Tray Blackmon/aka the Little Ball Of Hate/aka the most hyped defensive recruit of the Tuberville era, is done for the season. with the way this year has been going it seems fitting that our most overrated player is done for the year. honestly Josh Bynes has been a lot more solid than Blackmon in the middle this season and this doesn't exactly make me feel anything. Blackmon has so far lived up to NONE of his potential having spent the last 3 years missing chunks of the season with injury issues and serving suspensions. he's also really good at injuring his teammates during Spring Ball (just ask Fannin and former QB DeRon Furr). Blackmon has shown flashes of potential the last few seasons that he could be special, but he's also been highly inconsistent.
when i look at the Auburn team i see a list of guys who never measured up to those stars attached to their Rivals pages. and so here i am ready to unleash my top 10 most overrated players currently taking up scholarships on the 2008 Auburn Tigers.
1. Tray Blackmon LB- 5 Star Recruit with injury and charcter issues. lacks size to be a a big time NFL linebacker.
2. Lee Ziemba OT- 5 star. penalties. penalties. penalties. also a bit of a hothead.
3. Montez Billings WR- 4 Star. was supposed to replace Courtney Taylor as Auburn's go to guy. a sometimes starter who has been outshined by walk-on Rod Smith and 3 Star Robert Dunn (sorry apparently that was NO Stars. Dunn was a darkhorse for sure).
4. Neal Caudle QB- 4 star, currently the 3rd or 4th string QB. doubtful he will ever start a game for the Tigers.
5. Tim Hawthorne WR- 4 star recruit who has been largely a non-factor in his career.
6. Bart Eddins OL/DL- 4 star recruit...not even sure if he's even on the team anymore.
7. Chris Slaughter WR- 4 star recruit, mostly has played on punt returns. great size and speed has equaled zero big plays.
8. Terrell Zachery WR- 4 star recruit, you see a pattern here? with all the damn four star wideouts on this team you'd imagine ONE of them would be worth a shit. not so much.
9. Mike Berry OL- 4 star recruit, has been mostly a backup.
10. Bailey Woods TE- 4 star, apparently was moved to long snapper. jesus.
i'm keeping Kodi Burns off this list because i chalk his failures up to bad coaching and not being given a chance to show what he can do. honestly that could be said about a lot of these guys.
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actually, rivals.com gave robert dunn zero stars. makes those other guys look even worse.
really? i swear i thought he was a 3 star. maybe i just inflated his value cuz he's from my hometown on Augusta.
Where's Greg Smith?
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