Which College has produced the best NFL players historically? (1 Viewer)

[sterjs]

Which College has produced the best NFL players historically?

Example:

Notre Dame

QB Joe Montana

RB Paul Hornung

TE Dave Kasper

WR Tim Brown

C

OG Hunk Anderson

OT George Connor

DE

DT Bryant Young, Alan Page

LB

DB

I'm not greatly familiar with any college football team(I knicked those off the all decade teams on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_1990s_All...e_Team#See_also )

 

[BigTex]

Miami

 

[jurb26]

Miami

This has been gone over already.

 

[Sportin' Woodchucks]

Not sure if it is a good measure.....there are 10 Norte Dame alums in the pro football Hall of Fame and the same number from USC. IMO the Trojans list has more merit.

The listing from Alabama is solid as well...Namath notwithstanding.

 

[gump]

The listing from Alabama is solid as well...Namath notwithstanding.

QB - Starr, Namath, Stabler

RB - Shaun Alexander, Tony Nathan

TE - Ozzie Newsome

WR - Don Hutson

C - Dwight Stephenson

G - Billy Neighbors

T - John Hannah, Chris Samuels

DE - Jon Hand, Marty Lyons,

DT - Baumhower, Cornelius Griffin

LB - Lee Roy Jordan, Cornelius Bennett, Derrick Thomas, EJ Junior, Barry Kraus

DB - George Teague, Deshea Townsend

NFL HOF'ers bolded...are there are several who will inevitably be there.

 

[redman]

USC & UCLA have both put a lot of quality players into the NFL.

 

[fsufan]

If I remember correctly FSU had more players drafted in the 90s than another other program

I posted this in the FFA about a month ago.

http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index...=259626&hl=

 

[Family Matters]

Ohio State has to be in the top 5 if not top 2.

 

[bentley]

If I remember correctly FSU had more players drafted in the 90s than another other program

I posted this in the FFA about a month ago.

http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index...=259626&hl=

If I'm reading this correctly, this study doesn't really speak to the original question, it just answers how players perform relative to their draft position.

 

[Capt Hook]

The original question was BEST NFL players, not most

University of Spoiled Children likely at the top of the list

 

[blenderfrog]

Ohio State has to be in the top 5 if not top 2.

Buckeyes in the NFL - NFL Draft selections

Total selected: 317

First picks in draft: 3

1st Round: 64

NFL achievements

Total Players: 308

In the Super Bowl: 54

Hall of Famers: 5



Former notable NFL players who played at Ohio State include: Lou Groza, Dante Lavelli, Jim Parker, Jim Marshall, Bill Willis, Jim Houston, Paul Warfield, Jack Tatum, Jim Lachey, Cris Carter, Tom Tupa, Chris Spielman, Korey Stringer, Raymont Harris, and Eddie George. Groza, Lavelli, Parker, Warfield, and Willis have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

ETA: Terry Glenn, Mike Tomczak!!!, Archie Griffin, Robert Smith, ...I'll think of more later...

54 former Ohio State players are currently active on rosters of National Football League teams: Will Allen, Tim Anderson, Kyle Andrews, Rodney Bailey, LeCharles Bentley, David Boston, Bobby Carpenter, Drew Carter, Bam Childress, Adrien Clarke, Nate Clements, Na'il Diggs, Mike Doss, Tyler Everett, Dustin Fox, Simon Fraser, Joey Galloway, Chris Gamble, Terry Glenn, Marcus Green, Andy Groom, Ben Hartsock, A.J. Hawk, Santonio Holmes, Kevin Houser, Josh Huston, Michael Jenkins, Branden Joe, Mike Kudla, Nick Mangold, Donnie Nickey, Mike Nugent, Shane Olivea, Orlando Pace, Kenny Peterson, Ryan Pickett, Robert Reynolds (football), Nate Salley, B.J. Sander, Darnell Sanders, Anthony Schlegel, Darrion Scott, Rob Sims, Will Smith, Shawn Springs, Alex Stepanovich, E.J. Underwood, Mike Vrabel, Tyson Walter, Donte Whitner, Matt Wilhelm, Dan Wilkinson, Antoine Winfield, and Ashton Youboty.

