Re: Greatest SMU Wide Receiver
Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2020 2:02 pm
Ok, I was four years old when he graduated. Would love to find some video
peruna81 wrote:Emanuel Tolbert was also a pretty fair receiver back in the Mike Ford/Clement Fox days...
Still have to go with Hammond, though. He made being a young SMU fan smile on Saturday afternoons...
max the wonder dog wrote:peruna81 wrote:Emanuel Tolbert was also a pretty fair receiver back in the Mike Ford/Clement Fox days...
Still have to go with Hammond, though. He made being a young SMU fan smile on Saturday afternoons...
We never got to see Hammond's potential as a wide receiver. Freshmen were ineligible when he was on campus, then he moved to running back his junior year and quarterback as a senior. If there's a category for Most Versatile he wins hands down. One of the all time great Mustangs.
Jerry Levias still gets my pick for Greatest Wide Receiver.
Aside from his All American honors and NFL career, he was the Jackie Robinson of the Southwest Conference. He performed under pressure that the other great receivers cited in this thread never faced. I would like to see his statue at Ford.
Mexmustang wrote:No question at all--Jerry Levias. SMU All-American, none of these other players were All-American. If he isn't listed as our all time best receiver then he is at least our all time best special teams player. He had speed, in the days of long grass and outdoor stadiums. He was quick and he was shifty, he left whole teams running around like drunken ants! Think Bobby Leech on steroids. He personally beat A&M one year in the old Cotton Bowl. I've never ever seen an entire crowd stand every time a kick off or punt might go to him. The whole stadium lit up when he broke into the open before the pass even left our QB's hand. I've seen all the others play, but Jerry outshined every one of them in terms of excitement. Remember he was, when he played for SMU, the best amongst his peers. None of the others can say that.
And, he played under enormous personal pressure!