College Players Who Did Not End Up Being That Good in the NBA/NFL But Were Sick In College

I'm going to start a series updated periodically/whenever I remember. Its going to be on just player that were really good in college sports but did not end up, for whatever reason, that good in pro sports. I am going to start the series off with Randolph Childress of Wake Forest.



Childress was a 6'2" Point Guard. He averaged over his 4 year career at WF 18.4ppg. He capped off his career in the 1995 ACC tournament averaging 35.7ppg and 7 assists. He also crossed up UNC's Jeff MacInnis...it was sick...



In the championship of the ACC tourney he went off against a UNC team that featured Rasheed Wallace and Jerry Stackhouse. He finished the game with 37 points and 7 assists capped off with the game winning jumper with 4 seconds left.

In 1995 He was drafted in the first round 19th overall by the Portland Trailblazers. He was not very good in his only two seasons in the NBA averaging just 2.4ppg. After his lackluster showing in the NBA he moved overseas and currently still plays overseas in Italy.

He was a smooth, slick guard who probably did not have the size for a two guard or the ball skills of a point to really stick in the NBA. He was also not very quick so he could not carve out a role as a combo guard like we are currently seeing a trend of with Monta Ellis, Lou Williams, Ben Gordon, et al. Maybe in today's game he might have had a shot as teams are seeing this role succeed more. Sucks for him though.

Though he did not light the world on fire in the NBA, he was still sick at Wake. So atleast he has that.