re: Greatest ever athlete in the SEC?

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Bo Jackson. But the answer far exceeds greatest in the SEC. Greatest period.

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While a great athlete, he would fall pretty far down the list for the greatest period. Hell if we get out of just the SEC but asking the greatest athletes to have played football he would be top 5 but may not be best. You have to bring Jim Brown into the argument, but I would probably put Charlie Ward on the shortlist of college football athletes. Heisman Trophy winner and 1st round NBA draft pick with 10 year NBA career. Then again you also have Glen Davis on that list. But I would probably put Jim Thorpe as the greatest athlete to play football.

Jackie Robinson would be one of the tops athletes or Michael Phelps.