What you’re talking about is the nickname, I’m just pointing out that we had outstanding DBs before the younger people decided to give it a name. The lineage goes back to the 90s or even to Carrier and Jackson in the late 80s. And those 9 NFL guys are

Corey Raymond
Anthony Marshall
Tory James
Rodney Young
Denard Walker
Mark Roman
Raion Hill
Fred Booker
Ryan Clark

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Posted by JimTiger72

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Posted on 1/18/24 at 10:23 am to Madking

I was including Booker & Clark in Saban’s era since there is overlap, but they were there pre-Saban.
I’m sure both of them claim Saban instead of Dinardo

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Posted by ATLTiger

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Posted on 1/18/24 at 10:36 am to Madking

quote:
The lineage goes back to the 90s or even to Carrier and Jackson in the late 80s.

I was kinda thinking along the same lines as you because I started watching at the tail end of Curley/ the Dinardo years and remember guys like Denard Walker, Tory James and Roman being high round NFL picks.

I also remember some of the other late 90s guys like Leblanc, Norm Lejeune and Ced Donaldson who were talented in college and maybe made a roster or had a couple years in the NFL. So similar to that long list of guys on the first page.

But there's a difference between an NFL guy or 2 on the team and one of them maybe being All SEC, and damn near the whole secondary getting drafted with multiple All America/ Thorpe types (let alone All SEC).

DBU is consistently being in the discussion for best/ top 5 DB units in CFB. No disrespect to the older teams cuz those are my first memories, but these last 15-20 years have been next level (for the most part).

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