Mt Rushmore of Canes Safeties

[ben]

Blades, Reed and Taylor (alphabetically and chronologically) all belong at the top.

But who would be the fourth?

 

[Shooter McGavin]

Blades, Reed and Taylor (alphabetically and chronologically) all belong at the top.

But who would be the fourth?

Kacy Rodgers, Dallas Crawford, AJ Highsmith, Vaughn Telemaque. In all seriousness maybe Kenny Phillips or Merriweather?

 

[Gooner#44]

My next 4 would be Darryl Williams, Fred Marion, Brandon Merriweather and Kenny Phillips. I count Rolle as a CB.

 

[redcane]

Kenny Calhoun, Fred Marion, or Kenny Philips.

 

[CashMoneyCane]

Honestly... Jaquan Johnson.

Not our most impactful but started basically his entire four years, outstanding teammate and rep for The U, and regularly a safety net when the D wasn't tackling.

 

[DTP]

Darryl Williams.

 

[JohnnyLagoon]

The Walking FSU Interception. DEON BUSH

 

[Boarcane]

I stop at 3. There’s no one not on that list that compares to any of them. Respectfully, if you put four, you might what 7 or 8. It’s that close, the second tier, after the first group.

 

[Artist Formerly Known As]

Probably put ST twice

 

[Cribby]

Darryl Williams.

People sleep on my guy

 

[Dude]

I got Jaquan Johnson as the 4th. To me he was better than Kenny Phillips and Merriweather... I dont know about the guys that came before Reed.

 

[AtlAtty]

Darryl Williams and Kenny Phillips were both 1st round picks. Fred Marion was a bad ***. They should be 4-6 in some order

 

[Gooner#44]

Honestly... Jaquan Johnson.

Not our most impactful but started basically his entire four years, outstanding teammate and rep for The U, and regularly a safety net when the D wasn't tackling.

He didn't start any games his Fresh year and then just 5 his Soph year. He was good but not sure he is even Top 8 in Canes history at safety.

 

[Cribby]

Reed is the best safety I’ve ever seen in my 41 years and there’s no second place. Dude literally was perfection , rarely made mistakes while always making huge plays

 

[AllAboutTheU13]

People sleep on my guy

Gotta go with Darryl Williams
- 1991 Consensus All American
- National Champ
- 1st round pick
- 1997 All-Pro and Pro Bowl
- One of the best players on one of the all time greatest defenses in CFB history

 

[Torocane]

4th is Darryl Williams and its not even close. IMO

 

[OrangeBowlMagic]

People sleep on my guy

Correct. Honestly, like someone said above, it should be 3. Take the 4th spot and make it a combo of Bennie, Sean, and Ed. Those 3 are just head and shoulders above everyone else.

BUT...there's 4 old white dudes on Mt Rushmore, so we gotta put 4 on this one.

And the correct answer is Darryl Williams.

First-team All-America, finalist for the Thorpe Award, leading tackler on the best defense in the country, 18 ******* tackles in a game against FSU, a two time National Champion, first-round NFL draft pick, led the AFC in interceptions one year, and a University of Miami Sports Hall of Famer.

End of discussion.

 

[D_G87]

Robert Knowles 4 times

 

[Go Canes!!]

It’s Jaquan.

 

[KANE]

4th is Darryl Williams and its not even close. IMO

This! One of our "forgotten" greats