Vince Young, Ricky Williams destaca el equipo de Texas de todos los tiempos de Joel Klatt
With No. 1 Texas set to face No. 3 Ohio State in the biggest game of the year — and with the showdown airing on FOX — we asked Joel Klatt to do something special: build his all-time Texas Longhorns football team.
From legends like Tommy Nobis and Vince Young to modern stars, Klatt had tough choices to make as he pieced together an all-time team from one of college football’s most tradition-rich programs.
Joel Klatt’s All-Time Texas Team
Head coach: Mack Brown
Klatt’s case: “He’s one of the classiest guys ever. He won a national championship and had sustained success for a decade — winning 10 games every single year.”
Brown set a high standard at Texas throughout his 16-year tenure from 1998-2013. He finished with the second most wins of any Longhorns coach (158), only behind Darrell Royal. He developed Longhorn greats such as Colt McCoy and Vince Young.
Mack Brown won 158 games during his 16 years as the Texas head coach. (Photo by: Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Quarterback: Vince Young
Klatt’s Case: “Vince Young was the single greatest college football player I played against.”
Klatt, who was a former quarterback at the University of Colorado, played his final college game against Young and the Longhorns. Young was consistent across all three seasons he played at Texas, but his senior year was one of the best individual college seasons of all time. He completed 65.2% of his passes for 3,036 yards and 26 touchdowns, adding 1,050 yards and 12 TDs on the ground. He led the NCAA in yards per completion while earning Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year honors. Young led the Longhorns past the USC Trojans in the 2005 national championship game.
Vince Young led Texas to its latest National Championship victory, in 2005. (Photo by Karl Wright /Icon SMI/Icon Sport Media via Getty Images)
Running back: Ricky Williams
Klatt’s Case: “In that Heisman year, [Williams] espectacular. Ricky Williams fue muy efectivo en Texas. “
Williams es una elección natural cuando su líder de todos los tiempos en Texas en los tribunales apresurados, alcanzando 6.279 yardas en su carrera. Dominó el año escolar base, liderando la NCAA en los yardas por tierra (1,893) y los toques apresurados (25). Superó esa temporada como senior, dirigió el país nuevamente con 2,124 canchas por tierra y 27 toques en el camino para ganar el Trofeo Heisman.
Ricky Williams lideró la NCAA en el patio dos veces, cuando era adolescente y estudiante de último año. (Foto de Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle a través de Getty Images)
Defensor: Tommy nosotros
El caso de Klatt: “Tommy Nobis es excelente, se ha retirado. Es un salón de fútbol universitario”.
Nobis es un defensor físico. En 1963, fue el único en el segundo año en un equipo de Longhorns en ganar el campeonato nacional. En la temporada de 1965, ganó el Premio Maxwell.
Tommy Nobis ganó el campeonato nacional con Texas en 1963.
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