Best football player in TN History?

[jadguitar06]

Doug Atkins from West TN. Played at UT, then on to the NFL. Legend has it he was an animal.

 

 

Easily Atkins

[Cowboyfan71]

Alan Blondie Law

Al Davis Sr.

Al Wilson

[rlh]

Backs

 

Eddie Brown: South Pittsburgh, University of Tennessee

Tennessee, Tennessee Titans, Jacksonville

 

 

Pretty good list. However this should be Eddie Moore from South Pittsburg (1998) unless you are talking about the Eddie Brown from Jasper (Marion County High) from the early '70s.

[allsec1985]

Hard to say who is the best. I played against Reggie. He sure seemed pretty good to me while he was running over and around me. Played D Line and Tight End in High School. John Hannah deserves consideration as well.

[Big Country]

big country i can't believe you didnt show me any love man lol!

 

 

 

I forgot to even mention you Mr. Gates.

 

I didn't want it to seem like I was creating a Pearl Cohn "All Star Team" from 1995-1999. Ty Lawless, Albert Washington, Reggie Ridley, Joey Martin, John Henderson, Santonio Beard, Buck Fitzgerald, Kenneth Gates, Wesley Holmes, Antonio Whitehead, Damien Harris, ETC............ETC..............ETC /rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" />

 

You could have combined some players through those years from that Region 6-4A alone that went to Pearl Cohn, Whites Creek, Kenwood, Clarksville, Springfield, Maplewood, & Stratford and had yourself an "All Conference College Football Team" no question about it. THE TALENT ON THE FIELD BACK DURING THOSE YEARS WAS UNBELIEVABLE!!!!

[VTEC]

High School only: Albert Davis Sr. Alcoa High School mid-60's sure was fun to watch him run over people......

[center68]

He may not be the greatest ever but of all the people I have seen on here nobody has said anything about Fernando Bryant. He played at Riverdale where he was all-american, all-state, so on and so forth. Then went to Alabama and played from 95-98 and all-sec 96,97, and 98. Drafted first round of NFL draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars and Currently plays for the Detroit Lions.

[Hadouken]

THOSE THAT I HAVE ACTUALLY HAD A CHANCE TO SEE IN PERSON & HAVE STUCK OUT IN MY MIND THROUGH THE YEARS INCLUDE:

Backs

 

Troy Fleming (BGA)

Golden Tate (PJPII)

Ricky Ladd (White House)

Santonio Beard (Pearl Cohn)

Terrence Bell (Huntingdon)

Dennis Rogan (Fulton)

Ray Hightower (Marshall Co.)

Anthony Webster (Parsons Riverside)

Gerald Turner (Portland)

Roland Ogletree (Oakland)

Justin Wall (Hendersonville)

Dustin Lindsay (Alcoa)

Ralph King & Alvin Duke (Riverdale)

Matt Elrod (David Lipscomb)

Tremaine Turner (Springfield)

Earnest Williams (Crockett Co.)

Graig Cooper (Melrose)

 

Quarterbacks

 

Robert Matthews (Tullahoma)

Luke Powell, David Wolke, & Sonny Gray (Smyrna)

Bill Whittemore & Austin Everson (Brentwood)

Drew Hayes (McKenzie)

Josh Garza (Sycamore)

Kyle Levering (White House)

Joei Fiegler (Alcoa)

Ethan Flatt (David Lipscomb)

 

Receivers

 

Patrick Turner (Goodpasture)

Tyler Maples (Maryville)

Matt Davenport (Brentwood)

Rashad Mason (Pearl Cohn)

Taron Henry (Riverdale)

Kyrus Lanxter (Alcoa)

Antonio Carter (Stratford)

C.J. Johnson (Glencliff)

Cedric Wilson (Melrose)

 

Tight Ends

 

John Henderson (Pearl Cohn)

Aaron Douglas (Maryville)

Brandon Warren (Alcoa)

 

Linemen

 

Ahmad Childress & Frank Omiyale (Whites Creek)

Albert Washington & Ty Lawless (Pearl Cohn)

Cameron Hunt (David Lipscomb)

Antonio Hamilton (Fulton)

Brian Nellett (Huntingdon)

Jason Adams (Harpeth)

Wes Proctor (Sycamore)

Mark Fisher (Goodpasture)

Darren Fizer (Creek Wood)

 

Linebackers

 

Jonathan Leddy (Brentwood Academy)

Dustin West & Clint Casteel (Cheatham Co.)

Braden Binkley, Dale Binkley & Ben Lehning (David Lipscomb): THE BEST INDUVIDUAL GROUP I'VE SEEN!!!

Adam Huffines & Adam Conatser (Harpeth)

Chris Donald (Huntingdon)

Walter Fisher Jr. (Hillsboro)

Patrick Willis (Bruceton)

Wesley Holmes (Pearl Cohn)

 

Defensive Backs

 

Nick Bogle (Cheatham Co.)

Buck Fitzgerald (Pearl Cohn)

Austin & Zack Rogers (David Lipscomb)

Will Martin (Kenwood)

Roger Herndon (Greenbrier)

Wilson Cates (Livingston Academy)

Harrison Smith (Knoxville Catholic)

 

Kickers

 

John Vaughn (Brentwood)

James Wilhoit (Hendersonville)

Alberto Diaz (Crockett Co.)

Jason Hull (David Lipscomb)

Jordan Rion (Page)

THE BEST ALL-TIME HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYER IN THE HISTORY OF THIS STATE WAS LINEBACKER TODD COLLINS FROM JEFF CO. He went on to star in the NFL for both the New England Patriots as well as the St. Louis Rams.

 

 

This is the worst list for anything I have ever seen.

[JaxMan]

Doug Atkins...all time goes back a long way...played at Humboldt then UT and for Bears in NFL...in hall of fame and featured on many ESPN clips of all time great players

[twatwaffle]

Well lets look into the future. Sensabaughs will run the NFL in about 8 years. DB already has Gerald Sensabaugh on the Jags and Coty is redshirted at Clemson. Then you have freshman star running back Chris Sensabaugh who has only run the ball about 30 times and already has about 12 Touchdowns and leads the conference. You know he will be pro. I hope he goes to Auburn. /thumb[1].gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":thumb:" border="0" alt="thumb[1].gif" />

[Dancing Bear]

Brent Collins - Bigger , Faster , Stronger than his younger brother Todd. A good teammate!

[Umpire2829]

Lots of talented players from TN. Definitely have to include John Hannah, Ed Jones, Reggie White and Todd Collins. All have very impressive resumes. All have their strengths and weaknesses plus played in different positions. I think it's almost impossive to rank one over another.