Buford "Baby" Ray played college ball at Vanderbilt, and while no NFL team drafted him in 1938, he signed with the Green Bay Packers.  He played his entire career in Wisconsin, spanning 11 seasons.  Ray played primarily at Left Tackle, where he helped the team win the 1938 and 1944 NFL Championships.  He would be named by UPI as an All-Pro four times (one First Team and three Second Team) and would be a Pro Bowl Selection in 1939.

Ray was named to the NFL 1940s All-Decade Team.

There are only three seasons to draw from in the professional career of Gaynell Tinsley, but it was deemed good enough to get him an All-Decade Selection for the 1930s.

One of the great stars at LSU of the 1930s, Gaynell Tinsley, was a second-round pick in 1937, and he would dazzle as a rookie, where he led the NFL in Receiving Yards with 675, a record at the time.  Immediately, Tinsley became one of the NFL’s best receivers, a mantle he held again in 1938, when he ranked second in Receiving Yards (516) but led the league in Receptions.  He took 1939 off to focus on Baseball (he played in the minors), but he returned in 1940.  That comeback was short-lived as a torn ligament took him out, forcing him to end his season early.  He retired after that, but many considered him one of the best receivers of his era.

That fact alone should garner him Pro Football Hall of Fame consideration.

A member of the AFL All-Time Team, Jon Morris chose the Boston Patriots over Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers when both teams drafted him in 1964.

This was a bold decision to eschew Lombardi, don't you think?

Choosing the AFL gave Morris more playing time, but the Pats were far from the team they would become years later.  The 1960s Patriots didn't have many eyes on them, but those who did saw that Morris was a very good football player who helped block Jim Nance into two league rushing titles.  He was named an AFL All-Star in his first six years and was a Pro Bowl Selection the year after.  The center was also a First Team All-Pro twice and played 182 Games over his 15-year career.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were loaded with defensive weapons when they won Super Bowl XXVII and were an excellent team before and after.  The Bucs’ defense always gets the focus, and the offense is rarely discussed.  When it is, Mike Alstott is usually the first name that comes to mind.

Alstott was a vital cog of that Buccaneers team, and perhaps one of the last great Full Backs in the history of the game.  Alstott would go to six straight Pro Bowls (1997 to 2002) and was a First Team All-Pro in the first three.  He played his entire career with the Bucs, and he would score 71 Touchdowns with 7,372 Yards from Scrimmage, and could be the last great yard-accumulating fullback.