Allen Iverson Reacts to his High School Football Highlights!
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- NBA Hall of Famer Allen Iverson reacts to his high school football highlights, and reflects "I knew in my heart I was a better football player" than basketball.
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Iverson was just a born athlete. Very talented and such a competitor. Glad I watched him play.
Yup
He could have probably could have done baseball and been pretty good.
He doesn't get talked about enough as a freak athlete because he's small. But he had crazy hops for his size and used to dunk it in college. Had big hands,crazy speed.
@@carbon.the.christ5626 not just in the college, but in the league too. iverson was dunking all the way until his nuggets days. prime iverson probably had something like a 36 inch standing vert and 4.4 speed, maybe a sub-4 20 yard shuttle, and 10ft+ broad jump. easily one of the most athletic players to ever hoop.
I seen him dunk on a grown man at age 16 at Langley AFB lol.. people were ragging the man for getting dunked on by a "Kid" lol
Baddest small man ever.. "The league was lucky Iverson was not 6'6" - Kobe
If he was, oof, the rest of the league are going home with broken ankles, egos and careers.
N cM that’d be so op
He would of been the GOAT.
Not necessarily 6'6 but 6'3 he would of been The next BO
I don't think we have the AI we do today if he wasn't the size he is
Surprised that they did not mention that he was Player of the Year and an All-State QB, DB and Kick Returner! And won the state Championship!!! Then had his football career ruined over a fight in a bowling alley!
What's the details on that? Is that really the reason or he just didn't wanna play college ball and go straight to the NBA?
@@nickthekid9868 He was incarcerated and his career destroyed. Facing felony charges all the colleges backed away. Then John Thompson of Georgetown stepped in and gave him a chance.
True story! I'm from VA and this is fact. Dudes just a baller! My high school won the Division 6 State Championship against Thomas Dale that same year. Bethel probably would've handed us our ass!
After watching the AI documentary.. it's clear that he left right as the fight started, he was involved. But his name was a target for the DA to prosecute.
@@HealthWealthRelationships700 He was set up by Racists that used the Virginia Anti Lynching Law against him. Imagine that.
How in the hell do you pick your second sport and become one of the best😂
Right! Like how??? 😂
He was great at both. He did great, he wouldn’t have lasted a long time in football. He made the right decision.
He’s a god amongst men
I LITERALLY just asked that to myself at the conclusion. Ridiculous amount of athletic ability, man, sheesh.
Cuz he had a better chance in hoop than football. It's about better chances and opportunities. No ones playing him in the NFL and he would be injury prone
he would have been the perfect size for football. was a bit small for basketball but still became a legend
b t s n was the perfect sized guard....
70mjc nah he was a undersized guard at 6’0 he jus was a dog on the court
DeeJayALion He is actually 5’11. He is about the same size as Odell Beckham give or take a few pounds.
Idk A.I was only 165 in his prime. That’s too small to play QB
AI was not even 6ft..I met him in Philly. Not big at all. His big heart is what made him great.
Iverson looks a lot taller away from all those giant NBA players 😂
Facts
True... But he is 6 feet tall. Decent Height in (high school) football... damn near a midget in the NBA.
No he doesn't he looks small on the field
I was thinking the samething. Makes you forget how small he was in his sport of choice.
@@niners2162 Compared to who? Lineman? That's about it...
Dude played basketball like a football player. He'll always be royalty here in Philly. 👑
His eyes in the last scene of this clip... man, I feel you bro.
Being a former football player explains Iverson's toughness.
And his ability to be elusive with his handles. He was able to get through any defense.
Didn't jason William's play football with Randy Moss or am I tripping
@@posthumousafterdeath9573, just basketball...
Good point.
He literally said that in this video.
He was so good in football that when I got to college in 1996 (Hampton University in Hampton, VA) his legend was still being talked about all my years in college about how good he was in football by the people who lived there.
they renamed bethels gym after him (his high school)
that is terrifying! Literally one of the most influential guards of all time...and he was BETTER at another sport.
