DB -All 21st Century Team

[Muck]

The Buckeye Planet All-Buckeye 2000-2005 team...

Defensive Backs

Nominees:

Corner Backs:

Dustin Fox: 3 year starter - 217 Tackles, 165 Solo Tackles, 5.5 Tackles For Loss, 7 INT

Nate Clements: 2 year starter - 177 Tackles, 154 Solo, 10 TFL, 7 INT

Ashton Youboty: 2 year starter - 131 Tackles, 103 Solo, 9 TFL, 2 Sacks, 5 INT

Tyler Everett: 2 year starter (1 at S & 1 at CB) 101 Tackles, 65 Solo, 2.5 TFL, 3 INT

Derek Ross: 91 Tackles, 82 Solo, 7 TFL, 1 Sack, 9 INT (7 in 01 is 5th all time)

David Mitchell: 82 Tackles, 67 Solo, 2 TFL, 1 Sack, 1 INT

Chris Gamble: 2 year starter, 65 Tackles, 51 Solo, 3 TFL, 7 INT

E.J. Underwood: 54 Tackles, 36 Solo, 3 TFL, 1 Sack, 0 INT

Cie Grant: 146 Tackles, 111 Solo, 14 TFL, 4 Sacks, 4 INT

Safeties:

Tyler Everett (see above)

Mike Doss: 3 year starter, 331 Tackles (10th), 228 Solo (5th), 33 TFL, 6 Sacks, 8 INT

Donnie Nickey: 4 year starter, 258 Tackles, 176 Solo, 6 TFL, 2 Sacks, 5 INT

Nate Salley: 2 year starter, 191 Tackles, 100 Solo, 2.5 TFL, 3 INT

Donte Whitner: 164 Tackles, 117 Solo, 13 TFL, 5 Sacks, 5 INT

Will Allen: 136 Tackles, 84 Solo, 6.5 TFL, 2 Sacks, 5 INT




Vote for two safeties two cornerbacks and one nickelback

5 votes total

[barlow1802]

are cie grants numbers strictly d-back or are those his LB numbers too?

[Muck]

Those are his career totals.

They include LB, CB and a bit of S.

[jwinslow]

Here's the intel I found for him about his DB stats

Moves back to linebacker this year after a season as a starting cornerback … has size and speed and is being counted on to help fill the void created by the departure of Joe Cooper and Courtland Bullard … physical player who is much more at home at linebacker, but who offered to help out at corner in 2001 when the Buckeyes were looking for a starter … his speed at linebacker will allow the Buckeyes to stay in their “base” defense a little longer and not go to the nickel package quite as quickly … that speed should also make him effective on the blitz … consistently put up good numbers in the spring … 2001 RECAP: One of the more intriguing stories of the year … emerged from spring practice as a solid backup at linebacker, but surprised the coaching staff in the fall by asking to move to cornerback, a position he had never played … given the opportunity, he worked his way into the two-deep and started 10 of the 12 games … finished the year as the Buckeyes fourth-leading tackler with 56 stops … also had five passes broken up and a three interceptions (Penn State, Purdue and South Carolina) … had a career-high nine tackles against Northwestern and eight at Penn State … scooped up a fumble at UCLA and returned it 32 yards … suffered a mild concussion at Minnesota, but was back in the lineup the following week … 2000 RECAP: Was shifted from safety to linebacker in the spring of 2000 … did not play in the first two games, but did see action in the last 10 … had 13 tackles … four stops at Iowa was his top effort … also excelled with the special teams …

[NFBuck]

This is a tough one... I went with Gamble and Clements and CB, Allen and Doss as S with Fox as my Nickel.