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While it can be argued that Andre “Bad Moon” Rison will always be best known for his tumultuous relationship with Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes (she infamously burned his house down), we here at Notinhalloffame.com think of Rison as a flashy Wide Receiver who backed up his smack talk.
One of the longest tenured players in NFL history (22 seasons), his career in that league began after going undrafted in 1983 and playing all three seasons of the USFL. Landeta was chosen for the All-USFL Team, and he would join the New York Giants in 1985, where he would win two Super Bowls, and was named to two Pro…
Bruce Armstrong would start all 212 of his games at Left Tackle in a career that was spent exclusively with the New England Patriots. Armstrong's career predated the Brady dynasty, so he is not as celebrated as he should be, but this is a six-time Pro Bowl Selection who was also a Second Team All-Pro twice. He was also a…
The 4th Overall Pick in 1977 from USC, Marvin Powell wasted little time affixing himself as the starting Right Tackle for the New York Jets. In 1979, Powell would begin a five-year run as a perennial Pro Bowl Selection, and in '79, 1981 & 1982, he was a First Team All-Pro. Without Powell's protection and presence, the offensive game would…
An SEC Player of the Year in 1939 with LSU, Ken Kavanaugh was chosen by the Chicago Bears the following year in the 3rd Round of the NFL Draft. The End would be a member of the dominant “Monsters of the Midway” where the won back-to-back NFL Championships (1940 & 1941), scoring a TD in the first one (which was…
The Dallas Cowboys had ideas for Mark Stepnoski when they drafted him in the 3rd Round from the University of Pittsburgh. Dallas converted him from Offensive Guard to Center, a position he had never played before; however, they did not rush him, easing him to the position learning from the incumbent, Tom Rafferty.
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Houston Antwine eschewed the Detroit Lions of the NFL for the Boston Patriots of the AFL, which appeared by all counts to be the correct decision.
A member of the NFL 2000’s All-Decade Team, Joey Porter had a very productive run in the National Football League, especially with the Pittsburgh Steelers where he won a Super Bowl Ring. The four-time Pro Bowl Linebacker fell two Sacks shy of the 100 mark and would be regarded as one of the dirtiest defensive players of his time, but…
John Niland won the starting job at Left Guard for good in his second season in the NFL (1967) with the Dallas Cowboys, and would then go on to stake a claim as one of the elite Offensive Guards in the National Football League. Niland would be named to the next six Pro Bowls and landed a pair of First…
From San Diego State, La’Roi Glover took a longer path for NFL stardom. He was a 5th Round Pick with the Oakland Raiders, but they would cut him a year later, and he would be picked up by the New Orleans Saints. In New Orleans, he became a star, and in 2000 he would be named a First Team All-Pro,…
One of the most successful Cornerbacks in Ohio State history, Antoine Winfield was an All-American who won both the Jim Thorpe Award and Jack Tatum Trophy in 1998, which propelled him to a First Round Pick where he landed in nearby Buffalo. The Bills used him as the third Corner as a rookie, but he was a starter thereafter and…
A member of the All-Time Pittsburgh Steelers team, Carnell Lake, would be named to four of his five Pro Bowls there, those four being consecutive (1994 to 1997). Used predominantly at Strong Safety, Lake would be A First Team All-Pro in 1997 and is one of the few Defensive Backs how had at least 15 Sacks and 15 Interceptions. Lake…
The Peanut Punch. Every week in the NFL, there is a contest where the announcer references those three words when a defensive player punches the ball out of a carrier’s arm, resulting in a forced fumble. It is part of the football lexicon and is practiced by every defender in football. It all began with Charles “Peanut” Tillman. From Louisiana-Lafayette,…
Although we imagine that Dave Krieg dreamed of throwing footballs in the NFL, it had to seem a million miles away when he was the backup Quarter back at the now defunct Milton College. Amazingly, he not only made the professional ranks, he was there for seventeen years.For the bulk of his career, Dave Krieg was the starting Quarterback with…
Ralph Neely was drafted by the Houston Oilers of the American Football League and the Baltimore Colts of the NFL, and he had secretly agreed to play for the Oilers (it was kept a secret so that he could play for the University of Oklahoma in the Gator Bowl).
From the legendary Matthews family, Clay Matthews III became a perfect fit for Lambeau Field. Matthews was a star Linebacker since the moment he began, earning a Pro Bowl selection in his rookie year and making five more since. Matthews has excelled at pass rushing and whenever you watch a game that featured Green Bay it is likely that Matthews…
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 in which he was he would primarily be used in his first four seasons. In that time span, he was a Pro Bowler and a First Team All-Pro…
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.
Duane Putnam was a 6th Round Pick by the Los Angeles Rams from the Pacific University in 1952, and by '54, he would establish himself as one of the premier Guards in the NFL.