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bourbonstreet bourbonstreet OP
Apr 28, 2022 at 09:20 PM ET
The most underrated Beamer Era baller=???
No.
MV1, is not it.
Neither was Dooley's "Bruuuuuuuuce."

That attempt at satire aside... who was a Beamer era stud baller who never
quite got their due(s) or their proper stud run???

So, a legit star-power Beamer sleeper or underrated baller=❓


TIA!
b.street

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Hokie 4 MG
James Anderson
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Hokie67NC
Team mate
Frank Loria
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Smirnoff
Anthony Shegog
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BeastOfTheEast
Danny Coale
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HokiePower
Ben Taylor
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SwannanoaHokie
Cartoons Plural
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csHokie04
HA!
VTHokie2000 VTHokie2000
Dustin Pickle
SCHokie1103 SCHokie1103
Semones out of Glenvar HS.
VTGungHO VTGungHO
Would take 10 Brandon's over some of the clowns we had over last 8 years
SCHokie1103 SCHokie1103
You got that right and then some.
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soflahokie
My man Bruce Taylor, if only it weren't for the injuries
He'd be up there on the list of best linebacker to ever play for VT that nobody seems to remember. When he was injured the defense really suffered.

Anchored the defense and racked up impressive numbers:

- 226 total tackles
- 33.5 TFLs
- 16.5 sacks

The latter two on that list are more than Hall or Adibi
Seikoh_04 Seikoh_04
Logan Thomas
Everybody focuses on what he could have been as tight end but seem to forget he was an outstanding QB that lost his weapons and had to carry the team.

Others, Vince Hall maybe overshadowed by Adibi while being a better college LB than Adibi.

Deablo maybe didn't get enough love

The late 90s were riddled with guys that were good
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133303Hokie
Al Clark.
Warrior and the impact of that win.
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EDGEMAN
Al was an "Iron man!" Possibly the toughest QB we've ever had
Going by him playing with injuries that would have taken almost every other QB off the field. The only thing that comes close was when Frank put MV1 on the field at Miami when he had the leg injury from the endzone flip. Miami knew Mike couldn't move, so that started teeing off on him. Frank put Dave back at QB in the 2nd half. We didn't get it done against Miami that year...they may have won their last NC that season.
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Lone Star Hokie
I would put Brewer up there too
In terms of toughness
whatIpostlike whatIpostlike
André Davis
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UpperQuad
Maurice DeShazo
whatIpostlike whatIpostlike
Oh, please.
Terrible second half of his SR year. Just terrible.
TomTurkey TomTurkey
Gary Tranquil says hold my beer
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EDGEMAN
BHS, representing!
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HwoodHokie
This has my vote
reestuart reestuart
Jim Davis
VTVOICE VTVOICE
Bryan Randall. He's played professionally everywhere in all leagues. He
began his pro career with the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent QB.

[Post edited by VTVOICE at 04/28/2022 11:02PM]
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6thStreetHokie
Based on where we stand now, like 80% of them
Maybe under appreciated is a better word, but I have a much higher appreciation for 80% of Beamer’s players seeing the team the last 1-2 years. We went to the Natty and just didn’t appreciate what was going on at the time as much as looking back now
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Hokieville
Nick Sorensen. 10 year NFL player. 10 yr NFL coach so far.
SCHokie1103 SCHokie1103
Yep he was a man of many positions. Made a little change in the NFL as well
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ChrisLords
Antonio Freeman?
I thought that he would be Favre's #1 WR for his career. Which would have made him a HOFer. I don't know what happened to him. I fell out of contact with the NFL from 1999 to about 2004.
[Post edited by ChrisLords at 04/28/2022 10:28PM]
SCHokie1103 SCHokie1103
He was a good one as well that played pretty well in the NFL.
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HwoodHokie
I wouldn’t call Free underrated.
All Pro, Pro Bowl, lead the NFL in receiving, Super Bowl ring, 61 career TDs. Great pro career and Packers Hall of Fame
SCHokie1103 SCHokie1103
Depends on the criteria you are using. Especially before the NFL.
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crazylane
Hard to say
One guy that comes to mind is Corey Bird. All that guy did was make plays.
TomTurkey TomTurkey
Started the 62-0 Cuse demolition
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2hhoop3
Could be several.....
depending how you define criteria and time frame for being rated. Engleberger is definitely in the discussion on almost all accounts. Kam Chancellor, Andre Davis, Ben Taylor, Duane Brown and a few others can get ther depending on the criteria. A lot of underrated/underappreciated talent during the Beamer era.
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WILLOW
John Engleberger
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mwills98
Another vote for Englelberger, walk-on to NFL starter…
That is player development. JC Price an honorable mention.
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Mercury
Exactly
the role model of under recruited - i believe walk on to top player in the nfl
OrangeHokieFan OrangeHokieFan
It’s Eric Green
We talk about DBU and he never gets brought up but he had a great career. Liked seeing him in the cardinals jersey too