Who Am I?

[UNTLifer]

Alright.  Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen and Boys and Girls to Tuesday's addition of "Who Am I"?

Clue #1.

Received a tryout with the Dallas Cowboys once his career with the Mean Green came to an end.

[Cr1028]

49 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

Alright.  Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen and Boys and Girls to Tuesday's addition of "Who Am I"?

Clue #1.

Received a tryout with the Dallas Cowboys once his career with the Mean Green came to an end.

Derek Akunne or Jamize Olawale

Edited April 5, 2022 by Cr1028

[UNTLifer]

Just now, Cr1028 said:

Derek Akunne

No sir.

Clue #2.  

One of the rare players for North Texas not from the state of Texas.

[MeanGreentshirtfan]

13 minutes ago, Cr1028 said:

Derek Akunne or Jamize Olawale

 

10 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

No sir.

Clue #2.  

One of the rare players for North Texas not from the state of Texas.

He didn't so no to Jamize

[eeeeagle]

Lance Dunbar?

[greenminer]

21 minutes ago, eeeeagle said:

Lance Dunbar?

Lance is from Haltom City.

[UNTLifer]

Clue #3:

His training camp visit with the Cowboys was at the original Thousand Oaks location.

[tmjerm]

2 hours ago, greenminer said:

Lance is from Haltom City.

By way of Louisiana is I'm sure why quadrupleagle said such

[Cr1028]

2 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

Clue #3:

His training camp visit with the Cowboys was at the original Thousand Oaks location.

I got nothing, I was a child at that time cheering on the Oilers and Aggies while living in the rural outskirts of Fort Bend County. I didn’t follow the Cowboys or UNT at that time.

Edited April 5, 2022 by Cr1028

[ForneyGreen]

1 hour ago, UNTLifer said:

Clue #3:

His training camp visit with the Cowboys was at the original Thousand Oaks location.

Ron Battle?  I'm swinging wildly at this point   🙂

 

[UNTLifer]

41 minutes ago, ForneyGreen said:

Ron Battle?  I'm swinging wildly at this point   🙂

 

[UNTLifer]

Clue #4:

He was recruited to North Texas by Hayden Fry but didn't end his career here under Fry.

[tmjerm]

Jordan Case

[UNTLifer]

17 minutes ago, tmjerm said:

Jordan Case

Not Jordan Case, but their careers overlapped.  This player was a freshman/soph. while Case was a junior/senior.  Also, Case was from Texas playing high school ball at Seagoville.  This player was from outside of Texas.

Edited April 5, 2022 by UNTLifer

[greenminer]

2 hours ago, tmjerm said:

By way of Louisiana is I'm sure why quadrupleagle said such

Good catch! I forgot about his family/hurricane experience.

[UNTLifer]

This player was from New York, Buffalo I believe, and I as I remember, one of our more exciting players. 

Edited April 6, 2022 by UNTLifer

[Marty]

Malcolm Jones? Not sure where he was from.

[UNTLifer]

36 minutes ago, Marty said:

Malcolm Jones? Not sure where he was from.

Not Jones.  I believe Jones was from a Dallas high school.

[SilverEagle]

Pete Harvey, #16 on your program. A great receiver and punt returner. He played in the 78 season and was the leading receiver in the 79-81 seasons. Which means he played for three different coaches.

[UNTLifer]

1 hour ago, SilverEagle said:

Pete Harvey, #16 on your program. A great receiver and punt returner. He played in the 78 season and was the leading receiver in the 79-81 seasons. Which means he played for three different coaches.

We have a winner.  One of my favorite players as a kid.  He was fearless.

Played two years in the CFL, '82 Montreal Concourdes & '83 Edmonton Eskimos, after his tryout with the Cowboys.

https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1177448/

Discovered he now lives in Sugar Land and is in the car business as the New Car Sales Director for the Gillman dealerships.

 

[UNTLifer]

NEXT PLAYER:

Played under Corky Nelson in the late '80's and a big reason we beat TX Tech in Lubbock in 1988.

[Tom McKrackin]

Luis Sliva?

[UNTLifer]

7 minutes ago, Tom McKrackin said:

Luis Sliva?

Incorrect.  This young man played on the opposite side of the ball.

[SilverEagle]

54 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

NEXT PLAYER:

Played under Corky Nelson in the late '80's and a big reason we beat TX Tech in Lubbock in 1988.

Rex Johnson?  I remember that we were about 21 points down just before half and one of the plays in our comeback was Rex Johnson (a nose tackle) intercepting a pass from Billy Joe Tolliver.

[UNTLifer]

4 minutes ago, SilverEagle said:

Rex Johnson?  I remember that we were about 21 points down just before half and one of the plays in our comeback was Rex Johnson (a nose tackle) intercepting a pass from Billy Joe Tolliver.

Rex Johnson did have a huge interception return for a TD in this game, but he is not the player.

Clue #3: Coach Corky Nelson said this may have been the turning point after Tech's Wayne Walker torched us for two touchdowns in the first half.