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The Power Four => Big Ten => Topic started by: OrangeAfroMan on April 13, 2026, 08:57:58 PM
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I'm moving on from the Mt Rushmore series to one inspired by a different yt video. Genetic freaks.
So it's not about production, it's just add guys who were genetically gifted from birth. Guys who were too fast at their size or too big at their speed, etc.
QBs - Vick,
RBs - A.Peterson, Dupree, Bo,
WRs - Moss, Calvin Johnson,
TEs - Pitts,
OL - Pace, Ogden,
DT - Suh,
DE - Clowney
LB - Kearse, Arrington
CB - Deion?
S - Sean Taylor, Taylor Mays,
Maybe include guys who didn't pan out, but maybe getting off the bus looked like THE legit dude.
Who else would you add on?
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Daunte Culpepper kinda had that look, certainly worthy of QB2 here.
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Daunte Culpepper kinda had that look, certainly worthy of QB2 here.
only legit answer is Cam. Freakish size and strength and speed combo. Dude was bulldozing SEC LBs and DLs and running away from DBs en route to a heisman and natty.
Barry Sanders has to be there at RB. Freakish agility and change of direction- mortal RBs knee ligaments would explode or their ankles would snap doing the shit he did.
Charles Woodson in his prime was pretty freakish. Ditto Champ Bailey.
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BO
Andy Katzenmoyer
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Purdue fans (and OSU fans lol) might add WR Rondale Moore.
He wasn't the "Greek God" version of genetic freak. He was small and fast. What made him a genetic freak was how strong he was for that size and speed. 5'7" and 170# and he could squat 600#. Had such amazing strength that he was fast in a straight line but could cut on a dime at speed, and yet was damn hard to tackle for a 170# guy.
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Tony Mandarich comes to mind.
Herschel Walker was a freak.
Big John Henderson "Baby Shaq" as he was dubbed.
Jerome Bettis.
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That huge fat QB at Kentucky a couple decades ago was pretty freakish.
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QB - Tebow and Cam come to mind. Always seemed like "more" than they physically could have possibly been. I remember in the 2007 LSU/UF game, a couple of plays where 2 or 3 LSU front 7 defenders got hold of Tebow behind the line for what seemed like a sure-fire sack, and then he somehow drug everybody for a 2 yard gain. Might seem like a small thing, but it had that "WTF? He shouldn't be able to do that" quality. He had a lot of plays like that. Cam too.
maybe VY also. His ability to gracefully sidestep defenders and then outrun everybody was insane. Jayden had that too, though he wasn't a long-strider like VY.
Some of those Ohio St. qbs.....guys like Cardale Jones, even Pryor (if we're not talking about production)....they had a few that were a hassle and a half, physically.
Megatron at WR. Maybe I'm letting NFL cloud my judgement, but just thinking about physical freaks, he seems to qualify.
Patrick Peterson at CB. 220-pounders shouldn't be able to move their hips like that, and his speed was ridiculous.
LSU had a string of DE's back in the day who were oddly freakish. 300 pounders that still moved and got after the QB like they were 240, but with all the muscle that goes with being a big lane-clogger. Spears, Hill, Jackson....maybe some others I'm forgetting.
Utility player - Percy Harvin. Guy was like a road runner on a field full of hapless Wile E. Coyotes.
LB - Patrick Willis at Ole Miss. I saw him in person one time, he stood out compared to everybody on the field....on both teams.
Um....back to QB, throw Jamarcus Russell and Ryan Mallett in there. Their arms were insane.
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What was Brian Urlacher like in college?
Again this could be "NFL clouding my judgement", but I recall a CHI/ATL game one year where the announcers said that Vick and Urlacher were the two fastest guys on the field.
There's no way someone that big should be that fast.
But I don't know if that is something that we learned more from his NFL days than his college days...
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What was Brian Urlacher like in college?
Again this could be "NFL clouding my judgement", but I recall a CHI/ATL game one year where the announcers said that Vick and Urlacher were the two fastest guys on the field.
There's no way someone that big should be that fast.
But I don't know if that is something that we learned more from his NFL days than his college days...
I think he played Safety at New Mexico, and he bulked up to take that MLB Bears position over as the heir apparent to Singletary.
But I was cornfused yesterday. Hope I get my synapses firing again before trivia night at the wine bar tonight.
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DE--Reggie White. 4.6 40
RB--Derrick Henry. Dude is a monster and ran the fastest of any player on a field last year. Still.
"" --Christian Okoye. Nigerian Nightmare at full head of steam was a fright, although--
S Steve Atwater caught him one time--and he was a Hitter as well.
WR--Randy Moss. Best deep threat ever, imo
RB--Ricky Williams. Size and speed combo, just didn't translate like Henry's has.
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WR Ted Ginn JR at tOSU. He had football speed that was insane. There are a few games that stand out but even against top tier opponents if he had a step he was gone because NOBODY was going to catch him. I remember against Texas in 2006 he caught a pass that was just a short crossing route but the top-flight Texas DBs just couldn't keep up and he turned a routine first down into a long TD. Against Michigan in 2004 (his freshman season) he had a punt return that was the same way. He juked a guy and then it was all over. I specifically cited Texas and Michigan here because they have top-tier 5* DBs. I'm not talking about outrunning some walk-on playing for a MAC opponents, I'm talking about top-tier 5* DBs at Texas and Michigan who looked like they were running in quicksand next to Ted Ginn.
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Charles Woodson in his prime was pretty freakish.
I second this. Dude was stronger than LBers and faster than DBs.
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I managed a post without a homer twist a minute ago. Gotta correct that.
Talking about a small guy doing things nobody else's legs would stay together attempting, Barry Sanders, I submit another Kansas kid that just made tacklers look silly--Darren Sproles.
Wild Bill Snyder didn't even pay attention to freshman back in those times, but the starting defense looked like the keystone cops trying to tackle him in practice, so he went on the field as a frosh eventually.
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Sproles was scary as an opponent - the 2003 game in Lincoln - 25 carries = 140 yards
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I managed a post without a homer twist a minute ago. Gotta correct that.
Talking about a small guy doing things nobody else's legs would stay together attempting, Barry Sanders, I submit another Kansas kid that just made tacklers look silly--Darren Sproles.
Wild Bill Snyder didn't even pay attention to freshman back in those times, but the starting defense looked like the keystone cops trying to tackle him in practice, so he went on the field as a frosh eventually.
All Saints fans love Tiny Sproles.
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Talking about a small guy doing things nobody else's legs would stay together attempting, Barry Sanders, I submit another Kansas kid that just made tacklers look silly--Darren Sproles.
He played 14 seasons and that's not including missing his 2nd season with a broken ankle.
Didn't know this:
- Sproles holds the NFL record for most single-season all-purpose yardage, with 2,696 yards in 2011.
- He shares the record for most receptions in a playoff game with 15.
- He is ranked 6th in career all-purpose yards in NFL history (19,696 yards)
Dayum - Ya he was a Baller
Sort of reminds me of an Offensive version of London Fletcher @ LB all over the the place, only he was a Cleveland kid. Led the whole league in tackles in 2011 and he finished his career having played in 256 consecutive games and starting 215 consecutive games, which is the NFL all-time record of consecutive starts at the linebacker position
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Sproles was scary as an opponent - the 2003 game in Lincoln - 25 carries = 140 yards
The Good Ole Days. Ell Roberson and Sproles running the ball.
And that was so long ago, our QB from 9 yrs after they were done is now our head coach.
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time flies when yer havin fun!