BJ Sams, signed with McNeese St & now a RB/does punt returns for the Baltimore Ravens. :wink: Sorry, I know you weren't even talking to me - I just couldn't help it. I played him in one-on-one basketball my freshman/his senior year. Yea, that went well... We had a "BJ party" at my apartment for his first NFL game. Ahhh, good times.
Uh, OK, "Catdaddy"....... 1-Roshaun Mathews-Played at LSU & Southern and then in the NFL for the Chicago Bears. 2-Stefan LeFors-Starting QB at Louisville. 3-Michael Clayton-LSU All-American WR & currently plays for Tampa Bay Buccaneers in NFL. 4-Ross Rix-RB who currently plays for UL-Lafayette. 5-Terrell Browden-Starting TE for Southern Mississippi for 2 seasons. 6-Rufus Alexander-Currently starts at LB for University of Oklahoma. For all the hype that Evangel players receive, there isn't 1 player from there who can compare to just Michael Clayton's career alone. Like I said, Evangel fans may not agree with the fact that Evangel players have a well earned reputation as being busts, prima-donas, and over-rated but that is their reputation nonetheless.
I'm a Denham Springs High School Graduate, so I have no favorites. I do know that Deas hurt his arm while at UNC, and never regained the velocity he had in high school. That's what hurt him. What trouble did Rawls get into? Only trouble I remember is that he had an elbow problem, and ended up having surgery while at OU. Again, he got buried on the depth chart because of an injury, and lost something off his fastball, so to speak. I agree. He's not struggling, he's going into spring as the #2. But, Caroll lets EVERYONE compete, no matter the position. Why else is LenDale White still starting at tailback when everyone knows Bush is the dynamic playmaker? It's because there's competition, and White has proven he belongs as well. Booty will be pushed in the spring to maintain his #2 role, but what would you want? Solidified, stratified, ironclad depth chart decisions be made before you even see younger kids competing? Get real...and get a clue, while you're at it... Steve Spurrier himself said that he made one of the biggest mistakes of his coaching career by not redshirting Brock Berlin in his true freshman season. My honest opinion was that Grossman wasn't everything a lot of people made him out to be. Still isn't now. I think Spurrier just goes with the hot hand, and in the MSU game-where they got pounded-even though they lost, Grossman looked the most consistent. That's how it happened in Gator Country. Once he transferred to the 'Canes, he won 10 games somehow...There's a lot of talent around him, but you can't tell me that a quarterback who wins 10 games in a season in college football for a BCS Bowl winning team doesn't have talent, and didn't have a successful season. He might not have come out of college as a #1 draft pick by any stretch, but he also beat Florida State every time he faced them, and that's saying something. He also ensured with those three victories that Chrissie Rix of Free Shoes U. became the first college football player ever to lose to the same team 5 times in his career (He went 0-fer career against the 'Canes). So, a screw job by a notoriously fickle head coach in terms of quarterbacks, a transfer, a 10 win season followed up by a BCS Bowl win, and beating your schools archrival every time you faced them...Hmm...I'd say it's a nice resume... I agree. His signing was an appeasement to Kevin Faulk, who was a good friend of his. Perkins was arrested up in New England a few year's back for selling dope while living with Faulk. Faulk was never implicated. Blew out a knee early on in Tigertown...So, I guess that means his knee was a bust, right? LOL! Most noted for having perfect position and making outstanding plays on both of those deep passes...They just-by the Grace of the Bluegrass Miracle Gods-went against the Tigers...He was never beaten...He made beautiful plays on the ball. I was there. I watched it. This was also a guy who made the move from offense to defense after Gerry Dinardo screwed his @ss up for a few years... Had a sophomore year where he had a position coach who had to coach his mechanics (which were a tad bit rusty, if you'll excuse him, since it had been about 6 years since he had truly had any position specific coaching on that) was also in charge of-on any given play in practice-the following... The quarterback's mechanics (job in and of itself) The wide receiver's routes (normally altogether different job in and of itself) The overall offensive gameplan (normally altogether a different job in and of itself) In other words, he had a first time D-1 coordinator in Bob McConnell who was charged with perfecting his form and poise, and teaching him how to be a college quarterback who was also making up gameplans for the first time ever, as well as trying to coach wide receivers for the first time ever, while trying to do it all at the same time for the first time in college football coaching history. Forgive Josh if his statistics, or the offensive gameplans, weren't exactly lighting the world on fire. The guy was 1st team All-SEC, as judged by the league's coaches. So, you're telling us now that your judgement of his performance in the only year he had a truly talented position coach and coordinator is better than the 12 other SEC head coaches and the at least half dozen national championships they all won as head coaches on his performance? Please, throw us some more manna from Heaven, Oh Mighty One! LOL! Went into his junior year as the SEC's active career yardage and total reception leader. I don't think Abram's heart was in college football, and I think Gerry DiNardon't had a lot to do with that, but also, I just disliked Booty's work ethic. I saw it firsthand. He did not dedicate himself to conditioning, nor the weights and the S&C aspect of it. It showed during his brittle, injury riddled and plaugued career at LSU. I agree. There were a few more players who came out...Bubba Alexander is a close friend of mine who comes to mind who would have been an excellent safety or linebacker, but the dickering from the staff on what his purpose was truly limited his career. I can remember every so often, he'd be putting on weight, only to have to come to the realization the staff was asking him to take it back off. Alexander was a party animal (of legendary proportions. The stories will be shared one day), that's to be sure, but he had talent, and he had the ability. He also had the heart...What he didn't have was a staff or a coordinator who utilized him correctly (He was the infamous "answer" at that riddle known as the "Drop Linebacker" going into the forgettable 1999 campaign). Bottom line, Evangel has produced some underachievers. No one here is above conceding that. But, I also think that some got bad breaks-literally in some cases-got injured, or got screwed by coaching decisions flat out. Get over your hatred of Evangel, because they do have talent, and we will continue to need to recruit the school well...
Tiger Educated, I have no hatred of Evangel.... And you can save your "Dear Abby" advice for the advice columns. You have your opinion and I have mine regarding Evangel players and their respective careers and it makes no difference to me wjether Bubba alexander is a friend of yours or not. However, Alexander is yet another example of an Evangel player who was vastly over-rated and didn't come close to living up to the hype. Incidently, many of your points you attempt to make regarding the reasons for some of the underachieving by many evangel players amounts to nothing more than excuses. The topic in this thread was originated by a question by a poster who asked why LSU wasn't recruiting the "high profile" Evangel players. I'll stand by my opinion and answers as well as my statement that many Evangel supporters may disagree. So be it.
