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Biggest bust


Feb 23, 2021, 8:15 PM

In any Clemson sport who is a recruit everyone was super high on or you were excited about and never panned out?

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Willy Korn


Feb 23, 2021, 8:17 PM

Next question

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How is somebody considered a bust when their career was


Feb 23, 2021, 8:40 PM

significantly impacted by injury early on?

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Yeah- nothing he could do


Feb 24, 2021, 9:05 AM

The OP asked who didn’t pan out... I feel sure he would’ve been great if he would have been able to see the field.

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Re: Willy Korn


Feb 23, 2021, 11:18 PM [ in reply to Willy Korn ]

I’m all fairness to Willy Korn, he was injured the first season dislocating his shoulder and season two he tore his labrum. I believe he was injured against Ga. Tech. After leaving Clemson he lead North Greenville College to at least one championship for NGC’s level of football. He was their QB for 2 years. While at Clemson he just caught some bad breaks. IMO he was no where near a bust.

Part of an article I read: “ A dislocated shoulder the third game of his first season, a torn labrum the next and a well-publicized, head-to-head battle with Kyle Parker for the starting job left Korn disenchanted and devoid of confidence.“

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Right. Not Korn's fault.***


Feb 24, 2021, 1:02 AM



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Re: Willy Korn


Feb 25, 2021, 8:45 AM [ in reply to Re: Willy Korn ]

Still a bust.

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Re: Willy Korn


Feb 25, 2021, 7:00 AM [ in reply to Willy Korn ]

Korn is currently co-offensive coordinator for Coastal Carolina.

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Re: Biggest bust


Feb 23, 2021, 8:24 PM

Jeff Francouer has to be the most talked about recruit ever.

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Re: Biggest bust


Feb 23, 2021, 8:29 PM

mike bellamy.

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Re: Biggest bust


Feb 23, 2021, 9:23 PM

Agreed. That’s is exactly who I thought if when I read the OP.

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Yep, first name that came to my mind...


Feb 24, 2021, 8:02 AM [ in reply to Re: Biggest bust ]



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Re: Biggest bust


Feb 24, 2021, 12:48 PM [ in reply to Re: Biggest bust ]


mike bellamy.



This is the correct answer. Close 2nd place going to Jennings.

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Re: Biggest bust


Feb 24, 2021, 9:58 PM

Mike got in Mike’s own way. He would’ve been probably one of the best backs we’ve ever had, but he followed trouble and trouble followed him it seemed.

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Re: Biggest bust


Feb 23, 2021, 8:31 PM

Dolly Parton

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What position did she play?***


Feb 24, 2021, 8:23 AM



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Re: Biggest bust


Feb 23, 2021, 8:31 PM

Josh Belk. Wasn't that high on him...but, what a disappointing saga.

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Re: Biggest bust


Feb 23, 2021, 8:51 PM

Milton Jennings

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Re: Biggest bust


Feb 23, 2021, 9:39 PM

Milton Jennings or Roscoe Crosby, no doubt

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Re: Biggest bust


Feb 24, 2021, 9:57 AM [ in reply to Re: Biggest bust ]

Agreed. 5 star McDonald's All-American. Fell a bit shy of that billing for sure.

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Tymere Zimmerman


Feb 23, 2021, 8:56 PM

Wait, is enrollment required to be a bust?

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Still waiting on his mom to get here.***


Feb 24, 2021, 8:23 AM



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I think that was Geno's mom***


Feb 24, 2021, 8:38 AM



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Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.


You are correct. My aged mind is showing.***


Feb 24, 2021, 10:49 AM



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Parnell Burnside***


Feb 23, 2021, 8:59 PM



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I thought about him. But I think he still has four years


Feb 23, 2021, 9:01 PM

of eligibility left so the jury is still out.

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Clemson’s first 6 star athlete, in any sport...


Feb 23, 2021, 9:05 PM [ in reply to Parnell Burnside*** ]

If memory serves.

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Feb 23, 2021, 9:14 PM



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That was a misunderstanding...


Feb 23, 2021, 9:21 PM

I had no idea I wasn’t allowed to buy him lunch.




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Re: Biggest bust


Feb 23, 2021, 9:13 PM

Trevor Lawrence.