 

[jurb26]

Ohio State has to be in the top 5 if not top 2.

Buckeyes in the NFL - NFL Draft selections

Total selected: 317

First picks in draft: 3

1st Round: 64

NFL achievements

Total Players: 308

In the Super Bowl: 54

Hall of Famers: 5



Former notable NFL players who played at Ohio State include: Lou Groza, Dante Lavelli, Jim Parker, Jim Marshall, Bill Willis, Jim Houston, Paul Warfield, Jack Tatum, Jim Lachey, Cris Carter, Tom Tupa, Chris Spielman, Korey Stringer, Raymont Harris, and Eddie George. Groza, Lavelli, Parker, Warfield, and Willis have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

ETA: Terry Glenn, Mike Tomczak!!!, Archie Griffin, Robert Smith, ...I'll think of more later...

54 former Ohio State players are currently active on rosters of National Football League teams: Will Allen, Tim Anderson, Kyle Andrews, Rodney Bailey, LeCharles Bentley, David Boston, Bobby Carpenter, Drew Carter, Bam Childress, Adrien Clarke, Nate Clements, Na'il Diggs, Mike Doss, Tyler Everett, Dustin Fox, Simon Fraser, Joey Galloway, Chris Gamble, Terry Glenn, Marcus Green, Andy Groom, Ben Hartsock, A.J. Hawk, Santonio Holmes, Kevin Houser, Josh Huston, Michael Jenkins, Branden Joe, Mike Kudla, Nick Mangold, Donnie Nickey, Mike Nugent, Shane Olivea, Orlando Pace, Kenny Peterson, Ryan Pickett, Robert Reynolds (football), Nate Salley, B.J. Sander, Darnell Sanders, Anthony Schlegel, Darrion Scott, Rob Sims, Will Smith, Shawn Springs, Alex Stepanovich, E.J. Underwood, Mike Vrabel, Tyson Walter, Donte Whitner, Matt Wilhelm, Dan Wilkinson, Antoine Winfield, and Ashton Youboty.

For recent history. I think Mia, OSU and FSU probably have to take the top 3 spots.

 

[JHarrill]

Tennessee is represented by:

QB Peyton Manning

RB Jamal Lewis

WR Carl Pickens, Alvin Harper, Willie Gault, Stanley Morgan, Peerless Price, Donte Stallworth

TE Jason Witten

OL The McKenzie Brothers, Bruce Wilkerson

DL John Henderson, Reggie White, Doug Atkins

LB Al Wilson

DB Dale Carter

ST Bill Bates, Fuad Reviez

 

[SSOG]

Ohio State has to be in the top 5 if not top 2.

Buckeyes in the NFL - NFL Draft selections

Total selected: 317

First picks in draft: 3

1st Round: 64

NFL achievements

Total Players: 308

In the Super Bowl: 54

Hall of Famers: 5



Former notable NFL players who played at Ohio State include: Lou Groza, Dante Lavelli, Jim Parker, Jim Marshall, Bill Willis, Jim Houston, Paul Warfield, Jack Tatum, Jim Lachey, Cris Carter, Tom Tupa, Chris Spielman, Korey Stringer, Raymont Harris, and Eddie George. Groza, Lavelli, Parker, Warfield, and Willis have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

ETA: Terry Glenn, Mike Tomczak!!!, Archie Griffin, Robert Smith, ...I'll think of more later...

