LOVS podcast asked who were the best freshmen they've seen.

[WestTennVol]

Tried to find a general discussion thread to make my point. Please feel free to add to the conversation. They all gave the usual suspects J Hunter, E Berry, ect.. Micheal Munoz freshman campaign at o tackle maybe the most impressive I've ever seen. Take away his regression going forward out of it and focus on just his true freshman campaign. One of the best I've ever seen. Would've been top 5 pick had his knees held up. Seen this conversation alot of b time and curious why he's never mentioned. Again asking about freshman seasons only. I know of Noone with a better one. JMO

 

[#1fulmerite]

I think most of the Munoz hype was from Fulmer. I know he had knee problems but, there were guys who should have been starting over him his last year. I don’t know why Fulmer was so high on him because he was a mistake prone kid. I know he had a penchant to find the best freshman QB on the team and stick with him for four years so, I’ve often wondered if he did that with Munoz to show freshman can start?

 

[Vol-e-ball]

Jamal Lewis

 

[Brave Volunteer]

Munoz sustained injuries that severely affected his quality of play here. Thats why Ive always said Olinemen should not be playing as true freshmen in major college. They need that first year or two to develop and mature physically to be able to handle the grind of that position. I fully believe that Munoz starting as a true freshman ruined his career and I have similar concerns for Sanders.

 

[LittleVol]

Tried to find a general discussion thread to make my point. Please feel free to add to the conversation. They all gave the usual suspects J Hunter, E Berry, ect.. Micheal Munoz freshman campaign at o tackle maybe the most impressive I've ever seen. Take away his regression going forward out of it and focus on just his true freshman campaign. One of the best I've ever seen. Would've been top 5 pick had his knees held up. Seen this conversation alot of b time and curious why he's never mentioned. Again asking about freshman seasons only. I know of Noone with a better one. JMO

Kelley Washington

1,000 yard WR in the SEC as a freshman

 

[horde of llamas]

Carl Pickens offense and occasionally on defense as a freshman
Was best athlete on field as a freshman

 

[Volizona]

Jamal Lewis

Yes. He was a beast as a freshman in 1997. I also remember James Little Man Stewart and Aaron Haden being a strong tandem as freshmen in I think 1991.

 

[Volizona]

QBs? Peyton was pretty good towards end of freshman season. Clausen? Ainge?

 

[livefaith]

Eric Berry, Carl Pickins, Kelly Washington*,

 

[adam.vol]

I was going to say Jamal, so I’ll say Trey Smith instead. I haven’t seen a freshman shove people around like that before or since.

 

[JCVOL]

Tried to find a general discussion thread to make my point. Please feel free to add to the conversation. They all gave the usual suspects J Hunter, E Berry, ect.. Micheal Munoz freshman campaign at o tackle maybe the most impressive I've ever seen. Take away his regression going forward out of it and focus on just his true freshman campaign. One of the best I've ever seen. Would've been top 5 pick had his knees held up. Seen this conversation alot of b time and curious why he's never mentioned. Again asking about freshman seasons only. I know of Noone with a better one. JMO

Peerless Price

 

[Frozevol]

Glad

Eric Berry, Carl Pickins, Kelly Washington*,

Glad you added the asterisk.

 

[The Original Fade]

Kelley Washington

1,000 yard WR in the SEC as a freshman

Wasn’t he a transfer from somewhere? Started as a QB I believe

Then dubbed himself the future and went down before contact on a regular basis and became a self indulged distraction

 

[RandomUTfan]

Wasn’t he a transfer from somewhere? Started as a QB I believe

Then dubbed himself the future and went down before contact in a regular basis

He was a baseball player I think. Playing in the minors? He was pretty old when he started college. I think he was drafted. It's been a long time.

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

Jamal was a physically dominant running back as a true freshman. Equally was Chuck Webb, he just had it. Webb made instant impact on offense. GBO

 

[Rocky Top T]

Jamal was a physically dominant running back as a true freshman. Equally was Chuck Webb, he just had it. Webb made instant impact on offense. GBO

Webb was the best RB I've seen at Tennessee, was there when he blowed out his knee

 

[PMC2726]

Janzen Jackson was electric

 

[AlsaceFreak]

Jamal was a physically dominant running back as a true freshman. Equally was Chuck Webb, he just had it. Webb made instant impact on offense. GBO

Best Jamal Lewis story came form Spurrier. He claimed Jamal broke the helmet of one of his defensive players that tried to tackle him. I remember his comments were on the lines of " we had never seen one of our helmets that damaged from a game"

 

[Smokymtnbullet]

Wasn’t he a transfer from somewhere? Started as a QB I believe

Then dubbed himself the future and went down before contact on a regular basis and became a self indulged distraction

Baseball seems like he was a 25 year old Freshman

 

[macrovol]

There have been several excellent freshmen, but no one compares to Chuck Webb.

 

[NighthawkVol]

Tried to find a general discussion thread to make my point. Please feel free to add to the conversation. They all gave the usual suspects J Hunter, E Berry, ect.. Micheal Munoz freshman campaign at o tackle maybe the most impressive I've ever seen. Take away his regression going forward out of it and focus on just his true freshman campaign. One of the best I've ever seen. Would've been top 5 pick had his knees held up. Seen this conversation alot of b time and curious why he's never mentioned. Again asking about freshman seasons only. I know of Noone with a better one. JMO

Chuck Webb.
Reggie Cobb.
Cosey Coleman.

Didn’t Aaron Sears start at LT as a freshman?

 

[NighthawkVol]

There have been several excellent freshmen, but no one compares to Chuck Webb.

Webb was the best RB in UT history. Tragic what happened to his knee.

 

[Volintheswamp]

True freshman: Jamal Lewis
JUCO transfer: Cordarrelle Patterson

 

[Savannahbayvol]

Jamal Lewis

Yep, heard many in the know say he was the only position player they ever saw who could have gone straight into the League from HS.

 

[Shirleyudontmeanthat]

If you had seen k Washington on his pro day in this all white leotard … u would have had no more questions about the guy.