From the University of Minnesota, Dick Garmaker was drafted (twice due to the strange rules at the time) by the Minneapolis Lakers, where the Guard translated his collegiate success as a Golden Gopher, where he was a 1955 Consensus All-American to his home state Lakers. 

After playing sparingly as a rookie, Garmaker blossomed in his second season, averaging 16.3 Points per Game, which was good enough for tenth overall.  Garmaker made the next three All-Star Games, again putting up solid scoring and shooting percentages, though he was far from a flashy player.  The Minnesotan helped the Lakers reach the 1959 Finals where they were swept by Boston, but that would be nearing the end of his stay with the Lakers.  He was traded during the 1959-60 Season to the New York Knicks, where he played only one full season.  It was a good year (15.6 PPG) and he had his best Field Goal Percentage (.440), but Garmaker abruptly retired after, rendering his career to only seven years.

From the University of Minnesota, Rick Upchurch came to the Denver Broncos in 1975, and like many Wide Receivers, he was used as a returner as a rookie.  This was the role he primarily played in his first four seasons.  During that time, he was a Pro Bowler and a First Team All-Pro Selection twice and was regarded as the NFL's premier punt returner.

While still returning on a regular basis, he would be used more as a Wide Receiver from 1979 to 1983, peaking with a 64 Reception Season in 1979 and finishing with 267 receptions for 4,369 yards and 24 Touchdowns.  Upchurch went to his third Pro Bowl in 1979, with his fourth coming in 1982, coinciding with a third First Team All-Pro selection.  Upchurch would have another 3,008 Punt Return Yards, with eight of them going into the end zone.

Are there enough Green Bay Packers in the Pro Football Hall of Fame?

No, there should be more...

Gale Gillingham was drafted from the University of Minnesota to the already loaded Packers team in 1966.  A member of the Super Bowl I winning team, he would play a more significant role in the Super Bowl II winning team as he was now the starting Left Guard.  That would be the end of his championships (though what a way to have your first two years!), but not the end of his memory-making moments in the NFL.  In the next six seasons, Gillingham would be a Pro Bowl Selection in five of those years, with two of them being named a First Team All-Pro.  He would be inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1982.

The New England Patriots would have a lot of talent wearing their uniform, but only one of them would have the nickname"Mr. Patriot."

The road to the pros was long for Cappelletti: he went undrafted in 1955 after an excellent college career at the University of Minnesota and played semi-pro for a few years.  The creation of the American Football League in 1960 would create opportunities, and Cappelletti signed with the Boston Patriots, where he was hired as a Kicker and Cornerback.  He found a perfect home on the East Coast, and over the 1960s, he became the team's permanent kicker and led the AFL in field goals three times.  That, however, was not the only job that Cappalletti would have for the Pats.

Cappelletti moved away from the defensive side of the ball and would also play at Flanker and Split End, and over his 11 seasons in Boston, he would accrue 292 Receptions for 4,589 Yards and 42 Touchdowns.  Four of his seasons would see him finish in the top ten in Receiving Yards.

Scoring TDs, Field Goals, and Extra Points, Cappelletti would retire by far as the franchise leader in points, though Adam Vinatieri has since eclipsed that.  He is, however, the All-Time leader in Points Scored for the AFL, a record we feel certain anyone, Vinatieri included, can never touch.

We would love to make a case for Karl Mecklenburg just for his nickname of the “Albino Rhino,” but we have always been a sucker for colorful (or in this case, not so colorful) nicknames.

For years, there was no argument that Karl Mecklenburg led the Denver Broncos defense.  He was a major factor in multiple playoff appearances, and he earned several individual accolades.  Unfortunately for Mecklenburg, he wasn't on the Broncos squad that finally pushed through to a pair of Super Bowl wins in the late 90s. 

The Denver Broncos seem to have little Hall representation from their early days.  Mecklenberg is honored in Denver in the Ring of Fame, but the Rhino is unlikely to be the next Bronco enshrined.