Ozymandias
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Three that come to mind are Priest Holmes, Rod Smith and Kurt Warner.
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Weiner Dog
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Antonio Gates.
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London Fletcher.
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James Hall...
...yeah, I'm losing steam.
...yeah, I'm losing steam.
phillzphan
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mike bell 
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Drew Bennett.
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Antonio Pierce.
The Man With No Name
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Warren Moon
chuckmorris
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Drew Pearson
Dt's Mules
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heath shuler
The Shizzle
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Adam Vinatieri
RenegadeGM
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Bill Belichick.
mcjc4
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Unless someone else can name a HOF member, we have a winner!
PatytonsGhost
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this is what i found on nfl.com
Twelve players elected to the Hall of Fame were undrafted free agents out of college, including Warren Moon, one of this year's enshrines. Two of the twelve (Willie Brown and Jim Langer) were cut as rookies in training camp but still ended up being selected.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/9557566
willie brown http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Brown_(football_player)
jim langer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Langer
Twelve players elected to the Hall of Fame were undrafted free agents out of college, including Warren Moon, one of this year's enshrines. Two of the twelve (Willie Brown and Jim Langer) were cut as rookies in training camp but still ended up being selected.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/9557566
willie brown http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Brown_(football_player)
jim langer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Langer
GRIDIRON ASSASSIN
Footballguy
The no brainers (from the past dozen years) are Kurt Warner, Priest Holmes, Antonio Gates and Rod Smith. But there's also Willie Parker, Wayne Chrebet, Antonio Pierce, Adam Vinatieri and Adewale Ogunleye....
From FoxSports.com:
Four of the best undrafted free agents that have made a name for themselves in the NFL
1) Priest Holmes, RB, Kansas City Chiefs
Yes, Priest Holmes did go undrafted. It’s amazing no one took a gamble on this guy in the later rounds of the draft. The Baltimore Ravens signed Holmes in 1997 as a rookie from Texas. He played with the Ravens from 1997 to 2000 and became a Kansas City Chief as the starting running back. In Kansas City, Holmes became a household name. In his first season, Holmes became a Pro Bowler, being the first undrafted free agent to win an NFL rushing title since 1954. Holmes broke the single season touchdown record in 2003 with 27 touchdowns and has been considered an elite runner since coming to Kansas City. Sadly, Holmes has been plagued with injures throughout his career and we might have seen the end of Holmes’ career, due to a career threatening injury earlier this season. Words cannot describe the fact that Holmes went undrafted. The only word that comes to mind is “Wow.”
2) Antonio Pierce, LB, New York Giants
Pierce is easily one of the best middle linebackers in the NFL today. He is a leader on the field and a student of the game. Somehow, even with all these leadership skills and talent, Pierce went undrafted and was signed by the Washington Redskins. Coaches loved his talent and he played all 16 games as a rookie, mostly on special teams. Pierce started games throughout his career but was never a permanent starter. In 2004, after injuries hurt the Washington linebacking core, Pierce became a full time starter, opening the eyes of players, coaches, and fans all across America. He showed great talent and great instint on the field and was considered a top linebacker after the 2004 season. He signed with the New York Giants and has showed people he is no one hit wonder.
3) Kurt Warner, QB, Arizona Cardinals
Warner, one of the better quarterbacks in the history of the NFL (statically speaking) was, in fact, undrafted. He was signed by the Green Bay Packers in 1994 and played in the Arena Football League from 1995 until 1997. The St. Louis Rams signed him in late 1997 and in 1999, his first year as a starter, Warner lead the Rams to a Super Bowl victory. He won the MVP award and Super Bowl MVP award in 1999 as was considered an elite QB in the league. He was one of the reasons why “The Greatest Show on Turf” was so great: Warner has great accuracy and makes good decisions in the pocket. Warner has seen his share of injuries and has traveled from team to team in recent years. In recent weeks, as the quarterback of the Arizona Cardinals, Warner has put up fine numbers while his team struggles. Warner’s career may end soon, due to the fact he is an aging quarterback who cannot stay healthy, but his contribution to the Rams will never be forgotten. Warner is a classy guy and he will go into the history books was one of the better quarterbacks, statically, of all time.
