10. The Best That Never Was
Site rank 4, IMDb rank 2, Overall rank = 6
Directed by Jonathan Hock
At 6’2’’ and 225 lb yet exceptionally fast, Marcus Dupree was the prototype of a modern running back. In his high school football career – during which he also played basketball and baseball and ran track – he set the record for the most touchdowns, scoring 87 of them, one more than previous record-holder Herschel Walker. Every major college football program in the country wanted to recruit him. His coach was fielding over 100 calls a day.
Marcus finally decided on the University of Oklahoma, where he promptly amazed both fans and coaching staff with his athleticism and talent. But his sophomore year wasn’t as successful. Overweight and out of shape, he became injury prone. After one particular injury, he simply disappeared for a whole week. Jonathan Hock tells a story how a player who should have been one of the greatest ended up a truck driver in rural Mississippi.
