What are your top Tech Football Players of all time?

[Bearpaw]

What are your top Tech Players of all time? QB (1), WR/TE (3-5), RB/FB (1-3), OL (5), DL (3-5), LB (1-4), DB (2-5), P (1), K (1), PR (1), KR (1)

My limited experience:
QB Tim Rattay
WR Trent Taylor, Troy Edwards, Quinton Patton,
RB/FB Kenneth Dixon
OL Willie Roaf, Dugas, Jordan Mills, (I don't follow OL as much )

DL Fred Dean, Vernon Butler, Justin Ellis, Jaylon Ferguson
LB Adrien Cole, (not the expert here, Cole was the best I saw in person)
DB Chad Boyd, Xavier Woods
P Ryan Allen
K (only experienced Barnes and Nelson)
PR Livas
KR Livas

Top 5 Offense:
Troy Edwards
Kenneth Dixon
Willie Roaf
Trent Taylor
Quinton Patton

Top 5 Defense:
Fred Dean
Vernon Butler
Adrien Cole
Jaylon Ferguson
Xavier Woods

Top 3 ST:
Ryan Allen
Livas
Henderson

[Dawgpix]

What are your top Tech Players of all time? QB (1), WR/TE (3-5), RB/FB (1-3), OL (5), DL (3-5), LB (1-4), DB (2-5), P (1), K (1), PR (1), KR (1)

My limited experience:
QB Tim Rattay
WR Trent Taylor, Troy Edwards, Quinton Patton,
RB/FB Kenneth Dixon
OL Willie Roaf, Dugas, Jordan Mills, (I don't follow OL as much )

DL Fred Dean, Vernon Butler, Justin Ellis, Jaylon Ferguson
LB Adrien Cole, (not the expert here, Cole was the best I saw in person)
DB Chad Boyd, Xavier Woods
P Ryan Allen
K (only experienced Barnes and Nelson)
PR Livas
KR Livas

Top 5 Offense:
Troy Edwards
Kenneth Dixon
Willie Roaf
Trent Taylor
Quinton Patton

Top 5 Defense:
Fred Dean
Malcom Butler
Adrien Cole
Jaylon Ferguson
Xavier Woods

Top 3 ST:
Ryan Allen
Livas
Henderson

A good list.
I like Malcolm Butler too. ��

[Bearpaw]

A good list.
I like Malcolm Butler too. ��

Thank you for the fix

[Houston Techsan]

From an old fart:

QB Terry Bradshaw
RB Dixon but close second and third are Ryan Moats and Daniel Porter
OL Willie Roaf
WR Troy Edwards, Quinton Patton

DL Fred Dean
LB Can't remember them all
DB Larry Anderson

[Dogsince65]

From an old fart:

QB Terry Bradshaw
RB Dixon but close second and third are Ryan Moats and Daniel Porter
OL Willie Roaf
WR Troy Edwards, Quinton Patton

DL Fred Dean
LB Can't remember them all
DB Larry Anderson

Larry Anderson had career most players dream about in NFL--- 2 super bowl rings-held kickoff return record for Super Bowl - steelers from 1978-1984. Tech hall of fame . At tech he was d back and lot of INTs for td if I remember correctly . SUPERSTAR

[cscollis]

Some adds to the list:

WR Bobby Slaughter, Eddie Brown
LB The Baker Bros. Glennel Sanders
DE Walter Johnson
PK Matt Stover

[Cool Hand Clyde]

Trey Snodgrass, Scott Collis, Kenny York, Beau Beuregard, Milton Roeder, Bob Garrett, David O'Neal, Todd Silas, Mike Endsley - all Slobberknocker Tailgaters and Scooter Spruell

[Dogsince65]

My wide receivers -- before getting upset--mine is based on 3 factors---1. great Tech Career 2. Great NFL career 3. came back to coach at Tech or accomplished great things later in life after football.