4) Wayne Chrebet, WR, New York Jets
Chrebet may not be the flashiest receiver or the best receiver in the NFL, but he is definitely one of the toughest. Chrebet gives his all on the field: he suffered his ninth concussion earlier this year and will be forced to retire, but no one can match his toughness. Chrebet will do whatever it takes to help his team. He’ll take hit after hit, only to get back up again and do it all again. Signed by the Jets before the 1995 season, Chrebet was an undrafted wide receiver coming out of Hofstra University in New York. One has to admire Chrebet for his attitude and toughness. The man, no matter how hard he gets hit, is willing to do it again. He may not have the best numbers (41 career touchdowns and a career high of nine touchdowns) but he definitely has the heart and commitment. People should look up to Chrebet: the man simply does not give up.
Here are some more names from an AP story:
Undrafted Players Can Become NFL Stars
By Jerome Minerva
Associated Press Writer
April 24, 2006
Who says NFL scouts know everything? They missed on Antonio Gates, now considered the best tight end in football. They missed on Kurt Warner, who merely became a two-time NFL Most Valuable Player and an MVP of the Super Bowl. And on Rod Smith, who's fourth on the career yards receiving list among active players. All those players didn't go in the first round of the draft. In fact, they didn't go in any rounds.
Despite all the poking and prodding at the NFL Combine each year, players deemed too small, too slow or too injured invariably go on to become stars in the NFL after being passed over by personnel directors and general managers.
So who will be this year's Priest Holmes? **** Vermeil, for one, doesn't pretend to have the answer.
"You'd like to believe that we're all smart enough to draft them anyway, but none of us are, obviously," the former Chiefs coach said.
Holmes went undrafted in 1997 after an injury-filled career at Texas, but latched on with the Ravens as a free agent. After showing a glimmer of his potential, he signed with the Chiefs in 2001. Holmes went on to rush for a league-record 27 touchdowns in 2003, a mark broken last season by NFL MVP Shaun Alexander.
Vermeil, who won a Super Bowl with the Rams in 1999, said teams don't take it lightly when they miss on evaluating a player.
"I think every time someone misses on somebody that glaringly, they go back and evaluate their reports, evaluate the scouts that wrote the reports. They deeply evaluate the whole situation better and see where they made a mistake, or if they did," Vermeil told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.
"Many times there's little, mitigating circumstances that just prevented...You didn't think a guy would drop from a first-round pick (to) out of the draft. Maybe he drops to a sixth- or seventh-round pick. So, I think people do go and re-evaluate everything."
Warner may have the most improbable success story. Undrafted out of Northern Iowa, he played in the Arena Football League and then NFL Europe.
He finally got his shot in St. Louis when starting quarterback Trent Green went down with a knee injury in the 1999 preseason. Vermeil stuck Warner in the lineup, leading to a storybook career he's still writing in Arizona.
Warner was the league MVP in 1999 and 2001 and MVP of the 2000 Super Bowl, leading the Rams to a 23-16 victory over Tennessee. He also led St. Louis to the 2002 Super Bowl, where the Rams lost to New England 20-17.
Another two-time Super Bowl winner, Denver's Smith is the NFL's career leader in receptions (797), yards receiving (10,877) and touchdowns receiving (65) among undrafted players. At just 6-foot, 200 pounds, he's the only undrafted player to eclipse 10,000 yards receiving. The rap against Smith? He played at that non-football factory, Missouri Southern.
Chargers GM A.J. Smith says sometimes it's just a matter of luck. He should know.
San Diego was one of 19 teams vying for Gates, a college basketball standout for Kent State. Smith said the football gods were with him the day Gates' original agent, Eugene Parker, called him with the good news.
"You know, of all these 19 teams, we've decided that we're going to sign with you," Smith recalled Parker saying. "So, I've never stood at a podium and took credit for this. This is absolutely what you call luck. Period and simple. And sometimes it happens in this business. And the San Diego Chargers were very, very lucky."
Gates, an All-Pro, last season led NFL tight ends with 89 catches for 1,101 yards and 10 touchdowns.
Inspired by Gates, George Mason center Jai Lewis is the latest basketball player hoping to make the jump to the NFL.
