A Pro-Ball Compilation: 'Track Guys Gone Bad'
A look at professional ballplayers (NFL, NBA, MLB) with a track background.
by Heimo Elonen § = Track & Field News World-Ranked athlete. ¶ = Pro Football Hall of Famer.Amendments welcomed by the compiler. ¶ Jim Thorpe: HJ 196 (1912); 4th OG 1912
LJ 716 (1909); 7th OG 1912
Pen 1st OG 1912
Dec 8412 (1912; WR); 1st OG 1912
MLB 1913-19
APFA 1920-21
NFL 1922-28
Jim Rosenberger: 100y 10.2 (1910); 1st AAU 1910
220y 3rd AAU 1913
MileR WR 1911/IAAC
NFL 1921
Frank Coyle: PV 381 (1911); 1st AAU 1911, 8th OG 1912
NFL 1924-26
Sol Butler: LJ 752 (1920); 1st AAU 1920, 7th OG 1920
NFL 1923-26
Jim Bausch: Dec 8462 (1932; WR), 1st AAU 1932, 1st OG 1932
NFL 1933
Jack Torrance: SP 17.40 (1934, WR), 16.89 (1934, WR), 16.80 (1934, WR);
1st NCAA 1933-34, 1st AAU 1933-35, 1st FOT 1936,
5th OG 1936
DT 48.11 (1934)
NFL 1939-40
Sam Francis: SP 16.30 (1937); 4th AAU 1936, 4th OG 1936, 1st NCAA 1937
NFL 1937-40
Fred Sheffield: HJ 203 (1943); 1st NCAA 1943 & 1945, 1st AAU 1945
BAA 1946-47
Claude "Buddy" Young: 100y 9.7 (1944), 9.4w (1947); 1st NCAA 1944
100m 10.5 (1944); 1st AAU 1944
220y 1st NCAA 1944
LJ 2nd NCAA 1944
AAFC 1947-49
NFL 1950-55
§ Clyde Scott: 100y 9.6 (1948), 9.4w (1948)
110mH 14.0 (1948), 13.7w (1948); 1st NCAA 1948, 2nd OG 1948
NFL 1949-53
§ ¶ Ollie Matson: 100y 9.6 (1948); 4th NCAA 1951
200m 21.3 (1952); 2nd AAU 1952
400m 46.6 (1952); 3rd AAU 1948, 2nd NCAA, 1952, 3rd OG 1952
1600mR 2nd OG 1952/USA
NFL 1952-66
§ Billy Anderson: 120yH 13.8 (1949)
NFL 1953-54
Wilford White: Dec 6978 (1951/ wl-11); 5th AAU 1950
NFL 1951-52
Jesse Thomas: 120yH 14.3 (1951/ wl-11); 5th NCAA 1951
LJ 737 (1951/ wl-19)
NFL 1955-57
AFL 1960
§ Val Joe Walker: 120yH 14.1 (1951); 3rd NCAA 1952
NFL 1953-57
§ Clifton Anderson: SP 16.49 (1951/ wl-9); 5th NCAA 1951
DT 50.71 (1951/ wl-9); 3rd NCAA 1951
NFL 1952-53
Alex Burl: 100y 9.5 (1952); 5th NCAA 1954
100m 10.4 (1956); 2nd AAU 1952
220y 5th NCAA 1954
NFL 1956
§ Milt Campbell: 120yH 13.4 (1957; WR); 1st NCAA 1955, 1st AAU 1955
Dec 7937 (1956); 2nd OG 1952, 1st AAU 1953, 1st OG 1956
NFL 1957
§ Emery Barnes: HJ 204 (1952); 1st NCAA 1952, 2nd AAU 1952, 4th FOT 1952
NFL 1956
§ Bob Boyd: 100y 9.5 (1950); 1st NCAA 1950
NFL 1950-57
§ Eddie Macon: 200m 6th AAU 1952
400m 46.9 (1950); 4th AAU 1952
440y 47.1 (1951)
NFL 1952-53
CFL 1954-59
AFL 1960
Bob Carey: SP 16.45 (1952/ wl-15); 3rd NCAA 1951
NFL 1952-58
§ Walter Davis: HJ 212 (1953; WR); 1st OG 1952, 1st NCAA 1952, 1st AAU 1952-53
