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Who had the better college career?
Posted on 7/29/15 at 2:33 am
Posted on 7/29/15 at 2:33 am
Just saw a list of the top 10 DEs in the last decade. The writer put Keke Mingo at #9 and Sam Montgomery at #7. So I ask, who do you think had the better college career?
I say Mingo. Always seemed to be flying around the field, big Sam would take the occasional play off or just stay latched to his blocker.
I say Mingo. Always seemed to be flying around the field, big Sam would take the occasional play off or just stay latched to his blocker.
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Posted on 7/29/15 at 6:28 am to WilliamTaylor21
Pretty sure Sam had more sacks and tackles in 2011 and 2012. Both great players though . I'll never forget Herbie Having a man crush on Mingo In the Oregon game haha
Posted on 7/29/15 at 6:48 am to WilliamTaylor21
Sam was an absolute beast in his soph season and very good as a junior. Better career than KeKe but both were great
Posted on 7/29/15 at 7:20 am to ehidal1
Montgomery did have a better career than Mingo. Mingo had more raw athleticism but Sam's numbers were definitely better over his career.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 7:24 am to WilliamTaylor21
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I say Mingo. Always seemed to be flying around the field, big Sam would take the occasional play off or just stay latched to his blocker.
You literally just described one season and attributed it to a career. Sonic Sam had the better career at LSU, no question.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 7:49 am to LSUfan4444
You're all out of your damn mind.. He slowly got worse as his career went on, which is why you saw him go from a projected 1st rounder to a 3rd rounder.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 7:59 am to WilliamTaylor21
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which is why you saw him go from a projected 1st rounder to a 3rd rounder.
No it's not.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 8:01 am to WilliamTaylor21
They both had about the same success. Sam had a good year before in 2010, they both had great years in 2011, then Mingo had a better 2012. I think that injury messed Sam up, when he came back heavier he never was the same
Posted on 7/29/15 at 8:20 am to WilliamTaylor21
I'd go with Sam, but it's kinda splitting hairs.
the former was overblown, and the latter was somewhat scheme-related.
a Texans fan blog did a pretty good breakdown of Sam right after he was drafted, focusing on stuff like his having to take on blockers, why he lined up slightly off the ball/ seemed to come off late.
a lot of times Sam played like a bigger DE than the 6'4 250 guy he was. and he still mixed in the disruptive tfl/ sack stuff to boot (taking nothing from Keke, who was better at the point against the run than ppl gave him credit for).
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big Sam would take the occasional play off or just stay latched to his blocker.
the former was overblown, and the latter was somewhat scheme-related.
a Texans fan blog did a pretty good breakdown of Sam right after he was drafted, focusing on stuff like his having to take on blockers, why he lined up slightly off the ball/ seemed to come off late.
a lot of times Sam played like a bigger DE than the 6'4 250 guy he was. and he still mixed in the disruptive tfl/ sack stuff to boot (taking nothing from Keke, who was better at the point against the run than ppl gave him credit for).
Posted on 7/29/15 at 8:27 am to WilliamTaylor21
I'll always remember Sam sacking McCarron in overtime of the 9-6 game and doing his Sonic Sam jump 
Posted on 7/29/15 at 8:31 am to WilliamTaylor21
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You're all out of your damn mind.. He slowly got worse as his career went on, which is why you saw him go from a projected 1st rounder to a 3rd rounder.
And Keke started out very slowly. So, over their entire college careers, Big Sam was more productive, thus had a better CAREER.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 11:20 am to WilliamTaylor21
Mingo was and is better, however Sam's stats make it debatable that his college career was slightly better. Had Sam not been injured early in 2010, his stats could have been near record-stetting for a DE. 
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