Mike Barber NFL 1976-1985 Second Round draft pick (TE) - dedicated life to Prison ministry ...
Pat Tilley NFL 1976- 1986 pro bowl awesome Tech career and coached at tech after retiring
Roger Carr NFL 1974-1983 pro bowl -31 NFL tds and came back to coach at Tech
Billy Ryckman NFL 1977-1983 first 2 NFL tds on Monday Night football -- had one of greatest Tech games in horrendous , freezing weather--2 late TDs against one of the mississipi teams to win

as a friend and all round great guy I think of Tommy Spinks first -- he was main man for Terry long before they came to Tech

[Dawg06]

My wide receivers -- before getting upset--mine is based on 3 factors---1. great Tech Career 2. Great NFL career 3. came back to coach at Tech or accomplished great things later in life after football.

Mike Barber NFL 1976-1985 Second Round draft pick (TE) - dedicated life to Prison ministry ...
Pat Tilley NFL 1976- 1986 pro bowl awesome Tech career and coached at tech after retiring
Roger Carr NFL 1974-1983 pro bowl -31 NFL tds and came back to coach at Tech
Billy Ryckman NFL 1977-1983 first 2 NFL tds on Monday Night football -- had one of greatest Tech games in horrendous , freezing weather--2 late TDs against one of the mississipi teams to win

as a friend and all round great guy I think of Tommy Spinks first -- he was main man for Terry long before they came to Tech

You probably want to reconsider Ryckman. He's evolved into a bonafide Tech hater. For that reason, he doesn't belong on any list of Tech greats IMO.

[Bearpaw]

You probably want to reconsider Ryckman. He's evolved into a bonafide Tech hater. For that reason, he doesn't belong on any list of Tech greats IMO.

Any backstory on why Ryckman would devolve that way?

[brtransplant]

You probably want to reconsider Ryckman. He's evolved into a bonafide Tech hater. For that reason, he doesn't belong on any list of Tech greats IMO.

I've listened to Ryckman's radio show in Lafayette from time to time and I've never sensed that he's a Tech hater. He's told several stories about his days at Tech and of some of the players he played with. Those stories have always been positive.

[Dogsince65]

Got to go but thanks for the thread-- brings back memories of Roland Harper - Quick Six- Denny Duron- Matt Dunnigan- Jerry Pope - etc. etc we have such a great history !

[stodgdog]

Got to go but thanks for the thread-- brings back memories of Roland Harper - Quick Six- Denny Duron- Matt Dunnigan- Jerry Pope - etc. etc we have such a great history !

Other than Bradshaw, my favorite all time Tech players are Glen "Boom Boom" Berteau and Bob Brunet

[Dogsince65]

Other than Bradshaw, my favorite all time Tech players are Glen "Boom Boom" Berteau and Bob Brunet

Bob Brunet was before my time -so that makes you ancient like me-but I did have Shakespeare class under Dr Sachs -- he was already playing for Redskins so not quite sure why he was in Class but he was friendly to everyone.

[dawg1984]

Got to go but thanks for the thread-- brings back memories of Roland Harper - Quick Six- Denny Duron- Matt Dunigan- Jerry Pope - etc. etc we have such a great history !

Glad to see someone mention Matt Dunigan. Granted, his time at Tech wasn't spectacular. But he is in the Canadian Football League Hall of Fame and his name is all over the CFL record books. I saw a Twitter post within the past week about Dunigan's 713 yard passing game back in 1994. A record that will probably never be broken.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/loc...266208361.html

A linebacker (last name Blackshire??) on the 1978 team did something I had never before nor since. The Dawgs were playing NLULM in Monroe. Tech was not playing very well and NLU players were getting bold. Anyway, this guy made a tackle on the NLU sideline and some backup player did something. The LB stood up and started looking around for the guy. I kid you not! The NLU sideline opened up a pathway for a TECH player to get to their own teammate. The LB started walking toward the guy who was back-pedaling. The Tech LB walked a good 5 yards down the NLU bench before a referee stepped in and directed him back to the field. As a huge TECH fan and future Tech student sitting in the NLULM student section (friends at NLULM got me in on a borrowed student ID) it was very hard to contain myself. I wish there was video of that somewhere.