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Your sarcasm meter is off SoFla, do I need to talk about the Eagles are something?
Top 10 Wide Receivers in UF History
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Your sarcasm meter is off SoFla, do I need to talk about the Eagles are something?
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In all honesty, he deserves a spot (being it is a +1) for just one of those catches against UGA.
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Gaffney should be much higher. I would have Jabar, Taylor Jacobs
and even Chad Jackson over Doering. Jacquez is way underrated on this
list too.
and even Chad Jackson over Doering. Jacquez is way underrated on this
list too.
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I only even know of the one against uga. I was referencing two great catches on the final drive against Aub in '86.
Anyway, I'd rather not talk teams or players whose seemingly ancient accomplishments are remembered only through grainy VHS footage. I have too much respect for you to go down that path.
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Shouldn’t Andre Dubose be on here? No Gator WR has had more preseason hype or years with the team. Has to count for something. In fact, is this his break out year?
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Good addition!
Ricky Nattiel is another really good one that didn’t make the list because he played during an era when a running game was key
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Wasn't Wes Chandler used a bit as a wildcat before there was such a play as the wildcat? - just to get his hands on the ball?
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JJ was a fine player, I don't think he had the consistency of Jackson Jr. I was at Birmingham too, what a game!
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I could agree with that. Consistency vs electricity.
As for that Bham game, late afternoon/early evening in cold, December rain with a kid who still had pneumonia from the uga game over a month prior. Pretty sure my parents would've been arrested today.
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Against ugly Doug Dickey put him at running back, of course he was the star and won the game.
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My wife and I were with a group from Collinsville, Al. It WAS cold and wet but everything was bright and sunny for me. The year before I had to wear a elephant hat after the game on a bet with our friend Irma. That night she hot footed out and thought she had escaped to a Mexican Restaurant in Gadsden but her son in law ratted her out. We caught up, it was funny and great!
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He lined up in the backfield quite a bit. They may have even listed him as a RB one year?
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Yes
As Frozen Gator said.
Chandler was such an exceptional talent that it made sense to get the ball in his hands as much as possible
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1. Wes Chandler and it ain’t even close.
2. Percy Harvin. Not the greatest hands or route runner but the closest I’ve ever seen to Wes as far as what he could do after the catch.
3. Chris Collingsworth. Great route runner and possibly the best hands at WR that we’ve ever had.
4-10. Throw about a dozen names in a bag and finish the list.
I was too young to recall Carlos Alvarez but those who aren’t will probably list him top 3.
2. Percy Harvin. Not the greatest hands or route runner but the closest I’ve ever seen to Wes as far as what he could do after the catch.
3. Chris Collingsworth. Great route runner and possibly the best hands at WR that we’ve ever had.
4-10. Throw about a dozen names in a bag and finish the list.
I was too young to recall Carlos Alvarez but those who aren’t will probably list him top 3.
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Love the fact that you hunted someone down in an entirely different town to ensure she honored a bet. Has a Costanza/jerkstore feel to it.
I don't remember where it was(I was pretty tired and clinging to life by then), but after the game, we ate at some restaurant somewhere in Alabama maybe an hour away. Must've been off the interstate, because there were several tables of fellow Gators. Long story short, someone decided to lead "We are the boys", and you had about 6-7 tables all swaying and singing in chorus, in a restaurant in Alabama. It was a sight. I always say, that game is what made UF more than a one time flash in the pan. It established us as a power for years to come.
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Gadsden wasn't that far away and they were/are great friends. Also on the way home.
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Arguments about who was the better RB, wildcat, punt returner or who had most under-utilized talent aside, you are what your production says you are.
Here are the top actual producers at UF:
------------------------------------------------rec---yards---ave----td
1 Carlos Alvarez 1969 1971 172 2563 14.9 19
2 Jabar Gaffney 2000 2001 138 2375 17.2 27
3 Andre Caldwell* 2003 2007 185 2349 12.7 16
4 Reidel Anthony 1994 1996 126 2274 18.0 26
5 Jack Jackson 1992 1994 143 2266 15.8 29
6 Dallas Baker* 2003 2006 151 2236 14.8 21
7 Ike Hilliard 1994 1996 126 2214 17.6 29
8 Jacquez Green 1995 1997 113 2181 19.3 23
9 W Jackson 1991 1993 162 2172 13.4 24
10 Chris Doering 1992 1995 149 2107 14.1 31
11 Taylor Jacobs* 1999 2002 133 2097 15.8 16
12 Reche Caldwell 1999 2001 141 2088 14.8 18
13 Ricky Nattiel 1983 1986 117 2086 17.8 18
14 Travis McGriff 1994 1998 123 2057 16.7 14
15 Wes Chandler* 1974 1977 93 1994 21.4 22
16 C Collinsworth 1977 1980 120 1937 16.1 14
17 Percy Harvin* 2006 2008 133 1929 14.5 13
18 Richard Trapp 1965 1967 132 1783 13.5 10
19 H Houston 1990 1993 101 1781 17.6 19
20 Charles Casey 1963 1965 114 1612 14.1 13
Rest of the list here: Florida Gators Receiving | College Football at Sports-Reference.com
Nafis Kareem still holding strong at #47. Errict Rhett was 39 and Van Jefferson was #42.
Here are the top actual producers at UF:
------------------------------------------------rec---yards---ave----td
1 Carlos Alvarez 1969 1971 172 2563 14.9 19
2 Jabar Gaffney 2000 2001 138 2375 17.2 27
3 Andre Caldwell* 2003 2007 185 2349 12.7 16
4 Reidel Anthony 1994 1996 126 2274 18.0 26
5 Jack Jackson 1992 1994 143 2266 15.8 29
6 Dallas Baker* 2003 2006 151 2236 14.8 21
7 Ike Hilliard 1994 1996 126 2214 17.6 29
8 Jacquez Green 1995 1997 113 2181 19.3 23
9 W Jackson 1991 1993 162 2172 13.4 24
10 Chris Doering 1992 1995 149 2107 14.1 31
11 Taylor Jacobs* 1999 2002 133 2097 15.8 16
12 Reche Caldwell 1999 2001 141 2088 14.8 18
13 Ricky Nattiel 1983 1986 117 2086 17.8 18
14 Travis McGriff 1994 1998 123 2057 16.7 14
15 Wes Chandler* 1974 1977 93 1994 21.4 22
16 C Collinsworth 1977 1980 120 1937 16.1 14
17 Percy Harvin* 2006 2008 133 1929 14.5 13
18 Richard Trapp 1965 1967 132 1783 13.5 10
19 H Houston 1990 1993 101 1781 17.6 19
20 Charles Casey 1963 1965 114 1612 14.1 13
Rest of the list here: Florida Gators Receiving | College Football at Sports-Reference.com
Nafis Kareem still holding strong at #47. Errict Rhett was 39 and Van Jefferson was #42.
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