trueblue82 Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 On 6/20/2019 at 8:59 PM, Greezychef said: Rodney Thomas-Groveton Larry Centers-Tatum Keyou Craver-Harleton Chris Whaley-madisonville No love for Chavis McCollister? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hookemhorns88 Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Earl, since he played both ways dominantly but Bobby Taylor of Longview should get some consideration as well. Also Kendrick and Roderick Muckelroy of Hallsville. They both excelled on O and D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboyandchrist Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Dwight Smith from Carthage and Steven Hodge from Tatum are two of the best that I watched play. There are so many that can be mentioned or have already been mentioned. Those two really amazed me at what they could do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsfanatic1 Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Joe Wylie Rickey Dudley But my pick would be Earl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirtFalcon Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Sportsfanatic1 said: Joe Wylie Rickey Dudley But my pick would be Earl. Joe Wylie was a stud hoss ... Mike Barber was another one .... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Rab Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 If we are separating their high school career from whatever came after, how do the Longview folks feel about throwing Fred Talley in this mix? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger1995 Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Steve Edmond Daingerfield was incredible to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDJ89 Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 18 hours ago, 1jacket said: Chris Harris - Elysian Fields. He had speed and power, he ran for over 3,000 yards in a season. He would've been the first to have done it two yrs straight if he stayed healthy, he missed several games his Sr yr and still had 2,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger1995 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 2 hours ago, NATUREBOY98 said: David King was by far the best LB from Daingerfield. I’m sure most DF guys would agree. He was head and shoulders better than Edmond. Edmond was phenomenal, but King was not of this world on the field. Just didn’t have the grades. Should’ve played on Sundays. I wasn't blessed enough to see him unfortunately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1jacket Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Yep that's right TDJ89, and in his Sophomore year Johnny Moseley got most of the touches. So there's no telling how many yards he would have ended up with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagleborn Posted June 23, 2019 Author Share Posted June 23, 2019 1 minute ago, NATUREBOY98 said: Who was the big tight end/ d end on the 97 team? Gave me and my tight end fits on the veer. He went somewhere big didn’t he? Bo Hodges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger1995 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, Eagleborn said: Bo Hodges. Any relation to Steven Hodges? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagleborn Posted June 23, 2019 Author Share Posted June 23, 2019 10 minutes ago, Tiger1995 said: Any relation to Steven Hodges? Idk. Where’s Stephen Hodges from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtee2 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 5 hours ago, MavGrad99 said: If we are separating their high school career from whatever came after, how do the Longview folks feel about throwing Fred Talley in this mix? I don't know bout best ever in Texas but Longview...it's toss up between him and Bobby. Might could throw few others in the mix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger1995 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 13 minutes ago, Eagleborn said: Idk. Where’s Stephen Hodges from? Gilmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Rab Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 4 minutes ago, gtee2 said: I don't know bout best ever in Texas but Longview...it's toss up between him and Bobby. Might could throw few others in the mix It said "East Texas" which is why i threw his name in there. If we are going for one of the best ever in Texas, you guys may have seen Jonathan Gray... That kid was a beast in high school. I am trying to think of a few in E TX that I've seen in person... Muckelroy from Hallsville... his teams weren't always the greatest, but I know when I listened and watched Marshall games, his name was constantly being said making a tackle or in the mix of a big play etc... When I was the Athletic Trainer at Marshall, Longview was in the district, but they didn't have a stud... their whole damned team were studs... and to be honest, so were we, but we were no match... I think my final year there, we had 12 kids sign for at least a partial scholarship to play college football and we probably still lost by 40 to Longview. PT, Mt Pleasant, Kilgore, Hallsville were all down while I was there. And to be honest, Texas High didn't have much besides a QB back then either... When I was in school, Longview had Fred Talley, we had a solid team, Lufkin was a beast, John Tyler was in a decline, and I believe Tyler Lee had a good QB (1998). So overall, Talley is the only individual that I really remember being a standout since 1996 until present in East Texas that I have seen play in person. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoakyBandito Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Patrick Mahomes will end up being the best or at least one of the best NFL players to ever come out of ETX. He was a stud in HS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thekids Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 2 hours ago, BulldogBacker12 said: Patrick Mahomes will end up being the best or at least one of the best NFL players to ever come out of ETX. He was a stud in HS. Whitehouse right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acewell Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 18 hours ago, NATUREBOY98 said: David King was by far the best LB from Daingerfield. I’m sure most DF guys would agree. He was head and shoulders better than Edmond. Edmond was phenomenal, but King was not of this world on the field. Just didn’t have the grades. Should’ve played on Sundays. King was super explosive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acewell Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 On 6/20/2019 at 9:30 PM, centex1 said: Jessie Harrison Paul Pewitt. State offensive and defensive player of the year. I think of him when I see Goat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckNut Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Pewitt had some good ones in the mid to late 90’s. One of the best HS players I have seen was Curtis Burns at Atlanta and Smith at Carthage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveTV1 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 On 6/21/2019 at 6:32 PM, VonG said: He did play linebacker and was all state at that. That's what I was thinking, but I couldn't find those records. I heard he also wanted to play linebacker at U.T. , but Darrell Royal wouldn't let him. I found a story that while at J.T. he would fumble the ball at the line, because he wanted to play linebacker so bad. Finally a coach made a deal with him that he could play two ways. Barry Switzer said he was the first player he had seen who could have went straight from high school to the Pro's. I'm sticking with the Tyler Rose. https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/earl-campbell/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtee2 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 19 hours ago, MavGrad99 said: It said "East Texas" which is why i threw his name in there. If we are going for one of the best ever in Texas, you guys may have seen Jonathan Gray... That kid was a beast in high school. I am trying to think of a few in E TX that I've seen in person... Muckelroy from Hallsville... his teams weren't always the greatest, but I know when I listened and watched Marshall games, his name was constantly being said making a tackle or in the mix of a big play etc... When I was the Athletic Trainer at Marshall, Longview was in the district, but they didn't have a stud... their whole damned team were studs... and to be honest, so were we, but we were no match... I think my final year there, we had 12 kids sign for at least a partial scholarship to play college football and we probably still lost by 40 to Longview. PT, Mt Pleasant, Kilgore, Hallsville were all down while I was there. And to be honest, Texas High didn't have much besides a QB back then either... When I was in school, Longview had Fred Talley, we had a solid team, Lufkin was a beast, John Tyler was in a decline, and I believe Tyler Lee had a good QB (1998). So overall, Talley is the only individual that I really remember being a standout since 1996 until present in East Texas that I have seen play in person. My bad...I meant East Tx. And say it's either Fred or Bobby football. But overall athlete...Bobby is the man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveTV1 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 On 6/21/2019 at 9:12 PM, Tiger1995 said: Look up His total yards.... https://www.texasfootball.com/records/?ref=nav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68Hornet Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 20 hours ago, gtee2 said: I don't know bout best ever in Texas but Longview...it's toss up between him and Bobby. Might could throw few others in the mix Bobby, Monk and Hosea Taylor best I've seen at Longview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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