Diamond In A Bed Of Coal

This is a prime example of how a player can get lost in the shuffle. Here we had one of the top prospects in the country here in Memphis not being allowed to play. Thank goodness for the combine and Coach Mike Dubose blowing his horn. Dontari Poe may have gone unnoticed.

That's why the last two seasons, when Poe played on defenses ranked 117th in total defense last year and 114th in 2010 among the 120 FBS schools, it was DuBose who constantly told NFL scouts that Poe was a diamond sitting in a field of coal.

"Potentially, Dontari is the best player I've ever coached," DuBose said. "I never had anybody as big, as strong, as quick and as flexible as Dontari.