Golf is very lucky Steph hoops. He's a menace on the course.
@@Justinlearnsidk about that one lol
And 4yrs later he was in the NBA crossing over Jordan
Crazy 🤯
Even the best can get crossed
Mj has 23. Bulls still won that game. On a rusty mj.. Anyone can get crossed. Not everyone can win 6 rings tho..
Camstl: yeah and MJ was a fingertip from blocking that shot when every other defender would be completely out of the play.
I agree, "Anyone can get crossed." but not everyone can cross on the GOAT Jordan. Allen Iverson can and did.
He was the #1 recruit coming out of high school that year in football. Facts!!!!!!
One of the greatest nba players of all time.
GoatestShuckler most selfish****
Man, and then he goes on to say, "I know in my heart that I was better player in football than basketball"
Yall basketball die heart fans are mad🤣🤣👎🏽👎🏽 he said it can't nun y'all do about it😭💯
Darrell Palaita that why he a hall of famer in basketball and never played past high school in football
@@isaiahprice8844 Because he chose to pursue basketball in college instead of football. When you hear people (like Michael Vick) talk about how good he was, you'd know he would've made it big in the NFL
Get iverson a job doing football games on the nfl network please... That would be gold
Why not? Ahmad Rashad does basketball, right?
Actually that would be bomb!
@@JAWrightonline Shannon Sharpe does basketball as well
That would be tight
It’s crazy how Michael Vick, Aaron Brooks and Ronald Curry were playing football around the same time. Damn that was good times
I was at the game @ 2:54. It was against my High School I. C. Norcom, he ran it back for a TD and the crowd went crazy. VA has always produced elite athletes!
He was a really really really good football player.
.......Some people are just blessed WITH IT ALL!!!!
Hearing "at the 50 yard line Iverson" just sounds wierd.. 😁
Can't believe we lost such an amazing football player to basketball :(
Angry-est guess he as smarter than he looked
70mjc You’re right, he really proved his intelligence when he said “football’s the best”
I'm a Sixers fan so I'm glad he didn't play football.
@Fabian Moye How are you sure? You wouldn't really know unless he played football...
@@1240Dax very likely basketball was the better choice...
Guaranteed contracts. He played less than 3/5 of games in his last 2 years with much declined productivity - earned $20+ million. An NFL player like that could get cut and get nothing.
Longevity. He played 14 years in NBA. With his slight frame, he wouldn't have lasted that long in NFL (at that time). He was slowed by various injuries in the NBA. He was just crazy tough and played through them. I doubt he could do the same after being crunched by NFL linemen given how long he held the ball.
Endorsements. He got $50 million during his career. $32 million in a trust from Reebok at age 55. Another $800k annually for LIFE. Not too many NFL players get that much as endorsers? At around the same time period, Grant Hill, Penny Hardaway, Tracy Mcgrady were among players who got more massive endorsement deals. Even Gilbert Arenas got $40 mil.
He wasn't wrong. Football IS the best. Just so fun to play and watch. It also was a great stress reliever and a great way to manage your anger.
He was a dominate football player back at bethel Hs and in basketball I was at Hampton Hs in my senior and I saw him playing football against hhs two time sports player amazing talent 🏈🏀👍💯💯
Is he super fast in person?
A.I. High School Jersey need to hit the market asap.
Fax
I'm looking for it right now............ They definitely need to do that.
They already have it
His high school is like 15 minutes from me ima try to go steal one
He was robbed his dream by others and fake justice and STILL BECAME A LEGEND!!! RESPECT
That's Facts.
A.I... ridiculous talent and a huge heart. Amazing.
"I felt basketball was soft."
- Allen Iverson
The first thing I think of when he said that was Shaq knocking him on his ass
@@chimericalical and he got up with no problems, no 6 footer would have survived that. Even Shaq admitted he respected AI after that.
