Best Missouri HIGH SCHOOL player you've seen.

[JNreturns]

I'm sticking with Tony VanZant from Hazlewood Central. He was playing chess, and the little people chasing him were playing checkers. Too bad he got hurt. Parade magazine's national player of the year. #1 recruit in the nation.

 

[MoSooner69]

I assume you are talking about watching in person... many in SWMO will say DGB without doubt.. But Rusty Medearis and Grant Wistrom were both incredible..

 

[Veerman_12]

Mario Whitney or Brandon Bourbon

 

[wcfootball4ever]

Mark Smith from Webb City. Grant may have had the better career in college and NFL but Mark was on a different level in high school.

 

[BPcompete]

Give me DGB.

Best player in the STL area at least the last 20 years will probably have to be Sheldon Richardson who's on the Browns now.

 

[MoSooner69]

Mark Smith from Webb City. Grant may have had the better career in college and NFL but Mark was on a different level in high school.

Have heard that from other people, but I never saw him play in high school

 

[JNreturns]

I assume you are talking about watching in person... many in SWMO will say DGB without doubt.. But Rusty Medearis and Grant Wistrom were both incredible..

Can't argue with that. Both of them were the #1 recruit in the nation.

 

[Cards1968]

Best in person was Taquan Kelly from Macon.

Best in my lifetime has to be Van Zant.

 

[Blondee15]

Mark Smith from Webb City. Grant may have had the better career in college and NFL but Mark was on a different level in high school.

If we were picking teams and I had first choice,Mark Smith without a doubt. I remember him picking a pass off in Tuscaloosa and the announcer says “that young man runs exceptionally well for a linebacker” lol

 

[Fort80]

Michael Harper from Hickman Mills who played at USC and in the NFL with the Jets.

Brandon Lloyd of Blue Springs.

Gary Anderson of Hickman

 

[Veer2Eternity]

I'm sticking with Tony VanZant from Hazlewood Central. He was playing chess, and the little people chasing him were playing checkers. Too bad he got hurt. Parade magazine's national player of the year. #1 recruit in the nation.

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[blue and white pride]

Best I have seen in person at Harrisonville games. Kelly Donahoe, Micheal Keck, Sean Ransburg and Morgan Selemaea.

 

[justaconcernedcitizen]

DGB just floated and looked like he played at half speed and was still faster than everyone

 

[shoot90draw]

Best I have seen in person at Harrisonville games. Kelly Donahoe, Micheal Keck, Sean Ransburg and Morgan Selemaea.

No Travis Britt?

 

[stocktiger82]

Alan Cockrell, Joplin Parkwood 1980. Pre game of championship game he was kicking 50 yd fg, punting 50 yds, and he was the stud qb who started at Tennessee as a freshman. He was the player on a very dominant team. Van Zant was obviously special one too.

 

[jameshawkins17]

Michael Keenan

 

[Blondee15]

DGB just floated and looked like he played at half speed and was still faster than everyone

DGB looked fantastic playing against Springfield teams and Seneca. Didn’t look like much when I saw him against Webb

 

[Northlandfootball]

I have been in the area a limited time but Monte Harrison was a special high school talent

 

[justaconcernedcitizen]

DGB looked fantastic playing against Springfield teams and Seneca. Didn’t look like much when I saw him against Webb

It's hard to get open against double coverage, plus a QB running for his life and can't just throw up prayers. It's is still a team sport

 

[Graphic Edge Guy]

Tony Galbreath was an absolute stud running back for Fulton, later for Mizzou, where he ran roughshod over Bear Bryant's Crimson Tide on national TV...and had a pretty good career in the NFL and won a Super Bowl ring with the Giants.

 

[millerbleach]

Who was the kid on Rich Hills title team? They only had 12 kifs and I think he was 8 of them.
I haven't seen a lot of "name" players in person.

 

[Pancho and Lefty]

Sheldon Richardson was something, he would play RB, then TE, then DT, LB, return man. Pro bowl player.

Blaine Gabbert has the big arm, was much faster than people realized.

Jeremy Maclin, very electric. Consensus all American twice and a pro bowl.

Adrian Clayborn was a really good player. Consensus college all American.

Daryl Jackson QB for Webster Groves was really good. Got in trouble before he got to mizzou but he was one of the better qbs I’ve seen.

