Players You Thought Were Wasted Talent/Surfire Stars on the 40 Acres

[d.plainview872 175]

DeSean Hales

 

Edited January 23, 2019 by d.plainview872

[Texasborn91 903]

J Gray would have been so good if not for the Achilles. 

Also, can’t remember his name but the white wide receiver from that private school in Dallas. He has some big catches vs Notre Dame but decided to not come back the next year. That was the best high school highlight film I’d ever seen for a receiver. 

[kingkoopa6 8321]

^^ Oliver 

 

[Bone3421 716]

Yeah gray also
Malcolm Brown (rb)...b2b blue chip rb recruits not all their fault of course

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

Most of the players we signed between February 2010 and Mack Brown's firing were huge disappointments to me. Gray is the best example. 

Reaching back a little further, I would say Malcolm Williams was one-- I thought that 91-ydr against Tech presaged bigger things. Nope!

Edorian McCullough was another. I don't follow recruiting closely, but I seem to recall McCullough being touted as the best DB prospect we'd ever signed (or on that level), and that didn't turn out to be the case. 

[SimonBolivar 10949]

I thought Cecil Cherry was going to be a stud.

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

Also, Vince Young only won one Big 12 title and no Heismans here. That's disappointing in a "my threesome with two of the Swedish Bikini team girls only lasted 35 minutes" kind of way.

[d.plainview872 175]

DJ Monroe

Daje J

[Get ln My Van 927]

Deoundrei Davis looked like the next Derrick Brooks before he stole laptops or some shit.

Him and the obvious answer is DJ Monroe.

[Get ln My Van 927]

I also thought Darius White was gonna be awesome.

[Neonmoon 38127]

DJ Monroe

 

[TexasCPA 101]

Chiles should starts 

[Texasborn91 903]

9 minutes ago, Get ln My Van said:

Deoundrei Davis looked like the next Derrick Brooks before he stole laptops or some shit.

Him and the obvious answer is DJ Monroe.

Was just thinking about Davis the other day. Guy was a fuckin missle. It’s a shame he couldn’t keep his shit together off the field 

[BrazilHorn 6577]

Wouldn’t Monroe fall under “guys coaches were too dumb to use”

[South Austin 52170]

Mike Williams (the DE, of course; not the OL).

[EE2B 1561]

Taylor Bible was a 4 star DT and the #11 DT in the country if I remember correctly. I always hoped Steve Edmond would do more while he was here. He did everything for Daingerfield (tight end, FG’s, kickoffs, linebacker). I don’t think he ever came off the field.

[d.plainview872 175]

Deon Beasley

[BayouBill 835]

Garrett Gilbert. Even the NC game where he went in showed a lot of promise to me considering the circumstance. 

[Dewey 3281]

Shea Morenz

[d.plainview872 175]

4 minutes ago, BayouBill said:

Garrett Gilbert. Even the NC game where he went in showed a lot of promise to me considering the circumstance. 

Im in the minority. I thought he was bad in that game. I dont know how anyone would have thought that was an aspiring or promising performance.

Edited January 23, 2019 by d.plainview872

[Johnny Sack 8397]

4 minutes ago, d.plainview872 said:

Im in the minority. I thought he was bad in that game. I dont know how anyone would have thought that was an aspiring or promising performance.

Same.  It was Shipley getting wide ass open twice.  

[Native Horn 3493]

Butch Hadnot

[TheFlagship 432]

Brandon Collins and Dan Buckner

[LebongJames 1787]

Adrian Colbert. I thought he would be the next 1st round pick out of the secondary. Still with the Niners

[Js1 85151]

DJ Monroe (wasted by the staff)

Brown/Gray (wasted by bad scheme/lazy coaching/Gray's injury)

Ash, especially after 2012 Ok State game (wasted by Major ramming him head first into defensive lines)

Taylor Bible (ate himself out of D-1 football)

Joe Bergeron (dumbass)

 

[GreenspointTexas 9568]

Gray and Gilbert

 

at the time, they were the two best high school players at their positions ive ever seen

[Digdogger 1343]

Nick Rose

[EvilCaseMcCoy 691]

Major Applewhite.  That dude Simms shoulda never seen a down.

[Mileslong 4718]

Jason Burleson, guy was a stud recruit as a 6’-5” 230lb QB as a freshman and was an athletic freak, strong and fast with a cannon arm.

