Who is the most overrated player in Nebraska Football History?

[Cornicator]

This could be a player who is super loved, propped on a pedestal, garnered accolades, and yet maybe if they played for Mike Riley or Scott Frost, nobody would even think about them now?

I have an answer, but its controversial and people want to fight me over it:

Terrell Farley

Don't believe me?

Ok, let's put 4 All-Americans and 4 1st or 2nd round draft picks in Grant Wistrom, Jason Peter, Christian Peter, and Jared Tomich on the Defensive line. Then let's put All-Americans or All Conference players at the 2nd level in Jon Hesse, Jamel Williams, and Jay Foreman. Then lets make sure we have the best Safety in college football at the time in Mike Minter basically as your center fielder. Oh, any of Nebraska's top 4 Cornerbacks are better than any of the top 2 receivers playing for 11 of the 12 opponents you will face.

Then let's take a 6'2 215 lb speedster and just ask him to blitz or just cover the flat. That's all Terrell Farley ever did at Nebraska. The dude absolutely was able to reap the benefits of offensive linemen and QBs terrified of 10 other players on the field.

Deshon Singleton and Terrell Farley are the same caliber of player.

 

[betsch]

This could be a player who is super loved, propped on a pedestal, garnered accolades, and yet maybe if they played for Mike Riley or Scott Frost, nobody would even think about them now?

I have an answer, but its controversial and people want to fight me over it:

Terrell Farley

Don't believe me?

Ok, let's put 4 All-Americans and 4 1st or 2nd round draft picks in Grant Wistrom, Jason Peter, Christian Peter, and Jared Tomich on the Defensive line. Then let's put All-Americans or All Conference players at the 2nd level in Jon Hesse, Jamel Williams, and Jay Foreman. Then lets make sure we have the best Safety in college football at the time in Mike Minter basically as your center fielder. Oh, any of Nebraska's top 4 Cornerbacks are better than any of the top 2 receivers playing for 11 of the 12 opponents you will face.

Then let's take a 6'2 215 lb speedster and just ask him to blitz or just cover the flat. That's all Terrell Farley ever did at Nebraska. The dude absolutely was able to reap the benefits of offensive linemen and QBs terrified of 10 other players on the field.

Deshon Singleton and Terrell Farley are the same caliber of player.

Couldn't you also make an argument that all the other players are overrated too because they too were playing with other great players around them?

 

[Omar Little]

Matt Davison

 

[clifscales]

This could be a player who is super loved, propped on a pedestal, garnered accolades, and yet maybe if they played for Mike Riley or Scott Frost, nobody would even think about them now?

I have an answer, but its controversial and people want to fight me over it:

Terrell Farley

Don't believe me?

Ok, let's put 4 All-Americans and 4 1st or 2nd round draft picks in Grant Wistrom, Jason Peter, Christian Peter, and Jared Tomich on the Defensive line. Then let's put All-Americans or All Conference players at the 2nd level in Jon Hesse, Jamel Williams, and Jay Foreman. Then lets make sure we have the best Safety in college football at the time in Mike Minter basically as your center fielder. Oh, any of Nebraska's top 4 Cornerbacks are better than any of the top 2 receivers playing for 11 of the 12 opponents you will face.

Then let's take a 6'2 215 lb speedster and just ask him to blitz or just cover the flat. That's all Terrell Farley ever did at Nebraska. The dude absolutely was able to reap the benefits of offensive linemen and QBs terrified of 10 other players on the field.

Deshon Singleton and Terrell Farley are the same caliber of player.

Yep those coaches that voted for him to be all conference were idiots. Dude was great on special teams too.

• Third-Team All-Big 12 (AP, Coaches, 1996)
• Member of the 1995 National Championship Team
• Second-Team All-American (AP, UPI, 1995)
• First-Team All-Big Eight (AP, 1995)
• Big Eight Defensive Newcomer-of-the-Year (AP, Coaches, 1995)
• Second-Team All-Big Eight (Coaches, 1995)
• Nebraska Defensive Player-of-the-Week vs. Pacific, Missouri, Colorado (1995)

 

[Frogsker30]

Scotch frausd

 

[huskerj12]

Garrett Nelson

 

[doublewing]

This could be a player who is super loved, propped on a pedestal, garnered accolades, and yet maybe if they played for Mike Riley or Scott Frost, nobody would even think about them now?

