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Is it dergo?
maybe that QB from MS a few years back...damn, what was his name!
Came in to say this.In the last Decade I'd go with Laquan Treadwell.
I have to agree with you played against him in the state playoffs. dude killed us25 plus years ago Kent Graham was a pretty special 2 way Illinois high school player .
strong safety / Qb
Terry Hawthorne Senior year stats:Damnit, Dergo was 2005. Either way, JJ is the best two-way player since Dergo.
Terry Hawthorne Senior year stats:
On defense FS (43 tackles 10 int 8 returned for TD)
Punt (Avg 45 yds per punt, 8 TD's from bad snaps or sneaks)
Punt Return (7 Returned for TD with another 4 called back)
Offense:
WR (1267 yds 26 TD's and 432 yds rushing with 4 TD's)
and a State Championship.
I think JJ was good and is one of the best since Dergo, but there is a strong case for Hawthorne, Treadwell, Perez that is in line with JJ. I will also add those 3 have state championships.
Also before you ask Hawthorne Junior year on offense was better then his senior year. On defense he didn't start until week 3 and he ended up with ( 38 tackles, solo and 6 int with 4 returned for TD)
Team Avg 40 plus points a game. Hawthorne accounted for an avg of 28 pts per game. During the playoff run in 2008 he had a pick six the first three games and a pick in the championship game. Against St Rita in the Qtrs he had a pick 6 to start the come back. 2 receiving touchdowns and a pick to end the game pushed out of bounds at St. Rita's 2 yard line. In case you are counting 1 against StL Returned for TD, 2 against La Salle either one or both returned for TD, 2 against Rita one returned for TD the other to the two, and one against Geneva. He also scored offensively in each game.Those defense and special team numbers are crazy. 15 Td's is gotta b a record
Competitive as in maybe second round of playoff but definitely couldn't win state.Take him off ESL, and they are still competitive. Without JJ... GN, notsomuch....
6,531 career rushing yards
85 career Rushing TD
Two Time Gatorade Player of the Year
All-State or Area as a RB, DB and ATH
2012-2013 State Playoffs - 901 yards and 13 touchdowns on 166 carries to Title game
SR Year Defensive Stats (playing CB with nobody throwing his way) - 36 tackles, nine TFL, nine pass breakups and three interceptions
JR-SR Receiving - 35 catches for 504 yards 3 TD
Don't have his return numbers handy, but I know he housed at least 3 on his career, if not SR year alone
I can play the same stat reference game with JJ as any player. He's just as much a 3-way player as the others.
Add in he did all this in 8A (NOT 4A or 6A), on a far less complete team than Driscoll or ESL.
To add more, his unbelievable domination in HS carried over into a stellar true freshman campaign in the B1G Ten, earning FR AA honors. He didn't bulk up and have a great college career, he walked in essentially the same player he was that Spring, and ran for almost 1000. He was that good.