NBA 1953-58
Carroll Hardy: LJ 741 (1954)
NFL 1955
MLB 1958-67
§ Jon Arnett: LJ 754 (1954), 762w (1956); 6th AAU 1954, 2nd NCAA 1956
NFL 1957-66
§ Tom Jones: SP 18.00 (1955); 1st NCAA 1954, 2nd AAU 1954-55
NFL 1955
§ Roosevelt Grier: SP 17.15 (1955/ wl-9); 5th NCAA 1954-55, 6th AAU 1955
DT 51.97 (1955/ wl-20)
NFL 1955-66
Pete Retzlaff: DT 51.81 (1955/ wl-21)
NFL 1956-66
Carl Vereen: DT 53.48 (1956/ wl-18); 3rd NCAA 1955
NFL 1957
§ Ray Norton: 100y 9.3 (1958, 1959, 1960; WR); 5th AAU 1956, 1st NCAA 1959
100m 10.1 (1959; WR); 1st AAU 1959-60, 1st PAG 1959, 6th OG 1960
200m 20.5 (1960; WR), 20.6 (1960; WR), 20.81 (1960); 1st AAU 1959-60,
1st PAG 1959, 6th OG 1960
220y 20.6 (1960; WR); 1st NCAA 1959
400mR 1st PAG 1959/USA
NFL 1960-61
§ Glenn Davis: 100m 10.3 (1958)
200m 21.0 (1958)
400m 45.5 (1958)
440y 45.7 (1958; WR); 1st NCAA 1958
400mH 49.2 (1958; WR), 49.5 (1956; WR), 49.51 (1960); 1st OG 1956,
1st AAU 1960, 1st OG 1960
440yH 49.9 (1958); 1st AAU 1956-58
1600mR 1st & WR OG 1960/USA
NFL 1960-61
Lenny Lyles: 100y 9.5 (1957); 5th AAU 1957
220y 21.3 (1957); 4th NCAA 1957, 6th AAU 1957
NFL 1958-69
Angelo Coia: 100y 9.6 (1957); 7th AAU 1958
220y 21.1 (1958/ wl-11)
400m 46.7 (1960)
NFL 1960-66
Charles Hennigan: 440y 47.2 (1957)
AFL 1960-66
C.R. Roberts: LJ 755 (1957)
NFL 1959-62
Billy Cannon: 100y 9.5 (1958/ wl-10), 9.4w (1959)
AFL 1960-69
NFL 1970
John Farrington: 100y 9.5 (1958/ wl-10)
NFL 1960-63
¶ Bobby Mitchell: 100y 9.6 (1958)
LJ 754 (1958); 2nd NCAA 1958
NFL 1958-68
Marlin McKeever: SP 17.31 (1959/ wl-25)
NFL 1961-73
§ Ted Woods: 200m 20.7 (1960); 5th AAU 1960
400m 45.7 (1960); 1st NCAA 1960, 4th FOT 1960
CFL 1964-69
¶ Jimmy Johnson: 120yH 13.9 (1960); 1st NCAA 1960, 5th AAU 1960; Rafer's kid brother.
LJ 756 (1959/ wl-29)
NFL 1961-75
§ Frank Budd: 100y 9.2 (1961; WR), 9.3 (1961, 1961; WR), 9.36 (1961); 1st NCAA 1961-62
1st AAU 1961
100m 10.2 (1961); 5th OG 1960
220y 20.8 (1961); 1st NCAA 1961, 3rd AAU 1961
NFL 1962-63
§ Irvin "Bo" Roberson: 100y 9.5 (1961)
LJ 811 (1960); 3rd AAU 1959 & 1961, 1st PAG 1959, 3rd FOT 1960,
2nd OG 1960
AFL 1961-66
Amos Marsh: 100y 9.5 (1960)
100m 10.4 (1960); 8th AAU 1960
NFL 1961-67
Bernie Casey: 120yH 14.0 (1960), 4th NCAA 1960, 6th FOT 1960
NFL 1961-68
§ Luther Hayes: LJ 775 (1961); 2nd NCAA 1961, 4th AAU 1961
TJ 15.61 (1961); 1st NCAA 1960-61, 3rd AAU 1961
AFL 1961
Leroy Jackson: 100y 9.4 (1962); 3rd NCAA 1961
220y 20.9 (1962)
NFL 1962-63
