Who Is Your "Favorite Vol Punt Returner Of All-Time"?

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#52
hefney....he wasnt that flashy but always seemed to get good returns....im kinda biased cuz he was one of my fav players too haha
 
#54
#54
I'm not old enough to remeber Bobby Majors, but Shawn Summers was a beast. I think he is second all-time to Majors in punt return yards.
 
#57
#57
I'm glad someone finally mentioned Eric Parker. One that really needs to be on this list of names but isn't is Shawn Summers.
 
#60
#60
I don't remember his name but who was the kid in the 90's somewhere before the NC that was doing really well and was supposed to be an All American but in the summer before his senior year knocked up a 16yo and was charged with statutory rape? And for all the English teachers, I do like run-on sentences.
 
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FlVolDoc said:
I don't remember his name but who was the kid in the 90's somewhere before the NC that was doing really well and was supposed to be an All American but in the summer before his senior year knocked up a 16yo and was charged with statutory rape? And for all the English teachers, I do like run-on sentences.
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think you are talking about Nilo Silvan and charges were later dropped
 
#62
#62
They should of let perless price take some to the house in his day but i think he only done kickoff returns every now and then!!
 
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#63
FlVolDoc said:
I don't remember his name but who was the kid in the 90's somewhere before the NC that was doing really well and was supposed to be an All American but in the summer before his senior year knocked up a 16yo and was charged with statutory rape? And for all the English teachers, I do like run-on sentences.
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I ain't no teacher, but at right there's a mess.
 
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#64
Coastypop said:
I remember him... I knew his last name was Brown but, could remember his first name... played many years in NFL
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Yes he did. Redskins and LA Rams. Had a punt return in the slosh on MNF that Cosell called the best return he had ever seen. Eddie Brown---Jasper, Tenn. Ut DB 71-73.
 
#65
#65
volfan4evr said:
Bobby Majors.....No question. He destroyed Penn State back then. Our team was fired up because of the quote from Joe Paterno........"We're going to go down there and show them southern boys how to play football". It was all UT that day. They had Lydell Mitchel, and Franco Harris on that team.
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Didn't they play them twice in the 70's? One game during the day and the very first night game at neyland.
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#66
#66
I love all of these old names being discussed.

One of my favorite special teams play was Eddie Brown getting his teeth knocked out blocking a kick.
 
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Coach Grizz said:
Didn't they play them twice in the 70's? One game during the day and the very first night game at neyland.
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1971 and 1972. game in 1971 was early December and it was Majors Day in Knoxville. Was Bobby's last game at Neyland
 
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LWSVOL said:
1971 and 1972. game in 1971 was early December and it was Majors Day in Knoxville. Was Bobby's last game at Neyland
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Ok that's what I thought. Which game did Conrad Graham return that big fumble for a TD?
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#72
#72
“Penn State was rated No. 2 in the country and they came in there thinking they were going to blow us out of the stadium,” remembered current Chattanoogan Bobby Majors, a defensive player who became the offensive star of the game. “We ended up handling them all day long.”

Mr. Majors said recently that he remembers the game well. “It was the greatest game of my career,” the all-American said. “It was a very special day. They honored our family.”

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Majors took the opening kickoff and rambled 54 yards. He would have scored, but the last Nittany Lion player with a chance to stop him was able to tackle him. The tackler – John Cappelletti - was not that well known then outside of Pennsylvania. But in 1973, he would become the only player from Penn State ever to win the Heisman Trophy. He would also be the subject of the movie, “Something for Joey,” about his efforts to win the Heisman for his leukemia-afflicted little brother.

Mr. Majors said this week he never knew that the future Heisman Trophy winner was the one who tackled him on the play.

Before the game was over, Bobby himself would give a Heisman-like performance. He had two kickoff returns totaling 113 yards and two punt returns for 82 yards, including one for a touchdown that covered – appropriately – 44 yards.

He had a graceful ease when he caught punts, and Tennessee fans always knew he would catch the ball – and probably get some yardage through aggressive running afterward.
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12/23/2006 - Vol Fans Had Happy, Disappointing Outings Vs. Penn State - Sports - Chattanoogan.com This is a good article with a lot of history about the Majors family.
 
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#74
Stonewall83 said:
Eric Gordon...........and it isn't even close
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:post-4-1090547912::post-4-1090547912::post-4-1090547912: that's a good one.

my favs are fair and silvan. that's only because they are from my hayday when i was a little kid watchin the games with my grandpa. i would go outside and run around pretending to be reggie cobb. lol.
 
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tenn_opie said:
:post-4-1090547912::post-4-1090547912::post-4-1090547912: that's a good one.

my favs are fair and silvan. that's only because they are from my hayday when i was a little kid watchin the games with my grandpa. i would go outside and run around pretending to be reggie cobb. lol.
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for me it was Condredge Holloway or Curt Watson.

"do these posts make my butt look old?"
 
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