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| 26th May, 2009 - 3:58 pm | ESPN - Mark Murphy spent 11 years in the NFL and was the defensive coordinator of St. Vincent-St. Mary when LeBron James was a star wide receiver during his sophomore and junior years.
"I've been around a lot of great receivers," Murphy said. "I tell people that I rate my top receivers -- coaching, playing or watching -- as James Lofton, Jerry Rice, Steve Largent and LeBron James.
"People laugh at me, but it's true," Murphy said of placing James in the same class as three Pro Football Hall of Famers. "The kid had everything you could want.
"I felt like that was one kid that could have gone from high school to the NFL and played."
"I think LeBron could come in and do better than Antonio Gates," Randy Moss said. "LeBron James is the athlete that comes around every so often.
"He's at a point in his career where the things that he does are something we haven't seen before. … It's just very rare for athletes to be able to do the things that he does to entertain and wow us night in and night out."
While playing high school football, James was being monitored by Ohio State and Notre Dame. [READ] |
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