Del Shofner was a two-time First Team All-Pro in the four seasons he was with the Los Angeles Rams, but the restructuring Rams traded their star to the New York Giants for a First Round Pick in 1961.  The Rams would draft Roman Gabriel, but the Giants did just fine with their end of the deal.

Osi Umenyiora is one of the most successful Defensive Ends in the history of Troy University, and the former All-Southland player helped put his old school on the football map.

Ward Cuff was a multi-sport star at Marquette, where he was a boxer, a javelin thrower, and a Back, who competed in the first ever Cotton Bowl.  The New York Giants only had use for the latter skill, and they drafted him in the Fourth Round of the 1936 Draft.

You could argue that Carl Banks is one of the most underrated players in the history of the National Football League.