Highest ranked recruit ever on campus?

[mrydel]

Wasn't Larry Johnson pretty much the consensus no 1?

Ahhhhhh. One of the toughest decisions ever made by the WDNWHA Committee.

[Alaric]

Wasn't Larry Johnson pretty much the consensus no 1?

Ahhhhhh. One of the toughest decisions ever made by the WDNWHA Committee.

AKPDWHA

[Mexmustang]

No real bargains in the world, you get what you pay for...

[Rayburn]

DE Billy Don Jackson from Sherman was the No. 1 Recruit in the Country in 1976. Actually signed the old SWC Letter of Intent with SMU but then a week later signed National Letter of Intent with UCLA.

Billy Don Jackson, the illiterate guy who killed his drug dealer.

[Alaric]

2007 update on Billy Ray Jackson:

http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jun/04 ... /sp-crowe4

[Paladin]

2007 update on Billy Ray Jackson:

http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jun/04 ... /sp-crowe4

That, folks, is what rehabilitation is all about. Good for Billy Don Jackson; what a great story !

[mathman]

Wasn't his nickname "Pappa Daddy" or am I thinking of someone else?

[gostangs]

Seems redundant

[Rayburn]

Wasn't his nickname "Pappa Daddy" or am I thinking of someone else?

You might be thinking of Carl Snyder who was nicknamed Poppa Daddy.

[AusTxPony]

I think the answer to success in Bball starts and ends with LB. JJ is hardly a LB, and if he were we might be entertaining top kids. BTW, I know about the rest, but don't remember Walker QB, Charles RB, Godine DB, Bennett WR off that '79 Top 100. What happened with their careers? No offense intended .

[max the wonder dog]

I think the answer to success in Bball starts and ends with LB. JJ is hardly a LB, and if he were we might be entertaining top kids. BTW, I know about the rest, but don't remember Walker QB, Charles RB, Godine DB, Bennett WR off that '79 Top 100. What happened with their careers? No offense intended .

If I recall correctly, Charles Waggoner is quite the story. His freshman year he out performed ED and CJ, then had a career ending injury before his sophmore year. Tragedy for him, and SMU fans can dream about a Pony Express with three riders carrying the mail.