Who is the recruit you have been most excited for...

[bothsocksup]

that never panned out...

Mine, Lavar Lobdell

 

[jekelish]

Johnnie Morant, no question. I know he actually played in the NFL, but I still don't think he panned out.

 

[javadoc]

that never panned out...

Jim Turner - expected huge things from him, didn't quite work out if I recall - solid player but not the superstar I expected. Just getting a flip from ND was awesome tho.

 

[Cadillac]

Panned out is probably not the right phrase, but no question, Joel Stephens.

I was a kid in the Southern Tier when he was setting state records at Elmira Notre Dame. He was front page news every weekend. I was at SU when Mike Hart was running around for Onondaga, and JS had the same kind of community following... only he was in a wayyy smaller pond.

6'2" 235 a couple years out of high school. I remember people saying he was going to be the next Dan Conley... then colon cancer, and he was gone.

 

[kcsu]

The LB who had to give up playing because of blood clots. I dont remember his name but i remember speaking to Donnie about him and he thought he had a chance to be our best LB since Dan

 

[texascpa]

The LB who had to give up playing because of blood clots. I dont remember his name but i remember speaking to Donnie about him and he thought he had a chance to be our best LB since Dan

This. And it was Jermaine Pierce.

 

[44PRIDE]

This. And it was Jermaine Pierce.

The moment we lost Jermaine was the moment I knew GRob was star-crossed...and that his tenure at SU would end badly. Losing this kid was an absolute shame.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Idris Price.

 

[kcsu]

The moment we lost Jermaine was the moment I knew GRob was star-crossed...and that his tenure at SU would end badly. Losing this kid was an absolute shame.

Agreed the kid has star potential

 

[Digable5]

What about Ray Rice? :noidea:

Pierce was my original answer. I would also add Preaster and Jonny Miller.

 

[TexanMark]

Lucious

A first name so good and a last name so bad it gets filtered.

 

[44PRIDE]

Miller sure did come in with enough hype...

 

[CIL]

Cecil Howard

 

[FranCuse]

Mandel Robinson

 

[CusefanATL]

Cecil Howard

forgot about him

 

[OrangeMojo]

that never panned out...

Mine, Lavar Lobdell

went back to the old site and looked at all the commits since 2002 - man it really put the past decade's results into perspective

Agree with CIL on Cecil Howard (and then Perry Patterson) - two back to back 4-star QBs that just didn't pan out

and right behind them would probably be Andrey Baskin - big name 4-star WR out of NJ when SU was starving for a play-maker at WR

 

[bnoro]

Elon Mitchell

 

[CusefanATL]

Too early to say Marcus Sales?

 

[orangenauburn]

QB from Arizona ... the JUCO. Chad Elliott ?

 

[bnoro]

Garrett Barnas

 

[All4SU]

Agree on Jermaine Pierce. Will add Walter Moseley.

 

[texascpa]

Cecil Howard

Yeah, but they way he panned out, was it that big of a loss?

 

[CusefanATL]

Garrett Barnas

The kid that committed to a school with no coaching staff?

 

[ImperialOrange]

Quinton Spotwood. Can't imagine what he wouldve done if not for injuries. Still played pretty well but he had huge potential that we never got to fully see.

 

[Upstate]

Greg Paulus