re: Dat Nguyen was one of the greatest college LB's to ever play the game.

I've forgotten more college football since my post-Thanksgiving shite than you know bro. Just saying.

Quinton Coryatt was a great player.


Qc did this:

He was selected second team All-American and all-SWC, and also was named the SWC Defensive Player of the Year.

Dat did this:

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In 1995, he was named Southwest Conference Defensive Newcomer of the Year. From 1996 to 1998, he earned first-team All-Big 12 honors three consecutive times. In 1997, he was named Aggies MVP. In 1998, he was named a consensus All-American by every awarding publication, won the Bednarik Award for College Defensive Player of the Year and the Lombardi Award for Outstanding College Lineman. Nguyen was also selected as a finalist for the Butkus Award . He was named Defensive Player of the Game for the 1998 Cotton Bowl after recording a bowl record 12 tackles, including 3 tackles for a loss, and an interception, which he lateraled to a teammate for a touchdown. Dallas Morning News named him Big 12 Male Athlete of the Year in 1998, and he earned Defensive Player of the Year honors in the Big 12 Conference. He also won the Jack Lambert Award in 1998. In 2005 he was named to the Big 12 Conference's 10th Anniversary Team. In 2010, he was voted on to the AP All-Time Big 12 Team tying with former University of Texas player Derrick Johnson for most votes at linebacker (19 out of 20.) Nguyen is generally acknowledged as the best defensive player in Texas A&M football history and one of the greatest defensive players of all-time in the history of the Big 12 Conference.

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Well, Coryatt certainly had better measurables than Nguyen, but that's about it. He was a much higher draft pick and was certainly supposed to be the better pro prospect. It didn't work out that way... Dat was a better college player AND pro player.

Dat Nguyen's college honors...

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All-American (1998)
Chuck Bednarik Award (1998)
Lombardi Award (1998)
Jack Lambert Award (1998)
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year (1998)
First-team All-Big 12 (1996, 1997, 1998)
Big 12 10th Anniversary Team (2005)
AP All-Time Big 12 Team (2010)
Texas A&M Athletic Hall Of Fame (2004)
Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame (2007)
Texas Sports Hall of Fame (2014)

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Damn you, Terry.
I'm all Institutional about my racism, Terry.
You know that.

Coryatt was a better college player he was way better. He did more things and was asked to do more. Ngyuen benefitted from the Wrecking Crew but he was good not disputing that. But he wasn't their best LB.

Then We are practically family.
Except I pull for LSU and you suck balls.
And in my house we call in Huynhing.

The one guy that never credit for building the wrecking crew is Davie. They always forget he brought the attitude. They give Slocum credit but Davie started it.

He was a real Nguyenner.