absolute truth, even told Coach Sherrill he could play offensive or defensive line if thats what he needed.
Who's the most over-achieving State football player of your lifetime?
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Dillon Day, Braxton Hoyette, Preston Smith, Chris Relf, Vic Ballard, Blaine Clausell, Ed Smith, and The Polish Rifle.
Good choices. Small nitpick. Donald Lee is from Maben.
This play, Boobie dragging Houston players into the endzone and J Rob's back and forth run against UK are 3 of my all time favorite plays.
I always thought Wes Leasey because he was a little undersized yet played much bigger and faster.
I think Kent weighed around 200 lbs his Freshman season. His offseason conditioning plan when he got to the NFL was taking his truck out into the pasture, taking it out of gear and pushing the truck around the pasture.
I've posted this many times before. Meyer's Utah playbook is available online. Every play Mullen ever ran at State is in that playbook. Even the trick play(s). When Russell was QB Mullen ran more pass plays, but they were still from the same playbook.
I didn't watch UF that much under Mullen, but I dont see why he would run new plays there. He could just call different plays because he had different talent.
This isn't a knock on Mullen, I just dont think he failed at UF due to offensive scheme.
Ed Smith, Elgton Jenkins, James “38 Special” Williams, Kent Hull, Dak, Don Smith, Ralf, Daniel Boyd, David Stewart, Kevin Prentiss, Tim Nelson, Kenwoynne Smith(230lb nose guard), Nicky Fitz
I'll throw one out.... Daniel Boyd, seemed not to have all the physical capabilities of many, but he used what he had, to the fullest extent.
Two time all SEC. Not flashy, but got the job done.
( I see Leeshouldhaveflanked, put him in his long list.)
Two time all SEC. Not flashy, but got the job done.
( I see Leeshouldhaveflanked, put him in his long list.)
Walt Harris - MSU only took him as a package deal for Rodney Hudson (top high school option QB in the country). Hudson crashed & burned while Walt Harris play corner/safety forever in the NFL.
Relf is probably the best example. No talent at QB according to most everyone and Mullen turned him into a winner. I also thought of the Stomper Dillon Day who I believe was at one time unrated, then a two star, then played in the NFL for a good while.
Good pick. Kent looked like a skinny tight end when he got here. If I remember right our starting center got hurt Kent's freshman year and Kent went in the game weighing 200 lbs soaking wet. Played well and more than held his own. Coach Bellard said after the game “You watch, that boy is going to be a great player.”
I remember the narrative that we offered Dockery just to get DelJuan Robinson.
They both came to State and both played in the NFL. Not too shabby.
My old high school coach used the same training plan. After we finished on the practice field we would go to the parking lot and push pickups around while one of the coaches steered. Man I hated that but you know it weeded the weaklings out fast. You could tell if your partners were pushing or not and leadership suddenly reared it's ugly head and you either got them to pushing or they quit. Win win formula.....
Nick Fitz. Kid had not even started a HS game at QB when Mullen offered. Threw less than 100 passes his SR year in HS. It's crazy he was even on our roster let alone starting as a RS- Sophomore.
You guys are just naming a lot of under the radar recruits that had plenty of talent. Relf definitely qualifies as an overachiever. I think a guy like Corey Broomfield would too. Clearly not as talented as Banks or Slay but played a ton over 4 years. Ben Beckwith was a walkon who worked his way into starting on the 2014 team.
Broomfield sticks out. That guy shouldn’t not have been as good as he was. Unreal tackler for his size. Just not tall enough to cover Alshon Jeffrey.
Preston Smith stands out to me. Lightly recruited. And had a final year of dominance in the same conversation as Fletch and Big Jeff. Back to back to back SEC DL of the week if I remember right.
Cameron Young. Teveze also sticks out. And AJ Jefferson. All 3 were signing day adds. That became incredible players for us.
AJ Jefferson, Cory Thomas, and Braxton Hoyett would have been a godsend last year.
Preston Smith stands out to me. Lightly recruited. And had a final year of dominance in the same conversation as Fletch and Big Jeff. Back to back to back SEC DL of the week if I remember right.
Cameron Young. Teveze also sticks out. And AJ Jefferson. All 3 were signing day adds. That became incredible players for us.
AJ Jefferson, Cory Thomas, and Braxton Hoyett would have been a godsend last year.
I still can't believe nothing was done for that but they had no trouble suspending day.
I saw an interview with Jim Kelly where he said when he came out of the USFL to the NFL, He said whoever signed him had to sign Kent.
I'm going with Reggie Kelly. Reggie was a two star QB coming out of HS in Aberdeen. He became a heck'uva good tight end and played 12 years in the NFL. That same year Ole Miss signed a 5 star TE (Rufus French) from across the county (Amory) who went on to have a good career at Ole Miss but never played a single snap in the NFL.
There are better choices here, but Jett Johnson came immediately to mind. He had the size and was great in HS, but I'm not sure he ran under a 6 in the 40. All heart and instincts and smarts.
Can't count the numbers number of times I went back to figure out how he made a play and saw he was moving towards where the runner was gonna be well before the snap.
Can't count the numbers number of times I went back to figure out how he made a play and saw he was moving towards where the runner was gonna be well before the snap.