Mario Whitney could sure run it. Very brief college career.

Patrick Johnson from Potosi was really good. Great career at Purdue and brief NFL stint.

Only saw him once but Kory Faulkner from Ste Gen could really throw it.

Muhammad Abdul Kadir sp? From Eureka was a really good running back.

Jarius Byrd of Clayton was a one man wrecking crew. What an athlete.

 

[Veerman_12]

Will Compton - North County

Michael Scherer - MICDS

Colton Jackson - CBC

Jordan Webb - Union

 

[Veerman_12]

Al Young from Cape Central was pretty darn good too.

 

[Rawlathaballa90]

Wistrom and Caleb Sanders for best in person.

 

[Pancho and Lefty]

Justin Smith-Jeff City

A bit before my time but my dad said

Tony Galbreath - Fulton
Billy and Donnie Bess - Flat River Central
Jeremy Hoog - Valle

Would have been
Billy Sims - moved to Tx in 8th grade.

 

[BigMODog]

Does anyone even remember him?

Yes

 

[hsmaniac]

DGB and Al Young were good but against Webb they couldn't do anything.

The one player I remember that sticks out to me, besides Wistrom is ...

Jarius Byrd.

That kid won it for Clayton. He was everything. I remember seeing the hole open up for the RB for Webb for an easy TD and there he was, standing like a brick wall and did not budge. Kid was incredible. Believe they had to forfeit the games the year prior for recruiting him but it was worth it for that one year. He was amazing.

 

[BigMODog]

Best player I saw many times back in the day. Chris Brooks Lexington.

 

[Veerman_12]

DGB and Al Young were good but against Webb they couldn't do anything.

The one player I remember that sticks out to me, besides Wistrom is ...

Jarius Byrd.

That kid won it for Clayton. He was everything. I remember seeing the hole open up for the RB for Webb for an easy TD and there he was, standing like a brick wall and did not budge. Kid was incredible. Believe they had to forfeit the games the year prior for recruiting him but it was worth it for that one year. He was amazing.

Pretty sure Young returned a kick or punt for a touchdown against Webb? Could be mistaken, but that's not "doing nothing"

 

[hsmaniac]

I don't remember that, I believe they shut them out in the Semi's but in the Title Game the following year they scored a few but that was the QB, I believe.

 

[Cards1968]

Another Macon guy I should mention is Robert Long. Great QB in the '70s who went on to shatter national records for Ft. Hays St. Not as dynamic as Kelly was at running back though.

 

[HBL Pirates fan_1990]

Cale Garrett!!!

 

[Jomjam]

Good additions! We missed a few, didn’t we?
Here’s another: Monte Ball from Wentzville Timberland.
Speaking of Wentzville. Dan Alexander from Holt was a load, too.

I was going to say Dan Alexander, he was an absolute monster

 

[Kenny56]

I was going to say Dan Alexander, he was an absolute monster

I saw him wrestle at a tourney in the 90’s, freak of nature. Him and Coach Norman.

Jarius Byrd stood out to me in my 8+ years of watching the state games.

Best from my area that I saw? Derrick Tipler-RB from New Madrid. I wasn’t around for the Faulkner or Bourbon years. Or Kony Ealy.

Schwent wasn’t bad either.

 

[BPcompete]

Joey asked us for THE Best player we’ve seen and here we’ve done & gone crazy

lol Naming people they thought were solid at this point

 

[Steelblues89]

Other than Zeke, the best running back I watched play was Ladell Betts from Blue Springs. Made it to the NFL but cut short by injury.

 

[JNreturns]

lol Naming people they thought were solid at this point

Yeah, I think you gotta be lot a top three in the nation recruit to even be on this list. It is a small list.

 

[Veerman_12]

Yeah, I think you gotta be lot a top three in the nation recruit to even be on this list. It is a small list.

The question was, who was the best high school player we've ever seen. That's subjective. I never saw DGB live, so I named the best I have seen. Same as anyone else responding to this thread.

 

[Kenny56]

The question was, who was the best high school player we've ever seen. That's subjective. I never saw DGB live, so I named the best I have seen. Same as anyone else responding to this thread.

Reading comprehension is a hard subject to teach man!!!