| FTBL Who would be your picks for the three greatest Alabama linebackers ever?

[PurlJam]

Similar to what Quinton Dial did to Aaron Murray. Jawja fans still crow about that.

Aaron did have that split second "Deer in the Headlights" brace for impact.

 

[Crimson&WhiteGecko]

DeMeco Ryans
Derrick Thomas
Lee Roy Jordan

Each were dominate for their eras of football...

 

[saturdaysarebetter]

I was too young to see Lee Roy play in college, but remember him with the Cowboys. I know about the 30-tackle bowl game he had against Oklahoma, if I recall correctly, and Bear's quote about Lee Roy tackling sideline-to-sideline. What I find odd is he's listed in Alabama's media guide as an All-American center in 1962 with no mention of him as an All-American linebacker and he's listed in the college football hall of fame as a center.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

I was too young to see Lee Roy play in college, but remember him with the Cowboys. I know about the 30-tackle bowl game he had against Oklahoma, if I recall correctly, and Bear's quote about Lee Roy tackling sideline-to-sideline. What I find odd is he's listed in Alabama's media guide as an All-American center in 1961 with no mention of him as an All-American linebacker and he's listed in the college football hall of fame as a center.

Played both ways as there was not full substitution.....ie. Couldn't substitute a full 11 after change of possessions

So many played both ways... why he was listed as just center... i don't know....

 

[saturdaysarebetter]

Played both ways as there was not full substitution.....ie. Couldn't substitute a full 11 after change of possessions

So many played both ways... why he was listed as just center... i don't know....

Every listing I find lists him as an All-American at center. I knew guys played both ways but didn't realize he was a center and that good of one.

 

[64Tide]

Woodrow Lowe Thomas Boyd ILB
Derrick Thomas Cornelius Bennett Edge

 

[We All Bleed Crimson]

LeeRoy Jordan
Derrick Thomas
Woodrow "bingo" Lowe. I remember coach Bryant would say bingo on his Sunday show when the D would make a good hit.

 

[Bama Guy]

Cornelius Bennett
Derrick Thomas
Leroy Jordan

 

[UAgrad93]

The all time tackles leader hasn’t been mentioned!! Wayne Davis!! Known as Joe Pound at Gordo HS back in the day.

 

[Kamikazi18627]

DeMeco Ryans and Derrick Thomas

That's the list. Those two.

 

[24and7]

Like him or not.. McCants and McClain were just natural freaks.. I remember both of them rundown someone that they shouldn’t have caught from behind, with a huge lead..(in different eras)..

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Like him or not.. McCants and McClain were just natural freaks.. I remember both of them rundown someone that they shouldn’t have caught from behind, with a huge lead..(in different eras)..

I had always thought. McCants was going to be big time nfl
Same with Trent.

Wrong!!!

 

[24and7]

I had always thought. McCants was going to be big time nfl
Same with Trent.

Wrong!!!

The drug bug screwed up McCants..who knows what would’ve happened if he stayed clean..

 

[musso]

McCants and McClain were just natural freaks.. I remember both of them rundown someone that they shouldn’t have caught from behind, with a huge lead

I'm thinking of the 89 Iron Bowl in JH stadium. We were undefeated and #2. He made a tackle on a WR who was destined for a TD.

 

[24and7]

I'm thinking of the 89 Iron Bowl in JH stadium. We were undefeated and #2. He made a tackle on a WR who was destined for a TD.

Yeah, and he outrun the secondary guys that were ahead of him..

 

[UAgrad93]

The drug bug screwed up McCants..who knows what would’ve happened if he stayed clean..

Got injured and hooked on painkillers. When those no longer worked, he went down the darker road.

 

[24and7]

Got injured and hooked on painkillers. When those no longer worked, he went down the darker road.

That sucks.. He could’ve been a legendary player..

 

[mando]

Different eras:
Lee Roy Jordan and Wayne Davis,
Cornelius Bennett and Derrick Thomas
McClain and Ryan

 

[Rsedge72]

Derrick Thomas (hands down #1)(any list that doesn’t include him is a bogus list)

Lee Roy Jordan (a true baddass, man among boys in his day)

Cornelius Bennett (definition of the word freak)

 

[24and7]

I'm thinking of the 89 Iron Bowl in JH stadium. We were undefeated and #2. He made a tackle on a WR who was destined for a TD.