Any that were decent and/or good 800 and above runners?...Highly unlikely but there has to be at least one out there
Any that were decent and/or good 800 and above runners?...Highly unlikely but there has to be at least one out there
Thats an idea. Marion should try out for NFL to get her groove and reputation back. They might let her take drugs there.
Terry Bradshaw held the National Record in the javelin for many years: 244 feet, 11 3/4 inches.
Ted Ginn was a state champ in the hurdles in Ohio.
I could not believe that Travis Hannah played in NFL. He was no kidding, like 5"7 and almost frail looking. He wasnt much bigger than alot of distance runners at track meets.
Percy Harvin won 4 individual state championships and 1 relay gold at the 2005 Virginia AAA state championships.
Charles Woodson, the pro bowl cornerback for the Packers was the Heisman winner at Michigan and ESPN's 11th best college football player ever was a good track athlete in high school.
Also, his pro bowl teammate Donald Driver was an Olympic class high jumper from Alcorn State (his PR was 7 feet 6 inches).
Cornerback Deangelo Hall was a standout high school track athlete.
In 2002, Texans Wide Receiver Andre Johnson won the Big East 60 meter dash (6.83 seconds) at the Big East Indoor Championship and followed that up by winning the 100 meter dash (10.29 seconds) at the Big East Outdoor Championships. He won 3 track Championships and in 2003 was the fastest man in college track.
Paul Puma wrote:
Any that were decent and/or good 800 and above runners?...Highly unlikely but there has to be at least one out there
No offense, but this pretty funny. I'm just imagining a 5K guy trying hit a hole or cover a guy. He would get hit, tear in half and his torso go flying into the stands.
Joseph McVeigh wrote:
Jeff Demps might be yr best selling point for a HS player; he got game time for NCAA champ Florida as a freshman.
The Rod Woodson who was the DB for the Steelers in the 90s was an All-America hurdler at Purdue. (There was another Rod Woodson, the Heisman winner at Michigan, not sure he did track)
Eric Metcalf who was All-Pro with Cleveland in the 1990s was a national champion long jumper.
Willie Gault is an older-timer but he loved T&F so much that while he was in the NFL he'd enter open meets in the LA area under assumed names (many NFL contracts prohibit other sports in the off season)
Charles Woodson
Tommy Zbikowski(Notre Dame alum)of the Baltimore Ravens was a sprinter and long jumper for Buffalo Grove (Illinois) HS. He place 6th in 100 meters in the Illinois State Track Meet.
Herman Moore was ACC champion in the high jump. Jumped over 7'
i dont know of any guys NFL guys that ran the 8 in college but we all know that Wilt Chamberlain ran the 8 and was a hell of good athlete. He ran something like 49, 1:58, 50 ft triple jumper, high jumper, 55ft shot putter.
Christian Okoye- NC in the shot putt
I believe Troy Aikman was a javelin thrower.
Ron Dayne was a state champion shot putter in high school. Was always on the Badgers roster, but never competed in a meet. Joe Thomas (Browns tackle--2 pro bowls in first two years in the league so far) also a state champion thrower and threw for the Badgers.
Micheal Bennett--RB (10.13 at NCAA championships)
Tony Simmons--WR played a few years w/ NE
BJ Tucker--his speed was the only thing that got him drafted...he was a terrible player.
Not sure if his name was mentioned or not - Jim Kleinsasser for the Vikings. In high school he was ND state champ in the 100 & shot put - quite an unusual combination for a big guy!
Chris Spielman (Lions 4-time Pro Bowl linebacker) was an Ohio state champ shot putter at 60 feet & change.
Todd Bell (pro bowl safety for the 80's "Monsters of the Midway" Bears) broke Jesse Owens' state long jump record and held it for nearly 20 years.
Randy Moss Marshall University
The story goes that he was approached about running in the 1997 Southern Conference indoor meet. His response was that he would do the one meet, the week of the meet he never showed up to work on blocks like he had told them he would. Fast-forward to time to leave for the meet and the bus is pulling out when someone yells, "There comes Moss".
The MU SID people got word that he was traveling so they actually had a press release out on him competing. So the team shows up to the meet and people are treating him like a rock star. That was the year he scored 29 touchdowns on 1709 receiving yards both freshman NCAA records. He also lead the football team to the 1-AA NCAA National title.
His first time in the blocks was his first heat of the 60m. He wins the 60m final and 200m in a NCAA D1 Indoor qualifying time and is named the performer of the meet while helping lead Marshall to the team title.
The next week he declines the chance to go run the nationals in the 200m.
His true event, had he been a track guy, would have been the 400 and I would have loved to seen his ability in that event.
Right after posting that story I wanted to try and find some results to confirm his time in the 200m.
Here is a clip from a Huntington newspaper:
"At spring practice, he was head and shoulders above everybody else," noted former FSU interim AD Wayne Hogan. "He'd just dazzle everyone. During my 14 years down there, I only saw two people stand out above the crown like that. One was Deion Sanders. The other was Randy Moss." At 6' 5" and 210 lbs., Moss possess frightening speed. At FSU he ran the 40 in 4.25. The only Seminole in history to clock a faster time was Sanders at 4.23. And as if that weren't enough, he possesses a 3'6' vertical leap and versatile speed. "Randy could be a world-class sprinter," notes MU Track & Field Coach Jeff Small. "He's by far the best runner I've ever seen. That includes Michael Johnson and Carl Lewis." Small should know. After practicing with the team for only three days, Moss competed in the Southern Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships last February. He won the 200 meters in 21.15 and qualified for the NCAA Championships. He also won the 55 meters (6.32) breaking the MU record."
http://www.huntingtonquarterly.com/articles/issue29/heisman.html
Jim Brown--outstanding on the track and in the field.
Also regarded by some as the greatest collegiate lacrosse player.
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The best advice I've seen about getting football kids out: make sure your assistant coach during track is a member of the football staff.
Tiki and Ronde Barber
Both ran for the Virginia Cavaliers..