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I was thinking this would be a good thread - just bringing up random guys that many may have forgotten.

For me, I just drove cross-country, and for some reason, Cecil Collins popped in my head while I drove through Louisiana.

Collins only played 4 games in his career, in 1997 for LSU.  But he was notable because he rushed for 8.3 yards per carry.  He only played because Kevin Faulk got hurt.  Rondell Mealey took over after him - but for a 4-game stretch - it was Cecil Collins getting it done.




Any of you have some random players that swirl around in your head from time to time?

Cedric Cobbs....Arkansas tailback around '03....not sure he was ever a household name because he seemed to have trouble getting his head on straight, but his highlights were fun when he was focused and got just a little help.  Best/worst memory I have of him is the 2003 Ark/LSU game.  LSU figured out something with the blocking scheme in the second half and Cobb went quiet, but man did he run wild on us for a half that day.  That '03 tiger defense was pretty good, too.

I was talking just the other day with a guy about Cecil Collins.  He's LSU's version of "The Best That Never Was."  Insane athletic potential.  He played his high school ball not far from me, and the amount of stuff that came out his community covered up to get him to LSU was ridiculous at best, immoral and possibly criminal at worst.  There are guys who have discipline problems, and then there are the Cecil Collins of the world....I met him one time after he was booted at LSU and landed at McNeese (where he was subsequently also booted).  He wasn't just "not the sharpest tool in the shed"....he seemed to have legit trouble putting a sentence together.  I remember coming away with the impression that he was surely not all there and have never been sure since how much his actions were his fault and how much fault lay with people who should've looked out for him.  He still made an NFL team, I think one of the Florida franchises, but he broke into a woman's house and went to prison shortly thereafter.  Never heard much more about him.  Still, the thought of him and Kevin Faulk sharing carries on the same team make LSU fans both drool and cry to this day.  He had some RUNS in those 4 games.  

A more of a never-was for Florida was Willie Green.  He was a top RB recruit, but kept tearing up his knees at UF.  I believe he had 5 major knees surgeries and never did anything.  In high school, he had similar numbers to Emmitt.  He was a speed back, though, and everyone was so excited to have him at uF.

Anyway, yeah, he ends up as a major cocaine trafficker in FL and going to jail.  So there's that.

He was merely large at UK....he didn't get super-sized until Arena football.

Didn't he get booted from the team for disciplinary reasons?

BTW, Afroman may have been kidding about Jarad Lorentzen being a guard, but he was a 300 pound plus butterball qb for Kentucky who was quite good.

What ever happened to the orange haired fan from whom who Afro adopted his name from? I remember he went everywhere college games were televised and they showed him in many games?

Marcus Lattimore.

Chris Leak

Back in the 70's or 80's there was this fan who had long orange hair who went to games all over the country. He was always shown on television and became a minor celebrity. I thought that might be the person the you used to come up with your name. What happened to him?