Jaxson Appel

[SteveB]

Jaxson has been a 4 year starteer at free safety for Texas A&M and was just named as a pre-season All-American. This guy is hardnosed and lead the team in tackles the last two years. He has good speed and covers a lot of ground in the secondary. Good luck to him in the fall.

http://www.aggieathletics.com/pressRelease.php?PRID=10006

 

[surfsider]

I saw maybe one A&M game last year and he really stood out. Seems there wasn't a play he wasn't involved in.

 

[kevin]

he is by far the best defensive player on the a&m team for a long time. He is a good cover guy and one of the best tacklers. He reminds me of adam archuleta he does everything mainly because he has to.

 

[Colonel_Reb]

He looks to be in the running for the DB of the year award, sorry I forgot the actual name of it. I hope he has a great year.

 

[whiteCB]

This guy is an absolute stud. He is bascially a pre-season all-american on everyone's teams as every premagazine I've looked at has him in there. He has a legitimate shot to win the Jim Thorpe award(best DB). I should have brought this guy up earlier. Does anyone know the last white guy to win the Thopre Award?

 

[SteveB]

Greg Myers won the Thorpe award in 1995 while at Colorado State. I think that he also lead the nation in kickoff/punt return touchdowns that year. He was another guy screwed by the caste system. He bounced around the NFL a few years and is now out of football.

 

[Colonel_Reb]

Cool stat SteveB! Thanks for the help with the name of the award, WhiteCB.

 

[Don Wassall]

Appel was cut by the Titans. Already??? Gotta wonder if he has a health issue. Usually white players at "black positions" are kept around as sacrificial tackling dummies in training camp before being cut.