NFL

Larry Johnson. Dude had back to back 1700+ plus seasons for KC. After that…poof

Peyton Hillis

Devonta Freeman

Todd Gurley

Dri Archer

Jarvis Landry

DeAnthony Thomas

Tom Brady was playing until like last year. Seemed like a decent QB, still fairly young, then just dropped off the map. ???

Doug Baldwin. Felt like he just kinda disappeared. Then it turns out he had like a career ending injury. Felt like it was barely covered.

Dexter McCluster, thought he was going to be insane on the Chiefs

Jonas gray

Nnamdi Asomugha.

Guy was a shutdown corner at one point. And then, just didn’t feel like it anymore.

David Johnson kind of faded into obscurity after that one good year in Arizona.

Geno Atkins just quietly disappearing after injury when we were all so pumped about him playing next to DJ Reader still bothers me.

Victor Cruz

Kiko Alonzo

Victor Cruz was a thing for like two seasons and poof he was gone.

Jeremy Shockey was like a rockstar on the Giants and once they traded him it was like he went into witness protection.

Matt Flynn was a backup who signed a big contract with Seattle after one fluke 500yd passing game for Green Bay. He lost the starting job to rookie Russell Wilson and just bounced around after.

Todd Gurley was so fucking good

Michael Clayton had one of the best rookie WR years ever at the time and then just completely fell off.

80 catches for 1193 yards and 7 TD’s his rookie season.

His career totals were 223 catches for 2955 yards and 10 TD’s.

He fell off pretty hard.

Calvin Johnson if he landed on a better franchise

BJ Raji, said he was going to take some time off and then just vanished

Other than Justin Herbert, it seems like every stud out of Oregon was a bust.

I wonder what happened to “the law firm” (Ben Jarvis green Ellis). He didn’t fumble and ran well and suddenly… was gone.

Toby Gerhart. Remember he was solid on the Vikings and then went to Jax and I never heard of him ever again

Chris Ivory is a guy I haven’t thought of in forever. I think he had a pretty decent career.

LaMont Jordan.

I thought that dude was going to be a stud for the Raiders for sure. He had a pretty good year, then he got injured, and that was that.

Odell Thurman

Shawne Merriman was a beast before he got busted for peds +injuries.

Colt McCoy

Todd Gurley

I think about this whenever I think of early picks of the Lions. Like wtf happened to them? What is Nick Fairley, Titus Young, Mikel Leshoure, Ryan Broyles, Ziggy Ansah, Eric Ebron, Jarrad Davis, Teez Tabor, Jahlani Tavai, pretty soon Jeff Okudah, Louis Delmas, Gosder Cherilus, Kevin Smith, Cliff Avril, Ernie sims, Roy Williams, Kevin Jones, Aaron Gibson doing now?

Shit the list just goes on forever

Recently I have thought about Kerryon Johnson and Kenny Golladay. They left the Lions and I have no idea where they went or how they did afterwards, I just know I never hear of them now.

Some of these answers are like “Whatever happened to Tom Brady?”

Chris Matthews... amazing performance in the SB that shall not be named. Really thought he would be our newest wr1 for my seahawks but he practically disappeared after that

Trey Burton comes to mind for me he was part of an amazing play with the Eagles in the Super Bowl vs New England he went to the Bears afterwards and then just disappeared after that

Browns legend Dwayne Bowe

Kenny Golladay

the 2015 panthers

Isaiah Crowell

Phillip Lindsay had that incredible rookie season where he went undrafted to the Pro Bowl, a decent second season and the just sort of disappeared after that. I think he’s been bouncing around between the CFL and arena league the last few years.

Todd Gurley

Christine Michael. I know he never had great career numbers but the way he could go from 0 to 60 instantly was incredible. I remember a game when the Hawks played the 49ers back in 2016 and guys would reach out for him then turn around in shock as he was already 5 yards behind them. Surprised his career never worked out.

Phillip Lindsay, i remember being so high on him in 2019 then never heard of him again

Only Steelers fans will remember but Barry Foster came second in mvp voting one year

Isaiah Crowell. What happened to him?

James Robinson. Great rookie season, solid second season, then got replaced by etn and vanished overnight

Earl Thomas basically vanished into thin air after the Ravens cut him. The most recent news about him was yesterday when apparently his ex-wife’s BF stole money from him.

Taysom Hill every season lol. But more seriously James Robinson/Philip Lindsay were the guys for two seasons and now they can’t make a roster? UDFA life is brutal.

Justin Blackmon

Todd Marinovich

Michael Clayton and Kendrell Bell

Peyton hillis

Remember 99.9% David Wilson for the Giants? He was hyped up to be a pretty high pick his 2nd season (RB16/28th overall from fantasy pros). He had fumbling issues right away and then got a season ending neck injury from my memory and had to retire.