Which modern day athlete has had the quickest and worst fall from grace?

[MikelArteta]

Tiger Woods.

Rose and Noah you can blame on injuries.. Tiger just fell off the face of the earth for no reason.

um tiger woods had injuries breh

no injuries would be hernandez

 

[Maude]

roy hibbert. remember they was pushing that verticality rule

 

[Box Factory]

As far as still active ppl? I don't see how it can be any but Rousey. She went from one of the biggest things in sports to a complete joke in about a year.

She was being talked about like a prime Mike Tyson and is Peter McNeeley/Brooklyn brawler status. I can't think of anyone not involved in legal or any other outside their sport stuff who's fallen this badly

 

[Chris Cool]

from top 2 to not mentioned at all.

 

[010101]

young johnny foot8ball*

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

Tiger

Tiger had atleast a decade at top-good form though didn't he ?

 

[Brandeezy]

Peyton Hillis

nikka finessed and got a Madden cover

 

[malbaker86]

Grant Hill (via injuries)

Barry Zito (i did like how he "redeemed" himself tho)

Darrelle Revis

Not athletes but Spurrier and Bowden

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

RGIII

has to be the winner... .cause the OP definitely said QUICKEST


RG3 went from rookie of the year at the end of the year to career ending injury (basically since he's a bum now) in the very next game

 

[Brandeezy]

As far as still active ppl? I don't see how it can be any but Rousey. She went from one of the biggest things in sports to a complete joke in about a year.

She was being talked about like a prime Mike Tyson and is Peter McNeeley/Brooklyn brawler status. I can't think of anyone not involved in legal or any other outside their sport stuff who's fallen this badly

She beat Serena for the best Woman's athlete award a couple years ago

Now she's not even the best Woman's athlete in the UFC

 

[Hammer]

within the last 5 years or so... Andrew Bynum


Lakers fans lost. touted dude as a superstar etc and all this shyt

Bynum is a joke and didn't even last past 25 in the league what a bust

 

[Barbados Slim]

Tiger's decline was steady, even after the drama, he didn't lose many fans and was still a great golfer, fighting thru the injuries.

Even Rousey...the first defeat shocked people (maybe not the serious MMA heads who doubted her) but it was one loss and she had a year to prepare, second loss is what sealed her career.

has to be the winner... .cause the OP definitely said QUICKEST


RG3 went from rookie of the year at the end of the year to career ending injury (basically since he's a bum now) in the very next game

That's a good point, if you're talking quickest fall, he could be the winner.

But OP said QUICKEST and WORST - gotta be Hernandez:

For me the only arguable answer is Hernandez. Star athlete that just signed a big deal and would be maybe a multi time champion now if still playing, and instead is in jail on three first degree murder charges all stemming from someone accidentally spilling his drink at the club.

When we saw that clip on NFL network of feds at his door cuffing him, it was a wrap

 

[broller]

Does Michael Vick count? He did comeback for a little while afterwards though.

That was a big fall, true. But I guess because he came back and actually had his best season in 2010 it negates his fall a bit?

 

[broller]

As far as still active ppl? I don't see how it can be any but Rousey. She went from one of the biggest things in sports to a complete joke in about a year.

She was being talked about like a prime Mike Tyson and is Peter McNeeley/Brooklyn brawler status. I can't think of anyone not involved in legal or any other outside their sport stuff who's fallen this badly

RGIII had a big fall but even for him he tore his ACL and that really limited his mobility and mechanics. Ronda just fell.

 

[Doomsday]

Derrick Rose. He was supposed to be a mainstay superstar for the next decade. People thought he would take the Bulls to a title. The funny part is he sat down when he was injured, he might as well played.