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Several fullbacks. Tony Richardson was mentioned. I'll add Fred Beasley, Joe Frazier, Ried McMillan Brandon Johnson 

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Tre Smith also.   Very good punt returner/RB for Auburn and the game against Alabama in 2002 as a Freshman endeared him to me....

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On 7/23/2017 at 1:48 PM, alexava said:

Several fullbacks. Tony Richardson was mentioned. I'll add Fred Beasley, Joe Frazier, Ried McMillan Brandon Johnson 

Loved Brandon Johnson - that kid took a beating every week and probably didn't carry the ball 5 times in his career.   But was man enough to get invited to camp for the Falcons ... if I remember correctly - he walked away from camp when it looked like he was going to make the cut, to go back to the gulf and work with his family shrimping.  Just decided he was ready to be done with football.  

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Zach Etheridge who overcame a career threatening neck injury, against Ole Miss in 2009.

Returned for fall camp in 2010 was a defensive leader for Auburn's 2010 National Championship team.

 

 

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Justin Garrett was another one of my favorites ( I bet no one can guess why...) Wish we could have seen him with this current coaching staff and without all the injuries. 

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In this topic i want to mention this guy  Ladarious Phillips  , Handley High School

 

He never played a down, but oh i had such hopes for Him.  Then tragedy!!!!!  

One of the best recruiting tapes--- 

 

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We don't beat #1 Florida in 1994 in The Swamp without these three catches......

https://youtu.be/QcLyXxOhqAI?t=3m42s

and...

https://youtu.be/QcLyXxOhqAI?t=5m12s

and...

https://youtu.be/QcLyXxOhqAI?t=26m33s

The first of those three catches was the best catch in a meaningful game I've ever witnessed in Auburn history. In his final two seasons, I never witnessed Thomas Bailey drop a catchable pass. Think about that because I watched 1st Team All-American Frank Sanders drop a few in the same period.

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10 hours ago, VipersStrike1 said:

We don't beat #1 Florida in 1994 in The Swamp without these three catches......

https://youtu.be/QcLyXxOhqAI?t=3m42s

and...

https://youtu.be/QcLyXxOhqAI?t=5m12s

and...

https://youtu.be/QcLyXxOhqAI?t=26m33s

The first of those three catches was the best catch in a meaningful game I've ever witnessed in Auburn history. In his final two seasons, I never witnessed Thomas Bailey drop a catchable pass. Think about that because I watched 1st Team All-American Frank Sanders drop a few in the same period.

One of the most underrated kick returners ever as well!

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On 7/26/2017 at 4:19 PM, Jgarrett7 said:

Justin Garrett was another one of my favorites ( I bet no one can guess why...) Wish we could have seen him with this current coaching staff and without all the injuries. 

I liked Justin too, Justin. 

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Stacy Danley. He was $$$ in the 4th quarter against bama. Also , he took one of the hardest hits that I have ever seen against Ohio State in bowl game. 

``It`s been a long time since I`ve seen anyone hit that hard than Stacey was hit today,`` Auburn coach Pat Dye said. ``When I went out there, Stacey looked like he had a hard time getting his breath.

``I said, `Stacey, when you get up if there`s any way, you have to run off this football field. Don`t you dare let those Ohio State players think they`re tougher than you are.```

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8 hours ago, lemonade_drinker said:

Lee Ziemba

got in a fight with a defensive player and broke the boys neck iirc 

Details, please!

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9 hours ago, lemonade_drinker said:

Lee Ziemba

got in a fight with a defensive player and broke the boys neck iirc 

I hope that detail isn't the reason why he's your favorite player.

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