Great Single Season Performance Nominations

[Canes Legacy]

This year’s countdown to kickoff will consist of the 100 greatest single season individual performances by our Canes.

Last year we did the top 200 Canes of all time but this year will look a little different. Needless to say, this is a monumental task so we decided to come to the all powerful, all knowing CIS for nominations.

There’s some obvious ones out there (Willis in 02 as an example) but what single season performances have stood out to you over the years?

 

[JD08]

How about Ahmmon Richards breaking Michael Irving's freshman receiving record?

 

[DTP]

Dan Morgan 2000.

Butkus Award, Bednarik Award, Nagurski Award.

One of the greatest seasons for any defensive player anywhere, ever.

 

[aelmiami]

Rambo. He’s gotta be up there.

 

[Colombie]

Rosier!

 

[k9cane]

Eddie Brown 1984

Bennie Blades 1986

Cortez Kennedy 1989

Michael Barrow 1992

Warren Sapp 1994

Willis McGahee 2002

Are the ones that come to mind immediately for me..

 

[TheOriginalCane]

Eddie Brown 1984

Bennie Blades 1986

Cortez Kennedy 1989

Michael Barrow 1992

Warren Sapp 1994

Willis McGahee 2002

Are the ones that come to mind immediately for me..

Ray Lewis as a freshman.

Heisman years for Vinnie and Geno.

Ted Hendricks 1968.

 

[Dre]

Rosier!

Langham. Never has a "JAG" been more instrumental to team success.

And I promise I'm not disrespecting bro. Using the CIS classification for him but he was what he was and managed to maximize his impact.

 

[JD08]

Devin Hester punt/kick returns in 2004. He made every game fun to watch because you just never knew.

 

[ScharfCane]

Julio Frenk - Dec 2021

 

[aelmiami]

Julio Frenk - Dec 2021

 

[aelmiami]

ST26 in 2003

Gerald Willis in 2018

 

[Empirical Cane]

The answer is always JIMMY MURPHY!

 

[colperm]

Hankerson's senior season was low key pretty incredible

72 rec
1156 yds
16.1 avg
13 TDs

 

[TheOriginalCane]

Carlos Huerta's final season has to be up there too.

 

[AtlAtty]

Sorry but McGahee in 2002 by a landslide. His numbers will never be duplicated and I'm not sure anyone will come close. ****, Edge, Portis, JJ, Gore, Duke, Miller did not come close. The TD's alone are beyond comparison.

On defense I have to go with Morgan in 2000 or Sapp in 1994.

 

[colperm]

Sorry but McGahee in 2002 by a landslide. His numbers will never be duplicated and I'm not sure anyone will come close. ****, Edge, Portis, JJ, Gore, Duke, Miller did not come close. The TD's alone are beyond comparison.

On defense I have to go with Morgan in 2000 or Sapp in 1994.

Agreed on both offense and defense

Would maybe add Taylor in 2002 to the mix, how he didn't win the Thorpe is still one of the biggest snubs of all time.

 

[k9cane]

ST26 in 2003

Gerald Willis in 2018

yes, Sean Taylor should've been the Thorpe Award winner by a landslide that year. Complete robbery

 

[k9cane]

Agreed on both offense and defense

Would maybe add Taylor in 2002 to the mix, how he didn't win the Thorpe is still one of the biggest snubs of all time.

without Willis, UM loses a game or two in the regular season in 2002. He bailed out Chud time and time again

 

[AtlAtty]

Ray Lewis as a freshman.

Heisman years for Vinnie and Geno.

Ted Hendricks 1968.

I would take Vinnie in 86 over Geno in 92, but Vinnie never did close it out with an NC. Still hard to believe we lost the NC game in '86.