 

Moved sophomore year to LB, then in his junior and senior years he had grown to 6’-5” 250 and they moved him to TE where he spent the next two years.

 

He only totaled like 17 catches for about 250 total for his career. I don’t know how many TD’s he scored, only one I remember is one against OU from Gardere.

 

 

 

 

[strangulation! 1710]

Gotch Yarbrough 

[C-Man 27083]

Gotch Yarbrough 

 

The biggest “what if” of all time!

 

Lovell Pinkney

[Liquor and Poker 3659]

There were a bunch of tailbacks right after Ricky who never achieved their hype potential.  I always wondered if guys like Victor Ike, Ivan Williams, and Sneezy Beltran might have been stars if they hadn’t all been on the roster at the same time and sandwiched between Ricky Williams and Cedric Benson.  

[Liquor and Poker 3659]

1 minute ago, C-Man said:

 

The biggest “what if” of all time!

 

Lovell Pinkney

Pickney and Adams both.  I thought they’d have 100 catches a year.  

[SmokeyTheBear 5562]

Jake "bell cow" Raulerson comes to mind

 

[markstanco 12528]

Brandon Collins and Dan Buckner

There it is, dan bruckner. He transferred to Arizona or az state after starting off pretty well. Did he not get along with coaches or trouble off the field?

[NowThis 931]

2 hours ago, kingkoopa6 said:

^^ Oliver 

 

this guy was NFL ready , why did he quit football?

[Hank Chinaski 6310]

Tray Allen

[NowThis 931]

the entire OL fro 2000-2003 who should have crushed opponents but played a soft zone. Look at some of the youtube video, it's criminal how bad the schemes were when you had Leonard Davis, the Dockery boy and Mike Williams (OL). Massive powerful guys who were never allowed to crush. 

[Sgt Hulk 13648]

Brown/gray always come to mind. All world 5 star heisman type talent just wrong time of the lifetime when we sucked shit through a straw with the worst line and coaches. Those poor dudes could have really dominated I still kind of hurt for them 

[Digdogger 1343]

Chris Jessie.  His one time on the field he made a huge impact

[Texasborn91 903]

7 minutes ago, Hank Chinaski said:

Tray Allen

Saw him at the Army game and he was a monster. Big bust. 

[Dewey 3281]

Pickney and Adams both.  I thought they’d have 100 catches a year.  

Pinkney was a bust, long and talented, but troubled. Adams was crushed by knee injuries and was still productive. He lost a gear, was still fast enough to return punts.

[RockyMountainHighHorn 890]

I, for some reason, thought meander was going to end up being a player.

[futureman 22422]

2 hours ago, SwanderedTalent said:

Edorian McCullough

yes. 

 

56 minutes ago, LebongJames said:

Adrian Colbert. I thought he would be the next 1st round pick out of the secondary. Still with the Niners

adrian phillips is a goddamn all-pro in san diego.  after being a key figure in the most horrible gif I’ve ever seen and then going undrafted. 

[futureman 22422]

6 minutes ago, RockyMountainHighHorn said:

I, for some reason, thought meander was going to end up being a player.

oh, he was a player.  1st team all-dormitory. 

[South Austin 52170]

8 minutes ago, Dewey said:

27 minutes ago, Liquor and Poker said:

Pickney and Adams both.  I thought they’d have 100 catches a year.  

Pinkney was a bust, long and talented, but troubled. Adams was crushed by knee injuries and was still productive. He lost a gear, was still fast enough to return punts.

Correct on Adams.  He balled out for us against aggy in 1995 and 1996 and against Nebraska in the 1996 Big XII title game. 

[South Austin 52170]

8 minutes ago, RockyMountainHighHorn said:

I, for some reason, thought meander was going to end up being a player.

I see what you did there.

[satyanash 14282]

Malcolm Williams is a big one, the kid had all the potential to be a star at Texas. But he vanished into thin air after the 2010 season, no one I've talked to knows where he is.

Dan Buckner was just a bad football player from the get-go. Slow, stiff, bad hands, couldn't block. He was close to useless on the field.

[Butch Had Not 2940]

1 hour ago, Native Horn said:

Butch Hadnot

Yes

[wood 11186]

1 hour ago, Native Horn said:

Butch Hadnot

Absolute beast.