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Ted Ginn was the fastest looking guy I remember for OSU

Ginn's track times were good but it was his football speed that really impressed me.  Watching him on the field he was just a LOT faster than everybody around him.  The plays that stick out most to me are his TD right before halftime against Texas in '06 and the punt return against Michigan in '04.  In both cases it was just amazing to watch him pull away from his pursuers.  

Ginn's track times were good but it was his football speed that really impressed me.  Watching him on the field he was just a LOT faster than everybody around him.  The plays that stick out most to me are his TD right before halftime against Texas in '06 and the punt return against Michigan in '04.  In both cases it was just amazing to watch him pull away from his pursuers. 

Ginn is definitely one of the fastest CFB players I've ever seen. What about his kick return on the opening play of the Florida-OSU national title game? Joey Galloway was an extremely fast Buckeye as well. Have to think it's between those two guys for fastest Buckeye.

the guy I remember having and amazing top gear was Eric Dickerson from SMU, one half of the Pony Express

the way he pulled away from DBs in the NFL and made many take bad angles was crazy

Eric Dickerson was absolutely phenomenal. He gets forgotten far too often in the greatest RB ever discussion. He is right up there with Barry, Walter, and Jim Brown in that all-time greatest discussion imo.

His first 7 years in the NFL were better than any RB in history first 7 years. It's not close imo.

1,808 yards & 18 TD's - full 16 games
2,105 yards & 14 TD's - full 16 games
1,234 yards & 12 TD's - he held out for a bigger contract and missed 3 games
1,821 yards & 11 TD's - full 16 games
1,288 yards & 6 TD's  - only 12 game season that year due to NFL player strike
1,659 yards & 14 TD's - full 16 games
1,311 yards & 7 TD's - missed 2 games with injury

11,226 rushing yards and 82 rushing TD's in only 7 seasons. One of which was a strike shortened season, another in which he missed 2 games with injury, and another in which he held out for a bigger contract. Pretty damn impressive.

Forcing a trade to the awful Colts and injuries started to derail his career. As brilliant as his first 7 years were, his last 4 was just a cliff dive. He went from being the most productive back in NFL history to one of the least productive.

The guy I remember catching him is still the fastest player I’ve probably ever seen on a football field. Darrell Green.

absolutely


Green was the fastest

"Prime Time" and "Neon Deion" didn't like it, but it is the truth

I think a 17 year old can still mature physically, of course, so a 3 star guy might be able to catch up because of that if the 5 star guy is already peaked.

There also is an intelligence factor key for many positions which I think can be undervalued.

I also wonder how they evaluate a player in a smaller school who perhaps doesn't do all these camps, he just plays football in football season and then baseball and basketball.  He may physically be dominant at the small school level but you don't know how that will translate when playing against athletes of his size and speed etc.

Herschel was like this, played Class C ball, I know this was 1979.  Apparently when he got to UGA Dooley confided he might just be a "big stiff fullback".  He didn't look good in practice.

I'm not sure what was more impressive about Darrell Greene - his speed, or his longevity.  He was still crazy-fast in his late 30s/early 40s.

if he had cover skilz he would have been a corner somewhere at 160, even if he was 5'7"