It is hard to consider someone underrated when you were a member of the only undefeated team in NFL history and were in your prime when you earned your two Super Bowl Rings, but this is what we have in Bill Stanfill.

A star at the University of Georgia, the Miami Dolphins chose him in 1969 with their 11^th Overall Pick.  Sacks may not have been an official stat back then, but the rookie had eight of them, and throughout his eight-year career (all of which in Miami), he was one of the game’s most feared pass rushers.  A Pro Bowl Selection as a rookie, Stanfill earned four more consecutively from 1971 to 1974, and during that period, he earned two All-Pro selections (First Team in 1972 and Second Team in 1973).  It was no coincidence that this coincided with the Dolphins’ back-to-back Super Bowls.

Stanfill’s peers always discussed how great he was, but for whatever reason, he has not been remembered like some of his other teammates, even those who did far less to earn those two rings.

Ray Wietecha played his entire 10-year NFL career with the New York Giants, where he was the literal centerpiece (he played Center) of a robust Offensive Line.  Helping the G-Men win an NFL Championship in 1956, Wietecha had strong individual seasons, earning four Pro Bowls and a First Team All-Pro nod.  In his last season (1962), he was named a Second Team All-Pro and arguably could have continued his playing career, but he elected to become a coach instead.

He would later win two Super Bowl Rings under the legendary Vince Lombardi as the Green Bay Packers Offensive Coordinator.

From Howard Payne, Ken Gray is arguably the best NFL player to ever come out of that small institution.  Gray played predominantly at Offensive Guard and was with the Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals for 12 of his 13 seasons, where he was a 6^th Round Pick in 1958.  Gray was a six-time Pro Bowl Selection and was twice chosen to be a First Team All-Pro.

E.J. Holub was an All-American at Texas Tech, where he was such a great player that the Red Raiders would later retire his number.  Drafted 6^th overall by the Dallas Texans in 1961, Holub played linebacker, and in the first five of his six years, he was an AFL All-Star and was named a First Team All-Pro in both 1962 and 1963.  In those two seasons, he finished sixth and third, respectively, in Approximate Value, a testament to his skill.

A member of the AFL Championship Team in 1962 with Dallas and 1966 in Kansas City, when the franchise relocated, Holub’s mounting knee issues saw him move to center, where he would play the last half of his career until he retired after 1970.  He won a third AFL Title in 1969 and a Super Bowl that year.