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re: In your lifetime, the first HUGE recruit that impacted you
Posted on 11/23/12 at 5:14 am to Preys on Gumps
Posted on 11/23/12 at 5:14 am to Preys on Gumps
I saw this kid in '86 who made Sport Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd section because he just set the (at the time) National Record for Rushing.
Then I saw him listed on Parade Magazine's All-American team (which I started collecting each year from then on, in addition to buying whatever-I-could-find recruiting mags & leaflets).
At the time, I was looking for the next CFB freshman phenom like Herschel Walker, and thinking this kid could be The One, and dreaming he would consider going to LSU.
He didn't. He picked Florida.
As the first big-time recruit to hook me into the recruiting game, Emmitt Smith turned out to be pretty good.
Then I saw him listed on Parade Magazine's All-American team (which I started collecting each year from then on, in addition to buying whatever-I-could-find recruiting mags & leaflets).
At the time, I was looking for the next CFB freshman phenom like Herschel Walker, and thinking this kid could be The One, and dreaming he would consider going to LSU.
He didn't. He picked Florida.
As the first big-time recruit to hook me into the recruiting game, Emmitt Smith turned out to be pretty good.
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Posted on 11/23/12 at 6:12 am to LSUFreek
I remember when I was little, probably 7 or so, going to a high school football game with my parents. This player on the opposing team just dominated the game. He ran over people, he blew past people. No one could stop him. I had never seen someone who was just so much better than everyone else on the field. One of the adults leaned in and told me "That kid will play in the NFL one day." To this day, one of the most amazing individual performances I've ever seen live. The player? Cecil Collins.
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