All Time Tennessee Football Team

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Got this from a website we all know is wrong 99.9% of the time. Boring day so just wanted to see which choices you guys & gals disagree with. Its copy and paste so sorry if the format is bad. GBO!!


QB: Peyton Manning (1994-97)

RB: Jamal Lewis (1997-99)

RB: Johnny Majors (1954-56)

WR: Peerless Price (1995-98)

WR: Carl Pickens (1988-91)

TE: Jason Witten (1999-2002)

OL: Rudy Klarer (1941-42)

OL: Chip Kell (1968-70)

OL: John Michels (1950-52)

OL: Harry Galbreath (1984-87)

OL: Arron Sears (2003-06)

Defense

DL: Darwin Walker (1998-99)

DL: Albert Haynesworth (1999-2001)

DL: John Henderson (1999-2001)

DE: Doug Atkins (1950-52)

DE: Reggie White (1980-83)

LB: Keith DeLong (1985-88)

LB: Leonard Little (1995-97)

LB: Jack Reynolds (1967-69)

CB: Dale Carter (1988-91)

CB: Terry Fair (1994-97)

S: Eric Berry (2007-09)

S: Deon Grant (1996-99)

Special Teams

K: Fuad Reveiz (1981-84)

P: Dustin Colquitt (2001-04)

KR: Bobby Majors (1969-71)

PR: Willie Gault (1979-82)
 
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DefenseisDesire said:
Amen my favorite all time vol. He was an absolute animal.
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Absolute BEAST!!! Im sure many a QB s**t their pants staring at this

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I would put Travis Henry you know... the school's ALL TIME LEADING RUSHER over Majors and I think I would replace Peerless Price with Willie Gault. How do you not have Al Wilson as one of the LBs??
 
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Volfan4ever522 said:
I would put Travis Henry you know... the school's ALL TIME LEADING RUSHER over Majors and I think I would replace Peerless Price with Willie Gault. How do you not have Al Wilson as one of the LBs??
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Cant really go wrong with Travis and Willie but there's many more you could go with too. Joey Kent,Marcus Nash,Robert Meachum,TD Woods are just a few at wr....WRU.

Travis was awsome but heres a few more rb's. Reggie Cobb,Chuck Webb,James "little man" Stewart(my favorate),Charlie Garner.
 
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We had a great run of All-American linebackers from the mid-1960s through the early 1970s. However, as good as Jack Reynolds was, Steve Kiner was even better. In Tennessee's 41-14 victory over Alabama in 1969, Kiner single-handedly had five sacks, 11 tackles with five assists, four quarterback hurries, an interception and a forced fumble (University of Tennessee Athletics Football ). "I'll remember that day for the rest of my life," Kiner said.
 
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VolMaster14 said:
Got this from a website we all know is wrong 99.9% of the time. Boring day so just wanted to see which choices you guys & gals disagree with. Its copy and paste so sorry if the format is bad. GBO!!


QB: Peyton Manning (1994-97)

RB: Jamal Lewis (1997-99)

RB: Johnny Majors (1954-56)

WR: Peerless Price (1995-98)

WR: Carl Pickens (1988-91)

TE: Jason Witten (1999-2002)

OL: Rudy Klarer (1941-42)

OL: Chip Kell (1968-70)

OL: John Michels (1950-52)

OL: Harry Galbreath (1984-87)

OL: Arron Sears (2003-06)

Defense

DL: Darwin Walker (1998-99)

DL: Albert Haynesworth (1999-2001)

DL: John Henderson (1999-2001)

DE: Doug Atkins (1950-52)

DE: Reggie White (1980-83)

LB: Keith DeLong (1985-88)

LB: Leonard Little (1995-97)

LB: Jack Reynolds (1967-69)

CB: Dale Carter (1988-91)

CB: Terry Fair (1994-97)

S: Eric Berry (2007-09)

S: Deon Grant (1996-99)

Special Teams

K: Fuad Reveiz (1981-84)

P: Dustin Colquitt (2001-04)

KR: Bobby Majors (1969-71)

PR: Willie Gault (1979-82)
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It's a sacrilege to leave Steve DeLong off the defensive line. Nearly as bad is leaving Steve Kiner and Al Wilson off as LBs.
 
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If there are 3 DT's, there should be 4 LB's. I would add Steve Kiner and probably replace Leonard Little with Al Wilson. Kiner belongs. PERIOD. The offense looks pretty sound although there are always potential differences of opinion. All of those listed can have a darned good case made for them. I don't remember Klarer so I will accept that one on faith. If I had to use memory, I would replace him with Bill Elmendorfer or Bob Johnson.
 
