Your favorite 5 off/5 def players in your program's history

[charlie42s]

Offense 1. Earl Campbell 2. Vince Young 3. Colt McCoy 4. Ricky Williams 5. James Street
just missed Jerry Sizemore, Roosevelt Leaks, Johnny "Lam" Jones & Johnny "Ham" Jones.

Defense 1. Kenneth Sims 2. Derrick Johnson 3. Earl Thomas 4. Brian Orakpo 5. Brad Shearer
just missed Doug English, Steve McMichael, Jerry Gray, Johnnie Johnson

Before my time awards Tommy Nobis, Bobby Layne

 

[Wheat]

Greg wasn't that small, I think you might be thinking of Joe Washington.

actually both were listed at 5'10", but Pruitt was about 10-15 lbs heavier.


however, both were incredible. hard to pick between them.

 

[Wheat]

I don't know, but I've seen all the OU greats since Womak and Owens myself...

god yer old, but then the first game I saw in Norman was also in the Owens, Warmack and Zabel era.

3 yards and a could of dust, baby!

It's really hard to pick just 5 a side for OU. There have been a bunch.....

 

[olympicoscar]

I'll just do Ohio State.

Offense

Archie Griffin
John Hicks
Paul Warfield
Eddie George
Troy Smith

Defense

Andy Katzenmoyer
Tom Cousineau
Chris Spielman
Jack Tatum
Jim Stillwagon

 

[Texas Jefe]

1o. Major
2o. VY
3o. Ricky
4o. Dave Thomas
5o. Phil Dawson

1d. Bryant Westbrook
2d. Derrick Johnson
3d. Tony Brackens
4d. Huff
5d. Robison/Crowder

1996 Bryant Westbrook hit on Notre Dame - YouTube

Damn! One of my absolute favorite players of all time! Cant believe I left him off my list...

My fave example of him: Rose Bowl, Tex vs. Michigan. Texas was driving, VY took off around the left end, and broke down the left sideline. There was one guy lining up to stop him, and then a flash just takes him out!

It was Thomas, coming across the field, running full speed, lays out parallel to the ground and takes this guy out just before he can tackle VY. Vince then high steps into the endzone. Just epitomized David Thomas.

 

[TexasExes98]

Damn! One of my absolute favorite players of all time! Cant believe I left him off my list...

My fave example of him: Rose Bowl, Tex vs. Michigan. Texas was driving, VY took off around the left end, and broke down the left sideline. There was one guy lining up to stop him, and then a flash just takes him out!

It was Thomas, coming across the field, running full speed, lays out parallel to the ground and takes this guy out just before he can tackle VY. Vince then high steps into the endzone. Just epitomized David Thomas.

He was also beast mode in the BCS title game vs USC. 10 catches in that game.

 

[mutiger]

Mizzou

Offense
Brad Smith
Jeremy Maclin
Brock Olivo
Chase Coffman
Chase Daniel

Defense
Justin Smith
Aldon Smith
Sean Weatherspoon
EJ Gaines
William Moore

 

[006]

Offense:
Jamal Lewis
Marcus Nash
Carl Pickens
Shawn Bryson
Tee Martin

Defense:
Al Wilson
Leonard Little
Deon Grant
Raynoch Thompson
Reggie White

 

[Chewbaccer]

Offense

1. David Greene
2. AJ Green
3. Todd Gurley
4. Hines Ward
5. Aaron Murray

Defense

1. David Pollack
2. Champ Bailey
3. Jarvis Jones
4. Greg Blue
5. Brandon Boykin

 

[Wamu]

I'll just do Ohio State.

Offense

Archie Griffin
John Hicks
Paul Warfield
Eddie George
Troy Smith

Defense

Andy Katzenmoyer
Tom Cousineau
Chris Spielman
Jack Tatum
Jim Stillwagon

Great list. Mine would be (in no order)...

Offense: Cris Carter, Eddie George, Beanie Wells, David Boston, Ezekiel Elliot
Defense: Chris Spielman, Antoine Winfield, AJ Hawk, Joey Bosa, Mike Doss


* only went w/ players I've seen play otherwise Archie would be listed

 

[Goldbug]

Offense:
Billy Sims
Jack Mildren
Joe Washington
Greg Pruitt
Keith Jackson

Defense:
Lee Roy Selmon
Tony Casillas
Jimbo Elrod
Roy Williams
Brian Bosworth

Under the radar: Offense -- Joe Wylie: The fastest white running back ever at OU and also a great punter.
Under the radar: Defense -- Scotty Hill: Unbelievably hard tackler. Knocked Tony Dorsett out of the game when Pittsburgh played in Norman.

 

[RaidaDave]

Offense

Chad Cota. The leader of the Gang Green defense in 1994. Reckless abandon. Those words identify Cota perfectly. Yet he also played smart. He led his team to a PAC title that nobody saw coming. I see him as the MVP of that Duck team.

I played against Chad Cota in High School. I actually played corner and had to cover him when he was on offense from the 7th grade up until graduation. He was one of the faster players in our conference back then. He was one of the top 2 players in the Southern Oregon Conference in the late 80's along with Heath Howington from Roseburg.

 

[RaidaDave]

Offense
1. Marcus Mariota
2. Marcus Allen
3. Dennis Dixon
4. Derrick Loville
5. Jonathan Stewart

Defense:
1. Kiko Alonzo
2. Haloti Ngata
3. Kenny Wheaton
4. Chad Cota
5. Wesley Mallard

 

[WhiteMamba]

Offense
1. Marcus Mariota
2. Marcus Allen
3. Dennis Dixon
4. Derrick Loville
5. Jonathan Stewart

Defense:
1. Kiko Alonzo
2. Haloti Ngata
3. Kenny Wheaton
4. Chad Cota
5. Wesley Mallard

You're doing it wrong

 

[RaidaDave]

You're doing it wrong

How should I be doing it?

 

[WhiteMamba]

How should I be doing it?

lol. Just giving u grief over including a Trojan

Read thread header.

 

[RaidaDave]

lol. Just giving u grief over including a Trojan

Read thread header.

LOL. I was a big Marcus Allen fan from the start. I even wore #32 in high school.

In that case, I would put in Tony Hartley.

 

[WhiteMamba]

LOL. I was a big Marcus Allen fan from the start. I even wore #32 in high school.

I had his Raiders jersey as a kid.

Doesn't change the fact he was a Troj

 

[WhiteMamba]

But hey, my fav Raider was a Stanford guy. Plunkett

 

[RaidaDave]

But hey, my fav Raider was a Stanford guy. Plunkett

A friend of my grandmother's used to pick up Plunk from high school football practice. I was over at her house once, I must have been about 4 or 5 years old and she had me answer the phone for her. It was actually Plunk calling her to see how she was doing. I didn't know who it was at the time, but thought it was pretty cool later in life.