Poll Of The Decade's Best: Safety

is on his way to being the best player of that group, I think, but I didn’t vote for him. Would like to see his whole body of work. Voted for Wicks – tough call though.

Vote for Robert Sands, because I think by the time he graduates he will be at the top of that list.

It was a tough call between these two. Their stat lines were so similar. But I still have this image in my head of Eric Wicks flying through the Oklahoma O-line and leaping on Sam Bradford early in the 07 Fiesta Bowl. That one tackle seemed to set the tone for the D the rest of the game. Eric got my vote this round.

Jahmile Addae would be my runner up. Sands is turning into a great player, but prior to the last few games he didn’t have much of a presence on our defense. He made a good play from time to time, but wasn’t exactly what one would call a standout. Lorello was undersized, too slow, and not strong enough. Somehow the guy took people’s heads off and always seemed to be around the football to make a solid tackle.

Addae had a great physical presence for us on the field. You just knew that if a ball carrier made it to the second level he would likely get hit with a load of bricks wearing #4. Receivers seemed to get alligator arms when playing us as well.

I gotta think about it.

204 solo tackles
274 Total tackles
10 INT’s
51 Pass Break Ups

He was great.

Really similar to Lorello, but played more over his career and always seemed to be there to clean things up

Estrada- only played 2 years

Mundy – only played 2007
 
Andrews – 3 year starter, perenially in dog house and kicked off the team

sands – only a sophomore

holmes – was kicked off the team for an offseason, played linebacker one year, and while a solid safety his other years, he was never a consistent starter

sid glover – still just a junior

addae- too concerned about the big hit than covering someone

lorrello – great player

wicks – with the picks we can’t loooose. Wicks is the vote. He was a gam changer from his pick 6 against vt in 04 till the fiesta bowl.

( if you are goj g to I include sands, Ricky sherrod and shawn hackett should be included so I can vote against them too)

He would be playing in the NFL if not for the Heart condition he has

I think I could make a case for any of them. I am going to split my vote between Lorello and Mundy. Lorello for the reasons The Zip gave above. I agree, 100 percent.

Mundy, because he is playing in the NFL…and none of those other guys can say that, can they? Even though he only played one year, clearly he has a world of talent….

Really Mountaineer fans. Really!

Wow, it really shows how quickly people forget. Last in time first on the mind. He was awesome and almost erased the memory of Perlo Bastien.

He really boosted our defense in his one year here, and he has been doing fairly well with the Steelers so far. I think he was largely responsible for solidifying our secondary (guys like Rivers, Lewis, and Williams, who had never really shown much) into a respectable unit. Of course, Lankster may have had something to do with that as well.

Now, Addae was my favorite because he could lay the wood, but the best…has to be Mundy, IMO.

but the fact that he was only here a year disqualifies him in my book.

Wicks is my pick if for nothing other than his knack for the big play. Pick 6 – or Wicks 6 – was his specialty, but be it diving interceptions or fumble returns for touchdowns he was always there making a huge play when our team needed it most. It’s hard not to call it luck but he was far too consistent for that to be the case.

Lorello was consistent but I don’t remember him doing anything I would consider great very often – if ever. He’s a nice guy, though. Still, I’m surprised he is leading the voting at this point. I always thought Lorello was basically an undersized LB who was technically a safety only because of our unconventional scheme.