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In '83 I went to camp at Uk and roomed next to Mark Higgs and I must say he was as advertised. There was another highly touted back there that year and his name was Pierre Francis. He was a great back but I never heard much else about him after that year. I was at Union College one season until I blew my knee out "again" and practiced with James Fletcher. He was a great back,big and hard nosed. Also, I played with a back at Harlan by the name of Duncan Jacobs. He was the best back I ever played with. He held the state long jump record for a few years. He was a 4.5 or less and hit the gap in the line at top speed. I've not seen to many that had the guts or the legs to do that.

I was at that UK camp, too. Forgot about Pierre Francis.

Unrelated, but a funny memory about that camp is Jerry Claiborne (who stood about 5' 6") standing in front of me and pointing up at my chin telling me I wasn't big enough to play in the SEC. I said "I'm scrappy like you, coach." I think he smiled a little at one corner of his mouth.