Kinda OT- Best football player you went to school with
January 26th, 2009 at 1:34 AM ^
Uh, I had a class with Marques Slocum, and got stuck in a workgroup with him. The group leader called on him to answer a question, and he said, "I don't know, I'm not used to standing up in class. I'm used to standing up to get awards and shit." And he left class 40 minutes early every week. The class was an hour long.
January 26th, 2009 at 1:51 AM ^
I would be willing to bet his Facebook survey couldn't hold a candle to the nuggets of wisdom you were privy to in those group study sessions.
January 26th, 2009 at 2:18 AM ^
Actually, I'm pretty sure that was the only thing he said all semester.
There were a few other football players in the class, actually, but I didn't follow it quite closely enough then, so I didn't know who they were.
January 26th, 2009 at 12:51 PM ^
I went to school with Jerome Bettis. I just missed Walter Smith. However, I do know him. We work at the same plant. He scored me some really good seats at the last home game we had with Ohio State.
January 26th, 2009 at 4:31 PM ^
Walter Smith = My favorite U of M player ever.
January 26th, 2009 at 8:00 PM ^
He took me to the game, introduced me to Marcus Ray, John Wagoner and Fred Jackson...(sp?) 2 days before the game he had me scheduled to go on a tour of facilities and I couldn't make it but a couple of my friends went and they met Mario Manningham, Mike Hart, Lloyd Carr and Glenn Steele. This past spring game he had a couple of tickets. He asked me if I wanted to go but it was too damn cold...lol I actually was thinking of seeing if I could get him to set something up, as far as tour wise, to see if I could meet RR.
January 26th, 2009 at 1:41 AM ^
I went to school with a lot of sweet players considering I have a degree from Michigan. If you are talking about high school, nobody notable during my years but I missed Aaron Moorehead by one year... was the 5th receiver on the Colts for a few years. Also a backup QB currently at Stanford was in my younger bro's class.
January 26th, 2009 at 1:46 AM ^
Since this is a Wolverine based site, college would quickly become redundant with 97 and 07 students citing Woody and Hart/Henne/Long etc.
January 26th, 2009 at 1:56 AM ^
For the life of me, I don't remember a single player with the first or last name of Woody. Did you mean Woodley?
January 26th, 2009 at 2:04 AM ^
I caught his little blue football at the National Championship Parade. With that kinda connection you get to call him Woody.
January 26th, 2009 at 1:49 AM ^
Will Johnson went to my high school in Lake Orion.
January 26th, 2009 at 11:17 PM ^
same here did you graduate in 04 with him
January 26th, 2009 at 1:52 AM ^
Mike Shaw!
I didn't really know him, but I always saw him in the lunch line so that means we're best friends right?
January 26th, 2009 at 2:11 AM ^
Andre Brooks, class of '98... he had a full ride to EMU.
January 26th, 2009 at 2:17 AM ^
Paul and Joey Sarantos, and our saviour Kelly Baraka
January 26th, 2009 at 10:42 AM ^
I also went to school with Joey Sarantos and Kelly Baraka. They were freshmen when I was a senior.
Although it's a different question, the best player that I've ever played against was TJ Duckett.
January 26th, 2009 at 12:55 PM ^
I live next door to Joey and Paul Sarantos now, does that count? We play volleyball every weekend.
January 26th, 2009 at 1:00 PM ^
I want to school with Peter Sarantos (Yale)! also Eric Mayes though he was a little older and I didn't know him - guess I'm a little older than you guys. Seems like the Sarantos brothers are pretty famous
January 26th, 2009 at 9:15 PM ^
I would bet that you and I are close enough in age that we went to PN at the same time. I went to school with Pete Sarantos as well. Ah... the good ol' days when our hockey team was still good...
January 27th, 2009 at 2:35 AM ^
I had no idea they were bad now...that's disappointing.
Do you remember the name of that crazy ass old Gym teacher that supposedly played for the Dolphins?
