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Greatest Buckeye Receiver

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Greatest Buckeye Receiver

  • David Boston

    Votes: 32 24.4%

  • Cris Carter

    Votes: 59 45.0%

  • Joey Galloway

    Votes: 7 5.3%

  • Terry Glenn

    Votes: 15 11.5%

  • Santonio Homes

    Votes: 5 3.8%

  • Michael Jenkins

    Votes: 8 6.1%

  • Other

    Votes: 5 3.8%
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LordJeffBuck

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One of the more difficult choices, IMO....

David Boston: All American (1998); 191 receptions-2,855 yards-34 touchdowns
Cris Carter: All American (1986); 168 receptions-2,725 yards-27 touchdowns
Joey Galloway: 108 receptions-1,894 yards-19 touchdowns; also returned punts
Terry Glenn: All American (1995); Biletnikoff Award (1995); 79 receptions-1,677 yards-17 touchdowns
Santonio Holmes: 140 receptions-2,295 yards-25 touchdowns; also returned punts
Michael Jenkins: 165 receptions-2,898 yards-16 touchdowns-one Holy Buckeye!
 
Well, the best receiver is absent -- with good reason -- he lined up at halfback more than wide out and Woody had Bob Ferguson and Matt Snell while he was playing, so Coach never felt much need to throw the ball, but the answer has to be Paul Warfield. We saw flashes of his potential and then he hit the pros and the rest is history.

Not only that, but Wisconsin came to town ranked #1 with a passing combination of Vander Kelen to Pat Richter. Hayes had Warfield play both ways, giving him one-on-one coverage of Richter - then the leading Big 10 receiver -- Warfield all but shut him out, limiting the All American to two catches and the Buckeyes went on to a huge upset.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1147964/2/index.htm

"It was too late for Ohio State to do anything about Northwestern, which was busy trampling all over Notre Dame 35-6 anyway (see page 29), but the aroused Buckeyes could and did do something about unbeaten Wisconsin. Getting back to what Coach Woody Hayes unblushingly calls "our kind of football," Ohio State whipped the Badgers 14-7. The Buckeyes threw the ball sparingly but well enough to get a first-period touchdown, then sent their three alternating fullbacks, Dave Francis, Bo Butts and Dave Katterhenrich, jolting inside the tackles to set up the winning plunge by Quarterback John Mummey. Meanwhile, a belligerent OSU defense, led by crashing Ends Matt Snell and Bill Spahr and Halfback Paul Warfield, smashed Wisconsin's passing game. Quarterback Ron Vander Kelen completed only seven passes and Warfield dogged End Pat Richter so faithfully that he caught only two."
 
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LordJeffBuck;2015822; said:
One of the more difficult choices, IMO....

David Boston: All American (1998); 191 receptions-2,855 yards-34 touchdowns
Cris Carter: All American (1986); 168 receptions-2,725 yards-27 touchdowns
Joey Galloway: 108 receptions-1,894 yards-19 touchdowns; also returned punts
Terry Glenn: All American (1995); Biletnikoff Award (1995); 79 receptions-1,677 yards-17 touchdowns
Santonio Holmes: 140 receptions-2,295 yards-25 touchdowns; also returned punts
Michael Jenkins: 165 receptions-2,898 yards-16 touchdowns-one Holy Buckeye!
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It's interesting that of the 6 former varsity tOSU players in the NFL Hall of Fame, three were receivers either at tOSU or in the NFL, and none of them (correctly) made the list. (It's 6 since Lou Groza only played on the freshman team, Paul Brown was at tOSU as a coach, and Ed Sabol was a swimmer at tOSU before starting NFL Films). The other 3 are Jim Parker, Bill Willis, and Dick LeBeau.

Paul Warfield was primarily a halfback (as cinci already explained), Sid Gillman was an end at tOSU and made the NFL Hall of Fame as a coach, and Dante 'Gluefingers' Lavelli was on the 1942 NC team (although he only played 3 games for tOSU, missing most of his only Buckeye season with an injury), and the Cleveland Browns teams with Otto Graham. Lavelli missed the undefeated 1944 season since he spent that time between Omaha Beach and the Battle of the Bulge.
 
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"Ohio State started on its own 20, worked to a first down on the 31 in three plays. Then Warfield took a handoff around right end and raced for the goal. He stutter-stepped so well before the Wolverine safety that the defender tripped, fell backward and permitted Warfield to score untouched. As the half ended, it was Ohio State 21, Michigan 6."

I wish I could find a WMV file of this play. Warfield made an absolute fool out of the Michigan safety on National TV. One of my favorite memories of watching Buckeye football.
 
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Wasn't Warfield more of a wingback at tOSU? Thought he was a product of Woody's system and wasn't used here like he was in the NFL? While I wear his jersey every weekend, too young to know.

I voted Terry Glenn.. that senior season he had, he was unreal.
 
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Getting old certainly as its disadvantages. But there's one big advantage. We've seen more OSU Football than the youngsters here :biggrin:

Anyone not putting Cris Carter at the top either didn't get to see him or they have an axe to grind against him. Easily he's one of the top 5 NFL receivers of the past 30 years. He was just as dominant if not more dominant as a Buckeye.

OSU had no other receiver even close to being good enough to run with him. He was double teamed every play of every game. We had marginal QB and only decent RB play. Yet he stood out.
 
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to me the most underrated WR at OSU the past 40 years is Jeff Graham. The guy was a stud in college and had a very nice NFL career too.

I was surprised Gary Williams never made noise in the NFL.

But I have a feeling that we're underrating Sanzenbacher too. The guy was just damned good.


MightbeaBuck;2016546; said:
Went with Chris Carter, but unlisted Gary Williams should be number two.
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I had the pleasure? of watching Chris Carter against Alabama in the Meadowlands Kickoff Classic one year. The only reason we lost that game
was a no-call on an Alabama DB for going over top of Carter(no interference call) to knock down a pass that would have put us in position to win that game. Carter was basically unstoppable. The stats show only 3 catches for 56 yards but they couldn't connect till the end of the game. And Karsatos was off target
(2 interceptions) most of the game.
 
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Funny how great OSU players became great NFL receivers. Warfield and Byers played more running back than receiver.

By the 63 season Warfield was playing receiver more and more; Unverferth being a much better throwing QB than Mummy. Because the bucks lined up in T, Split T and I formation Warfield wasn't technically "a receiver," but in terms of someone eligible to catch the ball, he was.

And yeah, Chris Carter was certainly one of the best in college and the pros as a receiver, and yes, he and the team got jobbed in the Alabama game.
 
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