Best Receiving Corps

[Panburger Partner]

Re: Best Receiving Corps

Did Furrey, Berlin, and Soliday ever play on the same team?

Soliday was on the team at the same time, but if I remember correctly, his playing time was limited due to injuries during the time Furrey and Berlin were around

[ronfitch]

Re: Best Receiving Corps

Did those guys all play together? If so, it's not even close.

The Vereen, LeMaster, Owens group was really solid, but you've got three guys above who played multiple years in the NFL.

And great at UNI (AA is highest team for that year; conference was Gateway):

2001:
Soliday (first team all conference
Hannam (first team all conference)

2000:
Berlin (first team All American, first team all conference)
Soliday (second team all conference)
Nofal (second team all conference)
Hannam (honorable mention all conference)

1999:
Furrey (first team All American, first team all conference)
Berlin (second team all conference)

1998:
Furrey (second team All American, first team all conference)
Berlin (second team all conference)
Dorrick Roy (honorable mention all conference)

1997:
Furrey (second team AA, first team all-conference)
Alonzo Clayton (second team all conference)
Berlin (honorable mention all conference)

Some others from the '90s ...

1996:
Dedric Ward (first team AA, first team all-conference and conference offensive player of the year)
Alonzo Clayton (first team all conference)
TE Lincoln Sharar (first team all conference)

1995:
Dedric Ward (first team AA and conference offensive player of the year)
TE Matt Harken (honorable mention all conference)

1994:
TE Matt Harken (first team all conference)
WR Jake Kothe (honorable mention all conference)

1993:
Tim Mosley (third team AA (P or WR?), first team all conference WR and at P)
TE Matt Harken (first team all conference)

1992:
Kenny Shedd (first team AA at WR and All Purpose, first team all conference)
TE Chris Nuss (first team all conference)
WR Tim Mosley (first team all conference as a Punter)

1991:
Kenny Shedd (honorable mention AA WR and as R, first team all conference)
TE Chris Nuss (first team all conference)
WR Tim Mosley (first team all conference as Punter)

[BCPanther]

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Does remembering every name on that list make me old??

I would bet that 95% of Jake Kothe's career receptions came on a 12-15 yard out where he was falling out of bounds...

[SteinPizza]

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Soliday was on the team at the same time, but if I remember correctly, his playing time was limited due to injuries during the time Furrey and Berlin were around

Pretty sure Soliday got a taste of the NFL. Berlin, Furrey, and Hannam played several years (especially the first two). Having NFL talent trumps anything else. That's pretty damn impressive at the FCS level.

My statement above is not meant slight anyone who was "purely" a really good college player. That counts for a lot, but the NFL counts for more.

[Catmandoo]

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Kenny Shedd was so much fun to watch. When they'd set up the "wall" on the sideline on punt returns. So cool.

[SteinPizza]

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Kenny Shedd was so much fun to watch. When they'd set up the "wall" on the sideline on punt returns. So cool.

That was a classic example of execution meeting speed. The blocking on the wall returns was usually really good, made better by Kenny's ability to outrun the angles defenders normally would take. You would not have had to lay a huge hit on a guy to disrupt him enough so that there's no way he has an angle on Kenny. A good bump would've done it.