re: For the older tiger fans... Todd Kinchen

Like OBJ, Kinchen was a legacy - his father was a 1958 Chinese Bandit. He played 7 seasons in the NFL.

Yes he could play today, yes he would definitely start and he would likely return punts, as others have suggested (he once returned 2 punts for touchdowns in an NFL game - a league record he still holds, or at least shares).

Kinchen didn't have any 1 particular skill that set him off (except toughness for the position and, perhaps, vision), but he was a complete, hard-to-pigeonhole "football player". Similar to what Hester did at the RB position, Kinchen came along at a time where white guys with his skill set were either bulking up to play TE/H-back or safety, he was a consistent playmaker - one of the most reliable offensive skill players of the Archer/Hallman era. His legacy is marred by the fact he only played on 1 winning team and that was as a freshman (we don't hold playing on 4 losing teams against Mawae, so Kinchen should get a pass, too).

agree with past posts, he was an amazing athlete- maybe best I ever saw, wathced him play tennis, word was he could have gone pro, he OWNED the men's best player, also think he got in a fight or two and was unstoppable in that realm as well...if he was at shady's last fall we would be talking about a few deaths...not that he was a violent guy, just a beast

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I used to idolize this guy. He never rocked anything on his hands or arms, no matter the weather conditions. Bare handed and bare armed, old school style.

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Yep. I was young when he was at LSU, but I loved watching him. He would zig and zag across the field in ways I've never seen. I remember one he returned for a TD where he prob ran over 200 yards running sideline to sideline.

CSB - I also have a cool memory of Kinchen and Tommy Hodson throwing a football to each other at our tailgate late one night after a game.

Jim Hawthorn at the 1:30 mark

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Todd Kinchen = Bad mo fo.
Shoulda put the fla state return in there in the rain.

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wathced him play tennis, word was he could have gone pro, he OWNED the men's best player

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If you are saying he beat the best player on the LSU tennis team you are completely full of it.

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My dad has told me all kinds of freak stories about this guy on and off the field, my question is, could this guy play for this years LSU team?

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He would be the Captain and leader of this team without question. He was a beast on PR's.

Todd would kick out the ceiling tiles in his dorm from a standing start.

Todd would catch balls at practice behind his head without looking.

Todd picked up a tennis racket for the first time his senior year of high school, paired up with a friend of his, and they made the state finals.

Todd Kinchen was a freakish athlete.

Only thing more freakish is him tearing up his knee before his freshman year on a non-contact practice drill.

Freak athlete to say the least........He would definitely be a starter on this years team, no doubt.

Played some Basketball with and against him and could flat out jump......especially in an 8 1/2' goal tournament we played against them in.

It was TK, Hodson and Tony Moss.......

oh yeah, forgot about basketball. He was a prominent starter on the Trafton state champ basketball team, too.

Terrell Buckley of FSU had jumped out routes and returned them for TD's against Michigan the week before. Great call by Lynn Amedee to start the game with an out and up.