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Tall Safeties
Posted on 4/7/20 at 10:07 pm
Posted on 4/7/20 at 10:07 pm
Saw on the recruiting board where we were on a 6-5 safety recruit's radar.
Just wondering who was the tallest safety we've had. Some that were tall whom I remember were:
Chris Carrier - mid/late 80s (was also our deep snapper and seemed to always be the first one downfield in punt coverage)
Jeffrey Dale - early/mid 80s. (Had a great pick-6 vs OM in '84)
Robert DeRutte - late 70s (I recall him laying the wood to Buck Belue UGAs QB in '78). Sad to learn he passed away in 2018 at 58 yrs old.
Robert DeRutte Obituary
Just wondering who was the tallest safety we've had. Some that were tall whom I remember were:
Chris Carrier - mid/late 80s (was also our deep snapper and seemed to always be the first one downfield in punt coverage)
Jeffrey Dale - early/mid 80s. (Had a great pick-6 vs OM in '84)
Robert DeRutte - late 70s (I recall him laying the wood to Buck Belue UGAs QB in '78). Sad to learn he passed away in 2018 at 58 yrs old.
Robert DeRutte Obituary
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Posted on 4/7/20 at 10:14 pm to AlwysATgr
The guy on the recruiting board is 6’.05” I was mistaken at first too. The OP edited the post but Kam Chancellor comes to mind at 6’4. Also about 6 years West Virginia had 6’6 safety.
Posted on 4/7/20 at 10:15 pm to AlwysATgr
Steve Atwater
Posted on 4/7/20 at 10:16 pm to Paul Allen
Jerqwinick Sandolph
Posted on 4/7/20 at 10:20 pm to S
Curtis Taylor was 6’7’’
Posted on 4/7/20 at 10:21 pm to S
quote:
Jerqwinick Sandolph
He was like 6-1.
Carrier was listed at 6-5. Dale at 6-4, and I think DeRutte at 6-6 (but that's going off my old and occasionally suspect memory).
Posted on 4/7/20 at 10:21 pm to AlwysATgr
Curtis Taylor was pretty tall IIRC
Posted on 4/7/20 at 10:29 pm to AlwysATgr
Delpit & chad Jones are both 6’2”. That’s in the 86th percentile
This post was edited on 4/7/20 at 10:48 pm
Posted on 4/7/20 at 10:49 pm to Lester Earl
Surprised you didn’t mention your boy Craig Steltz. He’s probably around 6’2”.
Posted on 4/7/20 at 10:53 pm to philly444
Pat Watkins from Florida state was like 6-5 played a few years in the nfl
Posted on 4/7/20 at 11:12 pm to Paul Allen
quote:
Steve Atwater
Freaking animal. Atwater was one of the best college safeties I’ve seen.
Posted on 4/7/20 at 11:52 pm to Paul Allen
From what I could find online, Atwater was 6-3.
Posted on 4/7/20 at 11:53 pm to DBG
quote:
Curtis Taylor was 6’7’’
In stilettos
Posted on 4/8/20 at 12:25 am to AlwysATgr
Merton Hanks didn’t play at LSU but he was a 6’2 safety. If he had a normal neck, he would’ve been only 5’7.
Posted on 4/8/20 at 12:48 am to S
Don't remember Watkins but he seems to be the tallest in recent history.
George Iloka was starting strong safety for the Bengals from 2013-2017 at 6'4 225, he's the tallest I can recall.
George Iloka was starting strong safety for the Bengals from 2013-2017 at 6'4 225, he's the tallest I can recall.
Posted on 4/8/20 at 5:45 am to CDawson
Back when a player could really hit someone.
Posted on 4/8/20 at 6:08 am to Wuhanflu
Anthony Marshall 6’2”—6’3”
Posted on 4/8/20 at 6:11 am to AlwysATgr
If only they would have let Trindon Holiday split his time at DE and safety 
Posted on 4/8/20 at 6:12 am to AlwysATgr
I remember watching Micheal Clayton 6'4" lay the wood in highschool and at LSU during kick coverage on special teams, and he would line up at deep safety during prevent defense. Im almost positive he would have been a first rounder at safety also. Stud
Posted on 4/8/20 at 7:37 am to Lester Earl
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