re: Was Trindon Holliday the fastest Tiger ever?

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Dude he was a 6 time All American sprinter for the track team. Finished 3rd in the 1988 200 and 6th in the outdoor 200, placed 4th in the 200 meter indoor in 1990, won the 55 and the 200, ran a 10.18 outdoors in the 100 and was the anchor on the LSU record holding 4x100 relay team, and that’s not even half of his track accomplishments. He ran a 4.3, 40 and a 9.3, 100 yards

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As a member of the committee that nominates T&F athletes for the LSU athletics HOF I can assure you I am familiar with Watkins’s accomplishments. He was a fantastic sprinter but not Olympic caliber as the previous poster suggested.

Well, you are but one opinion. Had he trained solely for track, many said he was destined for Olympic trials.

And since you are touting yourself so much..... try arguing with the LSUSports.Net


From LSU Sports.net:

SLIP WATKINS

BIO
Arguably the fastest man in LSU history ... An instrumental figure in LSU's back-to-back national outdoor track and field titles, Watkins sat out the 1989 football season to concentrate on his track career ... Returned to the gridiron for the 1990 season and was backup to All-Southeastern Conference split end Todd Kinchen ... Watkins was a backup tailback in 1988, but moved to flanker in 1989 and participated in most practices last fall ... Missed some early practices due to international track competition ... Dangerous return specialist who ranked No. 3 in the SEC in kickoff returns in 1988 ... This All-America track sprinter added a unique dimension to the Tiger offense and is a deep threat as a receiver.

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And since you are touting yourself so much..... try arguing with the LSUSports.Net From LSU Sports.net: SLIP WATKINS BIO Arguably the fastest man in LSU history ... An instrumental figure in LSU's back-to-back national outdoor track and field titles, Watkins sat out the 1989 football season to concentrate on his track career ... Returned to the gridiron for the 1990 season and was backup to All-Southeastern Conference split end Todd Kinchen ... Watkins was a backup tailback in 1988, but moved to flanker in 1989 and participated in most practices last fall ... Missed some early practices due to international track competition ... Dangerous return specialist who ranked No. 3 in the SEC in kickoff returns in 1988 ... This All-America track sprinter added a unique dimension to the Tiger offense and is a deep threat as a receiver.

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What about that suggests Olympic caliber?

Our track media guide has Trindon Holliday as the fastest football player ever. They use the 100 to determine this ranking so take that however you want.

Top 10 are
1- Holliday: 10.00
2- Jeff Demps (Fla) 10.01
3- Jacoby Ford (Clem) 10.01
4- Bob “Bullet” Hayes (FL A&M) 10.06
5- Ron Brown (ASU) 10.06
6- Alvis Whitted (NC ST) 10.07
7- Darrell Green (TX A&M Kville) 10.08
8- Willie Gault (Tenn) 10.10
9- Jonnie “lam” Jones (Texas) 10.14
10- Hershel Walker (UGA) 10.23

Yes Trindon Holliday was our fastest football player. At least amongst track guys.(in 100m since that’s a football field)

Trindon Holliday - 10.00
Xavier Carter - 10.09
Donte Jackson - 10.22
Kary Vincent - 10.38

But Trindon was the only one who was a defensive end.

Would have been unstoppable at DE

Fastest individual play (not player) I’ve ever seen. (Perhaps it was my angle).
Was Corey Webster chasing down an opponent. Going towards north endzone. Can’t remember who it was against. But I remember he eliminated an angle and put on the jets. I still believe it was fastest single play. Otherwise I agree trindon,

Sammy Martin was fastest white boy

I really enjoyed watching Trindon run in the open field. That man was gifted.