Brelan "Freaking" Football

[untcampbell]

A little side discussion during the game and today's viewing of the most recent Beyond The Green reminded me to mention this:

Brelan Chancellor will be the guy I miss watching (on Saturday's anyway) more than any NT player since Booger Kennedy.

Johnny Quinn was a player I LOVED to watch play (not as much as Quoner obviously) and there have been others, but I reserve this accolade for players that truly change the way opposing coaches plan their game...and it just doesn't matter.

So happy that Brelan's last game at North Texas included a few plays to add to his highlight reel.

Who would you add to the list?

GMG

[pastorgrant]

Lance Dunbar.

Totally agree about Brelan too.

[Green P1]

Brelan and Lance for me.

[NT Alum '04]

Memories. Booger was fun to watch. I remeber playing him back in high school basketball. He had incredible agility for his size.

[Mean Green 93-98]

Marcus Trice has to be up there. His intensity, hard-hitting, and special teams playmaking ability will be missed. He's been a pleasure to watch, this past year especially.

[MeanGreenTexan]

Zach Orr is the man. He's going to be the one I miss most.

[Eastwood Eagle]

Dunbar will always be my favorite. His freshman year was my freshman year and we graduated in the same class, so that has always been cool to me.

As far as this team, no doubt I will miss watching Brelan, however I think Carlos Harris may step up and be a dynamic playmaker.

Also, going to love the passion and intensity of Sarge.

[Mean Green Matt]

Zach Orr is the man. He's going to be the one I miss most.

Would be awesome if his brother gave us another fORR years.

[All About UNT]

There is no way in hell I could pick which player I will miss most between Brelan, Trice and Orr.

[FirefightnRick]

Derek Thompson.

Rick

[cogido]

I'm going to miss every damn one of the departing seniors. This was the most exciting bunch of over achievers I have ever watched at North Texas.

[eulessismore]

The thing I always liked about Brelan was the feeling that any time he touched the ball could result in 6 points. Have we ever had anyone more versatile?

[filmerj]

Glad they featured Brelan. I really love watching him play. And he's seems like a good dude. I like Trice's story. I hope he can take his experiences and pass on the positive message.

Edited January 3, 2014 by filmerj

[Harry]

[meaniegreenie]

Thanks to all of the seniors for being a really special bunch. I hope they challenge the next group to step it up even bigger next year. Need someone to fill this guy's leadership shoes...

[JesseMartin]

A little side discussion during the game and today's viewing of the most recent Beyond The Green reminded me to mention this:

Johnny Quinn was a player I LOVED to watch play (not as much as Quoner obviously)

Is that what Quoner means? Quinn...*ahem*

Anyway, this year is hard to pick just one. DT had up and down games, but man, when he was on, he was ON. Brelan of course, and Trice and Orr like all of you said, plus pretty much every RB from #1-5 on the depth chart. Also Laraimie Lee, who knocks the crap out of guys way bigger than he.

Through the years though, that one special season for Jamario was amazing. Too bad he wasn't as electric later on, but wow, that was so exciting, no matter how many shoes he had on.

[Got5onIt]

He was a game changer for NT. I'm glad he was the center piece for the offensive gameplan at the HoD Bowl. I always felt Brelan could've gotten the ball more after every game. He'll be sorely missed...

[meangreener]

I still miss Dunbar the most...sat in the pouring rain and cold just to watch him shred the MTSU defense on a historic night.

[foutsrouts]

Don't want to leave Brandon Byrd out of the mix. He may have been a bit of a blue collar workhorse kinda guy, but he sure stayed healthy and made some big runs for us down the stretch of the season. Very nice career.

[JesseMartin]

Yeah, and Brandin broke 1,000 yards as a part of a committee of running backs. If we were using less of a rotation he probably would have been well over 2K.

[greenminer]

If we were using less of a rotation he probably would have been well over 2K.

It's fun to speculate, but this is a farfar reach from a galaxy farfar away. That would have required Byrd handling just over 85% of the carries, based on final 2013 productivity.

He wouldn't have lasted long enough to hit it, let alone "well over."

2013 Mean Green Rush: 549-2349 (4.3 ave)

2013 Brandon Byrd: 202-1075 (5.3 ave)

2013 Brandon Byrd % of team total: 36.79% - 45.76%

2004 Mean Green Rush: 491-2237 (4.6 ave)

2004 Jamario Thomas: 285-1801 (6.3 ave)

2004 Jamario % of team: 58.04% - 80.05%

2003 Mean Green Rush (13 games): 561-2308 (4.1 ave)

2003 Patrick Cobbs (11 games played): 307-1680 (5.5 ave)

2003 Cobbs % of team: 54.72% - 72.79%

Edited January 5, 2014 by greenminer

[Eagle1855]

Thanks to all of the seniors for being a really special bunch. I hope they challenge the next group to step it up even bigger next year. Need someone to fill this guy's leadership shoes...

Amen. I don't think I've ever seen someone who appears to genuinely love playing Mean Green football more than Trice.