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SunCoastBlueHen
July 24th, 2006, 11:57 AM
What great players in your team's history started their careers as walk-ons? I'm pretty sure Lang Campbell came to W&M as a walk on - I'm sure their are many, many more. So, lets hear it - who are they?
UNH 40
July 24th, 2006, 12:29 PM
For starters David Ball is a walk-on, Head Coach Sean MacDonnell, 2005 LB EJ Dewitt, Brett Bashaw, and Dave Razumek were all great walk-ons at UNH.
EKU05
July 24th, 2006, 12:43 PM
Saftety Yeremiah Bell (Class of 2003) who looks like he may START for the Miami Dolphins this season started as a walk-on after working in a steel mill for two years. Bell had a spectacular junior season at Eastern and then...injured himself in a pick-up basketball game and missed his entire senior campaign. I believe he petitioned the NCAA for an extra year but didn't get it, and that was a seriously blow to what had been previously an EKU team that had been pre-season ranked as high as 2 in one magazine.
McNeese75
July 24th, 2006, 12:46 PM
Hadley Prince walked on at McNeese and was 2nd in the Buchanan voting in 2002. :nod:
Chi Panther
July 24th, 2006, 01:06 PM
Mark Farley, Eric Sanders....probably 2 of the BIGGEST!!!!
ebirToG
July 24th, 2006, 01:11 PM
Take a look at the history section of the Tribes media guide:
http://www.tribeathletics.com/story.php/4722/

They have a Walk On Hall of Fame.
Tribe4SF
July 24th, 2006, 03:38 PM
The Tribe has had many all-conference and team captain walk-ons. Probably the most honored next to Lang Campbell was LB Jason Miller, who was 1995 Yankee Conference Defensive Player of the Year.
DUPFLFan
July 24th, 2006, 03:50 PM
Everyone in the PFL is a walk-on...
AppSteeler
July 24th, 2006, 04:45 PM
Matt Stevens, ASU '92-95, lengthy NFL career as a Free Safety, and picked a Super Bowl ring with the Patriots in '01.
Lionsrking
July 24th, 2006, 05:02 PM
A good number of our starters the last three years were walk-ons. Felton Huggins, Trey Willie, Hutch Gonzales, Josh Taylor, Johnny Flowers...we've had several make significant contributions.
info197176
July 24th, 2006, 05:50 PM
Tim Hauck..three time BSC defensive player of the year, three time all-american, 12 year NFL career...
CrunchGriz
July 24th, 2006, 06:16 PM
I have to second the vote for Hitter Hauck.

...the kind of a guy whose hits made you say, "That'll leave a mark!", despite his relatively small size.

Oh, yeah, his brother is the Grizzlies' head coach, Bobby Hauck. It helps to have connections--not that Hitter needed them.

Now if we could only get Dave Dickenson to come back and be our offensive coordinator once he retires, we might have something going. :smiley_wi
Baldy
July 24th, 2006, 06:32 PM
Over half of our All-Americans have been walk-ons.....about 30 in all.
Mr. C
July 25th, 2006, 07:25 AM
Who are some of the more prominent names?
Baldy
July 25th, 2006, 08:06 AM
Who are some of the more prominent names?
Trying to go off memory and I'm sure I'll probably have at least one wrong, but....Earthwind Moreland, Edward Thomas, Kiwaukee Thomas, Randell Boone....... brain cramp : retard :
Maybe I'll get a little help from the Eagle Nation on this one. ???