Best High School Player Seen

[johnnybravo]

Leroy Thompson ran all over us. Best high school player I saw.
Shazon Bradley was a beast on the mat.

 

[jarnol32]

Eric Westmoreland Marion county. Played lb at Tennessee, but he was a great high school running back.

 

[ncvol004]

Andre brown from Greenville rose . And Montario Hardesty from New Bern hit me so hard on a punt return couldn't chew my food for a week.

 

[LynchburgTNVol]

Wayne Finchum OL
Todd Logan RB
Jeff Norman RB
All 3 players from little Lynchburg TN
All 3 Mr. Football winners

 

[HammondB3Vol]

Who are the best High Football players you have watched play in person:

Al Wilson he was playing Safety and was just killing ball carriers. You could just see he was going to be special, speed and furious hits.

Dante Hicky (Spelling?) from Cleveland: saw him play several times and in the KY/TN all-star game. He was electric, played WR and returner but never made it to college because of ???. Best player I've seen in person.

Kelly Holcomb, Chad Henderson and a WR named Grogan on the Lincoln County team in the early 90's-time frame. Kelly would throw a 30-yard dart and you could hear hit the guys in the pads up in the stands. I was surprised Kelly didn't go to a bigger school than MTSU but he had an incredible career. I thought Grogan was the best player on the field, he was a big WR who would catch anything near him and I'm sorry I can't remember his first name, no disrespect intended. I don't think he played college ball anywhere and that was a shame because he was very talented.

Kenny Witherspoon (Spelling) RB I think Stradford High and went to Vandy. He was just smooth and had a Walter Payton type running style, not that he was Walter but just he made moves with no effort, just fun to watch.

I hope I got the names and schools correct. Just my opinion so who is yours?

His first name was David. Those three were all tremendous athletes. Holcomb’s career is well documented. Unfortunately Chad had some misfortune and wound up in trouble. David didn’t have the grades, but he was probably the most naturally gifted athlete I’ve ever seen in a high school football uniform.

 

[Lurker]

once a really great WR
didn't remember he went to McCallie

He didn't. He went to Notre Dame in Chattanooga. He and Harrison Smith are two of the best athletes I ever watched play in high school. Smith is still at it in Minnesota.

 

[UnkieVol]

Golden Tate. JPII lined him up all over the place the night I saw them play. Receiver, RB, in the slot, everywhere but QB. Didn't matter. He scored almost every time he touched the ball.

 

[stonesk]

Grow up in Bradenton, FL....

Brian Poole
DRC
Peter Warrick
Tommy Frazier
Ace Sandeers
Adrian McPherson
Fabian Washington
Alvoid Mays
Demarcus Christmas
Mike Jenkins

With IMG in my backyard, I still haven't made it to a game in person yet.

 

[jarhead]

Back in '85 I was in Cincinnati and saw Carlos Snow play. He was an incredible high school running back.

 

[ArdentVol]

He didn't. He went to Notre Dame in Chattanooga. He and Harrison Smith are two of the best athletes I ever watched play in high school. Smith is still at it in Minnesota.

thanks for clarifying

 

[ATLVols]

What high school did you go to?

Duluth High School

 

[vettefool]

We played Alcoa one time when his brother David was a star. Man that dude could jump !

I think Albert Davis may have peaked in high school. He was a man among boys there. don’t recall if he played pro ball or not. His cousin David Davis play a couple of years in the league.

 

[peaygolf]

Golden Tate could play

My son, and the rest of the BGA team, said his brother Wesley was actually better..................in HS

FWIW

 

[NO SIR EEE]

Duluth High School

The ol wildcats. Played against Brian Mccann there.

 

[O.G.HomeGrownUTVOL]

Saw Tee Higgins when I was young. This year I saw Caleb Downs, Justice Haynes, Kaleb Beasley, Jalen Smith, Wendell Gregory, Peter Woods, etc

I also saw Tee Higgins. Oak Ridge played DB at DB his senior year.

 

[flyvol]

What is everyone thinking? Rod Wilkes! There's not even a close second.

 

[Falcons02]

Probably Jason Witten

Of course there's also a long list of great high schoolers who never played college ball

Jason Witten for me. He was blowing guys up from DE at Elizabethton.

 

[Iam4utalways]

RB for St Francis in Cordova years ago. He ended up going to Ole Miss. Man among boys.

 

[AustinVol]

Cedric Benson on Midland Lee in Texas. Played against my alma mater. Rushed for 255 and 5 tds in the state title game.

 

[Heup Train]

I remember Devrin Young was incredible in high school

 

[Berry4Heisman14]

My dad went against Bubba miller in high school he played center for UT if I remember right. My dad played guard and Bubba played DT on defense. My dad whooped him on offense but when Bubba was at center he was destroying everybody pretty sure he played for the eagles in the NFL

 

[Vols1891]

That's a tough one. Can't put just one.
1) QB Nico Iamaleava, CA
1b) QB Chris Leak, NC
2 QB Bryce Young, CA
3 AP Pacman Jones, GA
4 WR AJ Green, SC
5 RB Demitrus Summers, SC
6 RB Stefon Woods , TN
7 DE John Henderson , TN
8) ATH Xavien Howard, TX
9) RB Shaka Hill, TN
10) RB Carl Stewart, TN
11) ATH Josh Bullock, TN
12 RB Chris Barclay, KY


I don't know man. I've seen Montario Hardesty too when he was at New Bern, NC but he's still didn't stand out like this other guys did when I saw them live.

I've lived in NC, FL, TX, CA, TN, MS, etc...
I've seen a lot of good football players and it's hard to remember them all at the moment of witnessing, how good they really were.

I had kind of forgotten about Carl Stewart. Who has considered the better prospect between him and Brandon Warren?

 

[Volfan1000]

Reggie Cobb and Reggie White.

 

[WestTenn]

Played against Corey Moore at Haywood and Al Wilson at JCM. Both were hella ball players.

 

[ATLVols]

The ol wildcats. Played against Brian Mccann there.

Brian McCann was my baseball teammate at Duluth HS. I played football, baseball, and basketball there. He was the best baseball player I ever saw while playing.