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Who has been the most productive walk on Brave over the years

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Samd2

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After watching CW step up and get some minutes this year I was wondering which walk on players have produced the most over the years?

The most recent I can remember I think was a walk on was Danny Adams

lets hear what everyone else thinks
 
Aaron was a "recruited walk on" who earned a scholarship after his sophomore season at Bradley.
 
Jim Molinari didn't need too much convincing, as I recall. I remember Jim telling me Aaron was the best shooter in high school that he had ever seen.
 
Da Coach said:
Jim Molinari didn't need too much convincing, as I recall. I remember Jim telling me Aaron was the best shooter in high school that he had ever seen.
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I don't think so either, I was mainly saying that Zobrists intiated the contact.
I know Jim made sure Aaron knew how hard he needed to work, Jim was concerned about his size and quickness...but Aaron was one that improved his game dramatically every year IMO. We haven't seen guards like Parker and Zobrist cut off screens and make shots since.
I don't think we have screened as well as since those days either
 
I go with Aaron too..

But as Mo said once, people forget what an excellent athlete that Aaron was.

He was not simply, a stand up jump shooter.
 
Interestingly the walk-ons that have played, have tended to be point guards.

Charon,
Adam Carl (I think that was his name;late albeck era)
The point guard early in the JL regime, had spiked hair
 
srw said:
Interestingly the walk-ons that have played, have tended to be point guards.

Charon,
Adam Carl (I think that was his name;late albeck era)
The point guard early in the JL regime, had spiked hair
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I think this is because often walk-ons are very talented players who don't have the height and size to be recruited, and, obviusly, PG is the position where height is the least critical.
 
This may not count as I believe he was recruited from Bradley's intramural league during his senior year.. Another old fan may have to help with this as it goes way back. I believe the name was Buford 'Booty' Heidenrich. I am unsure of the last name's spelling. This dates back to either the late 50's or the early 60's. I believe he was about 6'3" and may even have started some games.

Since this was over 50 year's ago, I might as well say I could be wrong
 
Actually, all college teams had walkons back in the 1950's and earlier. They were often valuable members of those teams back then when small schools did not give out a lot of scholarships, and they needed players to fill out their rosters. In many cases, walkons became some of the best players on their teams, as the athleticism and physicial conditioning levels back then were not nearly like they are today.
 
Aaron Zobrist without a doubt, much better athlete then given credit for and a great shooter, like to have a couple players like him in the future.
 
LongTimeFan said:
This may not count as I believe he was recruited from Bradley's intramural league during his senior year.. Another old fan may have to help with this as it goes way back. I believe the name was Buford 'Booty' Heidenrich. I am unsure of the last name's spelling. This dates back to either the late 50's or the early 60's. I believe he was about 6'3" and may even have started some games.

Since this was over 50 year's ago, I might as well say I could be wrong
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Booty was a fan favorite, but didn't score too many points in his career as a Brave.
 
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