Favorite UT LB?

[vader]

Al Wilson hands down.

I agree, but back in the day I was a big Dale Jones fan
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[utvolpj]

Dale Jones was one of the first LB I remember really cheering for. Of course Al is still the top for me

 

[WinchesterVol]

Al Wilson, Dale Jones, Keith DeLong

 

[Orange Maniac]

Lots of great ones. I'm surprised no one has mentioned Craig Puki. He was pretty good and also played in the NFL.

 

[bigslk]

Steve "Archie Who?" Kiner.
Jack "Hacksaw" Reynolds
Al Wilson and Leonard Little for sure

But there are WAAAYYY too many good ones going back decades.
Long before we were "Wide Receiver U" we were "Linebacker U"!

and Alvin Toles, Dale Jones, Keith DeLong :clapping:

 

[Hard-Knox_Vol]

Little, Thompson, and Wilson...my favorite 3

 

[BearCat204]

Al Wilson and Kevin Simon.

 

[vol4eva]

my avatar....

 

[BJSforVols]

1. Al Wilson
2. Kevin Simon

 

[ChattVolFan]

Rico got very little love in this thread. I felt like Rico did a really good job with the players he had around him and was a good ball hawk as well. I think my fav all time (i am a young one too so i dont know some of the older vols) has to be mayo with wilson coming in close second. I cannot imagine looking across the defense and seeing wilson with that tinted shield looking back at me. Must have been a scarey thought

 

[Lexvol]

I've heard some bad a## stories about Kiner.

 

[SteelerVol]

Burnett, Simon, Mayo, M. Mitchell, Wilson, Thompson, and Little

How 'bout Shazzon Bradley...? Just kiddin' but I always loved the name.

 

[SteelerVol]

Kelly Ziegler

Anyone remember Hacksaw's younger brother Art?

 

[BACKDOC]

Mine has always been Raynoch Thompson. I've always referred to him as a heat sinking missle.

 

[LWSVOL]

Steve Kiner
Jack Reynolds
Jackie Walker
Ray Nettles
Al Wilson
Jerod Mayo
Raynoch Thompson


There are a few good ones out there.

Andy Spiva. What he was able to accomplish will never be broken, even with more games played each season..

top 10 Career tackles

1 Andy Spiva 354 193 547
2 Jamie Rotella 232 181 413
3 Earnest Fields 258 149 407
4 Greg Jones 269 108 377
5 Craig Puki 239 119 358
6 Jim Noonan 241 114 355
7 Kelly Ziegler 254 99 353
8 Dale Jones 233 117 350
9 Steve Poole 218 131 349
10 Russ Williams 206 126 332


Top 10 career primary tackles

1 Andy Spiva 354
2 Greg Jones 269
3 Earnest Fields 258
4 Kelly Ziegler 254
5 Jim Noonan 241
6 Craig Puki 239
7 Dale Jones 233
7 Keith DeLong 233
9 Jamie Rotella 232
10 Darryl Hardy 227
10 Jonathan Hefney 227


top 10 career assisted tackles

Rank Player Assists
1 Andy Spiva 193
2 Jamie Rotella 181
3 Earnest Fields 149
4 Carl Zander 147
5 John Wagster 138
6 Steve Poole 131
7 Russ Williams 126
8 Ronnie McCartney 121
9 Lemont Holt Jeffers 120
10 Craig Puki 119


top 5 career caused fumbles

Rank Player Caused
1 Andy Spiva 14
2 Dale Jones 11
3 Jim Noonan 10
3 Russ Williams 10
3 Shon Walker 10


no doubt about playing the best at that position

 

[BigPapaVol]

Spiva was a beast from what I've heard, but he didn't do to the team what Wilson did.

 

[bigslk]

Andy Spiva. What he was able to accomplish will never be broken, even with more games played each season..

top 10 Career tackles

1 Andy Spiva 354 193 547
2 Jamie Rotella 232 181 413
3 Earnest Fields 258 149 407
4 Greg Jones 269 108 377
5 Craig Puki 239 119 358
6 Jim Noonan 241 114 355
7 Kelly Ziegler 254 99 353
8 Dale Jones 233 117 350
9 Steve Poole 218 131 349
10 Russ Williams 206 126 332


Top 10 career primary tackles

1 Andy Spiva 354
2 Greg Jones 269
3 Earnest Fields 258
4 Kelly Ziegler 254
5 Jim Noonan 241
6 Craig Puki 239
7 Dale Jones 233
7 Keith DeLong 233
9 Jamie Rotella 232
10 Darryl Hardy 227
10 Jonathan Hefney 227


top 10 career assisted tackles

Rank Player Assists
1 Andy Spiva 193
2 Jamie Rotella 181
3 Earnest Fields 149
4 Carl Zander 147
5 John Wagster 138
6 Steve Poole 131
7 Russ Williams 126
8 Ronnie McCartney 121
9 Lemont Holt Jeffers 120
10 Craig Puki 119


top 5 career caused fumbles

Rank Player Caused
1 Andy Spiva 14
2 Dale Jones 11
3 Jim Noonan 10
3 Russ Williams 10
3 Shon Walker 10


no doubt about playing the best at that position

Jimmy Noonan is one of my All Time Favorite VOLS
Kind of reminded me of Al Wilson, though Noonan played noseman

:rock:

 

[BloodRUNZOrange]

Al Wilson....not even close

 

[thegeneralneyland]

1. Al Wilson
2. Al Wilson
3. Al Wilson
4. Dale Jones
5. Raynoch Thompson (Why, because you didn't just just knocked you got Raynoch'd)

 

[21VOL]

MR. Al Wilson

 

[SteelerVol]

Top 10 career primary tackles

1 Andy Spiva 354
2 Greg Jones 269
3 Earnest Fields 258
4 Kelly Ziegler 254
5 Jim Noonan 241
6 Craig Puki 239
7 Dale Jones 233
7 Keith DeLong 233
9 Jamie Rotella 232
10 Darryl Hardy 227
10 Jonathan Hefney 227

Greg Jones played MLB and TE at my high school in Bristol, TN in the seventies. They won back to back state titles his Jr and Sr year and had like a 27 game winning streak back then in AAA which was the highest division back in the day. They beat teams like Nashville Overton and Chattanooga Redbank by like 40 pts a game. He's a legend there. The QB, David Bibee also got a scholarship to UT but played DB.

 

[volgrad1985]

1. Al Wilson
2. Dale Jones
3. Raynoch Thompson
Honorable Mention: Jamie Rotella

 

[MOTOVOL]

1) Al Wilson
2) Raynoch
3) Hines
4) Brian Kimbro
5) Mayo