INCREDIBLE STORIES OF THE 2006 ALL-AMERICAN BOWL GAME!
Today Highlights and Stars: Lamarr Houston and Trent Williama
By Super Scout Max Emfinger
In the 2006 All-American Bowl Game Classic, I had 113 players and I was able to get some really great players into that game. Many of them had already committed to play for teams like Arkansas, Alabama, Texas, LSU, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Florida, TCU, and Florida State. Those players made up about 60% of the total players and those players helped the other 40% of the players to receive a scholarship.
In that 2006 AABG, we had such great college stars as OT Trent Williams (Oklahoma); DE Lamarr Houston (Texas); QB Andy Dalton (TCU); WR Damian Williams (Arkansas and USC); LB Brian Duncan (Texas Tech); DE Wayne Daniels (TCU); RB Charles Scott (LSU); RB Vondrell McGee (Texas); WR Chris Mitchell (LSU); SS Mister Alexander (FSU); LB Lawrence Wilson (Connecticut); TE Preston Dial (Alabama); WR London Crawford (Arkansas); CB Ramon Broadway (Arkansas); WR Michael McCoy (Alabama); RB Cordera Eason (Ole Miss); RB Derrick Davis (Ole Miss); OC Ryan McMahan (FSU); LB Brian Duncan (Texas Tech); LB Martez Smith (Southern Miss); and DT Wes Tunuufi Sauvao (Central Florida).
As you can see, there were some really Special Players in that 2006 All-American Bowl Game Classic, but it turned out that Four of those players became Very Special Players that had sensational college careers and were Drafted in the First three Rounds of the NFL Draft. This is still the greatest group of Football Players to ever play in one of our All-American Bowl Game Classics.
Two of these Super-Stars, DE Lamarr Houston and OT Trent Williams, were unbelievable at the 2010 NFL Scouting Combine and consequently were Drafted in the First Two Rounds of the 2010 NFL Draft. The two Super Combine Freaks were also the First two players in History to record a 2,000 MEARS RATING at a Super Scouting Combine. WR Damian Williams was also Drafted #3 in the 2010 NFL Draft by the Tennessee Titans; while QB Andy Dalton was Drafted #2 in the 2011 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals, but they did not record a 2,000 MEARS RATING.
In the 2011, 2012, and 2013 NFL Scouting Combines, we found out that the players are really getting bigger, stronger, and faster. In the 2010 NFL Scouting Combine, we had four players to reach the 2,000 MEARS plateau as OT Trent Williams (2,025) of Oklahoma; FS Taylor Mays (2,005) of USC; DT Lamarr Houston (2,005) of Texas; and RB Ben Tate (2,000) of Auburn made that level.
Then, in 2011 NFL Scouting Combine, eight players recorded a 2,000 MEARS RATING, including QB Cam Newton (2,070) of Auburn; QB Jake Locker (2,057) of Washington; CB Patrick Peterson (2,048) of LSU; LB Martez Wilson (2,030) of Illinois; LB Von Miller (2,012) of Texas A&M; DT Cameron Jordan (2,009) of California; DE J.J. Watt (2,005) of Wisconsin; and WR Jon Baldwin (2,001) of Pittsburgh.
2012 NFL SCOUTING COMBINE PLAYERS WITH 2,000 MEARS RATINGS
# POS PLAYER COL HT WT 40 VJ SH SBJ REP MEARS NFL TEAM
#1 QB Robert Griffin BAY 6-2 223 4.38 40 4.09 122 20 2,226 MEARS #1 Redskins
#2 DE Nick Perry USC 6-3 271 4.64 38.5 4.66 124 35 2,160 MEARS #1 Packers
#3 LB Luke Kuechly BC 6-3 242 4.49 38 4.12 123 27 2,009 MEARS #1 Panthers
#4 QB Andrew Luck STAN 6-4 234 4.67 36 4.28 124 2,008 MEARS #1 Colts
#5 WR Greg Childs ARK 6-3 219 4.39 40.5 4.09 127 19 2,003 MEARS #4 Vikings
#5 CB Josh Robinson UCF 5-10 199 4.33 38.5 3.97 133 17 2,003 MEARS #3 Vikings
2013 NFL SCOUTING COMBINE PLAYERS WITH 2,000 RATINGS
# POS MEARS PLAYER COL HT WT 40 VJ SH SBJ REP NFL TEAM # PICK
#1 WR 2171 Marquise Goodwin TEX 5-9 183 4.19 42 4.09 137 – #3 Bills #78
#2 OT 2106 Lane Johnson OU 6-6 303 4.72 34 4.52 118 28 #1 Eagles #4
#3 CB 2100 Xavier Rhodes FLA 6-2 210 4.39 40.5-132 14 #1 Vikes #25
#4 DE 2096 Dion Jordan ORE 6-6 248 4.56 32.5 4.35 122 – #1 Dolphins #3
#5 WR 2090 Justin Hunter TN 6-4 196 4.34 40.5 4.16 138 – #2 Titans #34
#6 OT 2082 Terron Armstead PB 6-5 306 4.71 34.5 4.72 112 31 #3 Saints #75
#6 SS 2082 Shamarko Thomas SYR 5-9 213 4.42 40.5 4.2 133 28 #4 Steelers #111
