Obscure Bengals, who ya got?

[*ochocincos*]

(08-13-2024, 11:47 AM)Bengalbug Wrote: John Mackey Award (2008)
Consensus All-American (2008)
2× First-team All-Big 12 (2006, 2008)
Second-team All-Big 12 (2007)

247 collegiate catches for 2659 yards and 30 tds.  As a senior  90, 987 and 10.

3rd round pick by the bengals.  Played 6 games, as a bengal, catching 3 balls for 30 yards.

Hung around the NFL for 6 years totaling 5 teams.  Career stats 18 catches for 177 yards and 2 tds.

I give you Chase Coffman.

I do think Coffman would have done much better in a different era/team.
Bengals clearly wanted their TEs to be blockers first and foremost, and Coffman couldn't do that.
He stood straight up and down like a wedding d**k.
That Hard Knocks moment will live forever lol

[CottonHill]

Reggie Myles

[3wt]

(08-13-2024, 04:52 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Pete Koch  

I remember this guy.  2nd round pick I believe.   Thought he was going to be a beast.   Looked like Tarzan; played like Jane.

[StoneTheCrow]

David Dunn
Ben Utecht
Antonio Chatman
Keiwan Ratliff

[KillerGoose]

Maurice Purify, the original Auden Tate. I remember folks talking about potentially moving him to TE since he was a big bodied WR.

[3wt]

Kirby Criswell
Freddie Childress

And I was wrong about Pete Koch. He was a first rounder!

[coachmcneil71]

I wouldn't call him obscure per say, a 7th rounder, but a dude that doesn't get mentioned often and was pivotal to the Bengals success in the early 80s, Louis Breeden.

[rupethereitis]

Here's one for you. Reggie Rembert. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggie_Rembert

His 19.5 yards per reception at WVU had everyone excited.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wOFefPOpn8

[Hammerstripes]

A few of my favorites:

Armegis Spearman
John Walsh

[*Awful Llama*]

Danny Farmer. Spent a few seasons here and only had one career TD reception, but it was in a win versus the Steelers.

[*jason*]

(08-14-2024, 10:07 AM)ochocincos Wrote: I do think Coffman would have done much better in a different era/team.
Bengals clearly wanted their TEs to be blockers first and foremost, and Coffman couldn't do that.
He stood straight up and down like a wedding d**k.
That Hard Knocks moment will live forever lol

Marvin's giggle when he called him Crash Dummy was priceless...

[Truck_1_0_1_]

lol half these guys aren't obscure

[*rfaulk34*]

Here's one very few, if any will remember. 


Flyin' Brian Pillman. 

Interesting facts:
Graduated Norwood High School (city i work in) and was a good friend of my boss growing up. 
Went to Miami (OH) and was a good player but struggled academically.
He was roommates with John Harbaugh while at Miami.
Undrafted and signed with the Bengals as a FA in '84. Didn't make the final cut.

Just so happens i got season tickets in '84 and vividly remember watching him running down the field in preseason on ST like a madman. He was one of those fan favorites due to his effort and being from around here. 

EDIT: Or he was cut and then re-signed at some point. I'm gonna need to text my boss and see if he remembers...

[*rfaulk34*]

(08-14-2024, 01:10 PM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: lol half these guys aren't obscure

Yeah. I was kind of looking more for names that don't really come to mind often (or at all as in my OP), but have some kind of story to them. 

[Truck_1_0_1_]

A few more off the top of my head.

Mentioning Purify, made me think of Mario Urrutia, the super-tall (6'6, IIRC) WR who was also talked about being moved to TE.

Part-time punters Brad Costello and Travis Dorsch.

Also, one-monther, Kevin Jordan, at WR.

[Whatever]

(08-14-2024, 01:41 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Here's one very few, if any will remember. 


Flyin' Brian Pillman. 

Interesting facts:
Graduated Norwood High School (city i work in) and was a good friend of my boss growing up. 
Went to Miami (OH) and was a good player but struggled academically.
He was roommates with John Harbaugh while at Miami.
Undrafted and signed with the Bengals as a FA in '84. Didn't make the final cut.

Just so happens i got season tickets in '84 and vividly remember watching him running down the field in preseason on ST like a madman. He was one of those fan favorites due to his effort and being from around here. 

EDIT: Or he was cut and then re-signed at some point. I'm gonna need to text my boss and see if he remembers...

Pillman actually won the Ed Block Courage Award during his line season with the Bengals.  

Another fun fact is he was roommates with Ravens HC John Harbaugh in college.

Obviously, way better known for his pro wrestling accomplishments, though.

[*ochocincos*]

(08-14-2024, 01:41 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Here's one very few, if any will remember. 


Flyin' Brian Pillman. 

Interesting facts:
Graduated Norwood High School (city i work in) and was a good friend of my boss growing up. 
Went to Miami (OH) and was a good player but struggled academically.
He was roommates with John Harbaugh while at Miami.
Undrafted and signed with the Bengals as a FA in '84. Didn't make the final cut.

Just so happens i got season tickets in '84 and vividly remember watching him running down the field in preseason on ST like a madman. He was one of those fan favorites due to his effort and being from around here. 

EDIT: Or he was cut and then re-signed at some point. I'm gonna need to text my boss and see if he remembers...

RIP to someone who could very well have been a legend in WWE

I am embarrassed to not know that Pillman was a Cincinnati native and Miami alum.
I do know that Macho Man once played for the Reds and was an Ohio guy though.

[*bfine32*]

(08-14-2024, 11:22 AM)3wt Wrote: I remember this guy.  2nd round pick I believe.   Thought he was going to be a beast.   Looked like Tarzan; played like Jane.

1st RD pick out of Maryland. In the 2nd round that year, we took his college QB. Blond-haired kid named Norman.

Koch is best known for playing Swede in Heartbreak Ridge

[Truck_1_0_1_]

(08-14-2024, 01:41 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Here's one very few, if any will remember. 


Flyin' Brian Pillman. 

Interesting facts:
Graduated Norwood High School (city i work in) and was a good friend of my boss growing up. 
Went to Miami (OH) and was a good player but struggled academically.
He was roommates with John Harbaugh while at Miami.
Undrafted and signed with the Bengals as a FA in '84. Didn't make the final cut.

Just so happens i got season tickets in '84 and vividly remember watching him running down the field in preseason on ST like a madman. He was one of those fan favorites due to his effort and being from around here. 

EDIT: Or he was cut and then re-signed at some point. I'm gonna need to text my boss and see if he remembers...

(08-14-2024, 02:49 PM)ochocincos Wrote: RIP to someone who could very well have been a legend in WWE

I am embarrassed to not know that Pillman was a Cincinnati native and Miami alum.
I do know that Macho Man once played for the Reds and was an Ohio guy though.

Sullivan died last week as well, though he was a Patriots fan

[*Nate (formerly eliminate08)*]

(08-14-2024, 02:49 PM)ochocincos Wrote: RIP to someone who could very well have been a legend in WWE

I am embarrassed to not know that Pillman was a Cincinnati native and Miami alum.
I do know that Macho Man once played for the Reds and was an Ohio guy though.

I didn't know that. Wild.