best ut reciever ever?

#52
#52
armchair said:
Guys, get a grip. Joey Kent is the easy winner. Check the career stats--he's the man: Most receiving yards, most touchdowns--he far eclipses Pickens. I loved Pickens (and Price), but his numbers are not close to Kent's. This isn't /who was a better pro/; this is production while at UT--and nobody topped Kent. Who can forget his 70-plus yard TD reception from Manning to open the bama game at Bama--I forget the year, but didn't it end a long losing streak to the tide? That play was electric. Kent was a GREAT college receiver.
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Joey Kents's worse reception attempt:

YouTube - Joey Kent vs. Lawrence Wright
 
#54
#54
GoVols said:
Random, but something a Gator would appreciate. I heard a Neal Anderson shoutout on Nashville sports radio the other day. Completely forgot about him, but that dude could run the rock.
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Yeah he could....great guy and a great Gator.

As for the topic at hand, can you imagine the numbers Willie Gault would have had playing for UT in the mid 90s with Cutcliffe and Maning? Ditto for Pickens....
 
#56
#56
So bart starr is better than brett favre? carl scored 13 career tds. Meachem scored nearly that many his junior season. Carl pickens had 1875 career yds. Meachem had almost 1300 his junior yr. pickens caught 109 passes meachem caught 71 his junior yr. I cant find film of every pickens catch but i do have the majority of ths tds and the quality doesnt approach what meachem did
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#58
#58
Lawrence Wright said:
Yeah he could....great guy and a great Gator.

As for the topic at hand, can you imagine the numbers Willie Gault would have had playing for UT in the mid 90s with Cutcliffe and Maning? Ditto for Pickens....
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I agree, it's just so hard to answer this question. Some WR's had better QB's, and some played on mostly running teams. I mean, to turn it to UF, imagine some of the WR/TE's you guys had that played under Tebow. Imagine if they played under Spurrier and Wuerrfel. (Not a knock on Tebow by any means, but you see where I'm going with it.)
 
#59
#59
BigOrangePassion1 said:
So bart starr is better than brett favre? carl scored 13 career tds. Meachem scored nearly that many his junior season. Carl pickens had 1875 career yds. Meachem had almost 1300 his junior yr. pickens caught 109 passes meachem caught 71 his junior yr. I cant find film of every pickens catch but i do have the majority of ths tds and the quality doesnt approach what meachem did
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TD catches is your sample size? Stats are helpful in support, but not in a vacuum or without context.
 
#61
#61
Meachem was great but Pickens was the perfect wr IMO. He could go deep. He could go over the middle. Plus Pickens was sharing catches with a couple of other future NFL guys.
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#62
#62
GoVols said:
I agree, it's just so hard to answer this question. Some WR's had better QB's, and some played on mostly running teams. I mean, to turn it to UF, imagine some of the WR/TE's you guys had that played under Tebow. Imagine if they played under Spurrier and Wuerrfel. (Not a knock on Tebow by any means, but you see where I'm going with it.)
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Judging by some people's criteria here, UF's best recievers would be Travis McGriff and Chris Doering. Spurrier could turn the ball boy into a 50 catch/10 TD receiver back then.

I understand the love for Meachem based on his numbers and current NFL success, but Pickens was by far the one UT receiver I feared the most when we played.
 
#64
#64
idk. Maybe pickens was better. I just cant shake the images of meachem destroying the cal corners or catching that well underthrown crompton deep ball between to lsu dbs for six. Or seeing martin load up and throw a deep ball and watching the camera pan and seeing peerless behind the defender in the biggest of moments.
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#65
#65
BigOrangePassion1 said:
idk. Maybe pickens was better. I just cant shake the images of meachem destroying the cal corners or catching that well underthrown crompton deep ball between to lsu dbs for six. Or seeing martin load up and throw a deep ball and watching the camera pan and seeing peerless behind the defender in the biggest of moments.
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BigTime catches or Highlight Plays do not automatically make a receiver an all-time great.
 
#68
#68
I can remember the days of walking the steps of Neyland Stadium in the mid 70's selling cokes and cracker jacks. For me the first receiver whom still stands out as # 1 is Stanley Morgan yes he did play TB but he also was one hell of a wide out. Next Up for you youngsters out there was a person whom had hands made of glue and Mr.Larry Seivers could go up and come down with the pig skin with the best of them at that time. I am a traditionalist and and the first true speedster was Willie Gault. From There Pickens, Harper,Meachum,Price,and Nash fall in Line and I will say that if Washington would have stayed his numbers would have been off the charts.We have some class coming in which I hope Vol Nation will be patient with given our youth on the O-Line. It is what is and Happy Memorial Day from formerly Vol Fan in Afghani Land to now VOL FAN IN IRAQI LAND and also a BIG SHOUT OUT TO AL MY FELLOW ROADRUNNER CLASSMATES AT AUSTIN -EAST. GO VOLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
#69
#69
BigOrangePassion1 said:
So bart starr is better than brett favre? carl scored 13 career tds. Meachem scored nearly that many his junior season. Carl pickens had 1875 career yds. Meachem had almost 1300 his junior yr. pickens caught 109 passes meachem caught 71 his junior yr. I cant find film of every pickens catch but i do have the majority of ths tds and the quality doesnt approach what meachem did
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i think you're looking into the stats way too much. they're not everything.
 
#71
#71
BigPapaVol said:
his antics aside, for a short period, he was the best receiver out there. Guy was incredible. Big, strong, fast and great hands.
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Agree 100%. You can name a lot of guys depending on the criteria - best career stats, etc., but if you're talking greatest skill, Washington was it.
 
#74
#74
I can remember the days of walking the steps of Neyland Stadium in the mid 70's selling cokes and cracker jacks. For me the first receiver whom still stands out as # 1 is Stanley Morgan yes he did play TB buthe also was one hell of a wide out. Next Up for you youngsters out there was a person whom had hands made of glue and Mr.Larry Seivers could go up and come down with the pig skin with the best of them at that time. I am a traditionalist and and the first true speedster was Willie Gault. From There Pickens, Harper,Meachum,Price,and Nash fall in Line and I will say that if Washington would have stayed his numbers would have been off the charts.We have some class coming in which I hope Vol Nation will be patient with given our youth on the O-Line. It is what is and Happy Memorial Day from formerly Vol Fan in Afghani Land to now VOL FAN IN IRAQI LAND and also a BIG SHOUT OUT TO AL MY FELLOW ROADRUNNER CLASSMATES AT AUSTIN -EAST. GO VOLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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