NFL REPORT
Sheridan Announces 'All Time Black Team*
It has often been said that if you But Sheridan Broadcasting Network is
?eoulti put all the great Mack college allowing us to at least dream about the
All-Time Block Team m
Name
? Doug Williams
? Walter Pay ton
? Tank Younger
? John Stall worth
? Jerry Ricc
? Art Shell
? Ray field Wright
? Jackie Slater
? Larry Little
? Ernie Barnes
? Willie Davis
?Ed "Too Tall" Jones
?- Deacon Jones
? L.C. Greenwood
? Robert Brazille
Henry Carson
Willie Lanier
Mel Blount
Lcni Barney
Donnic Shell
Ever son Walls
School
Grambling
Grambling
Alabama A & M
Alabama && Nt *' .
Mississippi Valley
Maryland State
Fort Valley State
Jackson State
Bcthunc-Cookman
North Carolina Central
Grambling
Tennessee State
South Carolina State
Arkansas A & M
Jackson State
South Carolina State
Morgan State
Southern
Jackson State
South Carolina Stae
Grambling
players on ilie same team, you would
have one heck of a lineup. Imagine
Grambling's Doug Williams as quar
terback. Jackson Slate's Walter Pay ton
and Gramblingi's Tank Younger at
running hack, along with wide
receivers John Stallworth of Alabama
A&M and Jerry Rice of Mississippi
Valley. Now. thai would he some
offense to contend with. Who could
possibly defend all those stars?
Of course, it will never happen.
possibility. The network has honored
William Payton, Younger and other
black college stars by naming them to
its 100-year, all-time black college
team. ^There isn't any question about
the quality of talent that the black col
legoduced over the years, "Sheridan's
Charlie Neal said recently. That's an
understatement. Sheridan's all-time
team would be the most dominant in
college football and because all the
players went on to play in the NFL,
FAMU Recruiters Shut Out
Did the loss of assistant coach
Kent Schooltield hurt Florida A&M's
football this year? That's a question
some fans were asking after the Rat
tlers failed to sign a player from talent_
- rich South Florida on the first binding
signing day.
FAMU, after the larger schools
signed the players they wanted, gener
ally has had its pick of the top talent in
South Florida. But not this year. On
the first binding signing day in Febru
ary, when virtually all of the top play
ers made final commitments, FAMU
found itself shut out of Dade and
Broward counties. Miami and Fort
Lauderdale are among the cities locat
ed in those counties.
Schofield, the Rattlers' offensive
coordinator and recruiting coordinator,
left after the season to become an
assistant at Temple. He was one of
FAMU's chief recruiters in South
Florida.
"After Schoolfield pulled out, it -
kind of hurt them," said Earnest
Perkins, head coach at Edison High in
South Florida. "We haven't heard from
them since Kent left." Schoolfield's
departure diminished the Rattlers'
chances of signing Edison defensive
lineman Chad Shaker (6-3, 220).
The Rattlers were beaten in South
Florida by Albany State, which signed
six players from Dade county. Shakers
was one of them.
this team probably would win the.
Super Bowl, too; -
Williams, arguably the greatest
quarterback ever the play lor a black
college, would have a hugfe offensive
line anchored by Art SheM (Maryland
State), Rayfield Wright (Fort Valley
State), Jackie Slater (Jackson. Stale),
Larry Little (Belhune-Cookman), and
Ernie Barnes (North Carolina Central).
That offense would be able to do
anything - throw deep, run between
the> tackles, use the run-and-shoot
whatever. Chances are that gargantuan
offensive line would crush the opposi
tion every lime. ^
It's likely that the only defense
that could handle that offense would
be the defensive unit picked for the
l(X)-year, all-time black college team.
This defensive line would be
frightening, with these men forming a
brick wall up front in a 3-4 alignment:
Grambling's Willie Davis, Tennessee
State's Ed "Too Tall" Jones and South
Carolina State's Deacon Jones. The
enemy offenses would need a
squadron of running backs to weather
the pounding thejr would take from ?
Jones and Co. And the quarterbacks
would frequently find themselves in a
prone position.
The defensive line would he
backed by one of the greatest line
backer corps ever.
Arkansas A&M's LC Greenwood,
Jackson slate's Robert Brazille, South
Carolina Slate's Henn^Carson and
Morgan State's Willie Lanier would
stand ready to pounce on an enemy
runner would dared sneak past the
front line.
In the backfield would be defen
sive backs Mel Blount (Southern),
Lem Barney (Jackson State), "Donnie
Shell (South Carolina State) and Ever
son Walls (Grambling). Not many
receivers would get past that bunch.
Sheridan formed the team to honor
the 100th year of black college foot
ball. Jones, still an active supporter of
black college athletics, was the
keynote speaker during a banquet in
Baltimore to honor the team.
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