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SI story: The White Cornerback
Posted on 4/28/17 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 4/28/17 at 12:52 pm
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will we ever see a white corner full time again?
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All 64 starting cornerbacks in the NFL are black. So are their backups. One hundred-sixty black cornerbacks, give or take. Not a single white one. It’s been this way for more than 10 years.
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To be fair, though, calling Sehorn the last of the white cornerbacks means ignoring the dozen or so snaps Dustin Fox played for the Eagles and the Bills in 2006 and ’07. It means overlooking Ethan Kilmer’s single magnificent snap as a corner for the Bengals in ’06, and it completely neglects another member of the Cincinnati secondary that season, the real Sehorn—the last white player to start a regular-season NFL game at the position. (For the record, the tight-knit cornerback fraternity seems to respect Patriots receiver Julian Edelman for the spot duty he pulled over 13 regular season games in ’11—“I remember that,” says 14-year NFL cornerback Terence Newman, of the Vikings, “he played his arse off”—but none among them consider Edelman a real corner, especially since he has betrayed them by catching 377 passes over the last five seasons, each thrown by a man wearing the same color jersey.)
Over the past 20 years, only seven white men have played cornerback in a regular-season NFL game, including receiver Mike Furrey, who was thrown Edelman-like into the Browns’ rotation in 2009. Yes, it can get mighty awkward anytime a white man raises his hand and points out what might be a touch of racial discrimination against him, especially in America in 2017. But even if we take issue with the white cornerback’s right to feel frustrated, given the horrors inflicted by white men on non-white men on this soil over the last four centuries, there’s no denying that during the last 20 years the new hires in his line of work have had one thing glaringly in common—with very rare exceptions.
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On second-and-short, Drew Brees tried to dump a pass to a running back out in the flat, but the former Penn State walk-on intercepted Brees with nothing but green turf in front of him. A diving Brees almost caught Kilmer at the 20, which would have heaped shame on the tiny fraternity he didn’t realize he had just joined, but Kilmer scooted by and thus turned his first snap as an NFL cornerback into a 52-yard touchdown.
will we ever see a white corner full time again?
Posted on 4/28/17 at 12:53 pm to Winston Cup
Should we be talking about this? Is this okay to discuss?
Posted on 4/28/17 at 12:54 pm to Winston Cup
we used to have an annual thread even trying to find one on a p5 conference roster
Posted on 4/28/17 at 12:56 pm to BilJ
May have to revisit another time. That would be an exhausting search.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 12:57 pm to Winston Cup
The NFL is racist and has a white cornerback stereotype. Then again as in life, some people just might be better and committed to do something.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 12:59 pm to Winston Cup
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But even if we take issue with the white cornerback’s right to feel frustrated, given the horrors inflicted by white men on non-white men on this soil over the last four centuries
Posted on 4/28/17 at 1:00 pm to BilJ
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we used to have an annual thread even trying to find one on a p5 conference roster
oh yeah
when BYU went independent it basically fricked up that whole thing
Posted on 4/28/17 at 1:03 pm to BilJ
In America white kids probably get stunted from limited opportunities to play the position growing up,
The German receivers don't seem to have a problem.
The German receivers don't seem to have a problem.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 1:07 pm to Winston Cup
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given the horrors inflicted by white men on non-white men on this soil over the last four centuries
Posted on 4/28/17 at 1:09 pm to SlowFlowPro
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, Kevin Kaesviharn
Posted on 4/28/17 at 1:09 pm to tigerpimpbot
Need another Rooney rule
Must bring one to camp no matter how unqualified
Must bring one to camp no matter how unqualified
Posted on 4/28/17 at 1:14 pm to BilJ
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Kevin Kaesviharn
was a safety
but is right lol
This post was edited on 4/28/17 at 1:15 pm
Posted on 4/28/17 at 1:15 pm to Winston Cup
If Michigan had moved dat boi Sam McGuffie to corner like they should have this would be a non issue
Posted on 4/28/17 at 1:15 pm to Winston Cup
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Yes, it can get mighty awkward anytime a white man raises his hand and points out what might be a touch of racial discrimination against him, especially in America in 2017. But even if we take issue with the white cornerback’s right to feel frustrated, given the horrors inflicted by white men on non-white men on this soil over the last four centuries, there’s no denying that during the last 20 years the new hires in his line of work have had one thing glaringly in common—with very rare exceptions.
and there it is!
This part is the only reason this article was written and approved to be published.
"There's a position in the NFL that is 100% black? Okay, let's tell everyone that white men are the devil." - Sports Illustrated
Posted on 4/28/17 at 1:17 pm to SlowFlowPro
Just looked on 247, there are 127 cornerbacks listed, 1 is white. He's #108. Crazy.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 1:19 pm to Winston Cup
I would venture to say that in 20yrs, there may not be a single white person in the league. Right now, white people are predominantly O/D linemen, QB's and very few other skill positions ie linebacker, slot recievers.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 1:31 pm to Kracka
Woah Man, we just had a white rb go first round. Slow your roll.
Posted on 4/28/17 at 1:32 pm to Winston Cup
Yet nobody will ever admit the races have inherent genetic differences.
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