I have an answer, but its controversial and people want to fight me over it:

Terrell Farley

Don't believe me?

Ok, let's put 4 All-Americans and 4 1st or 2nd round draft picks in Grant Wistrom, Jason Peter, Christian Peter, and Jared Tomich on the Defensive line. Then let's put All-Americans or All Conference players at the 2nd level in Jon Hesse, Jamel Williams, and Jay Foreman. Then lets make sure we have the best Safety in college football at the time in Mike Minter basically as your center fielder. Oh, any of Nebraska's top 4 Cornerbacks are better than any of the top 2 receivers playing for 11 of the 12 opponents you will face.

Then let's take a 6'2 215 lb speedster and just ask him to blitz or just cover the flat. That's all Terrell Farley ever did at Nebraska. The dude absolutely was able to reap the benefits of offensive linemen and QBs terrified of 10 other players on the field.

Deshon Singleton and Terrell Farley are the same caliber of player.

Farley had great talent around him, but you can say the same for every player on that defense.

He had a knack for making plays that was unmatched and amazing football instincts. Even as a guy blitzing or covering the flat, he was massively disruptive doing that. Was also a hell of a punt rusher with his first step. If someone said "he was the best player on the 95/96 defense," then I'd take some issue with that.

 

[kchusker1423]

Every game we lost in 1996, Farley didn't play...

 

[Kazman5k]

Tom Novak

 

[Stan Raymond]

Eric Crouch

 

[BradWesley]

This could be a player who is super loved, propped on a pedestal, garnered accolades, and yet maybe if they played for Mike Riley or Scott Frost, nobody would even think about them now?

I have an answer, but its controversial and people want to fight me over it:

Terrell Farley

Don't believe me?

Ok, let's put 4 All-Americans and 4 1st or 2nd round draft picks in Grant Wistrom, Jason Peter, Christian Peter, and Jared Tomich on the Defensive line. Then let's put All-Americans or All Conference players at the 2nd level in Jon Hesse, Jamel Williams, and Jay Foreman. Then lets make sure we have the best Safety in college football at the time in Mike Minter basically as your center fielder. Oh, any of Nebraska's top 4 Cornerbacks are better than any of the top 2 receivers playing for 11 of the 12 opponents you will face.

Then let's take a 6'2 215 lb speedster and just ask him to blitz or just cover the flat. That's all Terrell Farley ever did at Nebraska. The dude absolutely was able to reap the benefits of offensive linemen and QBs terrified of 10 other players on the field.

Deshon Singleton and Terrell Farley are the same caliber of player.

Bruce Pickens. Falcons took him with the 3rd Overall pick in the 1991 draft

 

[Huskers633]

Deshon Singleton and Terrell Farley are the same caliber of player.

I guess I applaud you for having the balls to put this out there as I'd be surprised if anyone agreed with you. But your last sentence I've quoted here is a Rufus level take.

 

[Stan Raymond]

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Bruce Pickens. Falcons took him with the 3rd Overall pick in the 1991 draft

Could be the right answer.

 

[Huskers633]

I'd have to think about this to come up with a better answer. But my immediate thought is Joe Ganz.

 

[doublewing]

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Bruce Pickens. Falcons took him with the 3rd Overall pick in the 1991 draft

That's a good one. All world in athletic ability but that dude never demonstrated the ability to cover anyone.

I mostly remember him for blowing up Mike Gundy on a CB blitz in the late 80's. Knocked the mullet off of him.

 

[Blakejc]

Great thread.

 

[BradWesley]

That's a good one. All world in athletic ability but that dude never demonstrated the ability to cover anyone.

I mostly remember him for blowing up Mike Gundy on a CB blitz in the late 80's. Knocked the mullet off of him.

Jerry Glanville who I think was the Atlanta coach at the time was infatuated by speed. Pickens ran an absurd (great) 40 yd dash and that was it.

 

[doublewing]

Eric Crouch

I think Crouch is saddled with being an overrated Heisman winner, and deservedly so. He won it in a year that there were not any players that stood out.

Definitely not an overrated player in NU football history. That guy has a highlight reel that rivals any player at NU and consistently produced. He carried the 2001 team which wasn't that talented.

 

[Herbie]

Any DLinemen that’s started next to Suh. No one on that OL cared about slowing you down

 

[Fitzjess21]

Matt Davison

Winner.