54 former Ohio State players are currently active on rosters of National Football League teams: Will Allen, Tim Anderson, Kyle Andrews, Rodney Bailey, LeCharles Bentley, David Boston, Bobby Carpenter, Drew Carter, Bam Childress, Adrien Clarke, Nate Clements, Na'il Diggs, Mike Doss, Tyler Everett, Dustin Fox, Simon Fraser, Joey Galloway, Chris Gamble, Terry Glenn, Marcus Green, Andy Groom, Ben Hartsock, A.J. Hawk, Santonio Holmes, Kevin Houser, Josh Huston, Michael Jenkins, Branden Joe, Mike Kudla, Nick Mangold, Donnie Nickey, Mike Nugent, Shane Olivea, Orlando Pace, Kenny Peterson, Ryan Pickett, Robert Reynolds (football), Nate Salley, B.J. Sander, Darnell Sanders, Anthony Schlegel, Darrion Scott, Rob Sims, Will Smith, Shawn Springs, Alex Stepanovich, E.J. Underwood, Mike Vrabel, Tyson Walter, Donte Whitner, Matt Wilhelm, Dan Wilkinson, Antoine Winfield, and Ashton Youboty.

For recent history. I think Mia, OSU and FSU probably have to take the top 3 spots.

You guys might have missed it, but the University of Florida could field a better current football team using nothing but alums than Miami, OSU, or FSU could. I mean, just start with Javon Kearse, Gerard Warren, Ian Scott, and Alex Brown across the D-Line with Kevin Carter as the first man off the bench. That very well might be the best D-Line in the ENTIRE NFL if it actually existed on a real NFL team.Miami gets all the attention because the best skill-position players come from there, so fantasy footballers are well acquainted with their alums (the Santana Mosses and Edgerrin Jameses of the world), but Miami currently has TWO offensive linemen starting in the NFL, and only one more who is one of the top-4 backups on his own team.

 

[jurb26]

Ohio State has to be in the top 5 if not top 2.

Buckeyes in the NFL - NFL Draft selections

Total selected: 317

First picks in draft: 3

1st Round: 64

NFL achievements

Total Players: 308

In the Super Bowl: 54

Hall of Famers: 5



Former notable NFL players who played at Ohio State include: Lou Groza, Dante Lavelli, Jim Parker, Jim Marshall, Bill Willis, Jim Houston, Paul Warfield, Jack Tatum, Jim Lachey, Cris Carter, Tom Tupa, Chris Spielman, Korey Stringer, Raymont Harris, and Eddie George. Groza, Lavelli, Parker, Warfield, and Willis have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

ETA: Terry Glenn, Mike Tomczak!!!, Archie Griffin, Robert Smith, ...I'll think of more later...

54 former Ohio State players are currently active on rosters of National Football League teams: Will Allen, Tim Anderson, Kyle Andrews, Rodney Bailey, LeCharles Bentley, David Boston, Bobby Carpenter, Drew Carter, Bam Childress, Adrien Clarke, Nate Clements, Na'il Diggs, Mike Doss, Tyler Everett, Dustin Fox, Simon Fraser, Joey Galloway, Chris Gamble, Terry Glenn, Marcus Green, Andy Groom, Ben Hartsock, A.J. Hawk, Santonio Holmes, Kevin Houser, Josh Huston, Michael Jenkins, Branden Joe, Mike Kudla, Nick Mangold, Donnie Nickey, Mike Nugent, Shane Olivea, Orlando Pace, Kenny Peterson, Ryan Pickett, Robert Reynolds (football), Nate Salley, B.J. Sander, Darnell Sanders, Anthony Schlegel, Darrion Scott, Rob Sims, Will Smith, Shawn Springs, Alex Stepanovich, E.J. Underwood, Mike Vrabel, Tyson Walter, Donte Whitner, Matt Wilhelm, Dan Wilkinson, Antoine Winfield, and Ashton Youboty.

For recent history. I think Mia, OSU and FSU probably have to take the top 3 spots.

You guys might have missed it, but the University of Florida could field a better current football team using nothing but alums than Miami, OSU, or FSU could. I mean, just start with Javon Kearse, Gerard Warren, Ian Scott, and Alex Brown across the D-Line with Kevin Carter as the first man off the bench. That very well might be the best D-Line in the ENTIRE NFL if it actually existed on a real NFL team.Miami gets all the attention because the best skill-position players come from there, so fantasy footballers are well acquainted with their alums (the Santana Mosses and Edgerrin Jameses of the world), but Miami currently has TWO offensive linemen starting in the NFL, and only one more who is one of the top-4 backups on his own team.

