Does anyone remember Carlos Carson?

[cmh6476]

I'm in a fantasy league with some guys from a fantasy site. We each took an NFl team, and then had a random team from the opposite conference assigned to us. I got the Saints.

It was an IDP league (defensive players), so sucky offensive teams would have a chance as well). So then, we could only draft players from guys who have played or are playing for your fantasy team. So guys like Tony Gonzalez (only played for the Chiefs), LJ, Joe Horn (only with Chiefs and Saints), Stallworth, etc. were exzclusively mine. I could wait until the last rounds to drfat those guys.

it was the guys like priest (ravens and chiefs), donnie edwards, aaron brooks I had to fight for.

Anyways, some of us in that league made this bet where we would send something representing our team to the winner of the whole thing if we lost. I ended up winning the damn thing and got some pretty cool stuff from the Lions guy so far.

But the buffalo bills guy sent me an old NFL Topps card. Of Carlos Carson.

Who the fock is Carlos Carson?

Originally Posted by gblowfish

I also believe he was a number one draft pick out of LSU, but I'd have to go back to the record book and check that.

No. 4th round selection the year before Joe Delaney went in the 2nd.

[wutamess]

Jayice pearson, Albert, Lewis, Derron Cherry, Dino Hackett, Kevin Ross.

Those were the days.

And then Derrick from Alabama came on the scene.

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

Originally Posted by DanT

http://chiefswarroom.net/kcwarroom/1982.shtml

Wow....James Hadnot. There's a name I hadn't thought of in a long time.

[gblowfish]

Chiefs site's stats haven't been updated after 2004 season. But as of end of 2003, here's some stuff on Carlos:

Years played for KC: 1980-1989
He was a 5th round pick in 1980.
Years with 1,000+ yards: 3 years (that's best in KC history)
Had a streak of 44 straight games catching at least 1 pass from 1981-1985.
Had 80 catches in 1983, best year for a wide out, only Tony G has had more in a single year. And he's in the top five of total yards receiving in a career for the Chiefs with 6360 yards.

I think Henry Marshall was a 3rd rounder in 1976 and Anthony Hancock was a first round pick (in like 1982?) at receiver, have to go back and check the draft records. If they got Carlos in the 5th round, that's a damn good pick. I'm not sure where they picked Stephone Paige, but he was a free agent walk-on, like Derron Cherry, I think.

[DanT]

Originally Posted by beer me

...I was very young and just coming into being a fan. I actually thought Gary Spani and Gary Barbaro were great players who could take us to the Super-Bowl.

For me, that's what being a fan is all about. Misguided hope.

[DTLB58]

Who the Fock was Carlos Carson?

Probably better than any WR we have now. Yep, I remeber his name being called on the radio all the time, back when there was no satellite and the Chiefs were never on tv in northern Iowa but I would spend sunday in my dads car in the garage listening to the games on radio.

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

Originally Posted by DanT

For me, that's what being a fan is all about. Misguided hope.

Sadly true.

[DTLB58]

A little more on Carlos

Rushing | Receiving |
+----------+-----+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| Year TM | G | Att Yards Y/A TD | Rec Yards Y/R TD |
+----------+-----+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| 1980 kan | 16 | 2 41 20.5 0 | 5 68 13.6 0 |
| 1981 kan | 5 | 1 -1 -1.0 0 | 7 179 25.6 1 |
| 1982 kan | 9 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 27 494 18.3 2 |
| 1983 kan | 16 | 2 20 10.0 0 | 80 1351 16.9 7 |
| 1984 kan | 16 | 1 -8 -8.0 0 | 57 1078 18.9 4 |
| 1985 kan | 15 | 3 25 8.3 0 | 47 843 17.9 4 |
| 1986 kan | 10 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 21 497 23.7 4 |
| 1987 kan | 12 | 1 -7 -7.0 0 | 55 1044 19.0 7 |
| 1988 kan | 14 | 1 1 1.0 0 | 46 711 15.5 3 |
| 1989 kan | 7 | 1 -9 -9.0 0 | 7 95 13.6 1 |
| 1989 phi | 6 | 1 -9 -9.0 0 | 1 12 12.0 0 |
+----------+-----+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| TOTAL | 126 | 13 53 4.1 0 | 353 6372 18.1 33 |