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Message: [QUOTE="OttosShoes, post: 5299131, member: 10231"] No disrespect to Kyle, McNabb, Little, or Brown but in my mind it's resolutely Ernie Davis. [LIST] [*]Led our team to a natty where he was MVP [*]Also to an Orange bowl W [*]Round 1 Pick 1 [*]Has a badass statue on campus that inspires Syracuse students, student-athletes, and fans every day. [*]After the tragic end of his playing career, recruited Floyd Little to play for us[I] [/I]instead of Notre Dame [*]Only Orange to win the Heisman [*]First ever to do that as a Black athlete [/LIST] Seriously. The dude was so good at football he helped advance civil rights[I].[/I] Maybe he didn't leave as big a ripple in football history since he was deprived of a chance to go ham in the league, and he doesn't benefit from recency bias since few of us saw him play. But objectively, for what he's done for the program? Absolutely phenomenal. [/QUOTE]