Favorite player that was recruited at one position but played another...

[McKenzieMoore]

DJ Williams the FB, too

No. 1 recruit in the nation as an LB. Played FB as a freshman out of team need.

 

[Moonman]

Richard Gordon

recruited as a bouncer, returned kicks

 

[ddann]

No love for Gray Crow in here?

 

[Cuttercane]

Wasn’t Eddie Brown a DB before he switched to WR?

 

[MIA42178]

Iirc he played fb to get him on field and based on need, like DJ as a frosh, but he was recruited as a lb.

Wasnt Beason was recruited as a DB?

 

[Odysseus]

AJ Highsmith, Dallas Crawford

 

[Odysseus]

KC Rodgers

 

[MIA42178]

Robert Gordon

From TE/DE to KO returner

 

[Ethnicsands]

Wasnt Beason was recruited as a DB?

That rings a bell as in could play S but likely will grow into lb, which he did. Im getting old and my memory aint so good on this one. My guess is that was more of a play what you want kind of recruited as a db rather than a real expectation he’d be a S.

 

[umhurricane2511]

Brian Monroe

 

[RattlerCane305]

Sam Shields

Would've been a 1st rounder if Shannon switched him over earlier. They let the man languish at WR for 3 years. He was pretty good as a freshmans but was horrible sophomore and junior year. I would've switched him over midway thru junior year at the latest...

 

[Trav]

Alonzo Highsmith was recruited as a DL and ended up at RB.

Not really. He was an incredible DE in high school but Schnellenberger knew he was going to be a RB from day one. Same with ST. Everyone talked about how he could play offense but he was a safety from day 1. Winslow actually did come in as a WR.

 

[SoCalPete73]

Mine is of course the one and only Warren Sapp who was recruited as a TE before being moved to the defensive line....

Maybe not fave, but I loved Allen Bailey's story...oversized MLB, Coker was the only guy willing to let him try to stay at LB. Obviously became a dominant iDL.

 

[BrandCanes]

Damien Berry

Yup

 

[Chuckles]

Jim Kelly.

 

[1mg of Epi]

Best one of my memory was Charles Cook from Gainesville. Came in as a lightly recruited 185 LB safety. Then grew to a LB and then to a 285 LB DT. Played for a while in the NFL, I believe with the Patriots.

Gained 100 pounds?

 

[Savage Cane]

Eric Winston - Warren Sapp
1a - 1b for me.

 

[Tmack3]

Did Calais Campbell ever play TE at UM? I thought he was brought in as a possible TE

 

[puertorricane]

Jimmy Graham, recruited as a bball player and became a great TE.

 

[FrancisSawyer]

Not necessarily my favorite but def needs a mention

Eric Winston
HS All American TE
Switched to OT his sophmore year
College All American OT
11+ Year NFL career (127starts)
President of the NFLPA

Gotta love Winstrol!