Charley Frazier: 220y 20.8 (1962), 21.00 (1962); 2nd AAU 1961
AFL 1962-69
NFL 1970
§ Bennie McRae: 120yH 13.8 (1961); 4th NCAA 1961, 4th AAU 1961
NFL 1962-71
William Brown: SP 17.13 (1961)
NFL 1961-74
Bob Paremore: 100y 9.4 (1962)
NFL 1963-64
§ ¶ Bob Hayes: 100y 9.1 (1963, 1964, 1964; WR), 9.2 (1962; WR), 9.3 (1961; WR),
9.35 (1962); 1st AAU 1962-63
100m 10.0 (1964; WR), 10.06 (1964); 1st AAU 1964, 1st OG 1964
200m 20.5 (1963; WR); 1st NCAA 1964, 3rd FOT 1964
220y 20.5 (1963; WR), 2nd AAU 1962
400mR 1st OG & WR USA/1964
NFL 1965-75
§ Trenton "TJ" Jackson: 100y 9.4 (1961)
100m 10.1 (1964); 3rd NCAA 1964, 2nd FOT 1964
NFL 1966-67
§ Jerry Tarr: 120yH 13.3 (1962); 1st NCAA 1961-62, 1st AAU 1962
440yH 50.3 (1962); 1st NCAA 1962
440yR WR 1962/Ore
AFL 1962
¶ Gale Sayers: LJ 758 (1961)
NFL 1965-71
§ Homer Jones: 100y 9.4 (1962); 8th AAU 1962
220y 20.7 (1962); 3rd AAU 1962
NFL 1964-70
§ ¶ Mel Renfro: 120yH 14.0 (1962), 13.8w (1962); 2nd NCAA 1962
LJ 791 (1962); 3rd NCAA 1962
440yR WR 1962/Ore
NFL 1964-77
§ ¶ Paul Warfield: LJ 792 (1962), 799w (1963); 2nd AAU 1962
NFL 1964-77
Kermit Alexander: TJ 15.54 (1962); 1st NCAA 1962
NFL 1963-73
§ Billy Joe: SP 18.33 (1962); 3rd NCAA 1962, 5th AAU 1962; 1st black putter over 60-feet.
AFL 1963-69
§ Henry Carr: 100y 9.3 (1963); 2nd NCAA 1963
100m 10.2 (1964)
200m 20.3 (1964;WR), 20.36 (1964); 1st AAU 1964, 1st OG 1964
220y 20.2 (1964; WR), 20.3 (1963; WR), 1st NCAA 1963, 1st AAU 1963
400m 45.4 (1963)
1600mR 1st OG & WR USA/1964
MileR WR 1963/AzSt
NFL 1965-67
Odell Barry: 100y 9.4 (1963), 9.2w (1963)
AFL 1964-65
Travis Williams: 100y 9.3 (1964; wl-4)
100m 10.4 (1964)
NFL 1967-71
§ Don Shy: 120yH 13.4 (1966), 13.61 (1966); 2nd AAU 1966
Dec 7430 (1965); 6th FOT 1964, 3rd AAU 1965
NFL 1967-73
Justin Canale: SP 17.42 (1964)
AFL 1965-69
§ Richmond Flowers: 100y 9.5 (1965), 9.62 (1967)
120yH 13.3 (1968), 13.50 (1967); 2nd NCAA 1967, 3rd AAU 1967
440yH 51.8 (1967)
60yH-i 1st NCAA 1968
NFL 1969-73
Gene Washington: 120yH 13.7 (1967); 5th NCAA 1966
60yH-i 1st NCAA 1965
NFL 1967-73
Jeff Smith: SP 18.00 (1965)
NFL 1966
§ Jim Hines: 100y 9.1 (1967; WR); 1st AAU 1967
100m 9.95 (1968; WR), 9.9 (1968, 1968; WR), 10.0 (1967; WR);
2nd AAU 1968, 1st OG 1968
200m 20.3 (1967), 20.62 (1968)
220y 20.3 (1967), 20.71 (1967); 1st AAU 1966
400mR WR 1967/USA, 1st OG & WR 1968/USA
AFL 1969
NFL 1970
§ Tommie Smith: 100y 9.3 (1966); 2nd NCAA 1966
100m 10.1 (1966); 2nd WUG 1967
200m 19.83 (1968; WR), 1st AAU 1968, 1st OG 1968
