I will say that all of you on here are very hardcore and know your stuff about football(which is great, and makes this a informative website!). I disagree that Sehorn is not unusual, and he is not a rare athlete(most of you seem to disagree with this, which is mind boggling to me...I'm NOT talking about people like Woodhead, Welker, etc)-- WHITE OR BLACK! Also, I feel that playing/coaching in college and especially professionally gives you first hand experience to make a sound opinion, which I feel that I have.
I played three major sports in high school.. 1) Football 2) Basketball 3) Baseball. I was 6"0 180-185lbs. I will say it again, that I played at high levels and at a very populated area of the country in the East Bay Area(and only encountered ONE white athlete who was on my par, which I discus below)...
His name was Chris Walsh(and a three sport star and went on to Stanford and played with Minnesota in the NFL), BUT, he wasn't that athletic. I played againist him(football and basketball, btw, his verticle defianlty wasn't very good), so I have a good barometer. He ran a 4.6 and I could easily cover him in high school and the guy was ****y as heck! hated him... Back to my point about someone like Sehorn.... I have met Sehorn- he was easily 2 inches taller than me and had some very good size to him(defiantly legit 215-220). How is this guy not a genetic freak!? I know...I know...there are all kinds of Seahorn's out there who don't get chances(and are 6'3 220 who can run a 4.30 AND can play corner/safety! come on)...
Ever hear of De La Salle in Concord, California? well, I didn't play there, but my younger brother did(he played with Ammani Toomer, etc and won a national title). I have folllowed them since the early 90s...they have had maybe 10(could be slightly higher/lower) good white athletic players(ones that can run a 4.5 or better, that went on to play college ball, and a few that made the league)...THAT'S IT! and the team is mostly white! that's not a great ratio for a team that almost always is rated in the top 10 in the country and has the all time high school win streak. And no,(some of you would love this hard working/disaplined white team, I do!) player's are not getting screwed by the recruting services because I have watched many games, and the white guys were never speedsters--besides a few exceptions!
It seems all of you think that there are TONS of fast white(Skill) guys who get screwed over...MAYBE, like some have pointed out, that a lot of white's don't even play football, and could be super speedsters if they did, but that's another discussion... I'm sure I will have many people again disagreeing with me, that's fine. I can't wait to read the responses!
But, again if you haven't played or coached, I don't think you have a good argument with me. Of course none of you think that it matters(playing), but it really does...
PS... this is all in good fun. Having whites play or not in college or the NFL doesn't effect me one bit. Just entertainment. Sometimes people(me included) get WAY to caught up in sports. Its a problem, and I'm guility of it sometimes. This is a good board! I usually never post on message boards, and am enjoying the banter! I just disagree with some of you is all. No biggie. I'm sure some of you are very nice, intelligent people that I would enjoy hanging out with. I Would love to see some former white speedsters that played professionally come on here and chime in,btw!