A seven-time Pro Bowler who spent the majority of his career with the New England Patriots, Logan Mankins fought his way from being an undersized Offensive Lineman to a First Round Draft Pick to a First Team All-Pro Selection.  The former Fresno State Bulldog did not win the Super Bowl with New England but helped to protect Tom Brady to get his team to two of the big dances.  An exemplaray run-blocker, Mankins suffers the same problem as Raiders Lineman, Steve Wisnieuski, in that he was not on a championship team and does not receive pushes from their fan bases as less talented player who do have a ring.

Notably, Mankins was also a Pro Bowl selection seven times, including his final season, which was with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Making an instant statement with the Minnesota Vikings after being drafted ninth overall from Oklahoma State, Kevin Williams recorded 10 Quarterback Sacks in each of his first two seasons. 

The Defensive Tackle would become one half of the famed “Williams Wall” with Pat Williams for the Vikings and was named to the First Team All-Pro roster five times, including a four-year streak from 2006 to 2009.  In the latter half of the 2000s, Williams was the most complete DTs in football, with the ability to pass rush and stuff the run with equal ability.  He played with the Vikings until 2013, with a year in Seattle and one in New Orleans to close his career.

He would accumulate 63 Sacks and a whipping 129 in Approximate Value, but amongst the recent Defensive Tackles in football, his omission from serious Canton consideration is mindboggling.

While Justin Tuck is unlikely to get into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, his place in folklore in the place of New York Giants history is cemented.  Tuck was with New York for both of their Super Bowl wins over New England and a case could have been made that he should have been named MVP in both of those games.  He would record two Quarterback Sacks in each of those contests and he was arguably the best defensive player on the gridiron during those games.  Tuck would go to Pro Bowls in his career.

It would take Defensive Tackle, Jason Hatcher five years before he would start his first game in the National Football League and another year after that before he would become a regular starter but he would earn a Pro Bowl Selection with the Dallas Cowboys in 2013.