Which do you prefer?

[gophmeister]

1. When a player with high expectations (i.e. blue chip) attached to him lives up to those expectations...

- or -

2. When a walk-on turns out to be a great player?

I'm gonna say blue chip, because I hate wasted potential.

 

[hyaluronic]

I want to have the best player in the country at every position, regardless of their incoming hype. I love the feel good story, so I would go with a walk-on, and hope it is a walk-on who is beating out a blue chip player who IS living up to his expectations.

 

[AhliBobwa]

I like both, so I can't really say which is more enjoyable. However, when it comes to players not panning out I know which one is more disappointing.

 

[mplsbadger]

Walk on. Guys like Jim Leonhard always more fun to watch. We may have one in Rallis should be fun to watch.

 

[Sean Lumpkin]

Arron Hill and Kyle Henderson

 

[oleboy41]

Easy, the blue chop guy. The vast majority of walk on success stories are ones where guys come in and work their way to being solid contributers, a few even being NFL quality players. However those guys are more often than not linemen or LBs. You rarely see a walk on become a superstar at a spot like QB, RB, WR or DB, and the ones at other spots aren't often game or program changers. A blue chip QB or RB can be a serious difference maker. If Gray reaches his potential at QB he'll have a bigger impact than any walk on I can remember at this program, same for Edwards at RB.