Top 50 Tennessee Titans
An original team in the American Football League, the Tennessee Titans, began their existence as the Houston Oilers.
The Oilers were the first power of the league, winning the first two Championships and losing the third title game. As the AFL merged with the NFL, the Oilers had flashes of greatness but were unable to make the Super Bowl.
The team would relocate to Nashville in 1997 and be rebranded the Tennessee Titans. Though they have yet to win a Super Bowl, they did make one, losing SB XXXIV to the St. Louis Rams.
This list is up to the end of the 2022 season.
Note: Football lists are based on an amalgamation of tenure, traditional statistics, advanced statistics, playoff statistics, and post-season accolades.
A star at Syracuse, Keith Bulluck was a late First Round Pick in 2000, where he was chosen by the Titans, who had big plans for the young Linebacker. Bulluck played primarily off of the bench in his first two years and would win the starting job at Right Linebacker in 2002. He would regularly be among the league's top tacklers,…
Ernest Givins was one of the best returners in the history of Louisville and was also a star Wide Receiver. The Houston Oilers used their Second Round Pick to obtain him, and he would become one of the best Wide Receivers in history. Givins had 1,062 Receiving Yards as a rookie, which was his career-high. That isn't to say that he considerably…
Very few people had a rookie season like Jevon Kearse. A First Rounder from Florida where he won the Bowl Alliance National Championship and was an SEC Defensive Player of the Year, Kearse was a beast as a rookie, winning the AP Defensive Rookie of the Year, and was also the AFC Defensive Player of the Year. The Defensive End led…
Ken Burrough was a First Round Pick in 1970, chosen 10th Overall by New Orleans. Burrough had a lousy rookie year, oft-injured and only recording 13 Receptions. The Saints decided to trade him to Houston, and while he didn’t do much as an NFL sophomore, the rest of the decade would become more productive. Burrough became a regular starter in 1972, and in…
Drew Hill played his first six seasons (one on the injured list) for the Los Angeles Rams, but they were nothing special, and none of which saw him crack 20 Receptions. This changed when he joined the Oilers in 1985. At age 28, Hill had his first four-digit Receiving Yard season (1,168). It would be easy to see this is a fluke,…
Derrick Mason did not play much in his first three seasons after Tennessee took him in the Fourth Round in the ’97 Draft, but he became a starter in 2000, and it initiated a long and consistent run as a close-to-the-top tier Wide Receiver. Mason was a First Team All-Pro as a Returner, leading the NFL in Punt Return Yards…
From Ball State, Blaine Bishop landed a job with the Houston Oilers, who took the Defensive Back with their Eighth Round Pick. He made the team as a rookie but would win a starter's role in his second season. As Houston’s starting Strong Safety, Bishop went to his first of three Pro Bowls in 1995, with the streak continuing as the…
A bust in his first two NFL seasons with Washington, Frank Wycheck signed with the Houston Oilers in 1995, who would soon relocate to Tennessee and become the Titans. It was in the Volunteer State that Wychek would find his groove. Wychek’s first two years as an Oiler/Titan was good, but his offensive production jumped in 1997, where he began a…
Kevin Byard is one of the most prolific defensive stars from Middle Tennessee State where the All-Conference USA star was a Third Round Pick in the 2016 Draft. In his rookie season, Byard would win a starting job at Safety, but if there was an award for Sophomore of the Year, Byard could have staked a claim for it. Byard was…
A First Round Pick from Illinois, Brad Hopkins was an All-Rookie for the Oilers in 1993 at Left Tackle. This would be his role for the franchise for the next 12 years. Hopkins played his entire career with the Oilers/Titans, starting 188 of his 194 Games. Twice named to the Pro Bowl (2000 & 2003), Hopkins was a dependable presence on the…
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Haywood Jeffires was a First Round Pick (20th Overall in 1987), but injuries and the depth chart held him to only nine Games with 138 Yards in his first two seasons. That changed in his third year. The Wide Receiver from North Carolina State had 47 Receptions with 619 Yards that year, and he became a top target for Warren Moon afterward,…
Kyle Vanden Bosch began his career with the Arizona Cardinals, serving four years there, but he is arguably best known for missing one complete season due to an ACL injury. Vanden Bosch joined Tennessee in 2005, and the change of scenery proved beneficial for the Defensive End. Vanden Bocsh played five years for the Titans, and in alternating years (2005, 2007…
From Purdue, the Houston Oilers drafted Greg Bingham in the Fourth Round of the 1973 Draft, which would be the only pro team that the Linebacker played for. Bingham started all 173 of his Games for the Oilers, recording 21 Interceptions with 14.5 Quarterback Sacks. Known for his all-out effort in every play, Bingham gave everything he had and was known…
There is a lot to unpack with Albert Haynesworth, but for a two-year period, he was in the conversation as the best defensive player in football. Haynesworth's ascendence to the upper rung of Defensive Tackles seemingly came out of nowhere despite being a First Round Pick (2002). Haynesworth only started five Games as a rookie, and while he became a starter…
George Webster was a beast at Michigan State, earning two All-Americans and a trip to the College Football Hall of Fame. The Houston Oilers grabbed him Fifth Overall in the first ever Common Draft between the AFL and NFL, and for the first three seasons, he was incredible as a pro. In the aforementioned time frame, Webster was named a First…
The first two years of Miller Farr's pro career could only be classified as "O.K.," as the Defensive Back from Wichita State was not a head-turner in his time with Denver and San Diego. Farr joined the Oilers in 1967, and for a three-year period, he was one of the best Corners in the AFL. Farr exploded with an AFL-leading 10…
There are a lot of “What ifs?” in sports, but in terms of the Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans, Al Jamison might have been the first but still the most appropriate. Undrafted out of Colgate, "The Assassin," as he was known for his punishing play, signed with the Oilers, winning the starting Left Tackle job as a rookie. Jamison was phenomenal, earning First…
They called the 1971 Draft the "Year of the Quarterback," as the first three picks were Jim Plunkett, Archie Manning, and Dan Pastorini, that last of which was taken by Houston. The Oilers of the early 70s were not the Oilers of the early 60s, and Pastorini did not have many talents around him. During his rookie season, he became the…
From Purdue, Cris Dishman did not play much as a starter in his first two years after being drafted in the Fifth Round in 1988, but the Cornerback became a starter on the left side in 1990, where he became one of the better Defensive Backs in franchise history. Dishman had a spectacular campaign in 1991, where he had six…