A star at the University of Indiana, Earl Faison elected to go to the San Diego Chargers in 1961, who drafted him in the 1st Round as opposed to the Detroit Lions of the NFL, who chose him in the 5th. Faison was an instant stud, using his sheer power to win the AFL Rookie of the Year. The Defensive End would earn First Team All-Pro in four of his first five years, only missing out on 1962 because injuries reduced him to only eight games. Amazingly, he was still named an AFL All-Star that year, and as you would expect, he was one every other year of his first half-decade in Pro Football.
As good as Faison was, back issues rapidly caught up with him, and the Chargers dispatched him to the Miami Dolphins, and his career was over shortly after. His career may not have lasted long, but few had that level of dominance.
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