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Your friend sounds like he sucks, and is apparently stupid. I'm guessing he's an ou fan?

Copied from the MB-TF site linked above:

Athletic, speedy and aggressive fourth-year defensive back ... named the Jim Thorpe Award winner (nation's top defensive back) ... a first-team All-American in 2006 ... earned 2006 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year honors from the Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star-Telegram and San Antonio Express-News ... a unanimous first-team All-Big 12 performer ... played in 51 career games with 205 tackles, 33 PBU, 10 INTs, three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries ... also has been Texas' top punt returner for the past three seasons ... returned 76 career punts (No. 5 on UT's all-time list) for 893 yards (No. 5 on UT's all-time list) and three TDs (T-No. 1 on UT's all-time list) ... his 11.8 yards per return average ranks fourth on UT's all-time list ... started all 12 games in 2006 ... named the George "Hook" McCullough Co-MVP along with Colt McCoy ... tabbed the Mike Campbell Most Valuable Defensive Player ... finished third on the team in tackles with 80 to go along with six INTs, 19 PBU, three TFL, a sack, three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries ... also returend 23 punts for 240 yards and a TD ... played in all 13 games, starting two, at cornerback in 2005 ... earned honorable mention All-Big 12 honors as a punt returner ... recorded 62 tackles, two TFL, a team-high three INTs and nine PBU ... posted 500 punt return yards (No. 3 on UT's single-season list) on 34 returns (No. 8 on UT's single season list) and scored two TDs (T-No. 1 on UT's single season list) ... his 14.7 yards per return average ranked 10th in the nation ... he is only the second player in UT history to return two punts for TDs in a season ... also finished third on the team with nine special teams tackles ... shared time with Tarell Brown in all 12 games in 2004 ... had 36 tackles, three PBU and an INT in 2004 ... led the team in punt returns and yardage that season with 18 for 136 yards ... made an immediate impact at cornerback and on special teams as a true freshman in 2003 ... versatile former prep running back and receiver who once posted 362 all-purpose yards in a high school game ... played in all 13 games as Nathan Vasher's backup at left corner and on special teams in 2003 ... recorded 25 tackles, including 11 on special teams (T-third on team), that year ... a versatile three-sport star as a prepster, lettering in football, basketball and track & field ... drafted with the 20th pick in the first round by the New York Giants in the 2007 NFL Draft.

I can't say this about many former UT players, if any, but I am afraid to share my thoughts on Aaron Ross while at UT. Anybody else out there? Or is everybody blinded by The Thorpe Award?

Ross was extremely sure handed. Yes the USC fumble was huge but he did punt returns because of his Shipley like hands. I thought he was decent as a returner, but great hands was the tradeoff.
Fast forward to the special teams headed by none other that MacWhorter. Curtis Brown and Aaron Williams both had terrible hands, fumbled on a regular basis and were mediocre at returning. Brown had lobbied and whined about needing to do returns to elevate his draft status, so in spite of sucking at returns, MacWhorter let him keep the job. Those are the kind of personnel decisions the staff used to make, just like "he's bled for the program", "he's a coach on the field", etc.
Overall Ross was pretty good and he did take one back.
You might consider how you evaluate friends. Yours talks out his arse. He is not a real Longhorn fan or he would know better.

Had a pretty bad one in the state championship game his senior year :-/

And another fact...their kids are going to be special athletes.

Went to Jacksonville via free agency.

Aaron Ross was a very good punt returner. May not be better than Jordan Shipley or Nathan Vasher but he was plenty good.