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Who was the best high school wide reciever you have seen in person?

  • Thinthickbigred
    Name a few if you like
  • Thinthickbigred
    Chuckie Hython Big Red
    Joey Galloway Bellaire
    Julias Shackleford Big Red
    a few I can think of quikly
  • thePITman
    Devier Posey - Cincinnati LaSalle
  • captvern
    Hython and Tillman from Big Red jumps out to me
  • Mr. 300
    LBJ-SVSM
  • oberhaus
    Marc Krauss-Patrick Henry. Started 3 years on Varsity. I believe he was first team all ohio all three years. Was on the North South roster and awarded offensive player of the game. He went on to play. Baseball at Ohio University and was drafted by the Diamondbacks in the first round. He is at the AA level im Mobile AL currently.
  • Brutus
    lebron james
  • 1_beast
    1_Beast
  • september63
    Robbie Woods from Dover back in 1979. Athletic ability out the ass.
  • Old Rider
    Jon Haley - Orrville
  • GOONx19
    Mario Manningham
  • ernest_t_bass
    Bobb Webb, West Liberty-Salem
  • Timber
    september63;863512 wrote:Robbie Woods from Dover back in 1979. Athletic ability out the ass.
    Agreed.... Best pass play I ever saw in High school was Devore to Woods (at Coshocton) with near perfect defense, but a perfectly thrown ball over the defender caught Woods perfectly in stride... Unfortunately for 6 :(
  • sonofsam
    LOL, at first look, I thought this said "the best WR that you've ever seen in prison" :)
  • oberhaus
    sonofsam;863744 wrote:LOL, at first look, I thought this said "the best WR that you've ever seen in prison" :)

    Plaxico Buress
  • Ohio
    Ted Ginn Jr - Glenville
  • wghfan
    Ohio;864290 wrote:Ted Ginn Jr - Glenville
    I am almost positive Ginn played QB in high school. My vote goes to Omar Provitt- Warren Harding
  • Ohio
    wghfan;864349 wrote:I am almost positive Ginn played QB in high school. My vote goes to Omar Provitt- Warren Harding

    He did his senior year but when Troy Smith was a Senior Ginn played WR
  • wghfan
    Ohio;864359 wrote:He did his senior year but when Troy Smith was a Senior Ginn played WR
    OK. I was just thinking about his sr. year then. My gosh, you have to wonder how Glenville did not win state with that pitch, and catch combo.
  • Little Danny
    Omar Provitt- Warren Harding
  • Dthane
    I will throw out one that impressed me, not sure if he's the best. But Sam Crenshaw of Youngstown Rayen, maybe 15 years ago, made an incredible run into the East end zone at Harding Stadium, starting left, then going all the way around to the right against a pretty decent D.

    And I would feel like the thread was somewhat incomplete if I didn't mention MoBo, Maurice Bougard, who may have been the fastest that I have seen, and two plays that he made stood out to me. The first was against Aurora going into the north End Zone up the right side line at Fawcett, I don't think I have ever seen anyone take one to the house that fast. The second I did not actually see in person, but it was late in the OVAC All-Star game, going up the right side line, and that run after catch was pretty impressive.

    How fortunate were we to have him on one side, Stevie Davis (whose name will most likely head the list of best D-backs that I have seen), Zach at QB and a couple nice RBs. There are teams that may never have that much talent at one time, and kudos to our staff for guiding them to two State Championships.
  • Thinthickbigred
    sonofsam;863744 wrote:LOL, at first look, I thought this said "the best WR that you've ever seen in prison" :)

    You may have slight dyslexia
  • Speedofsand
    Tough question because so many greats were moved to QB by the high school coach.

    Ivan McCartney of Miramar was unstoppable in the state title game a couple years ago. Last I heard he went to WVU.
    Reche & Bubba Caldwell played both QB & WR in Tampa.
    Ricky Nattiel - QB
    Reidel Anthony - both
  • skank
    Athletically, Manningham, fundamentally, Anthony Gonzalas (sp). Not that Gonzo wasn't athletic, because he was, but he ran such great routes and had such good instincts.
  • RedRider1
    skank;867465 wrote:Anthony Gonzales. Not that Gonzo wasn't athletic, because he was, but he ran such great routes and had such good instincts.
    Gonzo is on my list, too.

    Orrville guys: Marcell Denson, Renauld Ray, Tommy Brenner were all great receivers.

    This is a hard topic...pass-heavy teams have only been "in style" since the early 90's, so the body of work is only 20 years...and usually it's the QB who receives all the attention, not the WR.