New article in the UH digital magazine about the legacy of Warren McVea.
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McVea was no doubt the biggest recruit in UH football history, opening the door wide open to recruit other great black players like Paul Gipson, Robert Newhouse, Charley Hall, Elmo Wright and so many others in the '60s.
Marvelous Warren was a legend from San Antonio before becoming UH’s first black football recruit. The pressure had to be tremendous on the young man, but keep in mind that it was not long after his recruitment we were put on probation.
Regardless, McVea may have been the most exciting running back to ever grace a Texas high school football field. After a slow start at UH he was switched to wide receiver and then back to running back where he really turned things around as a senior.
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He was the 1st D1 black FB player in Texas. He was truly great. UH broke the color barrier that year also with Elvin Hayes and Don Chaney in basketball.
This is the another story below that lists more people involved as it wasn’t a peaches and cream recruitment by no means - as time goes on I’m afraid they’ll make it seem like he just showed up and played -
These youngsters have to know the truth that NIL, etc been around for decades but came with a huge price in terms of social move - some of those guys struggled post college because they had too much pressure on them unfortunately at a young age
Imagine living in an environment your whole life with a set of rules then someone comes out the blue making huge promises based on your athletic ability but your basically taking on the weight of the world as a teenager - imagine all the promises that were made that didn’t come to fruition
Oddly enough why wasn’t some type of movie or documentary made