Taking some liberty and going back to the 70's and selecting a defensive player.
Lee Roy Selmon....
Lee Roy joined brothers Lucious and Dewey Selmon on the University of Oklahoma defensive line in 1972. He blossomed into a star in 1974, anchoring one of the best defenses in Sooner history.
The Sooners were NCAA Division I-A national football champions in 1974 and 1975.
Selmon won the Lombardi Award and the Outland Trophy in 1975. OU Head Coach Barry Switzer called him the best player he ever coached, and College Football News placed him as the 39th best college player of all time.
He was known as "The Gentle Giant." In the Fall of 1999, Lee Roy was named to the Sports Illustrated NCAA Football All-Century Team as only one of six defensive tackles on the squad.
Selmon was named a consensus All-American in 1975 and also in 1974 by Newspaper Enterprise Association.
His long list of achievements, in addition to the Vince Lombardi Award and the Outland Trophy, includes the National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete, GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-American and Graduate Fellowship Winner National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame.
His brothers Lucious and Dewey Selmon also were All-American defensive linemen for Oklahoma, and played on the same defensive line together in 1973. The fearsome trio is still regarded as the most famous set of brothers in OU history.
LeRoy was the first player selected in the 1976 NFL Draft (Tampa Bay).
Stats from wikipedia.
wil.
Lee Roy Selmon....
Lee Roy joined brothers Lucious and Dewey Selmon on the University of Oklahoma defensive line in 1972. He blossomed into a star in 1974, anchoring one of the best defenses in Sooner history.
The Sooners were NCAA Division I-A national football champions in 1974 and 1975.
Selmon won the Lombardi Award and the Outland Trophy in 1975. OU Head Coach Barry Switzer called him the best player he ever coached, and College Football News placed him as the 39th best college player of all time.
He was known as "The Gentle Giant." In the Fall of 1999, Lee Roy was named to the Sports Illustrated NCAA Football All-Century Team as only one of six defensive tackles on the squad.
Selmon was named a consensus All-American in 1975 and also in 1974 by Newspaper Enterprise Association.
His long list of achievements, in addition to the Vince Lombardi Award and the Outland Trophy, includes the National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete, GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-American and Graduate Fellowship Winner National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame.
His brothers Lucious and Dewey Selmon also were All-American defensive linemen for Oklahoma, and played on the same defensive line together in 1973. The fearsome trio is still regarded as the most famous set of brothers in OU history.
LeRoy was the first player selected in the 1976 NFL Draft (Tampa Bay).
Stats from wikipedia.
wil.
Michael Vick.
Almost single handedly led Virginia Tech to a National Championship, and even made FSU look foolish in the title game, but he was a one-man show for the most part.
I find it hard to find another guy who just toyed with teams the way he did in his short NCAA career over the last 20 years.
Almost single handedly led Virginia Tech to a National Championship, and even made FSU look foolish in the title game, but he was a one-man show for the most part.
I find it hard to find another guy who just toyed with teams the way he did in his short NCAA career over the last 20 years.
