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

quote:

---

Nope, but he is heading to the HOF....

Dude is 31 with 41,025 yards, 256 TD, 89.3 QBR

---

He’s a compiler
End of his career he’s going to be atop all the passing stats and that’s what people will use to get him in

Wiggins, depending on how much of a bust you want to call him. It's a pretty empty 20 ppg from him with not a whole lot else going on. I stupidly think he will still improve slightly, but he's not gonna be a superstar (obviously).

quote:

---

That LB who went to the Seahawks with the #5 pick, dude was a complete player and I thought the Saints made a mistake passing on him. Think he was from U of Washington

---

you mean in the 5th round, not the #5 pick

Nm

Dennis Smith JR is far from a bust.

Aaron Curry
Darren McFadden
Jimmy Clausen
Jarvis Moss
Trent Richardson
Taylor Mays

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

quote:

---

Johnny football

---

Y’all honestly thought he’d be a superstar?
His highlight reel was nothing but busted plays where he scrambled and/or slung it down the field where Mike Evans would bail him out with a great catch.

Tracy Rocker - an absolute stud at AU. Wasn't necessarily a bust. But I thought he'd be a Randy White/Bob Lily type HoFer.

There are basically 3 different kinds of busts, maybe 4:

1. The injuries guys. Jabari Parker and Darren McFadden. Talent wasn’t/isn’t their problem. Health is.

2. The workout wonders. Guys like Vernon Gholston, Fabian Washington, and Darrius Heyward-Bey. These guys should have been mid to late round pick ups. Stud athletes but their performances came nowhere near their athletic profiles.

3. The jackasses. Johnny Manziel, Ryan Leaf, and JaMarcus Russell. The guys who didn’t have the right attitude and everyone knew they wouldn’t pan out.

4. They just didn’t have it. Tebow, Aaron Curry. Had the physical tools, good men, good work ethic, but for whatever reason - bad situation, out of position, bad luck - just didn’t make it.

Then there is Troy Bell. Troy Bell played 4 years of highly productive basketball at Boston College. He was a 3 time Big East All-Conference player, 2 time All-American player, and was Big East PotY twice as well. He was the 16th player taken in his draft. He played in 6 games in his rookie season for a grand total of 34 minutes. Those were the only 34 minutes of his NBA career. He was cut after the season and bounced around Europe with marginal contributions.

That has to be the biggest bust to me in the last 40-50 years at least. No injuries, no major work ethic issues, no off the playing field issues, not a one year or workout wonder, he just completely busted.

I wouldn’t call Russell Shepard a bust because he played well for the tigers and in the NFL, but the fact he never threw a pass for LSU still baffles me.