For some teams, it's being in the right place at the right time.
Willie Parker will never forget the embarrassment of Senior Day at North Carolina in 2003. The Steelers' starting running back never set foot on the field for the Tar Heels that day against Duke, even with friends and family looking on.
As the story goes, Steelers scout Dan Rooney Jr. remembered Parker as a high school player in Clinton, N.C. He saw him at his pro workout day in Chapel Hill and lobbied the front office hard to sign him. Because Rooney stayed in touch with Parker, the player felt a certain loyalty to Rooney when it came to signing a free-agent contract.
With 4.28 speed, he was the only undrafted running back among the NFL's 16 1,000-yard rushers last season, and his 1,202 yards were the most by a Steeler since Jerome Bettis ran for 1,341 yards in 2000. It was his 75-yard scamper in February's Super Bowl that helped the Steelers join the 49ers and Cowboys with five Lombardi Trophies.
To this day, A.J. Smith is mystified how players such as Parker can get past talent evaluators.
"I've said this before: first-rounders are busts, and seventh-rounders and free agents have gone to Honolulu and the Pro Bowl," Smith said. "How in the world does this happen? It's a mystery of our business.
"A lot of times players do get better, and some of them get worse."
Undrafted players have also made their mark on special teams.
Regarded as the best clutch kicker ever, Adam Vinatieri's right leg helped New England win three Super Bowl titles in four years. The Colts signed Vinatieri in the offseason, hoping he can take them where Mike Vanderjagt could not.
New Orleans castoff Jake Delhomme found a home in Carolina after languishing on the Saints' bench. The quarterback has led the Panthers to the Super Bowl and the NFC championship game in the past three years.
Bears defensive end Adewale Ogunleye parlayed his pass-rushing abilities into a $33 million contract after he demanded a trade from Miami.
A.J. Smith said the art of scouting is a never-ending pursuit. The Chargers scour the Canadian Football League and the Arena Football League looking for the next Gates, Warner or Smith.
"That's part of the cycle of our business," he said. "The bottom line is: Keep looking for players and you never know when you're going to turn one over. That's what you do in scouting. You're always looking. You never know where they're going to come from."
From FoxSports.com:
Four of the best undrafted free agents that have made a name for themselves in the NFL
1) Priest Holmes, RB, Kansas City Chiefs
Yes, Priest Holmes did go undrafted. It’s amazing no one took a gamble on this guy in the later rounds of the draft. The Baltimore Ravens signed Holmes in 1997 as a rookie from Texas. He played with the Ravens from 1997 to 2000 and became a Kansas City Chief as the starting running back. In Kansas City, Holmes became a household name. In his first season, Holmes became a Pro Bowler, being the first undrafted free agent to win an NFL rushing title since 1954. Holmes broke the single season touchdown record in 2003 with 27 touchdowns and has been considered an elite runner since coming to Kansas City. Sadly, Holmes has been plagued with injures throughout his career and we might have seen the end of Holmes’ career, due to a career threatening injury earlier this season. Words cannot describe the fact that Holmes went undrafted. The only word that comes to mind is “Wow.”
2) Antonio Pierce, LB, New York Giants
Pierce is easily one of the best middle linebackers in the NFL today. He is a leader on the field and a student of the game. Somehow, even with all these leadership skills and talent, Pierce went undrafted and was signed by the Washington Redskins. Coaches loved his talent and he played all 16 games as a rookie, mostly on special teams. Pierce started games throughout his career but was never a permanent starter. In 2004, after injuries hurt the Washington linebacking core, Pierce became a full time starter, opening the eyes of players, coaches, and fans all across America. He showed great talent and great instint on the field and was considered a top linebacker after the 2004 season. He signed with the New York Giants and has showed people he is no one hit wonder.
