Eric Dickerson, best high school player ever?

[sundaymoney]

Was Eric Dickerson the best high school player ever? He's got to be up there. He was so fast, and wasn't just that, but also powerful. I'm wondering if anyone has his 40 time from H.S. or college? Here's a video of him breaking like 7 tackles, and he consistently did that.

http://www.sportsstarsoftomorrow.com/videoarchive.asp?itemid=1001211657

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Was Eric Dickerson the best high school player ever? He's got to be up there. He was so fast, and wasn't just that, but also powerful. I'm wondering if anyone has his 40 time from H.S. or college? Here's a video of him breaking like 7 tackles, and he consistently did that.

http://www.sportsstarsoftomorrow.com/videoarchive.asp?itemid=1001211657

I think Billy Simms was better then Eric Dickerson in HS. You want a great HS football player, check out a guy named Ken Hall.

 

[adbutcher]

Emmitt Smith was a pretty good high schooler too.

 

[Doomsday101]

Was Eric Dickerson the best high school player ever? He's got to be up there. He was so fast, and wasn't just that, but also powerful. I'm wondering if anyone has his 40 time from H.S. or college? Here's a video of him breaking like 7 tackles, and he consistently did that.

http://www.sportsstarsoftomorrow.com/videoarchive.asp?itemid=1001211657

I don't there have been many great Texas High School players. Dickerson teammate at SMU broke several Texas High School record and that was Craig James

 

[TheHustler]

I believe Tyson Thompson had 500 yards in one game.

 

[Hostile]

I think Billy Simms was better then Eric Dickerson in HS. You want a great HS football player, check out a guy named Ken Hall.

You beat me to it. Ken Hall may be the best story no one knows.

http://www.nflhs.com/news/features/Legends_KenHall_09062005_lcb.asp

 

[Mongo]

Ken Hall was the guy from Sugarland? If that's him, than yeah.

As for big names, it would be tough to top Earl Campbell.

 

[lurkercowboy]

Herschel Walker as well.

 

[adbutcher]

You beat me to it. Ken Hall may be the best story no one knows.

http://www.nflhs.com/news/features/Legends_KenHall_09062005_lcb.asp

Wow, that was amazing! Thanks Hos!

 

[AdamJT13]

Dickerson ran a 9.4-second 100-yard dash in high school. His 40-yard time in high school reportedly was 4.5. But he's not close to the best high school player ever. He had 5,877 rushing yards in high school. There have been more than 50 guys who rushed for more than 7,000 yards. The greatest high school football player ever, Ken Hall, rushed for 11,232 -- and he said he never carried the ball more than 17 or 18 times in a game.

http://www.nflhs.com/news/records/11man_ind_rushing.asp

http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/highschool.html

Ken Hall (Sugar Land High School, Sugar Land, Texas)
The "Sugar Land Express" rushed for 11,232 yards in his high school career (1950-53), a national record that still stands. He set other longstanding marks as well -- his single-season record of 4,045 yards (an average of 337 per game) stood for 43 years, and his record of 33 100-yard games wasn't topped until Emmitt Smith came along in the mid-'80s. In one game his senior year (in which Sugar Land won the Class A state title), he scored seven TDs and ran for 520 yards -- and then he took the remaining 2½ quarters of the game off.

 

[Hostile]

Wow, that was amazing! Thanks Hos!

Can you believe that story? It needs to be a movie.

 

[dbair1967]

Herschel Walker as well.

ding ding ding...we have the winner

David

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

You beat me to it. Ken Hall may be the best story no one knows.

http://www.nflhs.com/news/features/Legends_KenHall_09062005_lcb.asp

Yeah, your right. "Bear" Bryant said that the biggest mistake he ever made was with Ken Hall.

There's a reason the Best Highschool Player in America (equivalent to the Heisman Trophy in college) recieves the Ken Hall Trophy annually.

 

[tar_heel16]

I'm not familiar with Ken Hall... what stopped him from being a huge success in the pros?

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I'm not familiar with Ken Hall... what stopped him from being a huge success in the pros?

His experience while at College Station during the Bear years. There's a real story there. If you ever get the chance, read up on it. It's an interesting study in how some players don't fit some coaches.

 

[adbutcher]

Can you believe that story? It needs to be a movie.

The absolute craziest thing I had ever read. Simply Amazing!

 

[CATCH17]

In one game his senior year (in which Sugar Land won the Class A state title

Impressive numbers but it was CLASS A.


Emmitt Smith, Earl Cambell, Billy Simms, all great Highschool backs.

 

[jay cee]

Impressive numbers but it was CLASS A.

Emmitt Smith, Earl Cambell, Billy Simms, all great Highschool backs.

Good point, I also think that segregation helped remove a number of players and teams that may have been able to slow Hall down from competing with him.

 

[2much2soon]

I remember back in the '80s, ESPN had a show called Scholastic Sports America.
Emmitt Smith was on there all the time.
Kinda funny, I didn't follow college football much back then and hardly heard of Emmitt until Dallas drafted him. Mostly remember him from that ESPN show.

 

[cleverusername]

Was Eric Dickerson the best high school player ever? He's got to be up there. He was so fast, and wasn't just that, but also powerful. I'm wondering if anyone has his 40 time from H.S. or college? Here's a video of him breaking like 7 tackles, and he consistently did that.

http://www.sportsstarsoftomorrow.com/videoarchive.asp?itemid=1001211657

Hey, wasn't that video from techmo bowl?