re: Athlete that you most thought would be a superstar but ended up a bust?

Posted by Paul Allen

Montauk, NY

Member since Nov 2007

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Posted on 7/18/20 at 10:00 pm to TheeRealCarolina

Dan “big daddy” Wilkinson

Posted by Ric Flair

Charlotte

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Posted on 7/18/20 at 10:16 pm to PhillyFan1994

Gregg Jeffries. Still have a few of his Donruss rookie cards if anyone is interested in buying.

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Posted by sgallo3

Dorne

Member since Sep 2008

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Posted on 7/18/20 at 10:20 pm to Ric Flair

i'm drawing a blank cuz i almost never have super high hopes. but i'm pretty sure i thought Michael Clayton was gonna be a great NFL player. idk about superstar tho

This post was edited on 7/18/20 at 10:21 pm

Posted by Hogwarts

Arkansas, USA

Member since Sep 2015

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Posted on 7/18/20 at 10:20 pm to Ric Flair

Greg Oden

Posted by HoyaSker

Washington Red...err, something fan

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Posted on 7/18/20 at 10:20 pm to PhillyFan1994

Peter Warrick, Reggie Bush

Posted by lsusa

Doing Missionary work for LSU

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Posted on 7/18/20 at 10:30 pm to HoyaSker

Felipe Lopez. Got all they hype in HS as the next MJ.

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Posted by MUMFORD

Houston

Member since Nov 2008

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Posted on 7/18/20 at 10:43 pm to lsusa

Tony Mandarich

Todd Marinovich

Archie Griffin

Posted by VA LSU fan

Virginia

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Posted on 7/18/20 at 10:45 pm to lsusa

Football
Maurice Clarett -RB
Charles Rogers - WR
Glenn Dorsey -DT

Basketball
Greg Oden -C

Posted by Rockbrc

Attic

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7947 posts

Posted on 7/18/20 at 11:35 pm to PhillyFan1994

Furniss

Posted by ItalianIceMaker

Member since May 2020

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Posted on 7/18/20 at 11:53 pm to Rockbrc

Glen Dorsey

Posted by VolsOut4Harambe

Atlanta, GA

Member since Sep 2017

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Posted on 7/19/20 at 12:36 am to PhillyFan1994

Basketball: Greg Oden, OJ Mayo

Football: Brady Quinn

Posted by BuckyCheese

Member since Jan 2015

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Posted on 7/19/20 at 12:38 am to ItalianIceMaker

Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa

Member since Nov 2015

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Posted on 7/19/20 at 12:45 am to PhillyFan1994

Zola Budd

If only she had a Nike sponsorship she would've gotten some shoes and been the GOAT.

Posted by Palm Beach Tiger

Orlando, Florida

Member since Jan 2007

29872 posts

Posted on 7/19/20 at 2:50 am to Hamma1122

Yeah, I thought Tim Couch was gonna be Peyton Manning level.

Posted by theducks

Where The Blazers Play

Member since Aug 2013

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Posted on 7/19/20 at 3:04 am to PhillyFan1994

Laquan Treadwell I was really high on.

I was pissed when LaMichael James was picked a few spots ahead of Ronnie Hillman going to Denver. Iirc we traded down in the mid-late 2nd round.

Posted by Corso

Atlanta

Member since Feb 2020

10815 posts

Posted on 7/19/20 at 3:24 am to TigerAlumni2010

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Peter Warrick, he was probably the most dynamic WR I have seen at the college level.

I'm obviously biased but to this day I've never seen anybody like Peter Warrick. People literally stood up when he got the ball just to see what the hell he was gonna do. He blew his knee out early with the Bengals but I thought he would terrorize the NFL for a decade. The one thing that keeps me watching the NFL is watching former CFB stars adapt to the insane level of play they have to step up to

Posted by Ssubba

Member since Oct 2014

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Posted on 7/19/20 at 5:46 am to Corso

I thought Percy Harvin would be a Julio Jones level receiver.

Posted by Genestealer55

ARLINGTON

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Posted on 7/19/20 at 5:47 am to PhillyFan1994

Michelle Wie