3) Kurt Warner, QB, Arizona Cardinals
Warner, one of the better quarterbacks in the history of the NFL (statically speaking) was, in fact, undrafted. He was signed by the Green Bay Packers in 1994 and played in the Arena Football League from 1995 until 1997. The St. Louis Rams signed him in late 1997 and in 1999, his first year as a starter, Warner lead the Rams to a Super Bowl victory. He won the MVP award and Super Bowl MVP award in 1999 as was considered an elite QB in the league. He was one of the reasons why “The Greatest Show on Turf” was so great: Warner has great accuracy and makes good decisions in the pocket. Warner has seen his share of injuries and has traveled from team to team in recent years. In recent weeks, as the quarterback of the Arizona Cardinals, Warner has put up fine numbers while his team struggles. Warner’s career may end soon, due to the fact he is an aging quarterback who cannot stay healthy, but his contribution to the Rams will never be forgotten. Warner is a classy guy and he will go into the history books was one of the better quarterbacks, statically, of all time.
4) Wayne Chrebet, WR, New York Jets
Chrebet may not be the flashiest receiver or the best receiver in the NFL, but he is definitely one of the toughest. Chrebet gives his all on the field: he suffered his ninth concussion earlier this year and will be forced to retire, but no one can match his toughness. Chrebet will do whatever it takes to help his team. He’ll take hit after hit, only to get back up again and do it all again. Signed by the Jets before the 1995 season, Chrebet was an undrafted wide receiver coming out of Hofstra University in New York. One has to admire Chrebet for his attitude and toughness. The man, no matter how hard he gets hit, is willing to do it again. He may not have the best numbers (41 career touchdowns and a career high of nine touchdowns) but he definitely has the heart and commitment. People should look up to Chrebet: the man simply does not give up.
Here are some more names from an AP story:
Undrafted Players Can Become NFL Stars
By Jerome Minerva
Associated Press Writer
April 24, 2006
Who says NFL scouts know everything? They missed on Antonio Gates, now considered the best tight end in football. They missed on Kurt Warner, who merely became a two-time NFL Most Valuable Player and an MVP of the Super Bowl. And on Rod Smith, who's fourth on the career yards receiving list among active players. All those players didn't go in the first round of the draft. In fact, they didn't go in any rounds.
Despite all the poking and prodding at the NFL Combine each year, players deemed too small, too slow or too injured invariably go on to become stars in the NFL after being passed over by personnel directors and general managers.
So who will be this year's Priest Holmes? **** Vermeil, for one, doesn't pretend to have the answer.
"You'd like to believe that we're all smart enough to draft them anyway, but none of us are, obviously," the former Chiefs coach said.
Holmes went undrafted in 1997 after an injury-filled career at Texas, but latched on with the Ravens as a free agent. After showing a glimmer of his potential, he signed with the Chiefs in 2001. Holmes went on to rush for a league-record 27 touchdowns in 2003, a mark broken last season by NFL MVP Shaun Alexander.
Vermeil, who won a Super Bowl with the Rams in 1999, said teams don't take it lightly when they miss on evaluating a player.
"I think every time someone misses on somebody that glaringly, they go back and evaluate their reports, evaluate the scouts that wrote the reports. They deeply evaluate the whole situation better and see where they made a mistake, or if they did," Vermeil told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.
"Many times there's little, mitigating circumstances that just prevented...You didn't think a guy would drop from a first-round pick (to) out of the draft. Maybe he drops to a sixth- or seventh-round pick. So, I think people do go and re-evaluate everything."
Warner may have the most improbable success story. Undrafted out of Northern Iowa, he played in the Arena Football League and then NFL Europe.
He finally got his shot in St. Louis when starting quarterback Trent Green went down with a knee injury in the 1999 preseason. Vermeil stuck Warner in the lineup, leading to a storybook career he's still writing in Arizona.
Warner was the league MVP in 1999 and 2001 and MVP of the 2000 Super Bowl, leading the Rams to a 23-16 victory over Tennessee. He also led St. Louis to the 2002 Super Bowl, where the Rams lost to New England 20-17.
Another two-time Super Bowl winner, Denver's Smith is the NFL's career leader in receptions (797), yards receiving (10,877) and touchdowns receiving (65) among undrafted players. At just 6-foot, 200 pounds, he's the only undrafted player to eclipse 10,000 yards receiving. The rap against Smith? He played at that non-football factory, Missouri Southern.
Chargers GM A.J. Smith says sometimes it's just a matter of luck. He should know.
