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re: Best Pro from your school?-(very good while in college-not a legend)
Posted on 2/28/13 at 8:53 am to JStanDawgFan
Posted on 2/28/13 at 8:53 am to JStanDawgFan
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You guys at OM will need to go with Patrick Willis then.
I'm down with that
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Posted on 2/28/13 at 8:53 am to RT1941
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For Bama it's Robert Horry with 7 championship rings
What about football though.
Namath?
Stabler?
Posted on 2/28/13 at 8:55 am to JStanDawgFan
Auburn just doesn't really produce NFL talent. Might be our biggest hurdle in recruiting.
Posted on 2/28/13 at 8:55 am to NYCAuburn
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Willie Anderson has always been a favorite of mine
Good one. That guy was a stalwart for the Bengals for a long time.
Posted on 2/28/13 at 8:56 am to 15sammy34
Oh come on Campbell was a steal for a 4th stringer
Posted on 2/28/13 at 8:56 am to 15sammy34
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Auburn just doesn't really produce NFL talent. Might be our biggest hurdle in recruiting.
Brandon Jacobs would be a good one for AU. They never knew what to do with him on the Plains, and he got MUCH more out of his NFL career that I ever thought he would.
Posted on 2/28/13 at 8:57 am to JStanDawgFan
Easily Jason Peters for Arkansas imo. He played TE at Arkansas where the best he did was his junior season when he was second team All-SEC. Went undrafted and was picked up as a FA by the Bills who started teaching him how to play tackle. He went on to play in 5 straight pro bowls from '07-'11 before rupturing his Achilles tendon twice in the span of a few months. He was arguably one of if not the best LT in the league during that timespan.
Posted on 2/28/13 at 8:57 am to JStanDawgFan
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For Bama it's Robert Horry with 7 championship rings
quote:Joe Willie
What about football though.
Namath?
Stabler?
Posted on 2/28/13 at 8:59 am to omrebelfan20
quote:Oh, really? Are you a boot inspector or something?
That's how its supposed to read.
Posted on 2/28/13 at 9:00 am to JStanDawgFan
quote:Does Brandon Jacobs count for Auburn?
Brandon Jacobs would be a good one for AU. They never knew what to do with him on the Plains, and he got MUCH more out of his NFL career that I ever thought he would.
Posted on 2/28/13 at 9:00 am to RT1941
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Joe Willie
Didn't he think that Bear held him down in college or something? Like he wasn't able to throw the ball as much as he wanted to.
Posted on 2/28/13 at 9:00 am to JStanDawgFan
BJGE is not great by any means but I did not even realize he was a good college player when he was at Ole Miss. So I'll go with him
Posted on 2/28/13 at 9:00 am to dawgfan24348
Technicalities... Alabama players won the first three Super Bowl MVPs. Bart Starr in 1 and 2 and then Namath in 3.
Posted on 2/28/13 at 9:01 am to Hog on the Hill
Its one of the rock's lines
Posted on 2/28/13 at 9:03 am to POCKET
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BJGE is not great by any means but I did not even realize he was a good college player when he was at Ole Miss. So I'll go with him
Ahh yes, the law firm. He is getting it done in the NFL.
Posted on 2/28/13 at 9:04 am to TheCheshireHog
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Easily Jason Peters for Arkansas imo.
Steve Atwater
Posted on 2/28/13 at 9:04 am to JStanDawgFan
Bart Starr - Alabama
Posted on 2/28/13 at 9:05 am to JStanDawgFan
Can't pick just one, but it would come from this list:
Dan Hampton
Joe Ferguson
Steve Atwater
Lance Alworth
Billy Ray Smith
All of those don't exactly fit your criteria of guys who were good but not great in college and went on to NFL greatness. Those guys were phenomenal in college and lived up to their NFL potential.
Probably the guys who didn't stand out too much in college but became great pros are two guys who had their positions changed after they got away from Nutt:
Jason Peters - serviceable TE in college, to All-Pro OL in the NFL
George Wilson - very good WR in college, to team captain at Safety in the NFL.
Dan Hampton
Joe Ferguson
Steve Atwater
Lance Alworth
Billy Ray Smith
All of those don't exactly fit your criteria of guys who were good but not great in college and went on to NFL greatness. Those guys were phenomenal in college and lived up to their NFL potential.
Probably the guys who didn't stand out too much in college but became great pros are two guys who had their positions changed after they got away from Nutt:
Jason Peters - serviceable TE in college, to All-Pro OL in the NFL
George Wilson - very good WR in college, to team captain at Safety in the NFL.
Posted on 2/28/13 at 9:06 am to BenHOGan
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Jason Peters - serviceable TE in college, to All-Pro OL in the NFL
Peters is the prime example. Someone else said him earlier in the thread too. Good example there.
Posted on 2/28/13 at 9:06 am to JStanDawgFan
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Didn't he think that Bear held him down in college or something? Like he wasn't able to throw the ball as much as he wanted to.
Every QB worth his salt wants to air it out and show what he can do - that doesn't mean that approach is what's best for the team. Coach Bryant & Joe didn't always see eye to eye on the field or off the field.
Historically Bama has never been much of a passing team. The philosophy was always run the ball and stop the run, period. It's hard to argue with the success that line of thinking has brought to the program.
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