Brown and Rocket did a lot more than catch the ball.

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Brown and Rocket did a lot more than catch the ball.

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Posted at 12:42 pm on Feb 18, 2020

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So perhaps Guys like Gatewood and Tate were the best pass catchers.

Replies to: "Brown and Rocket did a lot more than catch the ball."

Based solely on their college career, who were Notre Dame's two best wide receivers ever? - john4psu - 5:48pm 2/17/20 (44) [View All]
- tate and the shark honorable mention jack snow [NT] - Gower - 7:49pm 2/18/20
- Jack Snow and Tim Brown [NT] - murph92675 - 7:47pm 2/18/20
  - Forgot about the great Jack Snow. He once won a contest in the NFL for being the only receiver - THEISMANCARR - 10:38am 2/19/20
    - Finished 5th in heisman ahead of Garrett. Sayers. Morton. Piccalo. [NT] - murph92675 - 6:28pm 2/19/20
- Based purely on entertainment value Golden Tate and Jeff Samardzija [NT] - Curly1918 - 6:12pm 2/18/20
- A great list, you cannot tell by stats because of the style of play being different. Here goes, Sama - THEISMANCARR - 2:12pm 2/18/20
- Depends on whether you're looking at pure receivers, or multifaceted players - ndunabomber - 1:15pm 2/18/20
- Brown and Rocket did a lot more than catch the ball. - Aragoto - 12:42pm 2/18/20
- Floyd and Tim Brown - Hank Scorpio - 9:20am 2/18/20
  - I'd swap Tate for Floyd, but I'd say your list is dead-on. [NT] - jakers - 10:30am 2/18/20
    - I do wonder if I am leaving someone out - Hank Scorpio - 11:40am 2/18/20
      - What do you mean with the Autry Denson analogy? - jakers - 12:19pm 2/18/20
        Very good but not great player who benefited from a lack of options - Hank Scorpio - 12:39pm 2/18/20
        I probably wouldn't put Fuller all the way in that category. - jakers - 12:48pm 2/18/20
- No love for Lake Dawson? - IrishChristopher - 1:38am 2/18/20
  - Good receiver. Not someone in the top-2-ever discussion. [NT] - jakers - 12:21pm 2/18/20
  - With a list like this it is best to judge by a career - Hank Scorpio - 11:23am 2/18/20
- Floyd and Brown [NT] - DonMiller - 10:44pm 2/17/20
- Mays, Floyd, Smardzja, Brown [NT] - oldirish - 10:40pm 2/17/20
- Joey Getherall and Chris Finke. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 10:06pm 2/17/20
  - After studying old film I would rate Wayne Millner and Jack Snow higher. [NT] - whatsamataU - 9:34am 2/18/20
    - I was wondering when someone would mention Jack Snow, I guess many here didnt see him, BUT - cubsfanin16 - 11:59am 2/18/20
      - Jack Snow and Jim Seymour, back in the day, were lights out terrific. [NT] - faircatchcorby - 1:09pm 2/18/20
        Agreed,if you noticed below, I still had Seymour in my top 2... [NT] - cubsfanin16 - 4:54pm 2/18/20
- neither. I base my opion on the team. the team sucks. [NT] - Hank the Tank - 9:20pm 2/17/20
- My personal favorite is Gatewood. And Tate, if only for the dive into MSU. [NT] - faircatchcorby - 9:02pm 2/17/20
  - I like Gatewood - croaker - 8:10pm 2/19/20
  - Gatewood's numbers are impressive considering how long ago that was in a run-first era. [NT] - john4psu - 1:02pm 2/18/20
- Derrick Mayes? [NT] - nc4theirish - 7:49pm 2/17/20
  - He'd have been fun to watch in the more modern passing game. - jakers - 10:32am 2/18/20
    - Re: He'd have been fun to watch in the more modern passing game. - IrishChristopher - 2:12am 2/19/20
- Jeff Samardjia and Michael Floyd (Tim Brown was the best but they didn't throw it to him that much). [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 7:36pm 2/17/20
- Fuller and Tate [NT] - holybull101 - 7:36pm 2/17/20
- I'll go with Tate because he made my favorite ND play of all time. [NT] [LINK] - NDQuebec - 6:49pm 2/17/20
  - Man, that pass was right in the bucket... [NT] - weisguy19 - 8:28am 2/18/20
  - You are my newest hero for posting this link. Best dive of all time. LMFAO. [NT] - faircatchcorby - 9:00pm 2/17/20
- Floyd holds most records but for some reason I remember Samardzija making the the great - whatsamataU - 6:17pm 2/17/20
  - The Shark did make some high light catches, for sure. Was great list to look at [NT] - ColeyO - 6:20pm 2/17/20
- Fuller and Jeff S. Tate close third. [NT] - Frank L - 6:15pm 2/17/20
- I was a big JIm Seymour fan, so I'll go Seymour and Tim Brown; - cubsfanin16 - 6:00pm 2/17/20
- The Rocket doesn't even come close. - NDavenue - 5:56pm 2/17/20
  - I was surprised to learn he only had four touchdown receptions in two years. [NT] - john4psu - 1:00pm 2/18/20
  - ...said No One ever. [NT] - Chrisb - 8:36am 2/18/20
    - On a list of best WRs ever at ND? Again, not even close. - NDavenue - 3:48pm 2/18/20

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