He really should have won the Heisman

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Re: Biggest bust


Feb 23, 2021, 9:28 PM

Jimmy Greenbeans. Hear a lot of talk about him in practice but can’t ever seem to make it into an actual game. Very disappointing.

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Re: Biggest bust


Feb 24, 2021, 7:57 AM

?? well done

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Michael Carr.


Feb 23, 2021, 9:31 PM

Highly touted prospect, who was injured soon after arriving on campus and had to redshirt his freshman year, who didn’t pan out on the field, who left school abruptly, who supposedly told others back home that we illegally recruited him, but then said we didn’t. It was a whirlwind of storylines, all resulting in a huge bust of a recruit both on and off the field.

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Re: Michael Carr.


Feb 24, 2021, 9:29 AM

I don't remember his being injured. I do remember other Clemson players saying the problem was he simply could not read the option. Although when he was being recruited they thought he would be perfect for our option offense.

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Re: Michael Carr.


Feb 24, 2021, 10:21 AM

You are correct...no injury for Micheal Carr.

But, aside from never doing anything on field at Clemson or anywhere else, he had a girlfriend back home in Amite and kept driving back on weekends to see her. That got old fast and apparently she meant more to him than being at Clemson.

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Re: Michael Carr.


Feb 24, 2021, 11:37 AM

This old article says that he broke his arm causing him to redshirt his freshman year.

https://tulsaworld.com/archive/clemson-qb-returns-home-ncaa-probe-continues/article_607af860-60e9-5d57-843b-3f5429518940.html

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He supposedly redshirted due to a broken arm.


Feb 24, 2021, 12:18 PM [ in reply to Re: Michael Carr. ]

"AMITE, La. - An 8x10 color photograph of Michael Carr sits in a trophy case at Amite High School obscuring pieces of Warrior memorabilia that has faded in importance. Carr is wearing a Clemson uniform in the picture, but not a smile.

He was a high school all-America, guiding the Amite Warriors to Louisiana’s Class AAA state championship game in the Superdome in 1987. College hasn’t been so easy. First, there was a broken arm that forced Carr to redshirt as a freshman. Homesickness compounded his disappointment. “When he broke his arm he was discouraged,” Carr’s sister, Ella Giddens said yesterday. Giddens was quoted in earlier stories as Ella Robertson but said yesterday she preferred Giddens. “And he was basically homesick,” Giddens said. “This was his first time away from home so long. We talked to him, and he decided what he wanted to do.”

https://www.goupstate.com/article/NC/19890822/News/605195802/SJ


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He returned kickoffs one year. Never did anything***


Feb 24, 2021, 12:28 PM [ in reply to Michael Carr. ]



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Dolly Parton. OH, wait, I knew I should have read the post


Feb 23, 2021, 9:33 PM

before making a reply based on the title. I been click-baited again.

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Mike Bellamy***


Feb 23, 2021, 9:52 PM



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Luckie.***


Feb 23, 2021, 10:49 PM



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Yep, that is the first one I thought of.***


Feb 24, 2021, 8:24 AM



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Luckie.***


Feb 23, 2021, 10:49 PM



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Re: Luckie.***


Feb 24, 2021, 10:47 AM

Does anyone else remember a QB named English who ran n with the Tiger PBP announcer ,Bill Goodrich, and tried to out drink him . Hence no Clemson career ?

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Korey Foreman


Feb 24, 2021, 6:35 AM

Read about him everyday for what seemed like years

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Re: Biggest bust


Feb 24, 2021, 7:53 AM

I remember a lot of folks were disappointed with Spencer Region. Highly rated and recruited but always struggled with his weight.

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Re: Biggest bust


Feb 24, 2021, 8:05 AM

Any list has to include Jamie Harper. So hyped as a recruit he was promised the first carry of the season against Alabama in Clemson's biggest game in possibly a decade. What could possibly go wrong?

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Re: Biggest bust


Feb 24, 2021, 8:21 AM

You mean this Jamie Harper??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=vHb7HSYPc80&feature=youtu.be

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Re: Biggest bust


Feb 24, 2021, 8:58 AM [ in reply to Re: Biggest bust ]

That was the first one that popped into my mind too.

