Who is your "That guy is STILL playing?" player for this year?

Submitted by mooseman on August 23rd, 2022 at 9:12 PM

I don't know whether to call it the Taysom Hill award for a guy that was around forever or the Antwaan Randle El award for a guy that just seemed to be around forever.

I'll nominate Rocky Lombardi who is suiting up again for NIU this year.

Joby

August 24th, 2022 at 5:29 AM ^

And it seems like he still has one more year of eligibility past this year. I count one standard redshirt in 2015 (!!), two regular playing years (2016, 2018), three medical redshirts (17, 19, 21) and the COVID year. That leaves two years.

From the (very good) Athletic article: “Pugh redshirted his first season. He served as a backup in 2016. The season opener of Pugh’s redshirt freshman season came against a Wyoming offense piloted by Josh Allen. In 2017, Pugh won a starting job but tore a biceps tendon in the Huskies’ fourth game and received a medical redshirt. In 2018, Pugh played in every game, earning second-team All-MAC honors after racking up 106 tackles. One of those games came against Utahand receiver Britain Covey, another class of 2015 player who finally finished his college football career last year.

Two games into the 2019 season, Pugh broke the shoulder socket in his other arm and missed the rest of the season. He played in five of Northern Illinois’ six games in 2020, but that year didn’t count toward anyone’s eligibility. In 2021, Pugh tore an ACL on the final day of spring practice and received another medical redshirt.”

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MaizeBlueA2

August 23rd, 2022 at 10:56 PM ^

With redshirts and the COVID year, this should be interesting this season.

This answer is always Robbie Hummel and Perry Ellis.

 

But for conversation sake, Adrian Martinez is definitely #1 for me. The Taylor Martinez effect makes it so much worse.

Sean Clifford is #2.

Sam Hartman is #3.

...Did you know, Illinois leads the conference in super seniors? Rutgers is #2. Michigan is in the bottom 3.

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uminks

August 24th, 2022 at 3:38 AM ^

SR LB, William Wagoner. I think he was a 4 star from GA. But I have not heard much from  him. Unless he is a special team contributor?

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steeltownblue

August 24th, 2022 at 8:58 AM ^

I think Adrian Martinez is a 10th year junior.  After 9 seasons at Nebraska he transferred somewhere, but I can't remember where. Pretty sure it re-sets the eligibility clock for him, so he will be playing college ball into his 40s.

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Mgoblue0405

August 24th, 2022 at 9:27 AM ^

Easiest answer is Tanner Morgan, Paris Johnson and Sean Clifford in the B1G. Martinez at QB for KSU also up there, and I'm sure some Indiana kicker whos an absolute stud. 

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bronxblue

August 24th, 2022 at 9:31 AM ^

I checked and apparently he's not on Tennessee's roster but also isn't in the NFL/has another year of eligibility, but Aubrey Solomon jumped to mind as a guy who I thought was still in college despite being from the late Jurassic period.

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MRunner73

August 24th, 2022 at 11:27 AM ^

1) Tanner Morgan- Minn. He also played for P J Fleck at WMU before the Minn gig. Isn't he 30 years old now?

2) Shawn Clifford- Penn State. They say it's year 5, seems like his 6th year.

That's all I got.

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