Mia gets all the attention because they put STARS in the NFL at a rate no other school can match.

 

[Homer]

Marshall

 

[SSOG]

Mia gets all the attention because they put STARS in the NFL at a rate no other school can match.

No, Miami puts stars *AT RUNNINGBACK, TIGHT END, AND WIDE RECEIVER* in the NFL at a rate no other school can match. Coincidentally enough, those are perhaps the biggest positions in fantasy football. On defense, they churn out a ton of quality LBs and Safeties. Again, coincidentally enough, LBs and Safeties are the highest-scoring positions in IDP fantasy football.What star QBs has Miami produced? What star offensive Linemen has Miami produced? What star Defensive Linemen has Miami produced? Where are the star Cornerbacks? Heck, name three Miami offensive linemen who are even STARTING in the NFL (here's a hint: you can't).The average fantasy fan is under the impression that Miami keeps churning out great players at every position, because Miami keeps churning out great players at every FANTASY position. Like I said, though... if you took a team of UF Alums currently in the NFL and matched it against a team of Miami Alums currently in the NFL, the UF team would smack Miami all over the field- mostly because Ken Dorsey would be playing QB and Frank Gore, Najeh Davenport, and Bubba Franks would all be playing offensive line (against Brown/Warren/Scott/Kearse, no less).

 

[gman8343]

Hofstra down?

 

[jurb26]

Mia gets all the attention because they put STARS in the NFL at a rate no other school can match.

No, Miami puts stars *AT RUNNINGBACK, TIGHT END, AND WIDE RECEIVER* in the NFL at a rate no other school can match. Coincidentally enough, those are perhaps the biggest positions in fantasy football. On defense, they churn out a ton of quality LBs and Safeties. Again, coincidentally enough, LBs and Safeties are the highest-scoring positions in IDP fantasy football.What star QBs has Miami produced? What star offensive Linemen has Miami produced? What star Defensive Linemen has Miami produced? Where are the star Cornerbacks? Heck, name three Miami offensive linemen who are even STARTING in the NFL (here's a hint: you can't).The average fantasy fan is under the impression that Miami keeps churning out great players at every position, because Miami keeps churning out great players at every FANTASY position. Like I said, though... if you took a team of UF Alums currently in the NFL and matched it against a team of Miami Alums currently in the NFL, the UF team would smack Miami all over the field- mostly because Ken Dorsey would be playing QB and Frank Gore, Najeh Davenport, and Bubba Franks would all be playing offensive line (against Brown/Warren/Scott/Kearse, no less).

LBs and Ss down?

 

[jurb26]

Mia gets all the attention because they put STARS in the NFL at a rate no other school can match.

No, Miami puts stars *AT RUNNINGBACK, TIGHT END, AND WIDE RECEIVER* in the NFL at a rate no other school can match. Coincidentally enough, those are perhaps the biggest positions in fantasy football. On defense, they churn out a ton of quality LBs and Safeties. Again, coincidentally enough, LBs and Safeties are the highest-scoring positions in IDP fantasy football.What star QBs has Miami produced? What star offensive Linemen has Miami produced? What star Defensive Linemen has Miami produced? Where are the star Cornerbacks? Heck, name three Miami offensive linemen who are even STARTING in the NFL (here's a hint: you can't).The average fantasy fan is under the impression that Miami keeps churning out great players at every position, because Miami keeps churning out great players at every FANTASY position. Like I said, though... if you took a team of UF Alums currently in the NFL and matched it against a team of Miami Alums currently in the NFL, the UF team would smack Miami all over the field- mostly because Ken Dorsey would be playing QB and Frank Gore, Najeh Davenport, and Bubba Franks would all be playing offensive line (against Brown/Warren/Scott/Kearse, no less).