San Diego was one of 19 teams vying for Gates, a college basketball standout for Kent State. Smith said the football gods were with him the day Gates' original agent, Eugene Parker, called him with the good news.
"You know, of all these 19 teams, we've decided that we're going to sign with you," Smith recalled Parker saying. "So, I've never stood at a podium and took credit for this. This is absolutely what you call luck. Period and simple. And sometimes it happens in this business. And the San Diego Chargers were very, very lucky."
Gates, an All-Pro, last season led NFL tight ends with 89 catches for 1,101 yards and 10 touchdowns.
Inspired by Gates, George Mason center Jai Lewis is the latest basketball player hoping to make the jump to the NFL.
For some teams, it's being in the right place at the right time.
Willie Parker will never forget the embarrassment of Senior Day at North Carolina in 2003. The Steelers' starting running back never set foot on the field for the Tar Heels that day against Duke, even with friends and family looking on.
As the story goes, Steelers scout Dan Rooney Jr. remembered Parker as a high school player in Clinton, N.C. He saw him at his pro workout day in Chapel Hill and lobbied the front office hard to sign him. Because Rooney stayed in touch with Parker, the player felt a certain loyalty to Rooney when it came to signing a free-agent contract.
With 4.28 speed, he was the only undrafted running back among the NFL's 16 1,000-yard rushers last season, and his 1,202 yards were the most by a Steeler since Jerome Bettis ran for 1,341 yards in 2000. It was his 75-yard scamper in February's Super Bowl that helped the Steelers join the 49ers and Cowboys with five Lombardi Trophies.
To this day, A.J. Smith is mystified how players such as Parker can get past talent evaluators.
"I've said this before: first-rounders are busts, and seventh-rounders and free agents have gone to Honolulu and the Pro Bowl," Smith said. "How in the world does this happen? It's a mystery of our business.
"A lot of times players do get better, and some of them get worse."
Undrafted players have also made their mark on special teams.
Regarded as the best clutch kicker ever, Adam Vinatieri's right leg helped New England win three Super Bowl titles in four years. The Colts signed Vinatieri in the offseason, hoping he can take them where Mike Vanderjagt could not.
New Orleans castoff Jake Delhomme found a home in Carolina after languishing on the Saints' bench. The quarterback has led the Panthers to the Super Bowl and the NFC championship game in the past three years.
Bears defensive end Adewale Ogunleye parlayed his pass-rushing abilities into a $33 million contract after he demanded a trade from Miami.
A.J. Smith said the art of scouting is a never-ending pursuit. The Chargers scour the Canadian Football League and the Arena Football League looking for the next Gates, Warner or Smith.
"That's part of the cycle of our business," he said. "The bottom line is: Keep looking for players and you never know when you're going to turn one over. That's what you do in scouting. You're always looking. You never know where they're going to come from."
chuckmorris
Footballguy
Another undrafted HOF member:
**** "Night Train" Lane
The HOF website doesn't make it particularly easy to pull a list of undrafted enshrinees, and I haven't been able to find a full list of the 12 anywhere else either.
**** "Night Train" Lane
The HOF website doesn't make it particularly easy to pull a list of undrafted enshrinees, and I haven't been able to find a full list of the 12 anywhere else either.
Ozymandias
Footballguy
I don't know if Fuzzy Thurston was undrafted. I know he was cut twice by the Packers, and then went 7 times to the Pro Bowl and ended up in the HOF.
biggamer3
Footballguy
Hell Diablo
Footballguy
Curly Lambeau wasn't drafted.
Englishteacher
Footballguy
Bjorn Nittmo!
corpcow
Footballguy
Of the active players - Holmes included, for now - I think Rod Smith has to be at or near the top of the list. I'm a huge Willie Parker fan, of course :towel: and I think Pierce is a great MLB...
Smith has never really dominated, but he continues to impress and do it season in and season out. (Although it's hard to ignore Warner and Holmes with their accomplishments).
Smith has never really dominated, but he continues to impress and do it season in and season out. (Although it's hard to ignore Warner and Holmes with their accomplishments).
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[scooter]
Footballguy
Antonio Gates and Michael Lewis -- two Pro Bowlers who not only weren't drafted, but never even played college football.
