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Texas had the #7 (Ricky Williams), #12 (Jamal Charles) and #16 (Cedric Benson) RBs last year.
Priest Holmes. End of discussion on selective clowning.
I think everyone should be aware of players from stacked programs. USC, LSU, Alabama, Ohio State, etc. The reason is that this is a team game, and the players around you make you look much better than you really are. In my opinion, Emmit Smith, although perhaps my favorite RB of all time, was not as talented as Walter Payton. Not even close in fact. However, Emmit had perhaps the best Oline in the history of the game protecting him. It made him look a lot better than he was. He looked like the best or one of the best RBs of all time, but was he? I don't think so. I think you get the same effect in college. You have players look like worldbeaters because they are surrounded by so many other premier players. Once they get to the NFL, they lose this advantage --everyone is surrounded by great players. Just think, if I play a pick up game at the YMCA and i have Kobe Bryant on my team, I'm going to look a lot better than I am. The other team would most like triple team Kobe leaving me wide open for 15 foot jumpers. If i move on to a new team, i wouldn't look as good.But of course this is a very small consideration and only valid for rookies or 2nd year players. By the end of their 2nd year, you kind of know what they are made of at the NFL level. At that point, none of this matters.
you know, that Larry Johnson fellow had a few nice years...All I am saying is that you have to take it on a case by case basis. For example, cal qbs had a rep for a LONG time as not being able to make it in the NFL. Then, along came Aaron Rodgers...DeVry. Actually Penn State RBs aren't exactly ones that I have muchfor.Blair Thomas...Kijana Carter...-QG
BSThere are/ have been plenty of great LSU / Texas players over the years. You cant look at the schools, look at the individual players./thread
like Percy Harvin and Louis Murphy.
Ty Law, Charles Woodson, and Leon Hall are pretty good and Marlin Jackson may have been had he ever been able to stay healthy.
No, more like the Travis Taylors, Gaffneys, Caldwells(both of 'em), Jacobses, Bakers, Chad Jacksons, etc. etc. And that's just from the 2000's. Doesn't even stretch back to the Spurrier heyday of the Jack Jacksons, Reidel Anthonys, Willie Jacksons, Doerings, McGriffs, Millses, Hilliards, et al. Jacquez Green, anyone?
Like Sidney Rice
I agree with this sobriety, though I would consider players from the same coach & school rather than the same school itself. For example, it's smart to keep an eye on any RB drafted out of Mack Brown's Texas program. It's also fair to avoid RBs drafted out of Paterno's Penn State until they prove themselves in the NFL. I'd also keep an eye on WRs drafted out of Wannstedt's Pitt program. Say what you will about Antonio Bryant, but he has put together a couple decent NFL years and I was one of the "lucky" few who had him as the best WR#3 in 2008, when everyone else thought him a washed up waste in Tampa Bay. Fitz followed Bryant. You better bet when Jonathan Baldwin goes pro I'll be snatching him up in my dynasty draft. Wannie's receivers have success in the NFL.
This is good info that I wasn't aware of.....mostly because I don't follow college ball all that closely and most years I couldn't tell you which college a NFL rookie came from unless he was a household name. Thanks for the tip dharmapunk.
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