Mark Story of the Lexington Herald-Leader ranks the top 10 football players to ever wear the blue and white of Kentucky.
He ranks current superstar Randall Cobb at No. 3 on his all-time list, just behind Tim Couch and Art Still.
Here is an excerpt of the top 3:
[QUOTE]
[B]3. Randall Cobb.[/B] Two facets illuminate Cobb’s brilliance. One is versatility. Of his 33 career TDs, 20 are from rushing, 11 receiving and two punt returning. And that doesn’t include his five touchdown passes thrown.
The second is an ability to impose his will on close games. No UK offensive player in my memory who is not a conventional quarterback has produced as many clutch plays in big situations as Cobb.
[B]2. Tim Couch.[/B] After Bill Curry and Co. squandered Couch’s freshman year, the quarterback more than made up for it the next two seasons running Hal Mumme’s Air Raid. In his final 23 games at UK, Couch threw for 300 yards or more 21 times. He produced victories over ranked Alabama (1997) and LSU (1998) teams and took the Cats to their first New Year’s Day Bowl (the Outback) since 1952.
[B]1. Art Still.[/B] Simply put, the most dominant individual player I’ve ever seen play for Kentucky in Commonwealth. The 6-foot-7 defensive end was so feared, opponents literally stopped running to his side. In Still’s final two seasons (1976 and ’77), he was the anchor of a defense that held foes to 13 points or less in 16 out of 23 games.
[/QUOTE]
[URL=”http://www.kentucky.com/2010/10/22/1490231/cobb-among-best-to-wear-the-blue.html”]Complete Article[/URL]
[B]Story’s top 10 are:[/B]
1. Art Still
2. Tim Couch
3. Randall Cobb
4. Warren Bryant
5. Trevard Lindley
6. Sonny Collins
7. Craig Yeast
8. Derrick Ramsey
9. Andre Woodson
10. Moe Williams
Do you agree or disagree with the list? Has anyone been omitted that should be in the top 10?