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Brian Dawkins has the biggest bust of any Tiger in Canton, OH***


Feb 24, 2021, 9:15 AM



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Corey Lambert***


Feb 24, 2021, 10:14 AM



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Not a bust but Milton Jennings had super high expectations


Feb 24, 2021, 12:36 PM

Good solid Clemson career, no disrespect on that. But I thought coming out of HS, he might’ve become an NCAA AA and long tenured NBA player. Always thought he was on the cusp of greatness. But alas, reality never quite matched high HS expectations.

Still hoping for another Nance, Grant or Davis ____ or comparable collegiate star to wear a Clemson b-ball jersey. We had lots of very good players over the last 20 years but not a superstar.

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xavier thomas is #5 all time Clemson recruit


Feb 24, 2021, 12:39 PM

Per 247

He’ll need a stellar campaign in 22

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Re: xavier thomas is #5 all time Clemson recruit


Feb 24, 2021, 2:09 PM

Agree. XT has shown us some great flashes but nothing close to any kinda of consistency. Hopefully he can get back to 100% and really become the terror on the end he was meant to be

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Feb 25, 2021, 12:43 AM [ in reply to xavier thomas is #5 all time Clemson recruit ]

After Korn this is the next guy I thought of. A lot of Recruiting hype, a big play against Syracuse, not much more.

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Feb 25, 2021, 1:03 AM

Xavier Thomas is just getting started, he has played some great football for us. He’s definitely not a bust by any stretch.

He’s undersized for the position but he has incredible speed vs his size. His best ball is in front of him. He’s been hurt & played hurt in 2020, he then got hit hard with covid & strep Throat back to back & came in out off shape on account of it.

Xavier will show everyone this year if he stays healthy.

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Re: xavier thomas is #5 all time Clemson recruit


Feb 25, 2021, 8:49 AM

So far he has been a major bust lol. Love the kid but that doesnt change the fact that he hasnt lived up to expectations. Injuries and illness can be reasons for a bust for sure but they dont make it not be a bust.

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Re: xavier thomas is #5 all time Clemson recruit


Feb 25, 2021, 8:53 AM [ in reply to Re: xavier thomas is #5 all time Clemson recruit ]

Undersized?

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Re: Biggest bust


Feb 24, 2021, 1:58 PM

Billie Luckie

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Trevor Lawrence


Feb 24, 2021, 2:15 PM

1-1 in National Championships. 3-2 overall in the playoff. Not a good look after cruising through an easy ACC Schedule and not putting up great numbers.

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Re: Biggest bust


Feb 24, 2021, 11:45 PM

MILTON JENNINGS!!

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Re: Biggest bust


Feb 25, 2021, 12:57 AM

Demarkcus Bowman was as big of a bust as we have ever had, he was a 5 star top 10 player in a great class.

I had such high hopes but it had to be culture shock having all those RB’s in front of you & being away from the city of Miami.

I hope he ends up doing well for Florida but the grass won’t be greener there, he’ll regret leaving but hopefully he has enough determination to win the spot because the talent is there for him. He’s beating all the odds coming from a rough neighborhood.

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Knemdiche!!!


Feb 25, 2021, 1:36 AM

Just saying! Committed but went away! Didn't play full season in college due to health or other issues. Jumps out of 4 story windows, etc. First round pick but i think only started 5 games since 2017. Busted multiple times for mary-jane, cocaine possession, dui, and undisclosed failures to meet expectations. Came to spring camp 40lbs over weight in 2019. Hasnt played a snap since 2019.

Dude has all the talent in the world. Was first round draft even with his issues at Ole Miss but still can't get on the field. He is 26yrs old, he could bust his butt for 2-3yrs and make more money than I could for the remainder of my life! It's so horrible to see ppl waste opportunities kind of like M Bryant.

Heck, just go bust butt for 2yrs clean and give me your $8-9+mil you could make. I will give you ounce of coke and $10k every month for 40yrs and I would still have over $4mil in the bank plus my investments.

There are just some kids that cant figure out their opportunity is short lived but what a huge opportunity it is. 5-7yrs of true dedication would change their lives and their close family members lives for the rest of their lives. Just a free vehicle and a nice $250k house with no mortgage would give people huge safety nets in life.

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Chad Kelly at Clemson.


Feb 25, 2021, 4:37 AM

Nm

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Re: Biggest bust


Feb 25, 2021, 8:46 AM

Shaq Smith

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