Osi Umenyiora is one of the most successful Defensive Ends in the history of Troy University, and the former All-Southland player helped put his old school on the football map.

Ward Cuff was a multi-sport star at Marquette, where he was a boxer, a javelin thrower, and a Back, who competed in the first ever Cotton Bowl.  The New York Giants only had use for the latter skill, and they drafted him in the Fourth Round of the 1936 Draft.

You could argue that Carl Banks is one of the most underrated players in the history of the National Football League.

One of the most successful football players to come out of Dayton, Jim Katcavage, was drafted by the New York Giants in 1956, which would be the only team that he ever played for on the professional level.