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Old 09-10-2007, 02:36 PM
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Moss was like the modern day Jim Thorpe. Like Pillow said, stubborness, spending time in jail, getting kicked off of college teams etc. set him back.

He was recruited by Lou Holtz to play for Notre Dame. Holtz had repeatedly said publicly "he's the best high school football player I've ever seen."

He beat someone down in a high school brawl and lost the Notre Dame scholarship. He went to Florida State, but failed a drug test while on probation, and had to spend 90 days in jail and was kicked off of the team.

That's how he ended up at Marshall. Where he caught an insane 54 TD's in just two seasons...and was such an explosive kick returner that the award for College Football's best punt and kickoff returner is now named for him.

He played on the same high school basketball team as Jason Williams - who was 2nd in the NBA's rookie of the year voting. Moss was the states "Mr. Basketball" twice and was considered a better player than his teammate.

Moss was an awesome track and field sprinter. Jeff Small said that he was better than anyone he'd ever seen including Carl Lewis and Micheal Johnson.

However, a lot of people believed that baseball was actually his best sport. He supposedly looked like a sure thing future MLB star center fielder before he quit baseball.
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