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Warren Williams #24 - That was the guy who drove home the point about the Canes talent advantage in those days. Warren Williams was never higher than RB#2 on the roster and still got drafted in the 6th round and played 5 years for the Steelers, starting 4 of them.

Dude was never good enough to start at UM but was good enough to start for an NFL team.
 
Was trying to find other big opening games on YT. To lead us into next Saturday.
 
SFbayCane said:
Warren Williams #24 - That was the guy who drove home the point about the Canes talent advantage in those days. Warren Williams was never higher than RB#2 on the roster and still got drafted in the 6th round and played 5 years for the Steelers, starting 4 of them.

Dude was never good enough to start at UM but was good enough to start for an NFL team.
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IIRC, our 4th running back was Daryl Oliver(he may have been drafted in 86) but he also got drafted. Thats how deep UM was back then
 
k9cane said:
IIRC, our 4th running back was Daryl Oliver(he may have been drafted in 86) but he also got drafted. Thats how deep UM was back then
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Im kinda drawing a blank on him. I remember the name but dont seem to remember him.

Looks like he was drafted in the 11th round and played one season with the Seahawks,

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Career stats at UM:

Rushing & Receiving​

RushingReceivingScrimmage
YearSchoolConfClassPosGAttYdsAvgTDRecYdsAvgTDPlaysYdsAvgTD
1983Miami (FL)IndRB11251014.015326.40301334.41
1984Miami (FL)IndRB12924074.422423910.001166465.62
1985Miami (FL)IndRB11662644.01111099.90773734.81
1986Miami (FL)IndRB11311103.519505.60401604.01
CareerMiami (FL)2148824.15494308.8026313125.05
 
SFbayCane said:
Im kinda drawing a blank on him. I remember the name but dont seem to remember him.

Looks like he was drafted in the 11th round and played one season with the Seahawks,

www.pro-football-reference.com

Darryl Oliver Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College | Pro-Football-Reference.com

Checkout the latest stats for Darryl Oliver. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, college, draft, and more on Pro-football-reference.com.
www.pro-football-reference.com www.pro-football-reference.com



Career stats at UM:

Rushing & Receiving​

YearSchoolConfClassPosGAttYdsAvgTDRecYdsAvgTDPlaysYdsAvgTD
RushingReceivingScrimmage
1983Miami (FL)IndRB11251014.015326.40301334.41
1984Miami (FL)IndRB12924074.422423910.001166465.62
1985Miami (FL)IndRB11662644.01111099.90773734.81
1986Miami (FL)IndRB11311103.519505.60401604.01
CareerMiami (FL)2148824.15494308.8026313125.05
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wore number 37. Quick guy, had some speed..
 
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SFbayCane said:
Warren Williams #24 - That was the guy who drove home the point about the Canes talent advantage in those days. Warren Williams was never higher than RB#2 on the roster and still got drafted in the 6th round and played 5 years for the Steelers, starting 4 of them.

Dude was never good enough to start at UM but was good enough to start for an NFL team.
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Knew Warren well...same HS as me....Deion also went to the same school...North Ft Myers HS....
 
SFbayCane said:
Warren Williams #24 - That was the guy who drove home the point about the Canes talent advantage in those days. Warren Williams was never higher than RB#2 on the roster and still got drafted in the 6th round and played 5 years for the Steelers, starting 4 of them.

Dude was never good enough to start at UM but was good enough to start for an NFL team.
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I think Warren started some games, maybe more than a few.
 
TemplarCane said:
Was trying to find other big opening games on YT. To lead us into next Saturday.
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What about ‘88 FSU? Night game in OB, I think FSU might have been ranked number one, they put out some kind of rap video that blew up in their collective faces. I think Lou Holtz’s son might have been an FSU assistant. I remember Randall Hill catching a short pass on Deion Sanders and they were talking **** at each other after the catch.

That might have been a game when Joe Brodsky gave a talk at the Broward Hurricane Club luncheon a few days before the game and almost predicted a victory. He said “there was no way they could replace that TE (Pat Carter), no way they could replace that OG (Pat Tomberlin) and no way they could replace that RB (Sammy Smith)”. I think those were the three players who had graduated and were not on the ‘88 team and had given us a lot of trouble the previous year. At least I think that was the year I was at the Brodsky talk and the players he mentioned.
 
TheMatador said:
What about ‘88 FSU? Night game in OB, I think FSU might have been ranked number one, they put out some kind of rap video that blew up in their collective faces. I think Lou Holtz’s son might have been an FSU assistant. I remember Randall Hill catching a short pass on Deion Sanders and they were talking **** at each other after the catch.

That might have been a game when Joe Brodsky gave a talk at the Broward Hurricane Club luncheon a few days before the game and almost predicted a victory. He said “there was no way they could replace that TE (Pat Carter), no way they could replace that OG (Pat Tomberlin) and no way they could replace that RB (Sammy Smith)”. I think those were the three players who had graduated and were not on the ‘88 team and had given us a lot of trouble the previous year. At least I think that was the year I was at the Brodsky talk and the players he mentioned.
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It’s on YT. I may post it, especially if I can find a no huddle version.
 
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