An All-American at Syracuse, Daryl Johnston became the “Moose” in Big D when Dallas chose him with their Second Round Pick in 1989.

Johnston was listed as a Fullback/Running Back, but he was mostly a blocker and had far more yardage as a receiver.  Paving the way for Emmitt Smith, Johnston was integral in Dallas’s three Super Bowls in the early 1990s dynasty, and he parlayed that popularity into a broadcasting and executive career.

Johnston is never in the Pro Football Hall of Fame conversation, but to Cowboy Nation, he was a legend.  Many non-Cowboys fans will say the same.

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.

The Dallas Cowboys had ideas for Mark Stepnoski when they drafted him in the 3^rd Round from the University of Pittsburgh.  Dallas converted him from Offensive Guard to Center, a position he had never played before; however, they didn’t rush him, easing him into the role and letting him learn from the incumbent, Tom Rafferty.  

The Cowboys’ hunches proved right, and in 1992 he was chosen for five straight Pro Bowls and became part of one of the best offensive lines of the 1990s.  Protecting Troy Aikman and carving holes for Emmitt Smith, Stepnoski would help the Cowboys win Super Bowl XXVII and XXVIII before signing with the Houston Oilers in 1995.  He returned to the Cowboys in 1999 and played there for three more seasons before retiring.

Nate Newton was so big that he was called the “Kitchen," in reference to the fact that he was a more massive player than William "The Refrigerator" Perry.  Newton went undrafted out of Florida A&M but found a home in the USFL, where he played two years with the Tampa Bay Bandits and earned All-USFL Honors.

Now a seasoned professional, Newton signed with the Dallas Cowboys but continued to struggle with his weight.  In his 30s, Newton was at his best, going to six Pro Bowls and earning two First Team All-Pro selections, and he was a large (literally) part of the superb O-Line that helped Emmitt Smith rush his way to the Hall of Fame.  Big Nate would win three Super Bowl Rings with the Cowboys, and we are guessing that his ring size may have been the largest one ever created.

Darren Woodson arrived in Dallas as one of the Draft Picks acquired in the Herschel Walker trade, and the 2^nd Rounder from Arizona State wasted little time establishing himself as a force in the Cowboys Secondary, even though he was a Linebacker in college.  A member of the All-Rookie Team, Woodson aided Dallas to a win in Super Bowl XXVII and subsequently Super Bowl XXVIII and in the season after he would begin a three-year streak of First Team All-Pros and five year run of Pro Bowls.  This period would also see Woodson win his third Super Bowl (XXX).