Wow What a good day for UT

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#26
I say the first play against Oregon we fake a double reverse to Wells and their whole team will follow him..

Everyone else will be expecting us to give him the ball in these situations only.
 
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hndog609 said:
I think what JT is pointing out is we don't know if the guy can even field a KO or punt worth a crap yet. There's been a lot more failed attempts than successes in turning track burners into football stars. As of yet this guy hasn't proven anything on the gridiron to the coaches.

Ask most coaches to make a choice between a 4.5 guy that always makes the catch, usually makes the first guy miss and doesn't fumble vs a 4.2 guy who makes them pray we finish the play with possession of the football and you'll see where the priorities are.

Now, if you have a guy that can do all that and be a burner...well that'd be sweet.
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I choose to remember #22 Richmond Flowers. . .and hope for the best!!! :good!:
 
#32
#32
He has to go through fall practice which will be time enough to evaluate him. He is on a track scholly so it is a free ride from that aspect. He could be a long shot, but worth the risk.
 
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#33
am i correct that if he plays a down of football he becomes a football scholarship because football is a higher revenue sport than track?
 
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#34
it can't hurt to have him going in motion just to pull the defense off some of our young receivers...i expect we will see him on end arounds and as a decoy more than on kr's or pr's, that is if he see's the field at all. Still nice to have a world class burner wearing orange and a helmet with a T on it instead of lsu or florida colors.
 
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voltilifall said:
it can't hurt to have him going in motion just to pull the defense off some of our young receivers...i expect we will see him on end arounds and as a decoy more than on kr's or pr's, that is if he see's the field at all. Still nice to have a world class burner wearing orange and a helmet with a T on it instead of lsu or florida colors.
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we had one of those come out for the team back in 1985-86. Sam Graddy. Olympic kid...

in 2 years, caught 0 passes. ran back 0 kickoffs. ran back 0 punts.

In 1986 he carried ball twice on end around plays and lost 6 yards..

but he was really, really fast
 
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LWSVOL said:
we had one of those come out for the team back in 1985-86. Sam Graddy. Olympic kid...

in 2 years, caught 0 passes. ran back 0 kickoffs. ran back 0 punts.

In 1986 he carried ball twice on end around plays and lost 6 yards..

but he was really, really fast
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willie gault also comes to mind...he worked out a little better though. we can't judge this kid by past players, i just think it's cool to have someone on our team who is faster than any player that any other team has.
 
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#41
Not only Graddy, but does the name Leonard Scott ring a bell? World class speed by itself does not a football player make. I'll take a 4.4 guy with vision, instincts, and that little "wiggle" at just the right time (see Carter, Dale) over a 4.2 guy who catches the ball and runs straight up the field all day long. Scott was the starting KR and as best I could tell Fulmer was the only person in the stadium who ever thought he had a chance to break one.
 
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CourtJester said:
Not only Graddy, but does the name Leonard Scott ring a bell? World class speed by itself does not a football player make. I'll take a 4.4 guy with vision, instincts, and that little "wiggle" at just the right time (see Carter, Dale) over a 4.2 guy who catches the ball and runs straight up the field all day long. Scott was the starting KR and as best I could tell Fulmer was the only person in the stadium who ever thought he had a chance to break one.
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wells is a little faster that him, but hopefully he is more skilled. I remember getting excited every time the television announcers would elaborate on his speed only to watch him either drop a pass in the wide open or screw up a return...
 
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#44
To add to this good day, I booked my flight in for the Oregon game. Can't wait!!!!!
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LWSVOL said:
we had one of those come out for the team back in 1985-86. Sam Graddy. Olympic kid...

in 2 years, caught 0 passes. ran back 0 kickoffs. ran back 0 punts.

In 1986 he carried ball twice on end around plays and lost 6 yards..

but he was really, really fast
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You left out the part about him playing for several years in the NFL.
 
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LWSVOL said:
we had one of those come out for the team back in 1985-86. Sam Graddy. Olympic kid...

in 2 years, caught 0 passes. ran back 0 kickoffs. ran back 0 punts.

In 1986 he carried ball twice on end around plays and lost 6 yards..

but he was really, really fast
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He would have gained more yards but he was used to people running in their own lanes and not running in the same direction as he.
 
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CourtJester said:
Not only Graddy, but does the name Leonard Scott ring a bell? World class speed by itself does not a football player make. I'll take a 4.4 guy with vision, instincts, and that little "wiggle" at just the right time (see Carter, Dale) over a 4.2 guy who catches the ball and runs straight up the field all day long. Scott was the starting KR and as best I could tell Fulmer was the only person in the stadium who ever thought he had a chance to break one.
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He was no Devon Hester, but few are. And agree that speed alone doesn't make a football player. But think it would have been dumb for the coaches to tell him, 'no thanks, I'm not sure you can be a good football player.'

As for Leonard Scott, I would've thought that at least a few of the people who saw him return a kick 100 yds for a TD against Georgia in '99 could've imagined him being able to break one. Surely CPF wasn't the only one who noticed it. At a minimum, at least one of the officials had to call it a touchdown, right?
 
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CourtJester said:
Not only Graddy, but does the name Leonard Scott ring a bell? World class speed by itself does not a football player make. I'll take a 4.4 guy with vision, instincts, and that little "wiggle" at just the right time (see Carter, Dale) over a 4.2 guy who catches the ball and runs straight up the field all day long. Scott was the starting KR and as best I could tell Fulmer was the only person in the stadium who ever thought he had a chance to break one.
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To be fair the only player with more return yardage in school history is Gault and Scott led the SEC in returns in '99. (11th nationally)
 
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winchestervol63 said:
He was no Devon Hester, but few are. And agree that speed alone doesn't make a football player. But think it would have been dumb for the coaches to tell him, 'no thanks, I'm not sure you can be a good football player.'

As for Leonard Scott, I would've thought that at least a few of the people who saw him return a kick 100 yds for a TD against Georgia in '99 could've imagined him being able to break one. Surely CPF wasn't the only one who noticed it. At a minimum, at least one of the officials had to call it a touchdown, right?
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The problem was '99 was his freshman year and by far his best. It was all downhill from there. He returned KO's all four years he played (although as I recall not many his senior year), which is why his career stats are up there, but he never took another one back after that one at Georgia as a freshman. And usually never looked like he might. He just wasn't one of those guys who could make people miss; he had to do it with speed alone running through an open lane. Obviously a world class sprinter who can make people miss would be the best of both worlds, but given the choice, I'll take the slightly slower guy who can make people miss over the sprinter. None of which is a reason not to give this new guy a shot--we should put him out there and see what he can do. My point was only that speed alone won't make him effective.
 
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