Best LB in the 90's

[Indian]

Posted by tnvolsfan:

whatever happened to dante hickey and tony styles? Hickey may have been the best player i have saw live other than eric wesmoreland? As far as pure runner though i dont know that anyone could tuch hickey? Wasnt styles at UT or a prep school?

 

The last I ever heard of Dante Hickey, he was causing a near riot at a Bradley-Cleveland basketball game, 2 or 3 years out of high school. As for Henderson, the first time I saw him was at Baylor camp when he was a sophomore (pretty sure on that) and he whipped everybody that lined up against him. I'd say he'd be a defensive end in college and the pros as he was around 240 already in high school..I could just see him chasing down quarterbacks on Sundays. Too bad.

[rhinob59]

Moses Osemweigie from MBA in the late 90's (starting for Vanderbilt now), Keppy Baucoum from McCallie in the late 90's and 00's (starting for Gardner Webb as a freshman), and you have to put Eddie Moore and Eric Westmoreland on this list too. I never saw them play in high school, but they're lb's, they played high school ball in TN, they played it in the 90's, and they're both very talented.

[pantherman]

Where did Hickey play and when?

[Redtwin]

Posted by rhinob59:

Moses Osemweigie from MBA in the late 90's (starting for Vanderbilt now), Keppy Baucoum from McCallie in the late 90's and 00's (starting for Gardner Webb as a freshman), and you have to put Eddie Moore and Eric Westmoreland on this list too. I never saw them play in high school, but they're lb's, they played high school ball in TN, they played it in the 90's, and they're both very talented.

 

Moses is a very good linebacker. They are calling him "little Winborn" at Vandy. Anybody ever heard of Al Wilson or Austin Kemp? What about Will Barthalomew, twice defensive player of the year. Lincoln County always has some good linebackers. Somebody throw out some players from west tennessee

[Guest]

Eddie Moore from South Pittsburg, who is now at Tennessee.

[PowerSet]

After having played against him, Al Wilson from Jackson Central Merry would stand out as one of the best. We scrimmaged them in '93 or '94. He had the quickest first step i've ever seen. He was in our backfield before we could get the ball to our RB's, and that wasn't even on blitzes. He made his reads and got to the ball, almost instinctively. This was just about the time he was debating which college to attend, and a news helicopter from Memphis landed right beside the field and interviewed him. he chose the right school and was a BIG reason the Vols won the National Championship in 98. Now starting for the Denver Broncos at Middle Linebacker.

 

He was also a heck of a tailback.

[Blue21SallyAt7]

Tremayne Garner, Alcoa 2000.

[rhinob59]

Yeah, Moses always caused trouble for McCallie. I got to see him play Auburn last weekend, and he's still a badass player. He crushed Daniel Cobb a couple of times and was all over the field. I think he blocked a field goal too.

 

 

 

Posted by Redtwin:

Posted by rhinob59:

Moses Osemweigie from MBA in the late 90's (starting for Vanderbilt now), Keppy Baucoum from McCallie in the late 90's and 00's (starting for Gardner Webb as a freshman), and you have to put Eddie Moore and Eric Westmoreland on this list too. I never saw them play in high school, but they're lb's, they played high school ball in TN, they played it in the 90's, and they're both very talented.

 

Moses is a very good linebacker. They are calling him "little Winborn" at Vandy. Anybody ever heard of Al Wilson or Austin Kemp? What about Will Barthalomew, twice defensive player of the year. Lincoln County always has some good linebackers. Somebody throw out some players from west tennessee

[SCRAPPY]

Antonio London of Tullahoma

[bosshog1]

I started for Overton the year we beat Tullahoma for the Region Championship, 1998. Northcutt was a bunch of hype. We blocked him all night, I think he had one tackle. I havent seen him play at Ole Miss yet, and he is getting on up there in years.

 

Posted by boneal52:

You hit the nail right on the head. Known as that rare kid who made hits with his eyes open, Tito Lee was a force on the feild. Strong, fast, and explosive, he could really lay the hammer down. He was an outstanding wrestler, and used those skills to toss blockers aside on his way to the ball.

 

 

Also some of the best I've ever played against...

 

Jamil Northcut- Tullahoma 95-98 (Ole Miss)

Donnie Lowe- Lavergne 96-99 (Alabama)

 

 

Maybe not the best of the 90's, but good backer's none the less were Jon Batey of Riverdale, Class of '02 I believe, and John Bates of Centennial, class of '00. Bates had 120 stops his senior year, and was the target of every coach we played. Every opposing coach we played against, their first comments were in praise of #44.

[ghost]

One who most have left out, and in High School he was not a premier athlete but played the way with everything he had and walked on at Tn Tech and led them in tackles and was all ovc 3 years and all american twice is Chad Evitts from Trousdale

[Chakra20]

Best linebacker i ever played with or ever played against. Him and Eddie Maze were awesome for Ezell in 89 or 90 cant remeber what year they graduated.