I'll start with Larry Dibbles. Right after graduating from COLA, the only place that would hire my stupid, drugged out ass for any reason was a plaintiff's firm that desperately needed a legal assistant to abuse for a whopping $15.00 per hour (eat shit, engineering grads). We represented some kid who got his jaw broken by Larry Dibbles on 6th. I did some digging and found that Larry Dibbles was a five star (and he WAS a 5 star no matter what revisionist bullshit Rivals puts out there now). My boss and I were convinced that this was a potentially huge payday. It... was not. Anyway, Larry Dibbles, you still owe me a $250 bonus or whatever that scumbag lawyer was gonna give me if we settled the "lucrative" case against you. I promise to spend it on bad to mediocre cocaine in honor of my old boss.
Erick Fowler - wtf happened there? LSU fans threw HUGE temper tantrums about Charlie Strong orchestrating a master plan for fuck them over. Imagine getting fooled by Charlie Strong 4D chess and not being embarrassed as fuck about it.
Reggie Wilson - I remember reading about his struggles and being left alone in Cote D'Ivoire and being convinced that he was a future all-timer. He... was not.
Tyler Johnson - I'm not sure if we can chalk this one up to his love for music over football or the "development" players received from the staff at that time. But I saw how fluidly he moved in his HS highlights was sure he was going to be a good one. Alas, it was not to be.
Sheroid Evans - I remember people being convinced that he was the second coming of Huff. Unfortunately, the poor kid's bones and ligaments just weren't compatible with those expectations.
Patrick Hudson and Mason Walters - These two kind of blend together for me for whatever reason. They may have not even played together. Idk, I've blocked a lot of that shit out. Anyway, I had visions of a power spread offense that just left defensive lineman broken and bleeding in its wake. Suffice to say, it did not work out that way.
Edorian McCullough - I remember everyone penciling that guy in as a future Thorpe Award and/or Biletnikoff winner. Ouch.
Mal Williams - just imagine the player he would have been if his arms/hands weren't Tyrion Lannister sized and he could even sort of catch.
Jake Smith - basically EVERY PLAY of his high school HUDL was a 60+ yard touchdown. It's still one of the most insane HUDLs I have ever seen irrespective of how he turned out as a college player. Turns out, he was just playing against guys who are even slower than I am at almost 45.
Jerrod Heard - at a time when we all convinced every QB who could run a 4.5 was the second coming of VY, Heard stood alone. And even sort of backed it up for exactly one game until his sub-Case McCoy arm was discovered by the diligent scouting of out enemies. I still can't believe Cal didn't just dare him to throw every down. Anyway...
DID YOU EVEN SEE THAT SPIN MOVE FROM JOHN CHILES' HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS??? MIKE VICK, 2.0 GUARANTEED.