The OP stated historically in his post. Everyone else here posted players throughout the school's history. So Miami would be represented at QB by the likes of Jim Kelley, Bernie Kosar and Vinny Testaverde. Antrell Rolle is looking like a potential future star at CB. Along the D-line Miami would be represented by Jerome Brown, Vince Wilfork, Warren Sapp and Jerome McDougle. You are right about their offensive lineman running a bit short of players (although not short in Quality), in that they would field Jim Otto at Center and Bryant McKinnie and Vernon Carey at the Tackle positions.

Yeah, what he said.

 

[Ilov80s]

Michigan hasn't had much success at rb or wr, but it is a qb/ol factory.

 

[BoulderBob]

Illinois

 

[bentley]

Illinois

Simeon Rice, Kevin Hardy and, uh........

 

[The Kansas Comet]

Illinois

Simeon Rice, Kevin Hardy and, uh........

Richard J. Butkus

 

[BoulderBob]

Illinois

Simeon Rice, Kevin Hardy and, uh........

**** Butkus, Harold (Red) Grange, George Halas, Bobby Mitchell, Ray Nitschke, Hugh (Shorty) RayThere may be 2 or 3 colleges with more HOF'ers...(USC, Notre Dame, actually that is probably it, Michigan/Oregon/Alabama may be close or equal)The school has also produced a ton of solid NFL linemanOf course, they suck at the moment, so that may skew your judgement.

 

[shake zula]

Put an all star Miami team up against and any other team and its a :IBTL: miami slaughter, FACT.

 

[bentley]

Illinois

Simeon Rice, Kevin Hardy and, uh........

**** Butkus, Harold (Red) Grange, George Halas, Bobby Mitchell, Ray Nitschke, Hugh (Shorty) RayThere may be 2 or 3 colleges with more HOF'ers...(USC, Notre Dame, actually that is probably it, Michigan/Oregon/Alabama may be close or equal)The school has also produced a ton of solid NFL linemanOf course, they suck at the moment, so that may skew your judgement.

Good call. I was just giving you a hard time about their recent lack of success. They're actually tied for third (provided that I still remember how to put together a pivot table). Of course, SMU's in the top ten, so this may not be such a good measure.

Notre Dame-9Southern California-9Alabama-6Illinois-6Ohio State-6Minnesota-5Penn State-5Southern Methodist-5

 

[bentley]

Put an all star Miami team up against and any other team and its a :IBTL: miami slaughter, FACT.

I doubt that's the case historically.

 

[SoFresh&SoClean]

OSU has been churning out solid players for at least the last 10-15 years. I can see them continuing that too with their success as of late.

 

[thatguy]

Georgia players seem to have a fairly high success rate in the NFL, at least of late. Maybe it's just me. I have no research to back it up.

 

[cracKer]

Hall of Famers by College

scroll to the bottom

San Francisco has produced more HoF players than Florida

 

[Pick]

Brigham Young has done very well for being a mid. QB factory for awhile.

 

[bentley]

Hall of Famers by College

scroll to the bottom

San Francisco has produced more HoF players than Florida

As has Carlisle.

 

[Family Matters]

Ohio State has to be in the top 5 if not top 2.

Buckeyes in the NFL - NFL Draft selections

Total selected: 317

First picks in draft: 3

1st Round: 64

NFL achievements

Total Players: 308

In the Super Bowl: 54

Hall of Famers: 5



Former notable NFL players who played at Ohio State include: Lou Groza, Dante Lavelli, Jim Parker, Jim Marshall, Bill Willis, Jim Houston, Paul Warfield, Jack Tatum, Jim Lachey, Cris Carter, Tom Tupa, Chris Spielman, Korey Stringer, Raymont Harris, and Eddie George. Groza, Lavelli, Parker, Warfield, and Willis have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

ETA: Terry Glenn, Mike Tomczak!!!, Archie Griffin, Robert Smith, ...I'll think of more later...