Marcus Pollard is another guy didn't play college football and wasn't drafted.
On the flip side, Eric Swann didn't go to college either -- but that didn't stop him from being drafted 6th overall in 1991.
Marcus Pollard is another guy didn't play college football and wasn't drafted.
On the flip side, Eric Swann didn't go to college either -- but that didn't stop him from being drafted 6th overall in 1991.
Biabreakable
Footballguy
Priest, FWP, RS and KW. Basically, I agree if you add FWP into the top 2.
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nerangers
Footballguy
Found this list on the web (Link): Does not surprise me that Kickers tend to top the list of undrafted players to succeed. If the criteria was "productive" then a few of the names on the list should have been left off! lol
NEW YORK -- List of undrafted players who went on to have productive NFL careers:
ARIZONA CARDINALS: Kurt Warner, qb; Marcel Shipp, rb.
ATLANTA FALCONS: Brian Finneran, wr.
BALTIMORE RAVENS: Mike Flynn, c.
BUFFALO BILLS: London Fletcher, lb; Kelly Holcomb, qb.
CAROLINA PANTHERS: Jake Delhomme, qb; Nick Goings, RB.
CHICAGO BEARS: Adewale Ogunleye, de.
CINCINNATI BENGALS: Kevin Kaesviharn, s; Antonio Chatman, wr.
CLEVELAND BROWNS: Joe Andruzzi, ol; Phil Dawson, pk.
DALLAS COWBOYS: Mike Vanderjagt, pk.
DENVER BRONCOS: Rod Smith, wr; Matt Lepsis, ot.
DETROIT LIONS: Jon Kitna, qb.
GREEN BAY PACKERS: Samkon Gado, rb.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS: Adam Vinatieri, pk; Jeff Saturday, c; Gary Brackett, lb; Dominic Rhodes, rb; Nick Harper, s.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS: Priest Holmes, rb; Sammy Knight, s; Brian Waters, g, Casey Wiegmann, c.
MIAMI DOLPHINS: Olindo Mare, pk.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS: Pat Williams, dt.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS: Larry Izzo, lb; Randall Gay, cb, Stephen Neal, g.
NEW YORK GIANTS: Antonio Pierce, lb; Shaun O'Hara, c; Jay Feely, pk; Jeff Feagles, p.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS: Michael Lewis, wr/kr.
OAKLAND RAIDERS: Bobby Hamilton, de.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES: Jeff Garcia, qb; David Akers, pk; Hank Fraley, c; Greg Lewis, wr; Hollis Thomas, dt.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS: Willie Parker, rb; Dan Kreider, fb; James Harrison, lb; Jeff Reed, pk.
ST. LOUIS RAMS: Jeff Wilkins, pk.
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS: Antonio Gates, te; Eric Parker, WR.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS: Mack Strong, fb; Robbie Tobeck, c; Tom Ashworth, g.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS: Shelton Quarles, lb.
TENNESSEE TITANS: Drew Bennett, wr; Billy Volek, qb.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS: David Patten, wr; Mike Sellers, fb; James Thrash, wr.
NEW YORK -- List of undrafted players who went on to have productive NFL careers:
ARIZONA CARDINALS: Kurt Warner, qb; Marcel Shipp, rb.
ATLANTA FALCONS: Brian Finneran, wr.
BALTIMORE RAVENS: Mike Flynn, c.
BUFFALO BILLS: London Fletcher, lb; Kelly Holcomb, qb.
CAROLINA PANTHERS: Jake Delhomme, qb; Nick Goings, RB.
CHICAGO BEARS: Adewale Ogunleye, de.
CINCINNATI BENGALS: Kevin Kaesviharn, s; Antonio Chatman, wr.
CLEVELAND BROWNS: Joe Andruzzi, ol; Phil Dawson, pk.
DALLAS COWBOYS: Mike Vanderjagt, pk.
DENVER BRONCOS: Rod Smith, wr; Matt Lepsis, ot.
DETROIT LIONS: Jon Kitna, qb.
