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Possible dual-sport player…

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… has committed to play WR for the football ‘Dores.

Duran Parish has some Division I basketball offers, including from Cincy and Mississippi State.

(2nd story in this linked article)
https://247sports.com/college/vanderbil ... 187158433/


Who are some other notable 2-sport players from Vanderbilt?

I recall Jamie Graham (DB?) put in some good minutes as a basketball guard in the Stallings era.
Power Forward Rod Freeman had a cup of coffee as an NFL tight end, but I don’t believe he played football for Vanderbilt.
Basketball guard Willie Daunic and football QB Steve Burger played baseball.

I’m sure there were many if you look back to the sixties and beyond.


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Jeff Peeples was an all-SEC pitcher and a running back in the early 1970s.
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Fred Baker , FB and BB
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Freeman could have played basketball as a football player, but couldn't play football as a basketball player. That was a strange rule.
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The original Mike Wright (Father Ryan)

Football/baseball

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Mark Elliott …. Basketball and baseball
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Hartcfairfax wrote: Wed May 04, 2022 8:59 pm Mark Elliott …. Basketball and baseball
Bud Adams: Baseball and (cough-cough) "basketball"

**not the late Bud Adams that owned the Oilers/Titans
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QB David Wallace
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