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Because we have been blessed by so many great football players, these kind of lists are easy to pick apart. Here's three -- Bob Suffridge, Bob Johnson, & Steve Kiner -- all College Football Hall of Famers, to keep the argument going.
Bob Suffridge is the only Tennessee player on the first All Century Team. He was before my time, but I remember my father's generation measured all subsequent Tennessee OL/DL players against Bob Suffridge and Doug Atkins, at least until Reggie White. Here's an excerpt of his bio from the College Football Hall of Fame website: "Bob Suffridge played guard for Tennessee, was All-America three times, was named in 1982 to all-time Southeastern Conference team, and was chosen by the Football Writers Association for the all-time All-America team. He played at 190-pounds and was a brilliant blocker and tackler. Suffridge was so quick he once blocked the same point-after- touchdown three times, twice called for off-sides when many observers felt he wasn't. Tennessee went 10-0 in the regular season each of Suffridge's [three] years..."


These next two Vols, I saw play and should be in this discussion.

Bob Johnson, a center that finished sixth in the Heisman balloting. Here's an excerpt of his bio: "... center Bob Johnson left UT as one of the most decorated athletes in school history....As captain of the 1967 Vols, Johnson lived up to his preseason hype by earning his second consecutive All-SEC and All-America nods with unanimous votes. Johnson was awarded the Jacobs Trophy, given to the SEC's best blocker, and The Birmingham Touchdown Club named him the SEC's Most Outstanding Lineman. In addition, Johnson finished sixth in the Heisman voting as a center... the first draft choice of the expansion Cincinnati Bengals in 1968, the third pick overall. Johnson spent 12 seasons with the Bengals... His No. 54 is the only retired jersey in Bengals history.

Steve Kiner, who played beside Hacksaw Reynolds should be in the discussion (ask Archie Manning). Here's his bio. "Kiner was a three-year starter for UT and began the rise to glory during his sophomore year. That year, 1967, the Vols were crowned SEC champs, finished ranked No. 2 in the nation and Kiner's aggressive style earned him SEC Sophomore of the Year. But it was his junior and senior seasons in which Kiner took the nation by storm. He was named All-SEC and All-America in 1968 and 1969, making him Doug Dickey's first player to twice earn consensus All-America. Kiner was on his way to SEC Defensive Player of the Year and national recognition as well after Tennessee's 41-14 victory over Alabama in 1969. The linebacker had five sacks, 11 tackles with five assists, four quarterback hurries, an interception and a forced fumble [in the game]... He went on to finish ninth in the Heisman voting."

Also, Stanley Morgan,while not a Hall of Famer like the others, needs to be on this list ahead of Peerless Price and Willie Gault (as great as Willie was). Thirty-five years later Stanley is still Tennessee's APY record holder (4,642). When he was on the field, your made sure to watch him because you knew the next big play would probably be coming from him.
 
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Add: RB Chuck Webb, DE Chuck Smith, LB Al Wilson, WRs Larry Seivers; Johnny Mills and QBs Condredge Holloway; Heath Shuler.... AND ITS THE COMPLETE LIST!
 
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VegasBaby, I agree completely with respect to Bob Johnson. 1967 was the first year that I regularly followed the Big Orange and, in my opinion, Bob Johnson remains the best center to ever don the orange and white.
 
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the most dominate lineman of his era. First class guy who represented Tennessee well in the NFL and post career. Probably doesn't receive as much recognition except from us old timers because he isn't as active in Knoxville as he is in Cincinnati.
 
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One could make a very compelling argument for Ron Widby as punter. Widby was “the last four-sport letterman at the University of Tennessee to date, becoming an All-America in football and basketball and also earning one letter in both baseball and golf. . . . In comments pertaining to Widby’s athletic career, Ron Higgins recently stated that “Few athletes in SEC history enjoyed a better senior year in 1966-67 than Ron in both football and basketball." In football, he led the nation in punting average at 43.8 yards, while in basketball, he averaged 22.1 points and 8.7 rebounds while leading the Volunteers to a conference title. He was named a first-team All-American in both sports, and was also the SEC's basketball Player of the Year” (Ron Widby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ).

If you prefer a different route, why don’t we just nominate the Colquitts as the “First Family of Tennessee punters” since Craig, Jimmy, Dustin and Britton Colquitt have all started at the position? Is there any position at any school that has a more extensive series of starters from the same family?
 
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