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Aug 3, 2021 · Michael Jordan. Tom Brady. Barry Bonds. Serena Williams. All these athletes would be on the Mount Rushmores of their respective sports. Yet just because you have a great professional career doesn’t mean you had a great high school career, and none of those four made this list. Many of the greatest athletes didn’t excel at high school athletics.
- 20 20. Jordy Nelson
- 19 19. Brett Gardner
- 18 18. Clay Matthews III
- 17 17. Dan Girardi
- 16 16. Tony Romo
- 15 15. Michael Strahan
- 14 14. Victor Cruz
- 13 13. J.J. Watt
- 12 12. Jeff Bagwell
- 11 11. Paul George
Jordy Nelson was a productive high school quarterback athletic enough to excel at other sports. He was not offered scholarships from any massive schools to play that position, though, and he attended Kansas State University without even a roster spot promised to him. Nelson made the team as a walk on and he was eventually moved to wide receiver. Go...
Thinking about giving up on a personal or professional dream? Remember Brett Gardner before you do that. Gardner had great speed right out of high school, but he was not recruited by schools. His playing days could have ended at the College of Charleston when he failed to make the college team, but Gardner instead campaigned for an opportunity to p...
Memo to current and future college football coaches: This Matthews family has a history of churning out talented players. Do not ignore them. Clay Matthews III was not noticed as an elite athlete while in high school and he was not offered a scholarship by the University of Southern California, even though his father and uncle, both Pro Bowlers, we...
The famous quote that has been associated with the National Hockey Leaguer was made by Mark Forster, who coached Dan Girardi when Girardi played for the Welland Cougars: “The scouts just messed up when it came to Dan.” Girardi was a solid young player and he won the Memorial Cup as a member of the London Knights. He nevertheless went undrafted and ...
Poor Tony Romo has not been able to land respect since even his high school days. Big college programs passed on the quarterback and Romo ended up playing for Eastern Illinois University. There were then whispers that the Dallas Cowboys did not see him as a future franchise quarterback when he was on the team's roster. Even though Romo has gone on ...
The man who became a Super Bowl champion with the New York Giants was a hoss who played football in Texas. He should have had his pick of colleges from the likes of Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and many others, right? Nope. Michael Strahan played defensive end for Texas Southern University, in part because he did not have a long history of playing ...
Victor Cruz has made it a habit to prove doubters and those who would write him off wrong. Cruz was an anonymous figure to the majority of college football fans after his high school days and he remained unknown through his career at the University of Massachusetts. He went ignored by every NFL team in the draft, and the New York Giants gave him an...
You know Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt as maybe the best defensive player in the NFL and a superstar who has cashed in on a massive contract and on numerous endorsement deals. The coaching staff at Central Michigan instead saw a tight end in Watt and he played that position until he chose to return to his home state and walk onto the Unive...
Jeff Bagwell could have pursued a career as a Major League Soccer player had he only been born a few years later. Bagwell was an accomplished soccer player and his baseball skills got him a look from non-juggernaut, the University of Hartford. College scouts were not the only people to drop the ball on Bagwell, as the Boston Red Sox famously traded...
Paul George put up impressive numbers during his high school career and he won multiple awards for his performances on the court. College scouts and coaches were left wanting more for whatever reasons, though, and George was ignored by the top programs in the NCAA. He settled on Fresno State, where he began his ascent toward a professional playing ...
May 3, 2019 · 3. Wilt Chamberlain, Overbrook (Philadelphia), 1955. One of the greatest basketball players in NBA history, Chamberlain was also one of the top high school track and field stars in Pennsylvania. He held the state shot put record and ran the 440-yard dash in under 49 seconds.
Nov 9, 2022 · Greatest High School Teams in Every Sport. Football — Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.), 2021. The De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) team of 2001 topped our list of top 50 greatest teams of all-time, but that was before Mater Dei took the field in 2021. The Monarchs went undefeated in Trinity League (arguably the toughest league in the nation) play ...
- Jim Brown (Football, lacrosse, basketball, baseball, track and field — Manhasset Secondary School, Manhasset, N.Y.)
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Basketball — Power Memorial Academy, Manhattan, N.Y.)
- Jackie Robinson (Baseball, basketball, football, track and field, tennis — John Muir, Pasadena, Calif.)
- Cheryl Miller (Basketball — Riverside Polytechnic, Riverside, Calif.)
Nov 2, 2021 · High School Athlete. Damian Warner was not active in organized sports until the age of 15. In high school, he played football and basketball and idolized Toronto Raptors star Vince Carter. Warner’s greatest basketball accomplishment was representing London’s Montcalm High School at the Ontario provincial high school basketball championship.
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Oct 4, 2022 · Here are five inspiring athletes that defied the odds and made their mark in sports history. 1. Francis Ngannou. View this post on Instagram. A post shared by Francis Ngannou (@francisngannou) The UFC icon went through astonishing lengths to fulfill his dream of becoming a professional fighter.
