Antonio brown, how did he slip through big school recruiting

[Underdog5229]

how the hell does a talent like that not get recruited by all the big college programs in the country? dude ends up at central Michigan? I mean central is a solid program, but a second tier program. hows this shit happen?

[TheLangster]

some players break out sooner, some break out later

some are already at their peak in college so they dont succeed in nfl, some continue developing and are good in nfl or even better than they were in college

[funnyb25]

some players break out sooner, some break out later

some are already at their peak in college so they dont succeed in nfl, some continue developing and are good in nfl or even better than they were in college

Big Ben went to Miami Ohio...lol

[Underdog5229]

the guy has a 1000yds receiving each of the 3yrs he was at central, with almost 1200yds his last year with like 15 td's total. has 350yds rushing his last year and over 1500 total yards, ran back punts and kickoffs and he ends up going in the 6th rd to the steelers? dude was fun to watch in college. he looked like a man amongst boys in the MAC conf.

[Underdog5229]

Big Ben went to Miami Ohio...lol

The MAC conf puts out a lot of good players

[t-wizzle]

You find good football players where you find em. Some slip through the cracks. A guy like Brown probably was just a fast kid but that was it. Maybe he didn't play at a good high school or something.

[Chi_archie]

Nice HS highlight reel

http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/antonio-brown-s-high-school-highlight-reel-surfaces-and-it-s-incredible-091516

[Underdog5229]

Nice HS highlight reel

http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/a...redible-091516

damn, with a highlight reel like that out of the Miami area and fukkin central Michigan in Mt. Pleasant Michigan signs this guy to a full ride and no other big schools made an offer to him.

[tb1984]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Brown

Several reasons that big schools did not recruit him:

- Academic concerns.

- Altercation with security.

- Played as quarterback in prep school, and other positions in high school.

- Antonio Brown then began reaching out to Coach Butch Jones of West Virginia , since he was highly recruited by him. After learning that Jones had left West Virginia, Brown began attending Central Michigan, where he was a walk-on freshman.

[Underdog5229]

Academic??? give me a break, you can get a full ride to any SEC college with a fukkin 2.0GPA and a partial understanding of the English language . hell you may not even need to graduate high school. GED and ur in.

[Auto Donk]

Academic??? give me a break, you can get a full ride to any SEC college with a fukkin 2.0GPA and a partial understanding of the English language . hell you may not even need to graduate high school. GED and ur in.

yes, i recall lsu having some blue chips that scored zero on the sat's .... and u get a certain no. of pts for filling in your fukkin' name......

those retards couldn't even get that shit right, but they won a f'n ntl championship in 07

and some big name player from lsu admitted after he F'N GRADUATED FROM LSU that he didn't know how to f'n read!!!!!

Dexter f'n Manley was another that graduated, from OSU, despite not being able to f'n read.....

[Darkside Magick]

What are the classes @ LSU

Gumbo 101

Swamp Racing 210

[Underdog5229]

yes, i recall lsu having some blue chips that scored zero on the sat's .... and u get a certain no. of pts for filling in your fukkin' name......

those retards couldn't even get that shit right, but they won a f'n ntl championship in 07

and some big name player from lsu admitted after he F'N GRADUATED FROM LSU that he didn't know how to f'n read!!!!!

sad but true. all colleges should have the same standards, but they allow the schools down there to have no requirement other than being a good ball player.

[Underdog5229]

What are the classes @ LSU

Gumbo 101

Swamp Racing 210

[Darkside Magick]

Only school worth something in SEC is Vanderbilt...other schools degrees are toliet paper

[BigDofBA]

This happens all the time. Why are you surprised? Did you just start watching football?

Ever heard of Jerry Rice or Walter Peyton? They didn't even play at a Division 1 school like Brown and they are hall of famers.

Some players mature later. Some slip through the cracks. Some are overrated and some are underrated.

[King Mayan]

Have you seen most of the personal in football...

There all a bunch of nepotism dumbfukks

[Underdog5229]

This happens all the time. Why are you surprised? Did you just start watching football?

Ever heard of Jerry Rice or Walter Peyton? They didn't even play at a Division 1 school like Brown and they are hall of famers.

Some players mature later. Some slip through the cracks. Some are overrated and some are underrated.

I just find it hard to believe with playing in a big city like Miami and with film like that, and the way schools recruit from coast to coast that nobody picked up on him and he has to walk on a team like central to get noticed. I know it happens but this guy didn't just pop out of no where and all the sudden have D1 talent

[krk1030]

Possibly the best offensive and defensive players in the NFL were walk ons.

Brown at Central Michigan

And JJ watt was recruited and went to central michigan but left to walk on at wisconsin.

small world

[Underdog5229]

Sure is.

[xKMACKx]

James Harrison went to Kent State. There a handful of good players that played in the MAC.

[eidolon]

Some men's balls drop later than others.

[Underdog5229]

I'm still waiting, its weird may have to see a doctor

[xKMACKx]

yes, i recall lsu having some blue chips that scored zero on the sat's .... and u get a certain no. of pts for filling in your fukkin' name......

those retards couldn't even get that shit right, but they won a f'n ntl championship in 07

and some big name player from lsu admitted after he F'N GRADUATED FROM LSU that he didn't know how to f'n read!!!!!

Dexter f'n Manley was another that graduated, from OSU, despite not being able to f'n read.....

My ex was a teaching assistant at Oklahoma and shed show me some of the papers that football and basketball players would write. One was writing about his "icy" shoe collection. Absolutely nothing to do with the material that was supposed to be in the paper.

[Underdog5229]

I'm telling ya, the SEC is full of guys that don't have a chance at life beyond football. If they don't make it to NFL they are fukked and end up back in the hood selling ebt cards and dope to make ends meet.

[unluckysob]

Lamar Jackson also came out of south Florida. How do fla. schools overlook these guys?

[Underdog5229]

I don't understand it either but as we see it happens

[Darkside Magick]

Lamar was recruited highly...the problem was schools wanted him to play db and he wanted to play qb

[Underdog5229]

Well he made the right choice for college. No guy wants to play db in college, hard to get noticed.

[badgerguy]

Watch Netflix's 'Last Chance U' a recent documentary. It will show you how those kids get into school etc.

[KKoz9]

See 'Jerry Rice' for reference

[JayDr3am]

the mac has put out more top tier NFL players than you think.. i love that conference. such sleepers

[Underdog5229]

ive been all over Western mich out of the MAC since week 1. cashed me a few tickets so far. oddsmakers are catching on tho and the lines a spreading further out

[Ralphie Halves]

ive been all over Western mich out of the MAC since week 1. cashed me a few tickets so far. oddsmakers are catching on tho and the lines a spreading further out

I don't know about that. -The CMU line was still a gift. I haven't seen anything widening just yet. Keep your fingers crossed.