he was great but not great enough to get number retired. Got to have a Shaq and Pistol Pete type legacy. Shaq and Pistol are legendary. Dorsey isn't legendary. Dorsey isn't really known beyond LSU or serious sports fans.

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Posted by Tigeralum2008

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Posted on 8/11/17 at 9:27 am to airfernando

What about Kevin Mawae?

Not only a great LSU player but HoF NFLer and still an active donor to LSU.

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Posted by Alt26

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Posted on 8/11/17 at 11:42 am to airfernando

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he was great but not great enough to get number retired. Got to have a Shaq and Pistol Pete type legacy. Shaq and Pistol are legendary. Dorsey isn't legendary. Dorsey isn't really known beyond LSU or serious sports fans

You could say the same thing about Billy Cannon and Tommy Cassanova, but they both have their numbers retired.

You could make the argument that Jerry Stovall should have his number retired before Dorsey. Stovall was an All-American and finished 2nd in the 1962 Heisman voting. He also came in as a last second HC after the death of Bo Rein.

Personally, I don't particularly like retiring numbers in football unless the player did something truly special such as winning the Heisman. But Dorsey is as well know to Tiger fans as both Cannon and Cassanova

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Posted by nicholastiger

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Posted on 8/11/17 at 12:39 pm to airfernando

It will come to past
He will have his day in the limelight

Did Dorsey ever finish school?
That could be some of it.

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