All-time best UNT FB player you ever witnessed

UNTLifer · January 8, 2017

Speaking of Jamario, didn't DD want him to gain weight to hold up better and it effected his speed and quickness. Seems he added about 20lbs. After his freshman year.

UNT 90 Grad · January 8, 2017

1 hour ago, UNTLifer said:

Speaking of Jamario, didn't DD want him to gain weight to hold up better and it effected his speed and quickness. Seems he added about 20lbs. After his freshman year.

He definitely gained weight, but I didn't remember it being at Dickey's request.

Mean Green 93-98 · January 8, 2017

Sorry, I just can't give a single answer to the O.P.'s question. But I'll throw out a few:

Mitch Maher - The guy just made you feel like you had a chance in every game.

Freshman Jamario - I had been very worried when P.C. went down, but Freshman Jamario ended up being way better than P.C. (no disrespect to P.C.--the guy is a Mean Green legend, and would make my top 10 list of all-time NT players). That's saying something.

Booger - As others have mentioned, he was a very disruptive player. After he sacked Chris Simms all those times in that game, Mack Brown was ready to kiss Booger's feet and do penance for failing to offer him.

Brelan - Johnny Quinn and Casey Fitzgerald were amazing, but Brelan could make plays in so many ways. He was tremendously physical, which is saying something when he was what--5'9", 180 lbs.?

Cr1028 · January 8, 2017

I've only been following closely since '05 but I'd go with Marcus Trice or Lairamie Lee. Those two just played a brand of football that I love.

Monkeypox · January 8, 2017

Booger, Dunbar.

I remember remarking after one of Dunbar's first plays as a freshman that he had NFL talent. It shows up, because we so rarely have it.

UNT 90 Grad · January 8, 2017

I think Booger is the only Mean Green player to have had a bobble head made in their likeness. That's gotta account for something.

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Cr1028 · January 8, 2017

1 hour ago, UNT 90 Grad said:

I think Booger is the only Mean Green player to have had a bobble head made in their likeness. That's gotta account for something.

Yes Kennedy is the only bobblegead in a UNT uniform but I'm sure Joe Greene has bobbleheads out there somewhere.

KRAM1 · January 9, 2017

Joe Greene and Abner Haynes

SAGreenFan · January 9, 2017

Booger and Scott Hall

Graddean · January 9, 2017

I didn't get to see Abner at NT, but I did see him play in the Cotton Bowl for the Dallas Texans. I think the best running back I saw at was Bobby Smith.

UNT 90 Grad · January 9, 2017

1 hour ago, Cr1028 said:

Yes Kennedy is the only bobblegead in a UNT uniform but I'm sure Joe Greene has bobbleheads out there somewhere.

Unfortunately I never saw Greene play in a NT uniform in person.

EagleD · January 9, 2017

Booger

but man I loved watching Awasome play next to him.

Johnny Quinn is a close second.

Texas Stranger · January 9, 2017

Top MG's I've personally watched:

1 - Brandon Kennedy

2 - Zach Orr

3 - Jonas Buckles

Top MG opponents I've seen:

1 - Demarcus Ware (Troy)

2 - T. Y. Hilton (FIU)

3 - Steven Jyles (ULM)

greenminer · January 9, 2017

Wow! I am amazed how many posters we have around here that got to see Joe Greene. I never had that pleasure.

Brelan was special, because of speed and toughness, but he didn't dominate his side of the field like Booger did. Booger was such a force to be reckoned with, the protection usually had to account for him with 2-3 guys. The numbers would then play in our favor at nearly every other position. Booger could still bust through the OL and chase a mobile QB from behind.

Cobbs was my all-time favorite RB. He had a sense of timing and burst within Dickey's scheme that was special.

golfingomez · January 9, 2017

wish i could have seen Greene, and I also started watching UNT football my freshman year, 2004, our first year after Booger (A.B.)

I have followed pretty closely since then and would have to give it to Brelan, he had the speed, the quickness and was unbelievably tough for his size.

Dunbar's game against MTSU in the rain almost gets him there, though

MeanGreenTexan · January 9, 2017

Booger is obviously my choice (see profile pic). It appears I'm not alone!
He was insanely fast/shifty for a dude his size, and if he got by his double-team, no QB was going to get away from him, and most RBs were not going to get around him either, unless they strung it out all the way to the boundary (which, by that time, Buckles was on his way way to meet them).

Some others:
Lance Dunbar
Brelan Chancellor
Craig Robertson
Zach Orr

And for "most-underrated player", give me Kevin Galbreath. The guy was sandwiched between Ja'Quay & Pat, so he's often forgotten, but his 2 seasons here were extremely productive.

GangGreen · January 9, 2017

Toby Gowin - P

Jason Ball - K

Edited January 9, 2017 by GangGreen

aztecskin · January 9, 2017

On 1/8/2017 at 11:48 AM, bstnsportsfan3 said:

Football, Lance Dunbar

Basketball, Josh White

Same, with a tip of the hat to Tristan Thompson.

UNTLifer · January 9, 2017

4 hours ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

And for "most-underrated player", give me Kevin Galbreath. The guy was sandwiched between Ja'Quay & Pat, so he's often forgotten, but his 2 seasons here were extremely productive.

So true, although I would label him the "Most Under-Appreciated Player" instead. Great back.

oldguystudent · January 10, 2017

I got here in 2008, so it's got to be Dunbar. He was unstoppable against Sunbelt competition with a near non-existent O-Line to run through. Chancellor comes in a close second.

Edited January 10, 2017 by oldguystudent

GreenFlag · January 10, 2017

This is tough.

QB - Vizza with a tip of the hat to Hall

RB - Freshman Jamario

WR - Quinn

OL - I loved The Badger.

DL - Booger

LB - Cody Spencer with a tip of the hat to Robinson, Kassell, and Orr.

CB - it might have been from this year. Lots of guys but no one standing out from the rest.

Safety - Craig Jones/Laramie Lee

Returner - Brelan

Kicker - Keith Chapman

Punter - Toby Gowin although I have enjoyed Keena the most.

The Best of the best was Booger.

BTG_Fan1 · January 10, 2017

I know we have seen Orr, Dunbar, Robertson, even Quinn be active on social media helping out UNT, along with Trice and others... I hope that WB and SL can somehow bring back these guys like Booger, Spencer, Kassell, Buckles, etc just like they do Mean Joe.

cogido · January 10, 2017

Three Legged Benny ' The Bone ' Shoemaker !! Man could tear up the turf, the dance floor, you name it. Cheerleaders luvvd him too. 1948.

rws69 · January 10, 2017

As my GMG handle implies, I graduated in 1969. I saw all home games plus three road games for Joe Greene. Only five losses (3 to Memphis, one to Arkansas by 2 points, and one to Tulsa) over three seasons (66-67-68) were recorded by NT.

For the teams I watched, including last ten years as a season ticket holder, Joe Greene is tops in my book. Must also mention Hardman, Ramsey, Shanklin, Love, Orr, Chancellor, and Dunbar.