomlinson, or Walker had in their careers. Fifty-five years after he finished playing high school football, Hall still holds the national career rushing record with 11,232 yards, which he set at Sugar Land High School near Houston from 1950 to 1953. He also scored 899 career points, which stood as the national record for over 25 years. Hall led Sugar Land to three Texas Class B regional titles. At Texas A&M under coach Paul “Bear” Bryant, Hall was moved to fullback and played linebacker on defense. The moves didn’t fit his style of play and he eventually quit the team. However Hall did play in the Canadian Football League and played on an NFL championship team with the Baltimore Colts in 1959 and an AFL championship team with the Houston Oilers in 1961. He holds two Oiler records for best kickoff return average and longest kick return. Since 1999, the award for the top high school player in the country has been named the Kenneth Hall Award.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 1:08 pm to Vols&Shaft83
Definitely Cecil the Diesel
Hon. Men:
Ryan Perrilloux
Wade Richey
Garry James (but that's Dalton Hilliard's fault)
Harvey Willams (wasn't the same after injury)
Mark Ippolitto
Benaderyl Franklin
Ed Dangerfield
Brad Wing (played just 2 years)
Honey Badger (ditto)
Brad Smalling
Hon. Men:
Ryan Perrilloux
Wade Richey
Garry James (but that's Dalton Hilliard's fault)
Harvey Willams (wasn't the same after injury)
Mark Ippolitto
Benaderyl Franklin
Ed Dangerfield
Brad Wing (played just 2 years)
Honey Badger (ditto)
Brad Smalling
Posted on 6/17/14 at 1:13 pm to Vols&Shaft83
Probably Al Baker, Trigg County's finest.
A 6'1 222lb running back who rushed for 5,400 yards and 51 touchdowns in high school, he was a physical freak.
He still holds the 1A state record in the 100m, running a 10.7.
He broke his ankle as a freshman, suffered two knee injuries over the next two years, and was unable to ever reach his potential.
A 6'1 222lb running back who rushed for 5,400 yards and 51 touchdowns in high school, he was a physical freak.
He still holds the 1A state record in the 100m, running a 10.7.
He broke his ankle as a freshman, suffered two knee injuries over the next two years, and was unable to ever reach his potential.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 1:16 pm to Vols&Shaft83
Basically every recruit we have signed out of South Panola except Isaiah Gross.
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Posted on 6/17/14 at 2:29 pm to Vols&Shaft83
Old school: Tony Van Zant.
New school: DGB.
New school: DGB.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 2:49 pm to Vols&Shaft83
Freddie Smith, LB from 1976-78.
Was a big-time RB at Athens (AL) High; but AU recruited him as an LB.
Made 15 unassisted tackles in his first game as a true freshman.
IIRC, he was SEC Defensive Player of the Year as a Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior.
Then wrecked his knee in practice and never played again.
Was a big-time RB at Athens (AL) High; but AU recruited him as an LB.
Made 15 unassisted tackles in his first game as a true freshman.
IIRC, he was SEC Defensive Player of the Year as a Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior.
Then wrecked his knee in practice and never played again.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 3:22 pm to Vols&Shaft83
Mohammad Fotchelaminga, a 4'3" 687 pound WR with 98.3 speed in the 40 and a 6 pound bench from Krotz Springs.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 3:32 pm to Vols&Shaft83
For a time we the Cobb-Webb and it was glorious. I wish we'd had the ability to repair knees back then like we do today. Webb would've set so many records it would've been unreal.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 3:35 pm to Vols&Shaft83
Duron Carter, the GOAT practice WR 
Posted on 6/17/14 at 3:45 pm to Vols&Shaft83
Kerry Goode. He blew out his knee in the season opener against Boston College after rushing for something like 200 yards in the first half and then returning the second half opening kickoff for a td.
I remember the announcers saying that he looked like a serious Heisman contender before he got hurt.
I remember the announcers saying that he looked like a serious Heisman contender before he got hurt.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 4:05 pm to Vols&Shaft83
Marquel Wade
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