If you wanna be Ray Guy, work on that hang time. I read a description by an NFL returner once who said Guy hung the ball so long, and defenders swarmed so fast, that "it was like catching it in an auditorium."Pressley Harvin has been named to the 2018 Ray Guy Award Watch List
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Ray Guy the greatest player ever to come out of Roswell,Georgia
Thomson High School is correct. He was a true 3 sport athlete.
You're correct sorry,Oldjacket
I wonder why GT and UGAG didn't recruit him?
He went to Thomson, I think he and brothers transferred in from a nearby small town. By the way I’m from Thomson. He was a great athlete, could have pro baseball, I heard stories about his arm strength. I think he lead the nation in int as a safety at s miss.
Ray Guy and Fred Biletnikoff were supposed to have been wildmen back in the 1970s.
I played high school baseball with his son
That's a great story thanksWhile we're sharing personal stories about the guy the award was named after...
I ran into a guy in the parking lot at Yokoso last Saturday night over here in N Charleston. He was wearing a GT hat so I had to go speak to him. Don't see a lot of those out this way. He smiled and said "that must be your van" pointing to my van with the GT license plate. He introduced himself as Pressley Harvin, II and said "my son is sitting in there. Would you like to go meet him?"
You can't turn down a proud dad. So we walked back in and a spoke to him briefly. He saw me coming in with his dad so I said "that was my van." He got a big smile on his face and stood up to greet me with a big handshake. Very polite young man. Dad should be proud of him. Just a brief interaction as he was surrounded by what I assumed was his family and I didn't want to interrupt their dinner.
Just told him I was looking forward to seeing them on the field again. He said he was ready to go. Stopped short of telling him I was hoping we didn't see much of him this year.
Great story. My wife and I are friends with Parker Braun's aunt and uncle in Jacksonville. Well his brother Trey (GT football letterman also) was in town and having dinner with the extended family at a Mexican Restaurant near the beach. My family and I walk in coincidentally and Trey's aunt sees us, remembers I'm a huge GT fan and introduces us. Good times!!!While we're sharing personal stories about the guy the award was named after...
I ran into a guy in the parking lot at Yokoso last Saturday night over here in N Charleston. He was wearing a GT hat so I had to go speak to him. Don't see a lot of those out this way. He smiled and said "that must be your van" pointing to my van with the GT license plate. He introduced himself as Pressley Harvin, II and said "my son is sitting in there. Would you like to go meet him?"
You can't turn down a proud dad. So we walked back in and a spoke to him briefly. He saw me coming in with his dad so I said "that was my van." He got a big smile on his face and stood up to greet me with a big handshake. Very polite young man. Dad should be proud of him. Just a brief interaction as he was surrounded by what I assumed was his family and I didn't want to interrupt their dinner.
Just told him I was looking forward to seeing them on the field again. He said he was ready to go. Stopped short of telling him I was hoping we didn't see much of him this year.
You just told me something I didn't know.
Was there not, way back in the day, under Dodd I think, a RB from Thomson named Stumpy Thomson? Or did I make that up?
Stumpy Thomason played on the 1928 National Championship Team
Don’t think he went to Thomson this says Tech high school
The Smithies of Tech High were a powerful program until they closed the school in 1946. Their last team was 11-0-1