Second time somebody has mentioned him in the wrong position. Dude was a DOG Safety. Somebody yesterday said he was a friggin' defensive lineman.
Yes a hybrid position where a player plays close to line a lot as both a linebacker and a db. He would be in my top 3 and not just an honorable mention if a pure linebacker.
Mawhinney? Unless I'm not remembering his output well - he never stood out to me.
He got name checked in The Blind Side on the tv broadcast when the Tuohy family was watching the 2003 Egg Bowl in the middle of a sunny day, yet another factual inaccuracy in that movie.
You left out Ray Costict
I was ranking favorites. He played on a terrible team but short, slow white LBs always held a place in my heart. Plus the announcer had a way saying his name that was awesome
Ray Costic is one all over the record books just before my time. He had highest single game tackle record too
Would anyone know his name without the practice reports of lighting guys up? All I ever saw was him getting dragged or jumping on a pile late trying to get numbers.
Or watching the other team fly by him as he seemingly ran around in concrete boots
Dude was a walk-on that had almost 200 tackles in 2 years. I want to say he led us in tackles 1 year. He played on 2 of the worst teams of my lifetime but gave effort. Further, he gave hope to all short, slow white boys that we could play LB!
NO LB we ever had hit harder than Costict in my memory . He was a stud . Definitely in my top three along with DD and Cooks .
Cooks and Lewis have to be on the list. But man were there a lot of good ones over the years. I don't know how you narrow it down.
I remember him getting tackles after being dragged for 5 yards or coming in late to get half tackles after someone else stood someone up. I am getting old but I wouldn't say that he was one of the best all time or even the decade.
Kind of random but Ed Smith was my Uber driver for a late night flight into Memphis about 7-8 years back. Nice dude.
Half of his tackles came from his man dragging him for five yards and then tripping over his body.
