Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB.  Once that is done, we will examine how each team honors its past players, coaches, and executives.  This will eventually extend to college sports.  As such, it is important to us that Utah State retire Bobby Wagner's number 9 this upcoming season.

The extraordinary Defensive Back was a three-time First Team WAC Selection, and carried the Aggies to their first bowl appearance in 23 years.  He had 445 Combined Tackles, 28.5 Tackles for Loss, 4.5 Sacks and 4 Interceptions over his college career.

Wagner is only the third former Aggie to earn this accolade, as he joins Merlin Olsen and Elmer Ward.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Bobby Wagner for his impending honor.

There are a lot of improbable runs to getting a Super Bowl Ring, but you might be hard-pressed to find a more unlikely one than Cornell Green.

Green was a star at Utah State, but it was in basketball.  He never even played college football, and the Chicago Zephyrs of the NBA drafted him.  The Dallas Cowboys would, however, express interest after hearing great things about his overall athletic ability from the Aggies Head Coach, and he was offered a spot in training camp.  Green thought it was just a chance to earn $1,000 for participating, but he not only made the team; he also started cornerback in his third game and went on to the All-Rookie Team.

Green was a natural football player.  In 1965, he went to what would be his first of five Pro Bowls, and a First Team All-Pro selection came his way on three occasions.  A member of the Cowboys’ first Super Bowl win (Super Bowl VI), Green would ball hawk on 34 times, including a pair of seven-pick campaigns.  While he doesn’t receive Hall of Fame consideration in most circles, would an induction conclude one of the more improbable careers gridiron ever?

It would have to be!