January 28th, 2009 at 9:44 PM ^
Yeah, it is kind of disappointing. My sophomore year on the team was one of the last really good years, but since then it's just been kind of meh... Seems like all of the better talent in the area is going to either PC or Mattawan (they've had a team for about 5 years now) in recent years. Times change I guess.
The funny thing is that football has been pretty good in the last 10 years or so.
I'm not sure who the gym teacher is; might have been a little before my time(?). Not sure.
Anyway, glad to see another PN grad on here. What year did you graduate?
Ask Joey if he remembers Cat Rychlinski. She married one of my best friends--has twins plus a newborn and lives in Kentucky now.
January 29th, 2009 at 11:41 PM ^
You played against Duckett? Where did you go to high school?
Duckett was ridiculous in high school, his father is the gym teacher at my school, the one TJ went to.
January 26th, 2009 at 2:28 AM ^
was a year behind me in HS on Long Island.
January 26th, 2009 at 2:32 AM ^
Brian Grabowski, plays for....Findlay? Something, I'm not really sure. Played against Westerns Backup fullback and was 1 game in the playoffs away from having to try and block Brandon Graham. Thank god that didn't happen as I was 170 pounds then and wouldn't be here today.
Our school is much better at wrestling, Sean Misko at Olivet, Jordan McKiernen at Lindwood, Lance Pitcel at Mercyhurst, and Brian Peterson at Minnesota. Went to a different school in the morning with Michigan's option 1b. at HWY, Chad Bleske.
January 26th, 2009 at 2:54 AM ^
Carson "Take A Chance On Me" Butler.
And Andre Criswell.
Actually, it could very well turn out that the two best football players I went to high school with are Chris Norman and Dana Dixon, two 09 FYS recruits.
January 26th, 2009 at 2:57 AM ^
went to HS with Corby Jones in columbia, MO - QB of the missouri team that lost to nebraska in the infamous 'kicked TD' game that negates any claim they might have to the '97 championship since they are Cheaty McCheatersons. hometown kid that kind of kick-started the tigers program to national prominence a short 10 years later.
January 26th, 2009 at 6:22 AM ^
I went to high school with Eric Wilson (Michigan DT and captain, spent time in NFL with Lions and Dolphins) and Carl Ford (Toledo WR, spent time in NFL with Eagles and Bears).
January 26th, 2009 at 4:34 PM ^
OT: Isn't that where Bronco McKart went?
January 26th, 2009 at 5:12 PM ^
Yeah, I went to Monroe.
And yes, Bronco McKart went there, too. He's the pride of Monroe. (Sarcasm.)
January 26th, 2009 at 7:32 PM ^
coming out in a Monroe football jersey for a couple of fights.
That was it.
January 26th, 2009 at 7:23 AM ^
I went to Divine Child High School and while I didn't really play with any big name players I did play against Braylon Edwards (Bishop Gallagher) in the Silverdome and Jermaine Gonzales (Orchard Lake). Braylon had like 180 yds and 4 TDs and Gonzales played QB and just ran sideline to sideline until he found a crease, the kid never got tired.
January 26th, 2009 at 10:01 AM ^
DC represent!
January 26th, 2009 at 4:46 PM ^
Same here. Too bad DC football has been pretty bad for years.
Only noteworthy player I can think of that recently came out of DC is Todd Boleski, but he kicks for MSU, so fuck him.
January 26th, 2009 at 7:39 AM ^
I went to Romulus in the late 90's so I was able to play alongside of some decent talent. Some of the players that came through the school were; Fred Russell(99 Michigan Commit but Iowa player), Mike and Eddie Woods of Southern and Eastern respectively. Chris Talley of Eastern. Jon Wester of Eastern and the few others of the Romulus 7 who didnt' qualify academically.
Yakattack, you go to Merriman in Romulus for elementary?
January 27th, 2009 at 1:39 PM ^
Moved after 6th grade in the summer of '93. You?
