Best WR ever at UT

#76
#76
iceman9 said:
Pickens moved over to DB at the end of the year, mostly because he was a ball hawk, and had the best insticts of any player on that team.
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As I recall, Pickens was able to go back full time WR when Dale Carter made his presence felt in the defensive backfield.
 
#77
#77
Larry Seivers
Carl Pickens
Tim McGee
Stanley Morgan
Peerless Price
Joey Kent
William Gault
Donte Stallworth
Robert Meecham
Alvin Harper
 
#78
#78
weembra said:
As I recall, Pickens was able to go back full time WR when Dale Carter made his presence felt in the defensive backfield.
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Well that was part of what made him so great, played every snap at wr, then played in passing situations; also, 1990 cotton bowl defensive mvp
 
#81
#81
justingroves said:
Kent, Price, McGee, Pickens and Harper in no particular order.

Gault was, is and forever will be the best return man to ever wear a Tennessee jersey. But he wasn't the greatest WR ever here.
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I agree 100% with Dale Carter a hair behind him....

Does anyone remember that kickoff return for a TD to start the second half and blow open the game against Florida? Easily the best kickoff return I have EVER seen in person. He broke like 38 tackles on that run.
 
#82
#82
AlpineVol said:
I agree 100% with Dale Carter a hair behind him....

Does anyone remember that kickoff return for a TD to start the second half and blow open the game against Florida? Easily the best kickoff return I have EVER seen in person. He broke like 38 tackles on that run.
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I was there too. Very wet from the rain, but didn't care a bit.
 
#84
#84
sievers was awesome. great hands.

gault had afterburners like nobody else.

all around best, i'd say pickens. incredible athlete.
 
#85
#85
g8terh8ter_eric said:
I would tend to agree with those even though I come from a much younger generation. Pickens was a converted CB also if I am not mistaken.
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He played both ways as a Freshman (and was defensive MVP of the Cotton Bowl,) out of necessity. Calling him a converted CB is a misnomer; the guy was a receiver who could do a lot of other things well.

I remember a UT assitant talking about watching him in HS on a recruiting trip and saying he had never seen anyone like him. Pickens ran back a kick-off for a TD, then kicked off. He caught a TD pass, then kicked the XP.

He was the best I have seen on the Hill. It would have been interesting to see what he (as well as Meacham and Stallworth) would have done had they played out all of their eligibility.
 
#86
#86
carl pickens might have been the first man crush i've ever had. i was little when he played, but i wanted to be just like him
 
#87
#87
Dale Carter was Mr. Excitement - whenever he took a punt something was going to happen.

Could be something good (electrifying return) or something bad (fumble) but something was going to happen!
 
#88
#88
did dale carter fumble against vandy at vandy one year? i was at that game and remember whoever it was had an easy score and they just fumbled.
 
#90
#90
Anthony Miller is another guy that gets forgotten by the Tennessee masses. I think he was a JUCo guy, but he had as good of a two-season run at WR as anybody.

And I loved the Craig Faulkner-Cory Fleming tandem in the early 1990's. Those guys caught everything thrown at them. Fleming worked the seams of the defense as good as any WR we've ever had and Faulkner was white lightning. That dude was a beast.
 
#94
#94
Rasputin_Vol said:
Just peeking in here to see if anyone has mentioned Leonard Scott's name. :search:
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It was mentioned, but I dont know why considering the greats we have had at WR.

My choices are L. Seivers and Stanley Morgan, with a close 3rd to Pickens. Gault was fast, but dropped too many balls. Seivers had hands that would stick to teflon! Morgan was a true stud, he could do it all, one of the top WR in the NFL history.
 
#96
#96
possumtownVol said:
Richmond Flowers
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I considered him, he played when I was at UT. He was the first of the track stars to play WR. Very fast but just didnt seem to have football savy. I remember him dropping the ball a lot. Fine person, Father made many strides in civil rights in Alabama.
 
#98
#98
rbroyles said:
I considered him, he played when I was at UT. He was the first of the track stars to play WR. Very fast but just didnt seem to have football savy. I remember him dropping the ball a lot. Fine person, Father made many strides in civil rights in Alabama.
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Thanks. I wondered who had that distinction. Don't know how he compares to more recent players, but I'm sure Flowers was a great one. Were other schools doing the track star thing in the 60's as well?

Best WR's Willie Gault, Carl Pickens, and Stanley Morgan were the best, IMO. UT has been blessed with these guys which makes posting now ironic after a season when we couldn't seem to find a great one.
 
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