GREEN BAY PACKERS: Samkon Gado, rb.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS: Adam Vinatieri, pk; Jeff Saturday, c; Gary Brackett, lb; Dominic Rhodes, rb; Nick Harper, s.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS: Priest Holmes, rb; Sammy Knight, s; Brian Waters, g, Casey Wiegmann, c.
MIAMI DOLPHINS: Olindo Mare, pk.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS: Pat Williams, dt.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS: Larry Izzo, lb; Randall Gay, cb, Stephen Neal, g.
NEW YORK GIANTS: Antonio Pierce, lb; Shaun O'Hara, c; Jay Feely, pk; Jeff Feagles, p.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS: Michael Lewis, wr/kr.
OAKLAND RAIDERS: Bobby Hamilton, de.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES: Jeff Garcia, qb; David Akers, pk; Hank Fraley, c; Greg Lewis, wr; Hollis Thomas, dt.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS: Willie Parker, rb; Dan Kreider, fb; James Harrison, lb; Jeff Reed, pk.
ST. LOUIS RAMS: Jeff Wilkins, pk.
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS: Antonio Gates, te; Eric Parker, WR.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS: Mack Strong, fb; Robbie Tobeck, c; Tom Ashworth, g.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS: Shelton Quarles, lb.
TENNESSEE TITANS: Drew Bennett, wr; Billy Volek, qb.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS: David Patten, wr; Mike Sellers, fb; James Thrash, wr.
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Weiner Dog
Footballguy
Horn was drafted in the 5th-round of the '96 draft by the Chiefs. He then went to NO in '00 and promptly exchanged phone numbers with Willie Roaf's wife. Roaf, ironically, then left town and played with the Chiefs.
GRIDIRON ASSASSIN
Footballguy
Would you care to do the math on that one and rethink your claim? Deacon Jones was selected in the 14th round with the 186th pick.Fewer teams plus more rounds doesn't necessarily = wouldn't have been drafted today by the 224th pick in today's NFL - and that's assuming there are no compensatory picks.
http://www.drafthistory.com/years/1961.html
pghrob
Footballguy
Former Steeler great Donnie Shell was a free agent.
Yep, I was right....read from Wiki
Donnie Shell
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Donnie Shell (born August 26, 1952) is a former American Football strong safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League between 1974 and 1987. Shell was a member of the Steelers famed Steel Curtain defense in the 1970s.
Shell won four Super Bowls, and retired as the NFL strong safety career leader in interceptions with 51. He started eleven straight years for the Steelers and was selected to the Steelers All-Time Team, the College Football Hall of Fame, and to the NFL Silver Anniversary Super Bowl Team.
Early life
Shell attended college in South Carolina State University where he was teammates with future New York Giants and Hall of Fame linebacker Harry Carson and earned All-American and All conference honors. [1] He was signed undrafted by the Steelers.
NFL Career
Shell was a five time Pro Bowler between 1978 and 1982 and was the Steelers team MVP in 1980. He had been in the top fifteen in balloting for the Pro Football Hall of Fame once before, in 2002 but with no success. [2]
Shell resides in Rock Hill, South Carolina and is currently the Carolina Panthers Director of Player Development, a position he has held since 1994.
Yep, I was right....read from Wiki
Donnie Shell
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Donnie Shell (born August 26, 1952) is a former American Football strong safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League between 1974 and 1987. Shell was a member of the Steelers famed Steel Curtain defense in the 1970s.
Shell won four Super Bowls, and retired as the NFL strong safety career leader in interceptions with 51. He started eleven straight years for the Steelers and was selected to the Steelers All-Time Team, the College Football Hall of Fame, and to the NFL Silver Anniversary Super Bowl Team.
Early life
Shell attended college in South Carolina State University where he was teammates with future New York Giants and Hall of Fame linebacker Harry Carson and earned All-American and All conference honors. [1] He was signed undrafted by the Steelers.
NFL Career
Shell was a five time Pro Bowler between 1978 and 1982 and was the Steelers team MVP in 1980. He had been in the top fifteen in balloting for the Pro Football Hall of Fame once before, in 2002 but with no success. [2]
Shell resides in Rock Hill, South Carolina and is currently the Carolina Panthers Director of Player Development, a position he has held since 1994.
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