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The Best Player You've Probably Never Heard Of

Posted on Monday, January 7, 2008 at 01:08AM by Registered CommenterCFR in , , | Comments3 Comments

Tulsa fullback Charles Clay.

Get to know him as Sunday night he reached the 1,000 yard receiving mark in Tulsa's 63-7 bowl victory over Bowling Green.  Just so we're clear here: he's a true freshman fullback.  There aren't many - if any - fullbacks at any level who can haul in 1,000 receiving yards in a season.  I remember seeing him play in the season opener against Louisiana-Monroe and being immediately impressed.

He led his team with eights catches for 92 yards that day and closed the season with 69 receptions for 1024 yards (14.8 average) and seven touchdowns.  Clay was also third on the team in rushing with 304 yards (5.3 average).

Not bad for a guy who by many accounts was only modestly recruited by the school he signed with, a class-filler type recruit.