54 former Ohio State players are currently active on rosters of National Football League teams: Will Allen, Tim Anderson, Kyle Andrews, Rodney Bailey, LeCharles Bentley, David Boston, Bobby Carpenter, Drew Carter, Bam Childress, Adrien Clarke, Nate Clements, Na'il Diggs, Mike Doss, Tyler Everett, Dustin Fox, Simon Fraser, Joey Galloway, Chris Gamble, Terry Glenn, Marcus Green, Andy Groom, Ben Hartsock, A.J. Hawk, Santonio Holmes, Kevin Houser, Josh Huston, Michael Jenkins, Branden Joe, Mike Kudla, Nick Mangold, Donnie Nickey, Mike Nugent, Shane Olivea, Orlando Pace, Kenny Peterson, Ryan Pickett, Robert Reynolds (football), Nate Salley, B.J. Sander, Darnell Sanders, Anthony Schlegel, Darrion Scott, Rob Sims, Will Smith, Shawn Springs, Alex Stepanovich, E.J. Underwood, Mike Vrabel, Tyson Walter, Donte Whitner, Matt Wilhelm, Dan Wilkinson, Antoine Winfield, and Ashton Youboty.

For recent history. I think Mia, OSU and FSU probably have to take the top 3 spots.

You guys might have missed it, but the University of Florida could field a better current football team using nothing but alums than Miami, OSU, or FSU could. I mean, just start with Javon Kearse, Gerard Warren, Ian Scott, and Alex Brown across the D-Line with Kevin Carter as the first man off the bench. That very well might be the best D-Line in the ENTIRE NFL if it actually existed on a real NFL team.Miami gets all the attention because the best skill-position players come from there, so fantasy footballers are well acquainted with their alums (the Santana Mosses and Edgerrin Jameses of the world), but Miami currently has TWO offensive linemen starting in the NFL, and only one more who is one of the top-4 backups on his own team.

I don't think we missed anything. Fl has produced some great NFL players. But clearly they aren't the only school. Your assertion that Fl would produce the best team right now is a small snapshot to make your point. I'm also confident that over a long period of time many schools could field teams that are just as good if not better. The long tradition of schools like OSU, Notre Dame and Michigan of placing players in the NFL would be difficult to overcome for Fl. But you are right in that they too belong in this discussion.

 

[SSOG]

Mia gets all the attention because they put STARS in the NFL at a rate no other school can match.

No, Miami puts stars *AT RUNNINGBACK, TIGHT END, AND WIDE RECEIVER* in the NFL at a rate no other school can match. Coincidentally enough, those are perhaps the biggest positions in fantasy football. On defense, they churn out a ton of quality LBs and Safeties. Again, coincidentally enough, LBs and Safeties are the highest-scoring positions in IDP fantasy football.What star QBs has Miami produced? What star offensive Linemen has Miami produced? What star Defensive Linemen has Miami produced? Where are the star Cornerbacks? Heck, name three Miami offensive linemen who are even STARTING in the NFL (here's a hint: you can't).

The average fantasy fan is under the impression that Miami keeps churning out great players at every position, because Miami keeps churning out great players at every FANTASY position. Like I said, though... if you took a team of UF Alums currently in the NFL and matched it against a team of Miami Alums currently in the NFL, the UF team would smack Miami all over the field- mostly because Ken Dorsey would be playing QB and Frank Gore, Najeh Davenport, and Bubba Franks would all be playing offensive line (against Brown/Warren/Scott/Kearse, no less).

LBs and Ss down?

Bolded portion of my original post down?

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Illinois

Simeon Rice, Kevin Hardy and, uh........

Neil Rackers.

 

[jon_mx]

Michigan hasn't had much success at rb or wr, but it is a qb/ol factory.

A very recent happening. Until Jim Harbaugh, there was not a Michigan QB who threw an NFL touchdown. Now they have had Greise and Brady. Shoot, at one time Indiana had three starting QBs in the NFL and when they were at IU they weren't considered that great.