@@chimericalicaldon’t forget he blocked and yammed on shaq before too
I thought basketball was soft..... And that was someone who played during hand checking imagine what he think of it now 😭😭😭
@kawhi Leonard yea bro they soft most basketball players are terrified of the football field. They choose basketball cause it's noncontact
Yeah the injuries they would possibly sustain would cost them millions, i wouldn't want to get hurt either. Btw most nba players are harder than 99% of the internet warriors lol.
@@marcuslewis8208 or maybe it's cuz they make way more money in the nba
@@yvngcobain4794 yea definitely if you got the talent to play basketball at that level its clearly the better choice but my point still stands. Most basketball players on any level soft. Most of the will even tell you they didn't want to get hit. Its really no big deal everyone ain't built for that field
@@marcuslewis8208 Ong i loved football but nahhh im to scared lol
Im.glad he picked basketball as his pro sport. He was truly amazing to watch on the court
Just a PURE ATHLETE. Perfectly in. Sync mind & body.
Always one of my top 5 favorite professionals.
What a special athlete. This is why Iverson is my fav NBA player.. he overcame immense adversity always being the little and skinny guy but he was tough as nails and strived through all competition despite the massive disadvantage everywhere he went and made it happen. #Legend
I heard he was good at football, but watching this highlight reel I didn’t realize he was THAT good....wow...
Ur not a real iverson fan
Everyone talk about how small Allen Iverson is. Reality: He might be small for an NBA Point Guard but he is the perfect size for a NFL cornerback and if he put on 10-15 pounds, a perfect running back.
Mike Vanriel he also played safety in high school
Still pretty small for an nfl player weight wise
He coulve probably played running back or a lockdown corner back
He was 165. He’d need to have gained a good 30 pounds at least to be an NFL RB
Same size as Murray
Bubba Chuck should have a statue in Newport News. I lived off Jefferson for a few Summers hustling
i agree with that
Chris Gee is ANILORAC ok i was on North street right by Walmart next to Ms. Pearl house. Whats up Folk remember me ?
@@mr.allfacts9489 😄😅😂🤣
Except he lived in Hampton and went to Bethel in Hampton. Newport News cats love claiming A.I
@@Ralph_Sandwichbc he’s from Newport News.
Just a natural athlete! AI is 🐐
Iverson , Vick and Tomlinson are my favorite Ball players over all.
Are you also Gen Z those are my favorites lol
Typical causal who is more into flashy style of play rather than substance.
@@mizzou1016 sorry “flashy style” police 👮
@@vigilantgopher9563 sorry generational identifier police. 👮♀️
One of the most gifted athlete ever favorite player to ever do a.i what a amazing player
Can kinda sense he wished he played football, honestly wish he was younger and could just join an nfl team like a savage
Clash Smchitcle you can see at the end of the interview...his eyes tell the story of that mistake, the moment echoes in them....
Natural athlete, says he never touched the weight room, and I believe him!! Glad he chose basketball
He played high school football so I knew that's a lie. Most if not all teams hit the weights.
@@Da_Most_Shady He probably meant strength training with weights, his weight was the same throughout his whole career, he literally looks the same. I know he probably did some rehab or Injury prevention with weights tho, especially at the pro level.
Da_Most_Shady That means what? He do what he want, he didn’t want to hit weights so he didn’t.
@@kingdavid8870 okay moron. Believe what you want. You obviously never played organized sports.
Da_Most_Shady - “I played high school football...” So did half the people in the comments. If you’re as good as Iverson, you do what you want. Can you make it any more obvious how much you sucked?
3:26 you can see the sadness in his eyes for not playing.
JoeCnNd he would’ve chosen football if not for that bs arrest
Allen Iverson is simply a Legendary Human being!! Wow... Just WOW!! 😃
He was perfect for football all of that speed was crazy and vick looked up to him damn.All of that physical contact made him strong enough to play pro basketball were he never flopped .Dude went to the hole 100 mph and crashed landed 80 percent of the time.That was in the no flopping era i hate today's nba🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
What an athelete! to think dude carried the 76ers to that final vs lakers and was a better football player!
A truely blessed legend.
I knew he played but didn’t know he loved the game so much and with his speed 🤯
This is some great quality for 90's camcorder footage.
