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My recollection about Toi was that he repeatedly got burned as a freshman, was average as a sophomore and was a star his last two years. Along with Darrien Gordon, one of the two All-American caliber corners we've had. (Adebo could have been a third had he stayed another year and flourished.)

CB is a tough position. The guy I remember who seemed to improve the most from frosh to senior year was Vaughn Bryant, backfield mate of Darrien Gordon - but a year behind. I have a distinct memory of a particular play where frosh Bryant followied a receiver into the end zone, got completely turned around, then fell as the ball came in for a TD. Ouch. But he ended up as one of our best ever. Bryant holds the Stanford records for pass break ups (18) and passes defended (22) from 1993, with Darrien Gordon one behind on each from 1992. He had a couple of years with the Lions, but not the NFL career of some others.

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My recollection about Toi was that he repeatedly got burned as a freshman, was average as a sophomore and was a star his last two years. Along with Darrien Gordon, one of the two All-American caliber corners we've had. (Adebo could have been a third had he stayed another year and flourished.)

CB is a tough position. The guy I remember who seemed to improve the most from frosh to senior year was Vaughn Bryant, backfield mate of Darrien Gordon - but a year behind. I have a distinct memory of a particular play where frosh Bryant followied a receiver into the end zone, got completely turned around, then fell as the ball came in for a TD. Ouch. But he ended up as one of our best ever. Bryant holds the Stanford records for pass break ups (18) and passes defended (22) from 1993, with Darrien Gordon one behind on each from 1992. He had a couple of years with the Lions, but not the NFL career of some others.