Topic Du Jour - Best HS football player you've ever seen...
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i once saw him run the 100m unattached at a track meet for ***** and giggles.... he blew everyone away.
Different players peak at different levels, I guess. In HS, he was the master, but he was surrounded by a great cast of characters. Helped revolutionize the HS game in north Mississippi. Now lots of teams run a passing offense and, conversely, have some idea how to defend against it. At the time, a lot of the teams Shannon played still had everyone on defense yell "PASS" when the QB dropped back with the ball. Lots of hoarse D-linemen and linebackers around after that.
Honorable Mention would include Dicenzo Miller at Weir HS. When he took the handoff, it looked like the other 21 players on the field went into slow motion.
And one nobody ever heard of: Spinshea Outlaw, Aberdeen HS. Would have been an awesome speedster in college but reportedly couldn't count to 2.
Honorable Mention would include Dicenzo Miller at Weir HS. When he took the handoff, it looked like the other 21 players on the field went into slow motion.
And one nobody ever heard of: Spinshea Outlaw, Aberdeen HS. Would have been an awesome speedster in college but reportedly couldn't count to 2.
1. Will Overstreet was a beast. He was so fast that guys who WANTED to get out of his way couldn't. He had a stellar college career in a major program and went on to play pro ball.
2. He is not in a "best you have ever seen" class of HS player, however, unless your experience in high school football was, as mine has been, limited in scope.
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2. He is not in a "best you have ever seen" class of HS player, however, unless your experience in high school football was, as mine has been, limited in scope.
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you refer to is SpenceShea Outlaw........Very, very fast but also very small.......Played some juco ball but just wasn't big enough to play on D1 level........
****, I went to a 1A school. I don't doubt Prep would have beaten us but academy sprinting just made me laugh. It's like an oxymoron.
Kind of like Skinny HD6.
Kind of like Skinny HD6.
That guy was a beast when played at Magee. I remember him scoring like 8 TD's one night and not just rushing. He scored on a punt return, kickoff, and recieving. It was insane.
only highschool football watched was my highschool while i was in highschool. no reason to go since (sense, cents).
David Fair.....a man among boys.
Russell Copeland was good. Freddie Milons also.
I saw Milons throw an INT at Southaven similar to the pick 6 of AJ in the 07 Bama game. Milons was knocked down like Parker. The defender caught the ball on the run like AJ. However, Milons got up and ran down the defender around midfield. Dude was ridiculously fast.
Russell Copeland was good. Freddie Milons also.
I saw Milons throw an INT at Southaven similar to the pick 6 of AJ in the 07 Bama game. Milons was knocked down like Parker. The defender caught the ball on the run like AJ. However, Milons got up and ran down the defender around midfield. Dude was ridiculously fast.
Romaro had a great supporting cast at Shannon and when they were rolling, they were tough to stop. At that time Amory was "in their head" to some extent and everybody overplayed early and froze up late. Not so much anymore.
The Outlaw kid was fun to watch at Aberdeen because he was in the same backfield as power back Dwayne Chandler, who went on to play at Oklahoma and is now an assistant coach with the Denver Broncos. Sort of a Thunder and Lightning duo.
The Outlaw kid was fun to watch at Aberdeen because he was in the same backfield as power back Dwayne Chandler, who went on to play at Oklahoma and is now an assistant coach with the Denver Broncos. Sort of a Thunder and Lightning duo.
history of this State...I just never saw him play in HS and that's why I didn't respond with him as my answer.......I saw him on t.v. his freshman year at Oklahoma and he was definitely a stud..........
The best I ever saw played in the mid 80's at Thrasher. His name was Dwight Shinault. He was the starting TB when he was an 8th grader. His head was just not on straight. He set out a year out of high school. Went to Northeast where as a freshman he had around 600 yards through the first 4 games and quit. I think he was averaging around 7 yards per carry. He went back the net year and did the same thing. He surfaced at Lane College in Tennessee and started for two years. In the two years he had over 1,000 yards each year. His back-up was Fred Lane. The guy that was a star with the Carolina Panthers, until his wife shot him to death. When Dwight was in high school Thrasher, they played Hamilton (Kenny Ray Roberts). They each had around 250 yards and Dwight was just as impressive. He had several long runs that Kenny Ray did not catch him. He couldn't catch kenny either. While at Lane he told me he was timed at 4.3 in the forty.
He is now in the pen in Florida for multiple bank robberies.
The only back I have seen in person that was close was Terry Grant at Lumberton. Dwight was just bigger. I think he is listed at 5'11", about 220 on the FDOC website.
He is now in the pen in Florida for multiple bank robberies.
The only back I have seen in person that was close was Terry Grant at Lumberton. Dwight was just bigger. I think he is listed at 5'11", about 220 on the FDOC website.
watching phillip rivers break his receiver's hands and stand taller than anyone on the field.
a close second was ken darby (rb from Bama). i watched him single-handedly win a game when my sister was in high school.
i guess my 3rd place would be rolando mcclain. he just crushed anyone that came within 15 yards of him
a close second was ken darby (rb from Bama). i watched him single-handedly win a game when my sister was in high school.
i guess my 3rd place would be rolando mcclain. he just crushed anyone that came within 15 yards of him