concernedparent said:

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Jackson Sirmon over Khairi Fortt. Fortt was kinda all show but no go.

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TheDuke!!! said:

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Same criteria as before. Once again, this is just one yabbo's opinion. Please share your own top 3.

First Team
Interior - Evan Weaver, Desmond Bishop
Outside - Zach Follett, Mike Mohamed


Second Team
Interior - Khairi Fortt, Devante Downs
Outside - Mychal Kendricks, Scott Fujita


Third Team
Interior - Jordan Kunaszyk, Hardy Nickerson Jr
Outside - Sekou Sanyika, Wendell Hunter (apologies Cameron Goode, but you never opened the "Butter Pecan Bakeshop" )


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No one would ever confuse him for making the top-3, but I also just wanted to mention career backup/contributor Greg Van Hoesen. He was a good solid player. But when you saw him standing next to Desmond Bishop, you would have thought Van Hoesen would be the coveted NFL player. I can't recall any LB at Cal ever looking as big and strong as him.

Nothing wrong with Greg Van Hoesen's play. Grateful we had him. But he looked like an all-American. Evan Weaver, on the other hand, looked like a third string center. It just goes to show that looks really don't matter.

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okaydo said:

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TheDuke!!! said:

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Same criteria as before. Once again, this is just one yabbo's opinion. Please share your own top 3.

First Team
Interior - Evan Weaver, Desmond Bishop
Outside - Zach Follett, Mike Mohamed


Second Team
Interior - Khairi Fortt, Devante Downs
Outside - Mychal Kendricks, Scott Fujita


Third Team
Interior - Jordan Kunaszyk, Hardy Nickerson Jr
Outside - Sekou Sanyika, Wendell Hunter (apologies Cameron Goode, but you never opened the "Butter Pecan Bakeshop" )


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No one would ever confuse him for making the top-3, but I also just wanted to mention career backup/contributor Greg Van Hoesen. He was a good solid player. But when you saw him standing next to Desmond Bishop, you would have thought Van Hoesen would be the coveted NFL player. I can't recall any LB at Cal ever looking as big and strong as him.

Nothing wrong with Greg Van Hoesen's play. Grateful we had him. But he looked like an all-American. Evan Weaver, on the other hand, looked like a third string center. It just goes to show that looks really don't matter.

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I looked it up. There's never been a Cal player named Zach Follett.

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TheDuke!!! said:

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concernedparent said:

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Jackson Sirmon over Khairi Fortt. Fortt was kinda all show but no go.

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It is interesting because they both transferred here from prestigious programs and were on all the watch lists. Fortt was the far better athlete, so the NFL gave him more love. But they were both fierce at Cal. Coin flip really.

I definitely should have put Sirmon over Nickerson. That was a big omission.

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Big C said:

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1. Evan Weaver (inside) Mychal Kendrick (outside)

2. Jackson Sirmon/Jordan Kunaszyk (tie, inside, one great season each) Zack Follett (outside)

3. Desmond Bishop (my former student! inside) not sure for outside


This has been a position of strength for us!

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TheDuke!!! said:

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Yup, I definitely screwed this one up in a lot of way.

I had Worrell in any earlier final draft, but then my browser crashed and I forgot to put him back in.

Hardy was a real good linebacker for us. Not as good as his Dad, but still pretty darn good. He graduated from Cal early while playing football full time. We were all sad to see him grad-transfer to Illinois, but its hard to blame him when his Dad got the DC job there. Jackson Sirmon did the same thing, but to our benefit.

Felder was awesome. But I think of him in the same category as Maningo, not in the first three teams.

I flat out messed up on Fortt and Sirmon. I think I let Fortt's subsequent success in the NFL creep into my rankings. My bad.

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Beardog26 said:

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Edit: I missed the Jr after Hardy Nickerson. Junior was nowhere near as good as his Dad.

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Bjorn91 said:

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Well, Fortt had one more tackle than me in the NFL

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