Quarterback1. Drew Brees
2. Kyle Orton
3. Curtis Painter
4. Billy Dicken
5. Brandon Kirsch
Running Back
1. Kory Sheets
2. Jerod Void
3. Montrell Lowe
4. Ed Watson
5. Brandon Jones
Wide Receiver1. Taylor Stubblefield
2. Dorien Bryant
3. John Standeford
4. Chris Daniels
5. Brian Alford
Tight End1. Dustin Keller
2. Tim Stratton
3. Charles Davis
4. Mike Rinhart
5. Jon Blackmon
Offensive Lineman1. Matt Light
2. Nick Hardwick
3. Brandon Gorin
4. Gene Mruckowski
5. Chukki Okobi
Defensive Lineman (Interior)1. Craig Terrill
2. Matt Mitrione
3. Alex Magee
4. Brent Grover
5. Brandon Villareal
Defensive End
1. Akin Ayodele
2. Rosevelt Colvin
3. Anthony Spencer
4. Chike O'Keafor
5. Rob Ninkovich
Linebacker1. Shaun Phillips
2. Niko Koutouvides
3. Landon Johnson
4. Gilbert Gardner
5. Mike Rose
Cornerback1. Jacques Reeves
2. Michael Hawthorne
3. Antwaun Rogers
4. Ashante Woodyard
5. David Pender
Safety
1. Stu Schweigert
2. Bernard Pollard
3. Adrian Beasley
4. Ralph Turner
5. Billy Gustin
P/K1. Travis Dorsch
2. Ben Jones
3. Dave Brytus
4. Jared Armstrong
5. Carson Wiggs
Kick/Punt Return
1. Dorien Bryant
2. Anthony Chamers
3. Desmond Tardy
4. Vinny Sutherland
5. Kory Sheets
29 comments:
did you honestly leave mike alstott off this list?
Did Mike Alstott play for Tiller?
Good work. You're clearly not Dicken around.
I can't argue with much, though I will anyway.
For WRs, I'd put Standeford and Alford much higher. Like the top two. Sutherland was very good, but he had Drew Brees tossing to him. Brian Alford was the only option and was catching from Billy Dicken.
QBs: I'd put Dicken ahead of Painter. Painter accomplished VERY little. Dicken put us back on the map.
RBs: I'd move Void down the list.
DE: Is Chike Irish?
P/K: Was there anyone besides these five in the Tiller Era? Man, that was a smelly part of our game...
I'd agree about Standeford and Alford. I would bump them ahead of DB for sure... He had a very underwhelming senior season.
Some great memories on that list. I got a big smile thinking about Matt Mitrione. At one point Wiley had to put reminders on each dining room table for students to talk quietly and not use profanity solely based on Meathead's daily antics.
I'd probably put Colvin above Akin based on the fact that Rosy single-handedly one us one or two games (MSU) and also destroyed any chance of Michael Bishop being considered a good QB.
*won
I look at that list (thanks for doing it, BTW) and I feel so much pride in our program. Man, we had a great run of talent and coaching. A lot of us alums suddenly found making the drive/flight out a worthwhile activity or at least a worthy investment of Saturday morning watching the tube. I know my friends were stoked to the rafters after 1998.
If you really want to drive the point home, compare this list to the list of the prior ten years. When we suffered through Fred Akers and Jim Colleto it was truly horrible. Stupid me, I bought season tickets my freshman year in 89, and regretted it until graduation. The only high point during my years there was Mike Alstott.
Thanks for the memories, guys.
I think the receivers are up for debate...lots of guys had a lot of catches. I also don't include Ike Jones on the list...or Randall Lane...they both did big things for a couple of seasons. In the pass-happy system lots of receivers could make their case for being considered very good, if not great based on numbers alone.
Acacia, I was on campus for three of Coletto's seasons...and honestly, I don't regret getting season tickets. I loved game day, even when they were lousy...and I didn't even drink before the games. That said, I grew up a Purdue fan, so it's kind of different for Purdue dorks like me, I think. The great players of Burtnett, Akers and Colletto's eras are definitely not as well known by the everyday football fan...mostly because so few of them went on to to anything as pros. Names like Everett, Dishman, Woodson, Alstott, Carter, Wallace, Zginga and a couple others were great, but not many more.
There's no doubt that Tiller could spot talent, especially raw talent and until the latter years of his career, he put that talent in the right place for the team to succeed.
Chris, sorry- I don't think anyone would tell you you're incorrect about Colvin either...but that is a ton of talent in that list; can't go wrong with them, really.
I like how you made Shaun Phillips a LB so you could include all the great DEs.