 

[Metux]

Syracuse

Jim Brown

Dwight Freeney

Donavan McNabb

Marvin Harrison

 

[War Eagle]

Um Auburn

Bo Jackson

Stephen Davis

Tony Richardson

Heath Evans

Ronnie Brown

Cadillac

Rudi Johnson

Marcus Washington

Takeo Spikes

Carlos Rogers

more to come......

 

[Brunell4MVP]

I hate em, but its clearly Notre Dame. 10 players in the HOF. And a lot of them that were close. And they've done it for decades...not just the last 20 years.

Oklahoma - 1 HOF member

Miami - 1 HOF member (and no more coming up that I can think of...Ray Lewis and maybe Portis has a shot)

heck, Miami of Ohio has 3 of them.

 

[ffgiant]

Miami

Other schools are Not even close.

 

[Kirby]

Most Hall of Famers

Southern California - Marcus Allen, Morris (Red) Badgro, Frank Gifford, Ronnie Lott, Ron Mix, Anthony Muñoz, O.J. Simpson* , Lynn Swann, Willie Wood, Ron Yary*

Notre Dame - Nick Buoniconti, Dave Casper, George Connor* , Paul Hornung, John (Blood) McNally* , Wayne Millner, Joe Montana, Alan Page, George Trafton

 

[PizzaDeliveryGuy]

Miami

Other schools are Not even close.

The only objection I would have with that statement is that it isn't even remotely true.

 

[CrossEyed]

If we're talking all-time, let's put Pitt in this conversation.

QB - Dan Marino

RBs - Tony Dorsett, Curtis Martin, Ironhead Heyward

WRs - Larry Fitzgerald, Antonio Bryant

TE - Mike Ditka (That's right )

Now imagine, if you will, these skill players playing behind an offensive line that would consist of some combination of:

Russ Grimm, Mark May, Jimbo Covert, Ruben Brown, Bill Fralic, Jeff Christy, Mark Stepnoski, and Jim Sweeney

On the defense:

DL - Tony Siragusa, Bill Maas, Keith Hamilton

LB - Chris Doleman, Hugh Green, Rickey Jackson, Joe Schmidt (HOFer, for you young guys)

DB - Tim Lewis, Hank Poteat, Carlton Williamson, Steve Israel, Shawntae Spencer.

This team is admittedly a bit weak in the secondary, but it wouldn't matter because the offense would put up so many points.

ETA: Almost forgot.

Fred Cox (gotta have a kicker)

Marty Schottenheimer, Joe Walton and Dave Wannstedt (gotta have coaches)

Ralph Cindrich (players need an agent)

 

[jon_mx]

Historically, Notre Dame, Alabama, USC, and Ohio State are kings. In the 80's and 90's the Florida schools took over. It looks like it is headed back to ND, USC, and Ohio State as the football factories.

 

[BigFishBigTeeth]

Don't forget Texas

 

[jplvr]

Georgia players seem to have a fairly high success rate in the NFL, at least of late. Maybe it's just me. I have no research to back it up.

Georgia has put a ton in the NFL in the last 10 years or so. Seems like everytime you watch a game where players announce their school, Georgia is always mentioned... providing no one brings up their pre-school.My friends, some Auburn fans, some Alabama fans, pretty much all agree that Georgia would probably be our guess for top SEC school alum status amoung current players.

 

[NoFBinLA]

Miami

Other schools are Not even close.

The only objection I would have with that statement is that it isn't even remotely true.

 

[phillzphan]

The sad thing is I think Glenville High School in Cleveland could beat many college alum out there . Troy Smith, Ted Ginn, Donte Whitner and the creaters of superman...sick

 

[baronson]

i'm biased, but look at the NFL stars out of Syracuse:

QB - Donovan McNabb

WR - Marvin Harrison

ST - David Tyree

DE - Dwight Freeney

LB - Keith Bullock

SS - Donovin Darius

all are among the best at their position.

historically though, Syracuse is one of the best at producing stud RBs. other positions? not so much....