Originally posted by Zachary:
Originally posted by Willisfn4life:
Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
I've heard Fournette get compared to everyone from Adrian Peterson to Marshawn Lynch to Frank Gore to Bo Jackson. He looks like he will be a beast for anyone who ends up drafting him.
My pops till this day swears by Bo Jackson. Says if he hadn't got hurt then he would have been in conversation as best running back to ever play. There is no debating him on it. Lol
He definitely is in the conversation for greatest athlete ever.
He is THE greatest athlete ever IMO
He's definitely up there with one of the best combinations of size/speed we've ever seen. Jordan, Lebron, and Westbrook have to be in the discussion because they could have been big time football players if they wanted to. Westbrook's athleticism and endurance probably would have translated to soccer as well.
If you define athleticism as your physical ability in any sport, then I'd probably pick Lebron as the best overall athlete, because the extra height/length would transfer to most sports (basketball, many positions in football, tennis, swimming, rowing, any sort of martial arts - boxing, wrestling, judo, etc.).
Bo Jackson would likely have Lebron is baseball where height can be a disadvantage as a hitter, but if Lebron played football, I think he could have been as good as Bo (at WR or TE, not RB obviously). His vision and hand eye coordination translate to numerous sports and he's absurdly strong for his size at 6'8 (one of the strongest players in the NBA at 260 or so and one of the most explosive). Lebron could have been a professional in almost whatever sport he wanted to if he committed to it as a child.