January 26th, 2009 at 8:10 AM ^
Trevor Rees, Center, Northwestern, (Sporting news Freshman All American in 2003)
Robbie Heos, OT, Rice (Multiple All CUSA teams)
Brandon Roberson, RB, Northwestern (Career Backup)
Scott Derry, LB, Texas (1 year starter)
Cyril Obiozor, DE, Texas A&M (2 year starter)
Quentin Moore, S, Ok State (3 year starter)
Alan Pelc, OT, UNC (played 3 games last year)
Fozzy Whitaker, RB, Texas (saw several carries as a soph)
Sam Proctor, DB, Oklahoma
Justan Vaughn, S, Northwestern
Anthony Evans, RB, Houston (top 5 in several Houston rushing records)
Nick Saenz, S, Houston
Brian Thomas, OT, Texas A&M
Bernard Obi, DL/LB, UTEP
Noah Allen, QB, Oklahoma/transfer-Sam Houston State
January 26th, 2009 at 8:35 AM ^
Adam Keift- CMU OT drafted by the Bengals.
Joe Staley- CMU OT drafted by the 49'ers.
Mike Segard- "Played" for Purdue (stuck behind Brees).
January 26th, 2009 at 9:15 AM ^
with Jon Anes for a year. It was too bad things didn't work out for him at Michigan.
January 26th, 2009 at 9:28 AM ^
Played (more like practiced against) with Carl Tabb (former WR for the Wolverines and now in medical school) and his cousin Jeff Jenkins (former RB for Notre Dame). Kelleher, a quarterback, played at Princeton the last four years as a safety.
We had a couple of other guys go DII and DIII.
Also, currently are home to Jeremy Jackson, a 2010 recruit. He looks to be plenty good.
Side note - played against Saginaw my senior year when they had Woodley, James Jackson and Anthony Rogers (Charles Rogers little brother). Woodley was an absolute monster, but to this day, I will still say that Rogers had more of an impact on that game than any other player. I don't think he played college ball anywhere (heard he signed with CMU?) but I know that he was amazing. MSU really wanted him but there was no way he could have gotten in with the grades he had.
January 26th, 2009 at 10:02 AM ^
i went to huron too. devin thomas, state WR, went to our HS before he transferred.
EDIT: Oh, and all the best hockey players in the country wen't to our HS (and pioneer) cause of the USA program.
January 26th, 2009 at 9:48 AM ^
...but when I was a kid I used to go to every high school game in Middletown, Ohio (Chris Carter being the most well-known player to come from there). I saw Jeff Cothran play for Middletown, who later went on to play FB for OSU and the Bengals. Watching him was what caused me to appreciate just how good D-I players are, b/c against high-level high school competition he looked like Jim Brown and then at OSU they turned him into a blocking back.
January 26th, 2009 at 9:50 AM ^
I didn't go to HS with any current football players, but Eric Emblad (Hockey) and Michelle Weatherdon (Softball, on the National Champ team in 05)
January 26th, 2009 at 10:10 AM ^
I had a class with Cameron Joplin at Pioneer a couple of years ago. He went to Northwestern as a tight end; if I remember correctly, he was the first football player to go from Pioneer to a Big Ten school since. . .someone who was there before I was. It had been awhile, I think.
Oh, and Nader Furrha.
January 26th, 2009 at 10:20 AM ^
The only famous person I went to high school with is porn actress Dani Woodward.
January 26th, 2009 at 12:55 PM ^
Nobody is impressed? Gueers.
January 26th, 2009 at 3:16 PM ^
I don't watch porn. I'm not gay. ;p
January 26th, 2009 at 9:48 PM ^
djoo fuck her?
January 28th, 2009 at 3:43 PM ^
She does quality work. I know some people from HS that have done porn but noone that is quite at her level of production yet.
January 26th, 2009 at 10:23 AM ^
charles rogers...he was good at one point, oh and Chris Kunitz (ducks) in college