I've always been a big Allen Iverson fan and one thing that I've noticed is if you watch his old basketball games with the 76ers when the game was at a timeout and he had the ball in his hand he always threw the ball to the referee like a quarterback.. he would release it and watch it in the air all the way until the referee catches it, I saw this maybe over 100 times
Wow fascinating, was his accuracy good?
that's actually really cool
A.I. would've been a live NFL player. Just like he was a all time great in the NBA 😎
Mike Bell you trippin he is top 20-25
Mike Bell Lebron isn't in the top 100
@Mike Bell That's your opinion buddy it's subjective different strokes for different folks and A.I. is an all time great far as im concerned
Bonon Liu LMAO “ isn’t in the top 100” 😂😂😂
Bonon Von Landaburg he’s undisputed top 5...
No doubt in my mind that Allen Iverson could've been one of the best players in the NFL as well.
That was beautiful 😭 A.I till I die🙌🏼
I feel you mannn!!
Look up “The Hampton Four” Feb 14 1993.
Racism is the reason he stopped playing football - A white guy named Steve Forest called him the N-word at a bowling alley called “Circle Lanes”, a fight broke out after the same guy threw a chair at him and his friends for being black in his presence, Iverson was blamed even though he was the one attacked because Forrest's family was "well off" and was facing 15 years in jail as a result. He spent four months in jail which caused him to lose all of his football scholarship offers. He was being scouted by D-1 schools like Florida State for football.
We all know the incident and what a shame with these racists bastards
Its funny cuz Steve Forrest is dead now
@@Tumbo8 glad to know that haha.
Just to think AI & Randy Moss at FSU together 🤯🤯 we can only dream
@@Tumbo8no he ain't
Allen Iverson, warrior 🪖, respect 💪.
Haven't heard the name Aaron Brooks in a lonnnnng time
I can't believe I forgot about Aaron Brooks
I ran into him and some of his Saints teammates at a sports bar in Petersburg. He was really cool, we talked for hours about football even after the place was closed.
Damn I don’t watch football and I always thought Lil Wayne was shouting out Aaron Brooks from the NBA on D.O.A.
Seriously lol
Him and Joe Horn were badass
A true legend!
0:31
We're talking about Practice! Not a game! Not a game. Not a game. Not a game. We're talking about Practice!
The most athletically gifted human ever!!
lol no bo Jackson was stronger and faster than ai despite being 60 lbs heavier
He would've been like Kyler Murray of the Cardinals. Dual Threat QB style
I saw his high school jerseys in a mall in VA Beach and was looking for Vick jerseys. I bumped into Vick at a WaWa and we talked about jerseys and AI's. That was cool as hell to meet Vick but even more awesome to have a conversation about both of their jerseys. Vick has 4 high school jerseys because he went to 2 schools and started at both in 2 sports
NBA legend
Talented athlete. Interesting competitor. A lot of heart.
Damn AI was an incredible football player too! So much talent in an individual.
He was a Qb returning punts and kicks, and hit sticking people!! This man was different with the pigskin 🏈
Denbigh High School....and all of NN/Hampton stand up!!!!....some of the best came from my Hometown!!!
Will always be, my favorite all around Star!!! None before and none after. 💪💪
that Newport News/Hampton area.., has always had dudes.., still does
Facts
Newport News/Hampton is like St. Louis,MO. Not a big, big city, but has good youth athletic programs and athletes.
The entire 757. I wish the school across the water was D6. I believe ya'll are D5
I WILL FOREVER LOVE ALLEN IVERSON💙💜💚
757 stand up!
To me the thing that's most impressive is he played basketball like it was his ultimate passion. I know a lot of guys who loved one sport but were just more talented in another sport and while they played hard you knew it wasn't their obsession. You never got that from Iverson, he played as though his life was on the line and that speaks to how competitive he was... even if he didn't want to talk about practice.
Had he played football in college, he would have changed positions. You can't get away with that long windup and slinging motion at the next level. He would have probably been a great RB, WR or CB.
pwk22 He could have been an awesome WR or CB. Hall of Fame potential. Still became an NBA HOF tho!
