From the University of Kentucky, Bob Talamini would play his entire nine-year professional career in the American Football League.  The first eight of those campaigns were with the Houston Oilers, where the Left Guard was a six-time AFL All-Star (1962-67) who played his way into three First Team All-Pros.  The Oilers were one of the powers of the league, and Talamini was a member of the first two AFL Titles (1960 & 1961), and after his run with Houston, he played one final year with the New York Jets.  

That year, he was part of the history making team that won Super Bowl III.  Not a bad way to finish your career!

Charley Hennigan went undrafted in both the NFL and AFL, but the Houston Oilers of the latter gave him a chance, and aren't they glad they did!

The Wide Receiver managed 722 Yards as a rookie, and he is credited with scoring the first TD in Oilers history.  He was a large part of Houston getting to the AFL Championship and subsequently winning it as he caught four passes for 71 Yards.  He wasn't going to sneak up anyone in 1961, but it didn't matter as he was unstoppable, leading the AFL in Receiving Yards and Yards from Scrimmage (1,746) and was so dominant in the month of October that he had 822 Yards, a record that stood for 34 years!  He set (and will forever hold) the single game Receiving Yard Game with 272 Yards.  The Oilers won their second AFL Title, which never happens without Hennigan.

Hennigan, who was an All-Star and First Team All-Pro in 1961, was an All-Star again perennially until 1965.  He would win his second First Team All-Pro in 1964, a season in which he would once again lead the AFL in Receiving Yards and Yards from Scrimmage.  After a steep decline, he retired after the 1966 season, but his dominance in the first half of the 1960s should never be forgotten.  We know that we won't.

Eddie George broke out as an upper-end Running Back immediately as the former Ohio State Buckeye and Heisman Trophy winner won the Offensive Rookie of the Year Award in the last year of the Houston Oilers' existence (1996).  That year, he rushed for 1,368 Yards, but that wasn't just the beginning; it was a pattern.

George relocated with the team to Tennessee, and the now named Titans inherited a star rusher.  From 1997 to 2000, George was a Pro Bowl Selection, and the lowest yard tally he had on the ground was 1,294.  His best year was in 2000, where he had a career-high 1,509 Rushing Yards, led the NFL in Touches (453), and was a First Team All-Pro for the first and only time.

While this was the end of George's Pro Bowl years, he still had plenty of production in him as he would accrue two more 1,000 Rushing Yard seasons before joining Dallas for one final year.

As a Titan, George had 10,009 Rushing Yards, 2,144 Receiving Yards with 74 Touchdowns.  The orginazation retired his number 27 in 2019, 11 years after he entered their Ring of Honor.

Taken in the Third Round in 1968, Elvin Bethea generated colossal value for the Houston Oilers, the only team that the star from North Carolina A&T ever played for in his 210 Games as a pro.

The powerful Defensive End would prove to be one of the top players at his position in the 1970s, going to eight Pro Bowls and recording 105 (unofficial) Sacks for his team.  As good as Bethea was a pass-rushing, he was also a certifiable run stuffer, and thanks to his durability, he often did.  Bethea did not miss a game until his tenth season (due to a broken arm), and his leadership on and off the field was also widely known.  

The Oilers retired his number in the year he retired in 1983, and along with George Blanda, he was part of the first class of the Titans Ring of Honor in 1999.  Bethea entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2003.