#8 DE 2079 Margus Hunt SMU 6-8 277 4.68 34.5 4.51 121 38 #2 Bengals #53
#9 DE 2064 Ziggy Ansah BYU 6-6 272 4.56 34.5 4.26 118 21 #1 Lions #5
#10 LB 2040 Cornelius Washington UGA 6-4 265 4.53 39 – 128 36 #6 Bears #188
#11 DT 2033 Sheldon Richardson MO 6-3 294 4.76 32 – 117 30 #1 Panthers #13
#12 AP 2030 Sam McGuffie RICE 5-10 200 4.36 42 3.93 134 26 Free Agent Raiders
#13 SS 2028 Earl Wolff NCST 5-11 209 4.39 39 4.07 134 – #5 Eagles #136
#14 WR 2024 Cordarrelle Patterson TN 6-2.5 217 4.32 37 4.2 128 – #1 Vikings #29
#14 DT 2024 Sharrif Floyd FLA 6-3 297 4.87 30 4.75 106 – #1 Vikings #23
#16 CB 2016 Robert Alford SELA 5-10 188 4.35 40 4.23 32 17 #2 Pats #59
#17 LB 2015 Jamie Collins USM 6-4 250 4.58 41.5 4.32 139 19 #2 Pats #52
#18 OT 2011 Kyle Long ORE 6-6 313 4.9 28 4.63 119 – #1 Bears #20
#19 FS 2006 Eric Reid LSU 6-1 213 4.45 40.5 4.22 134 17 #1 49ers #18
#20 CB 2005 Des Trufant WASH 6-0 190 4.33 37.5 3.85 125 16 #1 Falcons #22
#21 LB 2002 Keke Mingo LSU 6-4.5 241 4.51 37 4.39 128 – #1 Browns #6
And finally, as you can see in this analysis, there were four players in the 2010 NFL Scouting Combine; eight players in the 2011 NFL Scouting Combine; six players in the 2012 NFL Scouting Combine and now we have an unbelievable 21 players in 2013 NFL Scouting Combine who made the Elite 2,000 MEARS RATINGS.
Lamarr Houston #33 signed with The University of Texas; and then played in the 2010 BCS National Championship along with teammate and RB Vondrell McGee against Alabama and TE Preston Dial and 2007 AABG, CB Kareem Jackson. My 2010 All-American Bowl Game Players, watched this 2010 BCS National Championship Game in the Hotel, just before the 2010 All-American Bowl Game Classic. Houston was a versatile player and I had planned to use him as a Tight End, but he was so dominating on Defense, he played most of the game at Defensive End. He also played Tight End, but he was used mostly as a blocking TE as Charles Scott and Vondrell McGee rushed for over 200-yards.
Houston was projected as a #1 or #2 Round Draft Choice and then was Drafted #2 and #44 Overall in the 2010 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders.
I will never forget my first meeting with Lamarr Houston at a 2005 TCU NIKE Summer Camp in Fort Worth. He was a Super Combine Freak and I asked him if he would be interested in playing in my 2006 All-American Bowl Game Classic, and he said that definitely was interested. Then later, I will never forget going to the Greyhound Bus Station in Shreveport to pick-up Houston, who had just come-in from Colorado Springs Doherty High School in Colorado. I also took him back to the Greyhound Bus Station after the game.
Trent Williams played in the 2006 All-American Bowl Game Classic, and played his high school football at Longview, Texas. Williams had around 30 scholarship offers when he got to our first practice in 2006. He played Left Tackle in our game and Teamed with Houston on a lot of Double-Team Blocking Assignments to clear paths for Scott and McGee. Fullback Brandon Newsome of Dry Prong Grant, Louisiana was also a devastating lead blocker for Scott and McGee.
Trent Williams #71 was an unbelievable Left Tackle at Longview. I watched him play in two highlight game films and he was completely dominating. I wanted him in my All-American Bowl Game Classic, but he had so many scholarship offers, I didn’t think I could get him, but then the US Army All-American Game overlooked him and I was able to get him with his Longview Super-Star Running Back Teammate Vondrell McGee.
Williams signed with The University of Oklahoma and then started at Right Offensive Tackle in his last six games as a True Freshman in 2006. After making Freshman All-American, Williams started his Sophomore and Junior seasons at Right Offensive Tackle before moving to Left Offensive Tackle as a Senior in 2009. After running a 4.88 in the Forty while weighing 320-Pounds and ran an amazing 4.63 in the Pro-Shuttle, Williams was Rated as the #1 Offensive Lineman in the 2010 NFL Draft and consequently was a #1 Round Draft Choice and #4 Overall in that 2010 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins.
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