Just shows his athleticism, period.
And his heart, no one had more on the court than AI.
AI should go down as one of the most athletic human beings in history, guy could ball 🏈
Damn! This man is one of the greatest athletes ever!
You can make up Your mind that You are going to be The Best of The Best Whatever you want to do or be & that formula = Alan Iverson.
Bo Jackson but overdone great yo
The Shield Allen*, i agree put your mind to anything it’s possible to always be the Best!
Back then they called him Bubba chuck, a legend in the making. Hampton Va represent!!
#3 on the court but #10 in his heart!
Some guys can just be great at anything....
Allen Iverson was a better QB than Michael Vick. Period.
No he wasn't. Allen was just older
That's a stretch bub!
@@jonbassett9391 in high school he was a better QB than Vick. Also, most people in Hampton Roads area including Vick will say that he was a better football player than Vick ...period!
True but Ronald Curry was better than all of them
Allen is such a real one😊
Big Iverson fan! Think he's the G.O.A.T NBA player💯💯!! S/O my dawg A.I!!
Iverson was an incredible athlete. Just an all around great ball player.
Man this cat was telling nothing but the truth. Unless you live in the 7 cities
(Hampton roads) you will never know unless you seen it for yourself. I watched him throw at a Boo William's camp in Hampton on a bet... dang he had an arm...even flat footed wth!? Lol... HOF
I’m glad he did basketball. We got to see that beautiful face on the court 😂😍
QB Iverson would've been up there with the GOATS just like SG Iverson.
Ineed
AI is a beast, glad he is still in philly with the sixers
No he wouldn’t. To be an elite qb you have to put hours into watching film and ai never had that work ethic when it came to film study or practice in general.
One of my favorite players in the NBA. Like HIM MORE NOW....DAP Cowboys fan TOO, I never even knew he played football.
I cant believe this... Mick Vick says he was the best!! ok next time somebody asks me who the best basketball player is? imma say Bubba Chuck the 🐐
Crazy athletic skills.
He could have been Michael Vick before Vick. Or the next Deion Sanders. AI was that talented. Hard to believe he was a better football player than basketball player.
Cause we don’t believe it 😂
If what he's saying is true, it would make him the singular most athletic ball sports athlete of all time. I don't doubt he was a better QB than the usual suspects like TB, Peyton, Rodgers, Brees, Montana, Marino, Unitas, etc...but he might've been more modern as ironic as that may seen.
A i what a talented Man.. i never knew this of him.... i still think he picked the right sport for the longevity of his career and less probability of injury. He changed the game in the NBA with his elusiveness and to think that wasnt even his favorite sport is mind blowing to say the least. 😎
When he mentioned that he was a “cowboys fan” I lost him there
Incredible athlete!
Damm if it wasn’t for the bowling alley incident I believe he would have played college football
At Georgetown?
@@stubronson8718 at FSU
Stu Bronson the only reason why so went to Georgetown because that was the only school to offer him after his prison term
Stu Bronson yea this guys tellin you the right information. Iverson only went to Georgetown cuz the basketball program was the only sports program giving him a shot to play collegiate sports so he had to just roll with basketball. He really wanted to play football but every football team that offered him took the scholarship offer back after he went to jail. Before the incident it was assumed he was going to play football at Florida St as a safety
Love this NFL film feature. So awesome. He really is the answer
Lit 🔥
Cool and humble Brother
Now a lot of Madden gamers going to create QB Allen Iverson no 10.
Jerry Forward been doing it
Simply put: he was the man 👍🏼
Imagine being one of the greatest in a sport you didn’t even want to play
My fav Bball player and to know now it was his 2nd best sport wow Respect!!!
Everyone who’s your favorite basketball player?
Me: AI
Them: why?
Me: because he wasn’t just a basketball player, when God made athlete..he meant Allen Iverson
Allen was great at all the games he played. He was just a winner, plain and simple. All around sports great. Love Allen still.