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start8
2/9/2006, 09:42 AM
Didn't see this posted....


http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/2006/01/31/gallery.steals/index.1.exclude.html
soonerlaw
2/9/2006, 11:17 AM
You gotta love JH being #2. But you gotta hate that picture of that USC guy putting his hands on AD at #8...
oumartin
2/9/2006, 11:59 AM
I can think of a couple other Sooners that could be on that list. but probably because they are near and dear to us
The Consumate Showman
2/9/2006, 02:08 PM
I don't know, you've almost GOT to have D. Strait on that list. The guy is totally passed over and becomes a Jim Thorpe winner and All-American......
OUGreg723
2/9/2006, 02:38 PM
Mark Clayton and Q could be on there.
OUGreg723
2/9/2006, 02:39 PM
Teddy Lehman?
The Consumate Showman
2/9/2006, 02:43 PM
Clayton if he won the Bleitnekoff, Q....mmmm?,

Teddy, yeah, Butkus winner and All-American; rather obscure recruit; coaches didn't even believe his 40 time until he ran it in front of them;
sooneron
2/9/2006, 06:18 PM
I love how the pic of Gallery has him holding!
oumartin
2/9/2006, 06:20 PM
I'll always be partial to JH and Q and the runs Q made that years against the likes of KSU and FSU.
47straight
2/9/2006, 07:28 PM
Lotta QB's on that list...
BASSooner
2/9/2006, 08:01 PM
Clayton if he won the Bleitnekoff, Q....mmmm?,

Teddy, yeah, Butkus winner and All-American; rather obscure recruit; coaches didn't even believe his 40 time until he ran it in front of them;
what did he run in the 40s again?
BASSooner
2/9/2006, 08:58 PM
oh yeah put birdine in there too
SoonerInKCMO
2/9/2006, 09:41 PM
what did he run in the 40s again?


2.8.
sooneron
2/9/2006, 09:43 PM
oh yeah put birdine in there too
I believe Larry was a 3 * , hardly overlooked...
BASSooner
2/9/2006, 09:53 PM
exactly and now he's a freakish star
BASSooner
2/9/2006, 09:53 PM
2.8.
pretty decent
shavedmarmoset
2/10/2006, 01:11 AM
exactly and now he's a freakish star

But there have been better players who were even less heralded as recruits such as Josh Heupel or Derrick Strait. Both of them owned at life. They could make turkey sandwiches out of ham, but I'm not sure Birdine can do that yet. Cody was probably a better steal than he was.
BASSooner
2/10/2006, 10:30 AM
yeah i agree. However, I thought Q was THE biggest surprise
Desert Sapper
2/10/2006, 10:46 AM
Clayton if he won the Bleitnekoff, Q....mmmm?,

Teddy, yeah, Butkus winner and All-American; rather obscure recruit; coaches didn't even believe his 40 time until he ran it in front of them;

Right, because he ran a 3.9 40 in pads in front of them, right? Like Michael Johnson the linebacker. The bottom line is that the dude is fast as hell on the field, whether his 40 was accurate or not (which is probably impossible). And I agree. Ted was a major steal from little old Ft. Gibson.
Desert Sapper
2/10/2006, 10:49 AM
I don't know, you've almost GOT to have D. Strait on that list. The guy is totally passed over and becomes a Jim Thorpe winner and All-American......

Most definitely. Derrick was unbe-freaking-lievable from day 1. I remember watching that pass breakup against the pokes in 2000 (you know, the one that saved the game), thinking "Who the hell was that?" as he elevated about 9 feet in the air to swat it away. Three years later he was probably the best CB we ever had. We still miss him.
Egeo
5/13/2006, 07:12 AM
Right, because he ran a 3.9 40 in pads in front of them, right? Like Michael Johnson the linebacker. The bottom line is that the dude is fast as hell on the field, whether his 40 was accurate or not (which is probably impossible). And I agree. Ted was a major steal from little old Ft. Gibson.
in highschool he ran the 40 in the upper 4.4 range
at the combine, he ran it in 4.56

and in highschool he ran the 100 in 10.56/7 at the state meet senior year
Desert Sapper
5/13/2006, 07:23 AM
in highschool he ran the 40 in the upper 4.4 range
at the combine, he ran it in 4.56

and in highschool he ran the 100 in 10.56/7 at the state meet senior year

Welcome to the party. Yep, he's fast...
jkm, the stolen pifwafwi
5/13/2006, 09:48 AM
of sooners, rod shoate should be #1

in general, barry sanders should be on that list
SoonerForever
5/13/2006, 10:05 AM
everyone forgetting TRRW
tbl
5/13/2006, 10:37 AM
Wasn't TRRW a pretty high recruit?
sooner94
5/13/2006, 10:54 AM
Wasn't TRRW a pretty high recruit?

Yes, I think he was. He was a Blake recruit and didn't work very hard early in his career (that's shocking isn't it? Blake's players being lazy)

Stoops came in and kicked him in the *** and the rest is history.
The Preach Man
5/13/2006, 11:33 AM
But you gotta hate that picture of that USC guy putting his hands on AD at #8...
I feel ya on that one. But I do have one question...How many years did that guy play for USC? It must have been over a decade because it said he played for 2 USC MNC's.
TheGodfather889
5/13/2006, 11:41 AM
I don't know, you've almost GOT to have D. Strait on that list. The guy is totally passed over and becomes a Jim Thorpe winner and All-American......
Yeah he probably should be up there. Derrick Strait is one of the greatest cornerbacks in college football history.