Rank your top 5 DL...

[dawgstudent]

@Brian Hadad list

Jeff Simmons
Fletcher Cox
Jimmy Webb
Montez Sweat

I'd put Greg Favors over Montez Sweat but I asked my cousin - he considered Favors a LB.

 

[Fishsqeezer]

@Brian Hadad list

Jeff Simmons
Fletcher Cox
Jimmy Webb
Montez Sweat

I'd put Greg Favors over Montez Sweat but I asked my cousin - he considered Favors a LB.

How do you leave out Glen Collin and Tyrone Keys?

 

[Herbert Nenninger]

Oyefesobi

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

We need to list 7-8. You have rotate Defensive Lineman regularly
Collins & Keys have to be on this list and probably Chris Jones.
Tyrone Keys will live in infamy cause The Super Bowl Shuffle

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

Oyefesobi

TOO SOON! It has only been 25 years.
I get PTSD even thinking about the Arizona Western trio. Kahlil Nash, Michael Oyefesobi, & Dannie Snyder - Nash was high profile, the other two were like Plan C after MSU missed on big juco recruits.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

Hadad’s list is accurate, but short one.
Simmons - may be the best player to ever wear maroon
Cox
Webb
Sweat
Number 5 is tough. It’s not Jones, he wasn’t even an all-conference guy in school. Billy Jackson? I’ll always have fond memories or Willie Evans so he gets my biased vote.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

Me. I was a mean nose tackle in 9th grade.

 

[golferdog]

@Brian Hadad list

Jeff Simmons
Fletcher Cox
Jimmy Webb
Montez Sweat

I'd put Greg Favors over Montez Sweat but I asked my cousin - he considered Favors a LB.

Simmons, Cox, Jones, Collins, Keys and interchange Sweat. Preston Smith, Billy Jackson honorable mention for me.

 

[Bulldog from Birth]

TOO SOON! It has only been 25 years.
I get PTSD even thinking about the Arizona Western trio

If I’m remembering right, that Arizona Western Juco team had a record right around .500. Probably should’ve been a clue that they didn’t have 3 SEC defensive linemen on their roster.

 

[Chesusdog]

Titus Brown
Willie Evans
Jeffery Simmons
Fletcher Cox
Tyrus Wheat

 

[Bobby Ricigliano]

@Brian Hadad list

Jeff Simmons
Fletcher Cox
Jimmy Webb
Montez Sweat

I'd put Greg Favors over Montez Sweat but I asked my cousin - he considered Favors a LB.

Just adding the following to the discourse mainly for nostalgic purposes:

Willie Blade
Toby Golliday
Dorsett Davis

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

Titus Brown
Willie Evans
Jeffery Simmons
Fletcher Cox
Tyrus Wheat

Tyrus was an EDGE. He played coverage and rushed the passer. He wasn’t squeezing and spilling.

 

[T-TownDawgg]

Montez Sweat should be in everyone’s list. Freakish human being. He’s just as disruptive in the NFL as he was at State.

 

[champdawg.sixpack]

Tommy Kelly
Ashley Cooper
Jeff Simmons
Chris jones
“BTMFU”

 

[She Mate Me]

While his NFL career was underwhelming, Glen Collins was a 1st team All American and a 1st round pick. He’s gotta be on a list like this.

 

[champdawg.sixpack]

Simmons, Cox, Jones, Collins, Keys and interchange Sweat. Preston Smith, Billy Jackson honorable mention for me.

Jackson was a LB I thought

 

[Pink Floyd.sixpack]

Pretty sure he was as an edge but Derrick Rush was solid too

 

[She Mate Me]

Jimmy Webb’s had a pretty interesting life after football…

Jimmy Webb (American football) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[L4Dawg]

Simmons, Cox, Jones, Collins, Keys and interchange Sweat. Preston Smith, Billy Jackson honorable mention for me.

This one works.

 

[She Mate Me]

Simmons, Cox, Jones, Collins, Keys and interchange Sweat. Preston Smith, Billy Jackson honorable mention for me.

I think this is the best answer as well.

 

[Lucifer Morningstar]

Easy answer, and no disrespect to the others, but Simmons. I will keep saying until I die I will always hate Captain ring size for wasting that defense.

 

[RopeDawg]

Preston Smith was better than Sweat. Not by much thought

 

[tcdog70]

Tyrone the Cyclone-and Chris Jones. for sure

 

[knock him out john]

Jackson was a LB I thought

DE

 

[DoggieDaddy13]

Those would be my top two - followed by Simmons, Jones and Cox in that order. Cox was a beast when he brought his A game.

How do you leave out Glen Collin and Tyrone Keys?

 

[DoggieDaddy13]

Jackson was a LB I thought

Jackson was at his best as DE, but he was easily the best defender on the field his jr and sr year, Bellard moved him to MLB

 

[aTotal360]

Oyefesobi

I've told this story before, but there was a dude named Daniel Snyder in that class. Pretty sure he was another one of the AZ juco guys (along with the infamous Kamau Jackson, google him if you want). Anyway, I was in Amarillo, TX about 15 years for work. I saw this bar and grill near my crappy hotel and opted to go there to eat some wings. Danny Snyder was the bouncer. He saw my State hat and immediately started talking to me. Said he needed a money guy to help him with a business. I stupidly gave him my phone number and told him I would listen when the time was right. About 6 months later, he calls me wanting me to help him move some hot sauce that he's been selling out of the back of his uncle's car. I was like "naw dawg, I don't know anything about the sauce industry". He called me about once every 2 months for the following 2-3 years wanting advice. I didn't know what to say other than keep hustling.