Where is Leonard Scott?

[Guest]

Where is Leonard Scott?
Did he quit the sport after his college career over Tenesee?

[Guest]

Re: Where is Leonard Scott?

I think he is trying to play pro football. He not near the football player he is in track. If you saw him at Tennessee he was just a kick returner and a wr that ran a deep route to open up underneath patterns. He needs to be like John Capel and come back home to track full time.

[blacklily]

Re: Where is Leonard Scott?

Scott is now in the NFL, as a wide receiver. He went undrafted, but the Pittsburgh Steelers picked him up this past spring.

[gh]

Re: Where is Leonard Scott?

ESPN's draft-tracker wasn't too high on his chances going in:

<<Positives: Can return. Excellent timed speed for a returner. Gets separation and has downfield speed. Gives good effort and works.


Negatives: Tiny-framed, skinny receiver who does not have great hands and loses concentration. Lacks football intelligence and vision. Track guy playing football. Lacks agility to break down and change directions. Needs to learn how to drop his weight running routes and beat the jam. Has straight-line speed and lacks awareness. Inconsistent hands.>>

Sounds like Jimmy "Oops" Hines reincarnate, but I wish him well.

[Guest]

Re: Where is Leonard Scott?

Until track starts paying NFL money, we will be asking about a whole lot of track stars besides Leonard Scott. Peace.

[Guest]

Re: Where is Leonard Scott?

>Until track starts paying NFL money, we will be
>asking about a whole lot of track stars besides
>Leonard Scott. Peace.

And we all know that'll never happen. Average track athletes would be lucky to make 22 percent of what the NFL pays its average goofball, but I'm not complaining because I still have love for the sport and I'm determined to stick it out. The one thing we all share in this sport(Whether you're a miler or sprinter)is passion for what we do and that in itself is priceless.

[Guest]

Re: Where is Leonard Scott?

The NFL will make this great athlete a cripple in a few years.

What a disgrace!

How many great athlete has the NFL maned

[Guest]

Re: Where is Leonard Scott?

yeah, sad. But ya gotta make a living. Leonard is still the fastest (wind-aided) teenager ever. (9.83)

[Guest]

Re: Where is Leonard Scott?

Just remember, Had Skeets not gone to the 49ers, Roger Kingdom does NOT become a two time Oly champ.

Some other examples:
Bob Hayes (why is he not in the Pro Football HOF????)
Henry Carr
Ron Brown
Willie Gault
Quadry Ismail
Raghib Ismail
James Jett

[Brutal]

Re: Where is Leonard Scott?

Track/football

hit!

Buddy Young...the first of the great speed backs...NCAA 100 champ 9.5 for Illinois 40's

Bob Boyd...first of the great speed receivers....NCAA champ in the 100 9.5 for Layola 50's

Ollie Matson
Bob Hayes
Isacc Curtis
Cliff Branch
Ron Brown
Sam Graddy
W

[Brutal]

Re: Where is Leonard Scott?

...I'll try again

hit!

Willie Gault
Darrell Green
Curtis Dickey
Hershel Walker
Harold Jackson
Mark Duper
James Jett
James Trapp
Mel Gray
JD Hill
OJ Simpson
Cecil Turner
Alvis Whitted
Chris Sanders
Curtis Conway
Tim Dwight
James Lofton
Earl McCulloch
Michael Bates
Eddie Kennison
Alexander Wright
Anthony Miller
Michael Haynes
Johnny Jones
Wesley Walker
Rocket Ismail
Bo Jackson
Joe Delaney
Delvin Williams

missed!

Jimmy Hines
Clyde Glosson
Ray Norton
Frank Budd
Ken Thomas
Herkie Walls
Robert Woods
Tommie Smith
John Carlos
John Roderick
James Owens
Renaldo Nehemiah
Gerald Tinker
Larry Burton
Augustine Olobia

[Guest]

Re: Where is Leonard Scott?

Still remember Monday Night Football, September 1985? Giants v. 49ers in the Meadowlands. Giants cornerback Elvis Patterson (nicknamed "toast") goes for the interception of a Joe Montana pass to Renaldo Neimiah. Misses it! "Skeets" gets the pass and goes 80 yards down the sideline, with no one in sight. One of the greatest moments ever on Monday Night Football. Peace.

[Brutal]

Re: Where is Leonard Scott?

First player to ever score a td on MNF was former Texas Southern 9.3 sprinter Homer Jones. Jones was one of only seven guys to ever beat Bob Hayes in a race. He beat him in a 200.

[Guest]

Re: Where is Leonard Scott?

For all who do not know Leonard Scott is returning to his sport which is track and field. So be on the look out. hes physically and mentally in shape and ready to answer everyones question where is leonard scott

[magpie]

Re: Where is Leonard Scott?

>Until track starts paying NFL money, we will be
>asking about a whole lot of track stars besides
>Leonard Scott. Peace.

sure, the top footballers make scads more than the top tracksters, but how much more does an undrafted receiver make compared with an olympic-caliber world-ranked sprinter? how many top sprinters/hurdlers (i.e. those with realistic shots at national titles) have been able to become top-5 nfl players at their position? i am unsure, but it is likely rather rare. then there is the whole issue of maybe getting slightly better pay as a forgotten football player at the cost of fame (and possible fortune) as a world-ranked sprinter.