tswalsh Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 The smallest player was Mack Herron at 5'3''. He played for New England and was also Larry Browns running mate at Kansas State in the late 60's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cphil006 Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Redskins did try to sign Andre the Giant, which would have been the biggest, but it never materialized...I'd say Aaron Gibson, I believe he weighed more than Gilbert Brown. Smallest? I don't know, you could probably find a guy back in the 1920s...maybe a kicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcameronmk Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Smallest NFL player was Darren Sproles (5'6 RB for the San Diego Chargers). I think he still plays. Was drafted fourth round last year out of Kansas State. Roscoe Parrish is 5'9 and only weighs 168. Plays for the Bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlinginSammy HOF '63 Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Wasn't Harold Charmichael 6'11"? He may have been the tallest with a sustained career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e16bball Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Toniu Fonoti is probably the biggest guy playing in the league right now. He's listed at 350, but numerous reports at the time of his trade to the Vikings had him weighing at over 390. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithian Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Leonard Davis is a beast. He might be the biggest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowboySlayer Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 i don't know, but the 2 biggest dudes i ever saw in person were tre johnson and sean gilbert. call the meat wagon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF4L Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 lol :notworthy Brice, What's up with your avatar? :laugh: Were you bad? Yes. I've heard the George Allen, Andre the Giant story. I believe it was true. Haystacks Calhoun was a big mofo, too. Wait, wrong sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VAHOGFAN Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 I think Gerald "Ice Cube" McNeil was the smallest. He was the Kick/Punt Returner for the Browns in the late 80's. 5' 7", 145lbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radagast5 Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 For those interested, Andre the Giant was 7'4" and roughly 500 lbs., according to the bio on his official site. He'd be far and away the largest man in NFL history. Sadly, he's been dead for well over a decade, so it'd be impossible to get details on that old chestnut about George Allen trying to sign him up for special teams. Bruce Allen, George's son and current GM of the Bucs, is a frequent guest on sports talk radio here in Tampa; next time he's on, I'll try to get through and see if perhaps he remembers the details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossWalker Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Aaron Gibson? Leonard Davis? Smallest? Eric Yarber? Yeah, I though Gibson was the biggest. 400 lbs, though I think officially listed at around 380. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Doing some research on the whole andre the giant thing, apparently its real...no one has in depth details on it though, no more than a sentence or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 maybe antonio brown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hailtotheredskins89826 Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 the biggest....tony saragusa fat as$ tv announcer the smallest... some ***** kicker?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#98QBKiller Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Warrick Dunn is the smallest most productive player currently in the NFL he's 5' 9" & 180 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inmate running the asylum Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Are you talking about weight or height, when you say the biggest? A number of players on rosters have been in the 400-425 lb range -- like Gilbert Brown, Aaron Gibson, Toniu Fonoti. But usually with players this heavy, they are not effective and quickly in the coach's doghouse and usually riding the pine. Because they are way overweight, out of shape and lack stamina, they are usually embarrassed by their weight and reluctant to disclose their true weight. Consequently, when questioned about their weight, they usually try to downplay it and indicate it is lower than it is. So it would actually be hard to figure out who was truly the heaviest player ever to play. By the way, Wally Kline was a Bobby Beathard-Redskins bust, who was listed in scouting books as 6'9" tall. As I recall, he was drafted in the 2nd round from Notre Dame where he had been a DE, and was a bust. The Redskins then tried to convert him to an OT, but he was cut in his rookie season as I recall. He was just too slow and also lacked quickness. But if you are talking about the biggest players that were any good, I would say these come to mind. DE - Cowboys - Ed Too Tall Jones - 6' 9" WR - Eagles - Harold Carmichael - 6' 10" - used to catch "Alley Oop" jump ball passes in the endzone. The 49ers also had R.C. "Alley Oop" Owens, but he wasn't near as tall. A classic matchup was when the Buzzards tried to get Harold Carmichael to be covered by Redskins CB Pat Fischer, who only weighed about 170 lbs! T - Cardinals - Leonard Davis 385 lbs. QB - Redskins - Eddie LeBaron - I believe was around 5' 6" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman1119446 Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 What about William "the refrigerator" Perry. He didn't his nickname by dieting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoEd Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 [quote name='inmate By the way, Wally Kline was a Bobby Beathard-Redskins bust, who was listed in scouting books as 6'9" tall. As I recall, he was drafted in the 2nd round from Notre Dame where he had been a DE, and was a bust. The Redskins then tried to convert him to an OT, but he was cut in his rookie season as I recall. He was just too slow and also lacked quickness. I shook this guy's hand and couldn't believe how freakin huge it was. The guys legs were bigger around than my entire body. I do remember him lumbering around the field though, didn't seem too athletic at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
painfulyetloyal Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 I know this doesn't answer your question..... but I heard a rumor back in the '70s that George Allen attempted to sign Andre the Giant, the famous wrestler, to the Redskins. If this were true and he did play... he probably would have been the biggest.Has anyone else heard this story? :cool: This is the silliest thing I think Ive ever heard, it took him a half hour to tie his shoes... :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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