compusatman Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 High School Only You go with Troy Fleming and Ralph King at running backs http://www.murphyfair.com/staterecords_rushing.html Rushing Yards Career Troy Fleming Battle Ground Academy 9,442 1995-1998 Rushing Touchdowns Career Ralph King Riverdale 95 1998-2001 (48 in one season!) Steve Spurrier was a pretty fair ball player at QB And Doug Atkins went to UT on a basketball scholarship! http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?player_id=17 He was amazing in college and the NFL though! Tennessee has three Hall of Famers in the NFL: http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/birthplace.jsp No one has mentioned one of them No one has mentioned one of them You might want to go back to the first page and read. The topic asks for best high school career. That would eliminate most that excelled after college. Steve Spurrier excelled in HS but after a few seasons in the NFL he faded. Reggie White really turned it on in the pros. In HS basically what were talking about is who was All American. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pro style Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 Ingle martin was pretty good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzaman1 Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 Patrick Willis from Bruceton is the only person to be nominated for both back and lineman Mr. Football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boro Balla06 Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 lynn swann was born in alcoa.. that is pretty amazing.. did he play ball there as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidlimbaugh Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 No one has mentioned one of them You might want to go back to the first page and read. The topic asks for best high school career. That would eliminate most that excelled after college. Steve Spurrier excelled in HS but after a few seasons in the NFL he faded. Reggie White really turned it on in the pros. In HS basically what were talking about is who was All American. No one has - at least until a post after this one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHS 2007 Posted November 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 No one has - at least until a post after this one... I mentioned Fleming in the first post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidlimbaugh Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 (edited) I mentioned Fleming in the first post. I was referring to the three players in the NFL Hall Of Fame - and how one was not mentioned - until someone saw the link and mentioned that Lynn Swann was from Alcoa. Let's go to the booth: Tennessee has three Hall of Famers in the NFL: http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/birthplace.jsp No one has mentioned one of them Edited November 6, 2006 by davidlimbaugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild rooster Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Leroy Thompson at Austin East. With his rushing yards he also had 41 career int's. He played LB 2 of those years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cougars80 Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 id have to go with the best lineman of our time LUKE MIZE,and a heck of a tight end beside him by the name of JAMES SHELTON.And u gotta throw in the big guy KEITH SETLER. THIS IS APRIL- & WE LOVE KEITH SETLER!!!! & OUR COUGAR FOOTBALL PLAYERS.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John005 Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Troy Fleming, BGA 1995-1998. 9442 career rushing yards (far and away the state record), 132 Td's (state record). 3008 rushing yards 37 Td's in 1998. Went on to be a letterman at Tennessee and was drafted by the Titans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHS 2007 Posted November 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Based on records and by your posts, here is my top five; 1. Troy Fleming-records speak for themselves 2. Reggie White-hard to judge a lineman's HS career without looking at his entire career 3.Ralph King 4. Gaston Miller Two great running backs from Riverdale 5. Joe Longmire-Reliable Running Back who is in the top 5 in many TN offensive catgories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerBenchPress Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Joe Longmire was good.Longire didnt hardly run the ball in the second 1/2 of most of his teams games. He was the Best Offensive Player in the Clinic Bowl (1995) -vs- BGA Heck all of those guys were good. But - Patrick Willis - Bruceton Central 1999-2002 had some career. He was a Mr. Football Finalist on offense and Defense. He won Mr. Football on defense. He should have won both. He plays at OleMiss where he is a finalist for the Butkis Award and Lombardi Award. Some polls show him as the best MLB in the country and a first round draft pick. ESPN the magazine wrote an article about him. Not bad for a kid from Bruceton....... What about Al Wilson? He was a player. National Champion at UT and STUD in the NFL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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