DE-Josh Allen
DE-Art Still
DT-Dewayne Robertson
DT-Deone Walker
How about Second Team?
DE-Art Still
DT-Dewayne Robertson
DT-Deone Walker
How about Second Team?
All-Time UK Defensive Line
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Of the ones I've seen, I would put Oliver Barnett on my Second Team too. Agree with Bohanna, still shocked he didn't stick with the Cowboys.
DE-Lou Michaels
DE-Jerry Blanton
DT Oliver Barnett'
DT- Corey Peters
NG-Bubba McCullom
Would Bob Gain make the list as a defender?
Have to consider Lou Michaels, Steve Meilinger, and Dennis Johnson for the list.
Have to consider Lou Michaels, Steve Meilinger, and Dennis Johnson for the list.
Bubba was a great player, may have had the biggest butt I've ever seen. 🤣
You're old aren't ya! LOL
Any list without Art Still is wrong. He was one of the greatest players to ever suit up for UK any position.
I took it that he was naming his second team. I don't think there's a whole lot of dispute in the First Team, assuming Deone Walker dominates this year as he should. It's between Art Still and Josh Allen for greatest UK defensive player of my lifetime, imo.
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Art Still was and is the best UK football player I've ever seen or saw. He could literally control his half of the field by himself. These other players, including Josh Allen, were and are great but Still was on another level.
Art Still was a 1st team All-American
The #2 player picked in the 1978 NFL draft
Made several Pro Bowls
Without a doubt one of the 2 or 3 best defensive players to ever play here.
Some very good defensive linemen not named yet, all of these were very good.
Myron Pryor
Jerry Reese
Jeremy Jarmon
Kerry Curling
Bob Winkel
Myron Pryor
Jerry Reese
Jeremy Jarmon
Kerry Curling
Bob Winkel
I do not consider Allen a Defensive Lineman. I put him in the category with Trevathan and Woodyard. I know he lined up on the end a lot. He is a edge like Dupree. Both drop back in coverage and play the run better than a true D-Lineman. Same with a guy like Micah Parsons.
Za' Darius has to be mentioned. He is 6-6 275 lbs. and athletic as hell. He was just not as mobile to cover like Trevathan, Woodyard.
Guys like Peters, Barnett, Sweet Pea Burns, Robertson, Jarmon and Walker are what I call true Defensive lineman.
Somebody start a greatest linebacker thread. That will be tougher to list a top 5.
In my opinion :
Za'Darius Smith - Defensive lineman
DuPree / Allen - Linebacker / Edge rusher
Za' Darius has to be mentioned. He is 6-6 275 lbs. and athletic as hell. He was just not as mobile to cover like Trevathan, Woodyard.
Guys like Peters, Barnett, Sweet Pea Burns, Robertson, Jarmon and Walker are what I call true Defensive lineman.
Somebody start a greatest linebacker thread. That will be tougher to list a top 5.
In my opinion :
Za'Darius Smith - Defensive lineman
DuPree / Allen - Linebacker / Edge rusher
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Four down linemen:
DE-Josh Allen
DE-Art Still
DT-Jeremy Caudill
DT-Deone Walker
Two-gap three down lineman:
DE - Zadarius
NG- Bohanna
DT - Deone Walker
DE-Josh Allen
DE-Art Still
DT-Jeremy Caudill
DT-Deone Walker
Two-gap three down lineman:
DE - Zadarius
NG- Bohanna
DT - Deone Walker
Myron Pryor was a stud, scored on Louisville, and had a solid career as a NE Patriot. He's third team or better. No way he ain't. One of my favorites to ever wear Kentucky blue.
Not just UK but all of college football. When we do this on our site it's like we started playing around 2000.
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They had Deone on KSR and I was thinking who were Ky’s all time best. A lot of people don’t realize Peter’s got doubled team all game long and still made plays.
This was my exact list.
Lou Michaels was a great player at UK but he actually had LB size, playing at probably 6'2" 230 LBS. UK moved him all over the field, seldom lining up in the same place two plays in a row. Michaels also was a kicker of note, old style straight ahead XP/FG/KO guy, that helped keep him in the NFL for 12-13 years. Michaels, and many others like him at the time, was from the coal mines of PA. UK got a lot of players from that area during that era.
Richard Jaffe, undersized but awesome. It seemed like he was in on every play, he couldn’t be blocked. He was one of my favorite cats.
Being limited to five, I couldn’t include Marquan, quite.
Top ten, yes.
Dave Roller and Jaffe are on my second five, also.
The JUCO fellow we had a few years ago should be an Hon Mention at least. Cory Johnson? Had 19 tackles in one game.
Okay, maybe not best all time. But he did have a couple of really great games.
Okay, maybe not best all time. But he did have a couple of really great games.
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