OT: Best high school player you ever saw in person?

[Canedog]

Hershel Walker

 

[Pentagon Cane]

Percy Harvin. Absolute game changer. Man did everything

Other kid on that Landstown team was Damon McDaniel. Surprised he flopped at FSU. Saw Harvin against Hylton in state quarters. He took over the game in the second half.

 

[CaneOil]

Saw Duke in a couple playoff games his last year, probably averaged 300 yards per game as good as any of the above IMO in HS.

 

[Canes82]

Ernie Sims.

I lived in the Tallahassee area

Saw Ernie **** near beat a state championship Lincoln squad, his junior year, by his **** self.

https://youtu.be/rhTlkNRd0GM

The run is at the 1:06 Mark. Dude he ran over was Greg Threat.

 

[HarrietTubmanCane]

Robert Smith and LeBron James.

 

[CaneOil]

Hershel Walker

Nice! One of my favorites

 

[Tree]

Champ Bailey

 

[Juicemane]

Tedd Ginn Jr, Cleveland Ohio

 

[D.L.I.N.K.D.A.GR8]

Peter Warrick- Bradenton
Travis Henry- frostproof
Fred Taylor- belle glades
Sleepie tollie- Bartow
Anquan boldin- pahokee

 

[deleted3746]

Lawrence Phillips. Yes, he was a killer back then too.

 

[deleted17529]

Edge

He'd rush for 200 yards in first half then get 30 on the basketball court

Also, might not the best athlete but Isaac Bruce, many dont know, was a very high baseball prospect. Him and Frankie Sanders had a tryout at Gibbons they showed up late from football practice. The tryout was over and scouts were leaving, Petik told the scouts you have to see these kids run. HE actually promised to takle them all out for beers if they stayed. Long story short, scouts stayed, Bruce and Sanders ran 6.1 60's. Scouts asked if they could hit, Petik laughed and got the entire varsity and JV team out to field BP...Sanders stepped in and was told to bunt...first pitch Sanders put it on the tennis courts...415 feet away. Sanders walks out says he has to go. Bruce gets in, asked to bunt, first pitch Bruce puts it on the basketball gym...445 feet away. Bruce walks out of cage. Scouts ask to see more, from both, Sanders and Bruce hit 18 of the 20 balls in the bucket out...and leave.

 

[Ghost666]

Lebron James

 

[ben]

Chris Webber, sean Taylor, Sylvia fowles

 

[Dingaan1828]

The Mad Stork. You have to be old to have seen him but dang he was wrecking crew. You had to run at him, which was a bad option, because you just could not run away from him. If young today, I wonder if he would be TE. Back in his day TEs were mostly blockers.

I also saw Hendricks play in HS. But, I’ll go with Kenny Flowers and John L Williams. Both were unstoppable in the games I saw them.

 

[Suarez]

Offense: Frank Gore . Saw him in person several times and can't put in to words how special he was.


Defense: Nate Webster

 

[5XNC]

Frank gore.

Played against ed mccaffrey

Played with rocket ismail in an all star game

 

[OrdunaDrive]

Derek Pegues from South Panola, Mississippi. Played option QB and Safety. We played him in the state championship game, had a 4/5 * guy of our own, and he crushed us. Made it look easy. His team was in the midst of a 7 year winning streak, obviously talented, but he was a breed apart.

 

[skeeper]

I remember the name Freddie Miles, as I graduated from CGHS in '83, but couldn't remember what happened to him.

Came across this article, pretty sad. Bit religious but fills in the gaps.

Living The Faith On A High Wire: Freddie Miles, Unfilled Promises and Finding Happiness...

 

[chrisRMNU]

Orien Harris

I moved up to Delaware my senior year and attended Newark High School with him.

He was a man among boys for sure.

 

[NaplesCane]

Jammi German