220y 20.0 (1966; WR), 20.26 (1967); 1st NCAA 1967, 1st AAU 1967
400m 45.25 (1966), 45.2 (1968)
440y 44.8 (1967; WR)
LJ 790 (1966); 3rd NCAA 1966
440yR 1st NCAA 1965/SJSt
1600mR WR 1966/USA
AFL 1969
§ Ron Copeland: 100y 9.5 (1967)
120yH 13.5 (1967), 13.73 (1966); 1st NCAA 1966, 4th AAU 1967
110mH 13.8 (1967); 2nd WUG 1967
440yR 1st NCAA 1966/UCLA
400mR 1st PAG 1967/USA
MileR 1st NCAA 1966/UCLA
NFL 1969
¶ Elvin Bethea: SP 18.36 (1966); 3rd NCAA-i 1966
AFL 1968-69
NFL 1970-83
¶ O.J. Simpson 100y 9.53 (1967); 5th NCAA 1967
100m 10.3 (1968)
440yR 1st NCAA 1967-68/USC
AFL 1969
NFL 1970-79
Cecil Turner: 100y 9.4 (1967)
100m 10.3 (1968)
200m 20.8 (1968)
NFL 1968-73
§ Earl McCullouch: 110mH 13.2 (1967; WR), 13.43 (1967); 1st PAG 1967, 1st AAU 1968
120yH 13.3 (1968), 13.47 (1967); 1st NCAA 1967-68
400mR 1st PAG 1967/USA
440yR 1st NCAA 1967-68/USC
NFL 1968-74
Clyde Glosson: 100y 9.3 (1968)
100m 10.23 (1968); 2nd NCAA 1968, 5th FOT 1968
200m 20.1 (1968); 7th NCAA 1968
NFL 1970
Harold Jackson: 100y 9.4 (1968)
NFL 1968-83
J.D. Hill: 100y 9.4 (1968)
220y 20.6w (1968)
NFL 1971-77
§ Mel Gray: 100y 9.2 (1970); 4th NCAA 1969, 4th AAU 1969
100m 10.1 (1968)
220y 20.4 (1970); 2nd NCAA 1970
LJ 792 (1970); 7th AAU 1968
NFL 1971-82
Fair Hooker: 120yH 13.8 (1968); 7th NCAA 1968
NFL 1969-74
Ken Burrough: 100y 9.4 (1969)
NFL 1970-81
Larry Highbaugh: 100y 9.3 (1969); 7th NCAA 1969
220y 20.7 (1971)
CFL 1971-83 (HOF)
§ Gerald Tinker 100y 9.3 (1970), 9.51 (1973); 4th NCAA 1973
100m 10.1 (1972); 4th AAU 1972, 4th FOT 1972
220y 20.6 (1969); 8th AAU 1969, 2nd NCAA 1973
400mR 1st OG & WR 1972/USA
NFL 1974-75
Ron Jessie: 120yH 13.8 (1969)
LJ 789 (1969); 1st NCAA-i 1969
NFL 1971-81
Isaac Curtis: 100y 9.3 (1970); 2nd NCAA 1970
100m 10.3 (1972); 2nd AAU 1972
220y 20.8 (1970); 4th NCAA 1970
440yR 1st NCAA 1970/Cal
NFL 1973-84
§ Willie McGee: 100y 9.1 (1970; WR)
100m 10.1 (1972)
200m 20.6 (1972)
60y-i 3rd AAU 1971
NFL 1973-78
§ Herb Washington: 100y 9.2 (1972); 1st AAU-Jr 1967, 2nd AAU 1973
100m 10.1 (1973); 3rd AAU 1972
60y-i 1st NCAA 1970, 1972, 1st AAU 1974
MLB 1974-75
§ Paul Gibson: 100y 9.4 (1970)
120yH 13.4 (1971); 1st NCAA 1970, 5th AAU 1970
120yH 13.3 (1975), 13.87 (1975); unofficial, ITA.
NFL 1972
Willie Sojourner: HJ 214 (1970); 3rd NCAA 1970
ABA 1971-75
Clifford Branch: 100y 9.2 (1971)
100m 10.0 (1972); 5th NCAA 1972
220y 20.6 (1971); 7th NCAA 1971
440y-i 3rd NCAA 1971
NFL 1972-85
Terry Metcalf: LJ 788 (1971); 8th NCAA 1972; the father.
