re: Who was LSU's last "freak" (athlete)?

oh i almost went with cannon but i went for a more recent guy who's always brought up in the same athletic breaths

This is the stupidest, vaguest, comical thread that was probably started by the first poster to be a rational discussion that has turned into a laughing stock due to the inability of said poster to communicate effectively what it was he was looking for... I am now dumber for reading 8 pages of it and I quit...

steve korte? Give me a f'n break... Based on measureables... so he is the first freak athlete in football since Tommy Casanova, who you don't have measureables for... great work

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steve korte? Give me a f'n break

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just stop. i'm doing you a favor. stay out of this thread for your own good. don't look back.

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Are we really having a 20+ page thread about Stephen Korte?

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SFP is drooling over the chance...

I'm not reading 20 pages.

In football, I'm going with Jamarcus Russell. Yes, he was a freak, every TV announcer told me so.

In basketball, it has to be Shaq.

what about Mike Ford? benching 420 at age 19?

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what about Mike Ford? benching 420 at age 19?

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Damn impressive, but others at LSU have equalled or exceeded that.

My nomination is Andolsek in 1986:

6'2" 292
<9% Bodyfat
Combine 40 - 4.89s
BP 530
Squat 705
Powerclean 460

Add the animalistic play and you have a legend folks.

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My nomination is Andolsek in 1986:

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Good one. While up in Dallas I went out to eat with the Football Coaches at SMU, along with us was this guy.....

Bert Hill

He was up in Detroit with Eric. We talked a good while about Eric, such a loss. RIP.

Oh, some on here said in this day and time, LSU would more than likely pass on Eric, he wouldn't get a Football offer.

sfp, i know what you mean man. As you mentioned Pat Willis, Vernon Davis, Darren McFadden, Jevon Kearse, and I'm not sure about all of his combine numbers, but I would say Chris Johnson of the Titans is probably in there (Calvin Johnson and Larry Fitzgerald too). These guys are in a class of their own in that they combine incredible speed, quickness, strength, explosion, jumping ability, and so on. I mean every year there are phenomenal players that come out of college, but its very rare when someone puts up extraordinary numbers in all of the tests that reflect athleticism.

I have noticed that a lot of people don't really get this concept, especially older guys, And it seems like in this thread, the posters are really getting a kick out of painting you as absurd and unreasonable. I will say that you could have been a little more thorough in your question, and the whole Casanova thing really threw people off, but it sounds like its popular on this board to be against you.

Anyways i would put Laron Landry and Trindon Holliday in the freak category. I mean, Laron at like 215 running in the 4.3's, vertical of 38, broad jump 10-6, and 20 reps at 225 (ya, maybe he didn't do them perfectly, but anybody who has watched him play knows how strong he is. And we will have to see what numbers Trindon puts up but goodness, 10 flat 100 meters. I'll bet he has an insane vertical. And at 160-165, I don't know how many reps he'll put up, but again he shows great strength (and toughness) when he runs.

I don't know about Korte. What did he do??