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re: Most Freakishly Athletic LSU FB Players Ever?
Posted on 9/21/20 at 6:04 pm to Awlunz Tiger
Posted on 9/21/20 at 6:04 pm to Awlunz Tiger
Tyrann was a completely average athletically. 4.5 40 and a 34” very at 5’9 is pretty unspectacular.
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Posted on 9/21/20 at 6:05 pm to PhillyFan1994
Honey badger. Period.
Posted on 9/21/20 at 6:06 pm to 216 Tailback
I have an Arnold Miller game helmet, It’s one of my most cherished pieces of memorabilia. I think he’s a 1st team alltime special teams player at LSU, he had an incredible niche for blocking kicks.
Posted on 9/21/20 at 6:07 pm to Madking
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Honey badger. Period.
The question was most athletic, not most instinctive, for which he is undoubtedly the very best ever.
This post was edited on 9/21/20 at 6:08 pm
Posted on 9/21/20 at 6:08 pm to bugafor6
But when you’re that good and that accurate when it comes to understanding football and anticipating you makeup for those split seconds he didn’t have in raw speed. A 4.5 player can play like a 4.3 guy during game situations and that’s what The Honey Badger did.
Posted on 9/21/20 at 6:10 pm to 216 Tailback
But athleticism isn’t just speed. Another great example is Corey Webster, he cant run like some of our corners, take a track guy like Chris Cummings for example, but Webster had much better hips, balance, strength and hand eye coordination. It’s not speed only when you’re talking about athleticism.
Posted on 9/21/20 at 6:12 pm to PhillyFan1994
Devin White
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Patrick Peterson
Keke Mingo
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Patrick Peterson
Posted on 9/21/20 at 6:18 pm to soccerfüt
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but he has the “it” thing in football.
That “it” was/is football iq and instincts. Don’t get me wrong. He’s one of the best safeties in the NFL so he’s a word class athlete. But he doesn’t run faster than his peers, he isn’t stronger than them, he doesn’t jump higher than them and he isn’t bigger than them. He wins the battles because he’s smarter and he wants it more.
He’s like Burrow. He’s a freak competitor but he’s not a freak athlete.
Posted on 9/21/20 at 6:31 pm to Lester Earl
Russell Gage
Posted on 9/21/20 at 6:53 pm to sjmabry
Posted on 9/21/20 at 6:55 pm to bugafor6
quote:
Tyrann was a completely average athletically. 4.5 40
40- 79 %tile
10yd split 90%tile
3 cone drill 78%tile
Shuttle 67% tile
All above average movement measures for safeties
Posted on 9/21/20 at 6:55 pm to PhillyFan1994
Jessie Hester
Posted on 9/21/20 at 7:20 pm to PhillyFan1994
Bradie James
Posted on 9/21/20 at 7:24 pm to Lester Earl
4.5, 40 isn’t even bad for a safety. I think because he was mostly a corner here fans think of him in those terms about his 40 but 4.5 is plenty for what he is as a player.
Posted on 9/21/20 at 7:41 pm to Count deMonet
Curly didn’t start coaching until 91. Mike Archer didn’t put Kenny on the field.
Posted on 9/21/20 at 8:06 pm to js1591
Jessie Hester played at FSU
Posted on 9/21/20 at 8:11 pm to PhillyFan1994
Ratphuck Mobley
Posted on 9/21/20 at 8:12 pm to 225Tyga
I was going to say Chad Jones, one of the goats two sport guys at LSU
Posted on 9/21/20 at 8:16 pm to inadaze
quote:maybe im off base but ive always thought he's one of the most under-appreciated tigers ever
Trindon Holliday.
Posted on 9/21/20 at 8:33 pm to lsufanva
quote:finally, an OL mention!
Another on the current team that won't get consideration because he's an OL is Dare Rosenthal. If he trains well for the combine in a couple of years(hopefully) he could possibly break 5 seconds in the 40.
Freakishly athletic" means athletic for their frame/size in my book. Dare certainly does/can qualify.
Faneca deserves a mention. When Roaf (LA Tech, Saints) is being marveled at for running a 5.0 40yd, Faneca could have smoked him.
Agree wholeheartedly with the Kitchen mentions. I'll add Eddie Kennison to that. While it is hard to compare over generations and eras, for his time Kennison could do so much with his upper body while still flying with his lower body. It was indeed freakish to see all this movement above the hips while he never broke stride or lost a step.
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