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Cane DTs over the decades. Who was the greatest?

maiden cane said:
Rubin Carter
Don Latimer
Lester Williams
Jim Burt
Jerome Brown(The Best)
Russell Maryland
Cortez Kennedy
Damion Lewis
Gerald Willis
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Rubin carter. Man you’re back in my years. A friend of mine tutored Rubin. His knuckles scraped the ground when he walked. Enormous in size and a nice guy.
 
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Who was the best is a tough one with so many that have come through the U. I still think Jerome brown was the best.
 
fraggle said:
Daniel Stubbs was dominate as a college DT and really fun to watch. One of best memories was the opposing offense ran a run to the right but the QB rolled left and our entire defense took the fake, except Stubbs. Stubbs looked like Superman fling at the QB so the QB simply went to the turf. Most of the mentioned stars had great supporting casts, Ted Hendricks and Sapp dominated individually. Hands down I put both Sapp and Hendricks as all time greats.

Greg Mark deserves a mention and Greg Rousseau would be there if not for just one year here.
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C'mon Fraggle.....Stubbs wasn't a DT.....he was a Defensive End....Hendricks was a DE/LBer.....
 
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Sapp/Jerome
Maryland
Wilfork
Tez


Underrrated?
Damione Lewis
Greg Mark
Jimmy Jones (was he a DE?)
 
UrineDaloop said:
Vince was great but this is recency bias at work.

1. Sapp was so dominant he was getting real Heisman consideration by end of year.
2. Maryland was a monster
3. Kennedy was dominant and constantly in the backfield
4. Brown wasn’t just a great football player was he was a major leader of (at the time) a college football program revolutionizing the entire sport

Should I keep going ? I haven’t even mentioned older guys than these:

-Burt was very underrated, etc.
PS pretty sure ***an was a defensive end here and a **** good one.
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***an would have been a Top 15 pick had he not blown a knee in the Sugar Bowl loss to Tennessee.
 
SWFLHurricane said:
Unfortunately, often forgotten....
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83.5 sacks, although only 47.5 are official NFL stats.

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NCCanefan said:
Lots to choice from, but Jerome Brown is a somewhat clear #1 in my view. Unique in his ability to either run thru an offensive lineman or make the guy completely whiff on him as he goes by. Amazing combination of quickness and explosiveness.
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Sapp was even quicker....I remember Erickson saying, he had to stop practices and take Sapp out, so the Offense could move the ball past the LOS...
 
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Hold My Beer said:
Jerome Brown and Reggie White in their primes were on the same D-Line for the Eagles in the early 1990’s along with another Pro Bowler in Clyde Simmons.

Think about that **** for a minute (youngstas just ask your dad or your uncle or somebody who would know). Probably should have been illegal.


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what a dominant defense that was...
 
These ALL are TREMENDOUS and Hall of Fame.

Kevin Fitzpatrick nose tackle 5’11” 230 YES believe.

He played against at the time the GREATEST O-LINE in CFB history Nebraska.

I was there at that game , it was mortal combat of PASSION vs OVERWHELMING POWER.
I will never forget the ferocity in the PITS , I’ve never witnessed anything like this since that night EVER.

That night the night of nights in CANE HISTORY.

Kevin Fitzpatrick

GOCANES
 
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