I'd drop Kory Sheets a few notches for his ridiculous behavior of late. He produced, sure, but he is not a Purdue man.
missed the "tiller-era" part at the beginning...my bad
Purdue Matt, do you think Tiller was a Purdue Man...after what he did to Purdue his last season..Tiller really sucked the whole 4 years the Kory played...I sat and watched many games at the 50 yard line behind the Purdue bench. I could tell you what play they were gonna run 90% of time. If Tiller claimed to know Kory like he say he does he wouldn't have put him in front of the media like he did..Kory said what Joe didn't ahve the balls to say because of his own agenda...Hmmmm
Speaking of Kory, what do you think of the news that Tiller may have sabotaged his draft stock.
http://www.hammerandrails.com/2009/5/4/864632/boilermakings-celebrates-beating
Travis, I commented on this last week- I don't think Joe's got that kind of clout with all of the NFL teams- I think Kory hurt himself a bit with all of the interviews he had in the weeks prior to the draft...and, if I were a betting man, I'd put a five on guessing that Sheets also talked that way in his testing w/ NFL teams...
All that said, he has a very good chance to bring things back to square one with a good camp. We all know he has the tools to produce...hopefully, his head's right at this point.
Regarding Sheets "not being a Purdue man", I think a lot of ex-Boilers have done more that was negative than Sheets in this list of players...but they were still impactful while at Purdue. Conversely, Ryan Baker is the consummate Purdue guy and he didn't make the list...but he was close, if you ask me.
And, from what I hear from a few sources, much of what Kory said wasn't out of line. Things weren't good in the program in the closing months, if not years of Tiller's time at Purdue...Once again, though, he probably shouldn't have spouted off...no one gained anything from his rant after the Northwestern game other than he might have felt a bit better temporarily.
I think Bryant is to high for WRs, he dropped way to many balls and his performance in the Motor City bowl cost his draft stock enormously. All to get signed by the Steelers and fail his medical exam(basically meaning his smoking the hippie lettuce). One of the largest disappointments.
I wish that youtube video of Stu would have included some of the bone rattling hits that I remember him making... those were almost as great as the picks.
Otherwise, great work on the list and finding vids!
Boilerdowd,
I'm glad someone was enjoying those games. My enthusiasim for Purdue athletics was an acquired taste - prior to college I never cared for any team, so I came into school a blank slate. I paid every penny of my tuition, room and board, and living expenses out of my own earnings, scholarships and loans, so the 89 season tickets were a disappointing expenditure of my hard-earned cash.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Everett, Woodson, Carter, and Wallace predate Fred Akers, and are certainly outside of the time range 87-96 to which I was referring. Just sayin'.
I was combining the three previous coaches, because many people reference that entire period as the dark ages...Indeed they were, and honestly, there was only one good season in the Burtnett era; Peach Bowl, '84, I believe...which they lost.
A lot of you guys disagree with Dorien Bryant being as highly rated as he is...that's OK. But, let's look at a few things-
-Statistics
He's a monster statistically
-Longevity
4-season starter
-Respect
He always garnered their best corner
-Opinion outside of Purdue
I'm not a big fan of the fact that Bryant seemed to take plays off, ran his mouth too much and dropped passes if a big hit seemed imminent. But, ask opposing teams' fans about Bryant sometime...He was feared and hated because of his production.
Colvin is my all time favorite Boiler and he had his best games when the pressure was on. So I think he should be number one. Just seeing him sack the QB in the Alamo Bowls time and time again with guys holding him is an image I will never forget.
Saw Colvin at the Spring game...he's really lean looking now.
Being in Ross-Ade form 01-05, I have to say that Jacques Reeves was almost always painful to watch. He induced more grimaces than any one player on the field. Of course, I don't know who else would be rated higher than him. I didn't hate Woodyard as much.
Ryan- Purdue corners have been pretty lousy over the past 13 seasons; no doubt about it. I don't know who else to put in that top-5, sadly.
i'd put vinny higher as a return man.
Good picks but I think you forgot to consider a few.
RB-J "That aint my F-ing name" Crabtree.
LB-Kyle "bloody hands" Williams, Nick Zitelli, Ray Lee
QB-Seegard
CB- C. "5 foot 2" Clopton
SS- Kyle "couldn't seal the deal" Smith
WR-Kyle Ingraham
TE- Tim Peterson
I mean I could keep going with a bunch of names that you must have just forgot to put on there, but it might take me too much time. Also, I do agree with BoilerBiker...Vinny should be higher on the return man list.
Dorien Bryant was the most explosive player in boilermaker football history, and should go down as our best receiver as well. If Dorien would have been playing with Brees of course he would have received the accolades that Stubblefield did. My dad has season tickets and I have gone to every single home game for the past nine seasons. In my opinion he was the most talented player we have ever had. He was projected to go in the 2nd round, but he choose far before the draft that he did not want to play in the NFL. Dorien will always be my favorite boilermaker followed distantly by Bernard Pollard, Kory Sheets, Stu, Desmond Tardy, Anthony Heygood, and of course Drew Brees. Check out all of my Purdue highlight videos on my YouTube account sheets24heisman.
I was at Purdue during Rose Bowl era and I LOVED Ashante Woodyard. He wasn't a big name but he was a tough player. I think his punt return vs Wisconsin was one of the big plays that took us to the Rose Bowl in 01. Oh and I was shocked to learn he never played DB before Purdue, always a LB. Anyway glad to see his name get a little shine.
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