Top Athlete In UT Football History

#76
#76
Might have been Ronnie Widbey: great basketball player for the Vols, great punter for the Vols and the Dallas Cowboys, and I think a pretty good golfer. Forty-yard times are not the only measure of athleticism.
 
#79
#79
MikeHamiltonFan said:
I meant he could have excelled in college. He was very good in HS, his nickname was "Baby Shaq".
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Yes sir he deffinatly could had!! I think PC won state in basketball too along with the back to back football state champs. PC was juggernaut back then.
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#80
#80
cgbtn said:
Forty-yard times are not the only measure of athleticism.
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40's only measure straight line speed. That's why I said Athlete. I wanted to bring out the historians with this one and it's working. What about John Majors? Nobody brought his name yet.
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#83
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PimpVol said:
I think he got that name in the 8th grade. For anyone who saw Reggie White play at UT (I did not, born in 75), who was better in College?
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reggie was not great in college. he was lazy early in career and started to tune it up during Junior year. very good senior season but log of players were much better in college than Reggie ever was..
 
#85
#85
My criteria for judgment would be guys that flat out dominated those of their peer group when they donned the orange.

In that case: Reggie White, John Henderson, Leonard Little, Carl Pickens, Dale Carter, Willie Gault, Deon Grant, Denarius Moore (we're gonna miss that guy big this year), Donte' Stallworth, Peerless Price, Alvin Harper, Chuck Webb, Reggie Cobb, Travis Henry, Jamal Lewis, Kevin Burnett, and others, those are just off the top...
 
#86
#86
LWSVOL said:
reggie was not great in college. he was lazy early in career and started to tune it up during Junior year. very good senior season but log of players were much better in college than Reggie ever was..
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The greatest pass rusher to ever play the game was an All-American for the Vols in 1983 as well as All-SEC and SEC Defensive Player of the Year. His 32 career sacks at Tennessee are a school record as are his 15 sacks during the 1983 season. The Howard High School product went on to become the NFL's all-time sack leader and was inducted into both the College Football and Pro Football Halls of Fame.

Your argument was not well thought out, and well, stupid.
 
#89
#89
Smokeyman said:
The greatest pass rusher to ever play the game was an All-American for the Vols in 1983 as well as All-SEC and SEC Defensive Player of the Year. His 32 career sacks at Tennessee are a school record as are his 15 sacks during the 1983 season. The Howard High School product went on to become the NFL's all-time sack leader and was inducted into both the College Football and Pro Football Halls of Fame.

Your argument was not well thought out, and well, stupid.
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he could have been MUCH, MUCH better.. at least the staff at the time thought that if he had applied himself more he would have been... I guess I didn't think it out that well. :)
 
#91
#91
David Leaverton, remember when he tackled the FSU dude in the Fiesta Bowl?

another vote for Ron Widby:

George Ronald "Ron" Widby (born March 9, 1945 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is a retired American basketball and football player. 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.[1] In his two best sports, he was the nation's leading punter in football and an All-America basketball wing.
 
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#94
#94
Dale Carter, Willie Gault, and Carl Pickens are three that leap immediately to mind.
 
#96
#96
Dooley, not only is he smart. He's got great hands also....(no homo)
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#97
#97
From way back when: George Cafego. 1938, with Gen. Neyland coach, Cafego as TB, safety, & punter, UT went 11 - 0, outscoring opponents 293 - 16. In 1939, UT shut out all regular season opponents, overall 212 - 0. Cafego was injured and could not play when they finally lost to USC in the Rose Bowl.
 
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albedo33 said:
From way back when: George Cafego. 1938, with Gen. Neyland coach, Cafego as TB, safety, & punter, UT went 11 - 0, outscoring opponents 293 - 16. In 1939, UT shut out all regular season opponents, overall 212 - 0. Cafego was injured and could not play when they finally lost to USC in the Rose Bowl.
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Pretty darned athletic. Pretty dominant, too. We must stack up fairly well against anyone speaking in terms of an all time-team, huh?
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