From the University of Pittsburgh, McCoy was phenomenal with the Panthers, winning the Big East Offensive Player of the Year (2008) and parlaying that into a Second Round Pick to the same-state Philadelphia Eagles in 2009.

McCoy played his first six years with the Eagles, four of which would see the Running Back exceed the four-digit mark in Rushing Yards.  The “scat back” led the NFL in Rushing Touchdowns (17), Touchdowns (20) in 2011, and rushing yards in 2013 (1,607), and in both of those seasons, McCoy was a First Team All-Pro.  McCoy was a phenomenal player for the Eagles, but he was surprisingly traded to the Buffalo Bills in 2015.

McCoy, who went to three Pro Bowls with Philadelphia, did the same with Buffalo.  As he got older, his skills eroded, but he provided veteran presence on back-to-back Super Bowls, first with Kansas City (2019) and Tampa Bay (2020).

McCoy was named to the 2010s All-Decade Team and retired with an even 15,000 Yards from Scrimmage and 89 Touchdowns.

One of the more popular Atlanta Falcons of his day, Bill Fralic, was the second overall Draft Pick in 1985 and immediately caught the attention of the Falcons fanbase as an All-Rookie Selection.

Fralic went on to earn two First Team All-Pro selections and four Pro Bowls, and he was considered one of the top offensive guards of the late 1980s; even the legendary Dr. Z once said he was the best.  The former Pittsburgh Panther played four more seasons (three with Atlanta and one with Detroit) and was selected to the 1980's All-Decade Team.

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.

Marshall Goldberg was a major star at the University of Pittsburgh, and he would ply his trade well for the Chicago Cardinals.  Goldberg did it all in the early 1940s, especially in the 1941 season, when he rushed for 427 Yards, received passes for 313 yards, and was the top finisher in Kick Return Yards (290), earning him the league lead in All-Purpose Yards (1,236) and a Pro Bowl Selection.  He would finish fifth in All-Purpose Yards in 1942.

Like many NFL players, he served his country in World War II, and when he came back, he rejoined Chicago and helped them win the NFL Championship in 1947.  Historically speaking, Goldberg was one of the first Jewish stars of the NFL.