Meet TE/WR Arik Gilbert

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  1. islstl

    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

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    That I don't remember.

    I'll always remember the second coming of Earl Campbell, Cecil the diesel Collins being taken away from us after getting a glimpse of his greatness. That was tragic. He could have left LSU as the greatest football player in our history. That's how good he was.
     
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    mctiger RIP, and thanks for the music Staff Member

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    The list is 247, my opinions added
     
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    mctiger RIP, and thanks for the music Staff Member

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    I was at the game when he got his 1st touch, which was a quick slant that went for about a 50 yard TD. Ridiculous speed.
     
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    mctiger RIP, and thanks for the music Staff Member

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    I think he did, but it was minor. He would go on to a world class pro track career.
     
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    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

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    And the rest, as we say, was not history.
     
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    Xavier Carter was my favorite LSU player when I was cutting my teeth on the Tigers. Loved him and Skylar Green. Then Laron Landry came around and he was the dude of dudes.
     
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    What could have been...
     
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    mctiger RIP, and thanks for the music Staff Member

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    A similar player to Carter was Slip Watkins. He was a RB that came in the same year as Harvey Williams and Eddie Fuller, plus Sammy Martin was already on the roster. Watkins had crazy speed and bounced back and forth between RB and WR his whole career, and again, he scored on his first touch as a Tiger, turned a little buttonhook route into about a 70 yarder. You could see the cornerback he beat just give up after about 10 yards; he knew he was toast. Watkins did very little after that.
     
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    mctiger RIP, and thanks for the music Staff Member

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    Someone must have told Cecil at some point that with his combo of size and speed, he should be illegal. He took it to heart......
     
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