Top 5 hitters in the history of UNT football?

[meangreen11]

My list.

 

1).  Laramie Lee

2).  Zach Orr

3).  Craig Jones

4).  Jonas Buckles

5). Mean Joe Green

 

 

 

Edited August 13, 2020 by meangreen11

[SigmaGreen]

I never saw Mean Joe play but I definitely had Lee and Buckles on my list before even clicking into this discussion. 

[UNT 90 Grad]

Dishonorable mention goes to Carlos Harris?

 

 

 

Honorable mention to Sed Ellis.

 

Edited August 13, 2020 by UNT 90 Grad

[MCMLXXX]

If Brad Kassell ain't at or near the top of that list then the list ain't worth the keyboard it was typed on.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Kassell

Also you should consider Cody Spencer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cody_Spencer

Edited August 13, 2020 by MCMLXXX

[DeepGreen]

So many good hitters in UNT football history.  Oldtimers remember Johnny Mata, Chuck Mills, and names of others I'm too lazy to look up.  Joe Green comes out on top regardless of position.  He was one mean dude.

[GrayEagle]

Maybe you should do Top 10.  I think that 'Hatchet' Beatty belongs in the Top 5 but surely in the Top 10.  

[El Paso Eagle]

4 hours ago, meangreen11 said:

My list.

 

1).  Laramie Lee

2).  Zach Orr

3).  Craig Jones

4).  Jonas Buckles

5). Mean Joe Green

 

 

 

Great list of players. Pound for pound I would say Buckles was at the top

[Green P1]

Buckles is number 1 but Tobe has to make top 5. 

[ttunt1970]

I think should be top hitters by decade to get an idea of the great players and hitters that unless you’ve Beatty he was the Buckles before some on this board were out of their diapers🦅

[emmitt01]

I watched Buckles make receivers literally stop running their routes full speed

[greenminer]

I've seen all of those play except for Mean Jo, and I'll never forget the extra snap, crackle, and pop that Jones and Buckles demonstrated.  Unbelievably physical, you could feel it in the stands.

Brad Kassel and Cody Spencer had a "lunch pail" physicality to them, too.

[tmjerm]

Love those types of guys.  I got to town in 05 so Lee is my #1.  I’m a Temple TX native and a general football fan so Mean Joe is obvious.  I missed many (some by just a bit during the early 00s while I was still a Houston fan).  I knew I’d see Sed’s hit referenced on this thread, that was awesome. Wish he’d been able to do more of that and wish it weren’t targeting.  

[southsideguy]

Trice was small but was a hitter

Edited August 14, 2020 by southsideguy

[tmjerm]

Just now, southsideguy said:

Trice small but was a hitter

Perhaps my favorite all time Eagle 

[southsideguy]

7 hours ago, UNT 90 Grad said:

Dishonorable mention goes to Carlos Harris?

 

 

 

Honorable mention to Sed Ellis.

 

I remember that hit, I thought he knocked his head off. Kinda of like rocking sockin robots.

Edited August 14, 2020 by southsideguy

[Cr1028]

8 hours ago, meangreen11 said:

My list.

 

1).  Laramie Lee

2).  Zach Orr

3).  Craig Jones

4).  Jonas Buckles

5). Mean Joe Green

 

 

 

Damn good list. Lairamie is at the top of my list too. I’d throw an honorable mention to one of my favorite players too, Marcus Trice.

[Tom McKrackin]

I came across this video the other night.  This was a very impressive team loaded with talent.  There's a big hit on a punt or kickoff return from Craig Jones but I could not find it.  Maybe someone else will.

PS - I would put this 2003 team up against any team in the history of North Texas football quite honestly.

 

Edited August 14, 2020 by Tom McKrackin

[ChiefTenBeers2015]

  ‘Course all this was back before those everyone-gets-a-ribbon sissies changed the game and made it a penalty to lay some wood on somebody.  
  Seriously though I think the way those guys played a few years ago were coached differently.  We may not see the type of heavy-hitters we saw in the past...

GMG

[Cr1028]

19 hours ago, UNT 90 Grad said:

Honorable mention to Sed Ellis.

 

If you are gonna do Sed, you gotta throw Hilbert Jackson a bone for his hit on Mettenberger courtesy of a Skladany blitz at the 33:25 mark.

 

And also Brock Stickler got a decent lick in on Casey Fitzgerald’s 99-yard reception.

 

Edited August 14, 2020 by Cr1028

[SteaminWillieBeamin]

Markeith Knowlton was a monster. He and Buckles were incredible... Markeith has the speed though. 

[untjim1995]

IN the old days, Byron Gross would tear you up...his mangled facemask was all the proof you needed.

[97and03]

Pound for pound, Laramie Lee.

[ADLER]

21 hours ago, MCMLXXX said:

Also you should consider Cody Spencer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cody_Spencer

I was in New Orleans several months ago and stopped at the spot on Iberville just off Bourbon where the ground still shakes.

It's where Spencer crossed paths with an enormous Colorado State lineman for a side-street brawl. It was a classic two hit fight...Cody hit the lineman and the giant hit the street, felled like a tree into the filthy gutter.

[greenminer]

45 minutes ago, ADLER said:

I was in New Orleans several months ago and stopped at the spot on Iberville just off Bourbon where the ground still shakes.

It's where Spencer crossed paths with an enormous Colorado State lineman for a side-street brawl. It was a classic two hit fight...Cody hit the lineman and the giant hit the street, felled like a tree into the filthy gutter.

This story is new to me!

[Moobs]

I've seen Steve Austin lay down some pretty big hits too.  Just wasn't on the football field.