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RUNNING BACKS. John Brockington, Ohio State, 6 ft. 1 in., 216 lbs.; and Steve Worster, Texas, 6 ft., 210 lbs. Brockington, a pile-driving plunger who "picks up three yards when the hole isn't there," as one pro scout was overheard to remark, set an O.S.U. record this season with 1,040 yds. gained. Ranked as one of the best of a long line of classic Buckeye fullbacks, he is also an effective receiver on swing patterns and has great breakaway speed. In fact, he is also used on some kickoff returns. Worster is nicknamed King Kong...
...leading scorer in the Western Athletic Conference. Wright, as they say, "is one of those guys who smell the goal line." In three seasons, despite the fact that Houston is primarily a running team, he scored 34 touchdowns to set a new N.C.A.A. record for receivers. Says one scout: "He can judge the deep ball, can sense where the defender is and can make the big, game-turning play." As for running after the catch, one teammate says: "They ought to give Elmo a red light and a siren when he gets the ball. He's just flat dangerous...
UARDS. Henry Allison, San Diego State, 6 ft. 2½ in., 250 lbs.; and Vernon Holland, Tennessee State, 6 ft. 6 in., 276 lbs. A converted tight end, Allison is rated by one scout as "very likely the year's best pro prospect." He has the speed to pull out and lead sweeps, and is a tower of strength in front of a passing quarterback. Holland is perhaps even quicker, a kind of souped-up tank who simply blows people out of the way on a running play. Though he is still developing, experts agree that he will have...
...blind. At age 14, he enters a schoolboy contest, and, while officials look on in disbelief, he flips a football 63 yds. He soon becomes a star high school quarterback, rushing from practice each day to work long hours as a gas-station attendant and grocery-store clerk. A scout from a big college watches the hero passing and shouts: "Lookit the ball! Lookit where the ball is! Right on the chest every time!" The hero wins a scholarship to a big college and, overcoming injuries and a serious operation, wins a starting assignment. A crisis arises when pro scouts...
...Scout brass have taken a pragmatic line. "The boy in the ghetto had no real basis for many of the things we talked about," says national Chief Scout Executive Alden Barber, "so we had to make the program acceptable...