NFL 1973-81
Russ Francis: JT 79.17 (1971); 4th AAU 1971
NFL 1975-88
§ Larry Burton: 100y 9.3 (1974), 9.56 (1973), 9.1w (1973); 6th NCAA 1973
100m 10.2 (1972)
200m 20.37 (1972); 1st NCAA 1972, 4th OG 1972
220y 20.3 (1972)
NFL 1975-79
§ James McAlister: LJ 824 (1973); 3rd AAU 1972-73, 3rd NCAA 1973
NFL 1975-78
¶ John Hannah: SP 18.72 (1972); 7th NCAA-i 1972
NFL 1973-85
Karl Farmer: 440y 45.8 (1973); 2nd AAU 1973, 1st AAU-Jr 1973, 9th NCAA 1975
NFL 1976-78
Charles Romes: 120yH 13.8 (1973)
NFL 1977-87
Greg Coleman: 120yH 13.5 (1974)
NFL 1977-88
Wesley Walker: 100y 9.57 (1975)
220y 20.9 (1975)
NFL 1977-89
Kevin Williams: 100y 9.4 (1975)
100m 10.34 (1978); 6th NCAA 1978
400mR 1st NCAA 1978-80/USC
NFL 1981
§ James Owens: 120yH 13.57 (1975); 2nd NCAA 1975
110mH 13.46 (1978); 6th OG 1976, 1st NCAA 1977, 1st AAU 1977
NFL 1979-84
Nolan Cromwell: 400mH 49.5 (1976), 49.74 (1976); 8th NCAA 1975
NFL 1977-87
§ Johnny Jones: 100y 9.33 (1977)
100m 10.23 (1976), 9.9 (1977); 6th OG 1976, 2nd NCAA 1977
200m 20.67 (1977); 7th NCAA 1977
220y 20.1 (1977)
400m 46.16 (1976)
400mR 1st OG 1976/USA
NFL 1980-84
Raymond Clayborn: 100y 9.52 (1976)
NFL 1977-91
§ Curtis Dickey: 100y 9.3 (1976), 9.53 (1979)
100m 10.11 (1978); 2nd NCAA 1978
60y-i 1st NCAA 1978-80, 1st TAC 1980
NFL 1980-86
Laverne Smith: 100m 10.29 (1976); 7th NCAA 1976
200m 20.44 (1976)
NFL 1977
Lawrence Johnson: 100m 10.37 (1976)
200m 20.76 (1976)
NFL 1979-87
Robert Woods: 100m 10.1 (1976); 4th AAU 1976
200m 20.6 (1977)
NFL 1978-79
Darrin Nelson: 100m 10.44 (1980); 9th NCAA 1980
LJ 778 (1977), 795w (1977)
NFL 1982-92
Ron Ingram: 100m 10.31 (1981)
CFL 1985-88
Paul Lankford: 110mH 13.85 (1981)
400mH 49.55 (1981); 1st AAU-Jr 1977, 4th NCAA 1980-81
NFL 1982-91
Jeff Stover: SP 20.84 (1980); 1st AAU-Jr 1977, 5th NCAA 1978
NFL 1982-88
§ ¶ James Lofton: 200m 20.5 (1978), 20.83 (1978)
LJ 823 (1978); 1st NCAA 1978, 2nd AAU 1978
NFL 1978-93
§ Renaldo Nehemiah: 100m 10.24 (1979)
200m 20.37 (1979)
110mH 12.93 (1981; WR), 13.00 (1979; WR), 13.16 (1979; WR);
1st TAC 1978-80, 1st NCAA 1979, 1st PAG 1979,
1st FOT 1980
NFL 1982-84
Roland James: 110mH 13.5 (1979)
NFL 1980-90
Anthony Hancock: 110mH 13.68 (1980); 3rd AAU-Jr 1979, 6th NCAA 1980
NFL 1982-86
Sterling Hinds: 100m 10.27 (1982)
200m 20.61 (1982)
400mR 3rd OG 1984/Can
CFL 1984-85
Johnny Hector: LJ 797 (1982); 1st AAU-Jr 1979
NFL 1983-92
Mark Duper: 100m 10.21 (1982)
200m 20.77 (1980); 7th FOT 1980
400mR 1st NCAA 1981/NWLa
NFL 1982-92
Butch Woolfolk: 100m 10.40 (1981); 8th AAU-Jr 1978
200m 20.86 (1980); 6th NCAA 1980
NFL 1982-88
§ Willie Gault: 100m 10.10 (1982); 5th FOT 1980, 2nd NCAA 1982
200m 20.68 (1982); 5th FOT 1980
110mH 13.26 (1982); 2nd NCAA 1981-82, 1st TAC 1982, 3rd WCh 1983
400mR 1st WCh & WR 1983/USA
NFL 1983-93
Russell Carter: 400m 46.02 (1981); 6th TAC-Jr 1980
NFL 1984-89
Orlando McDaniel: 110mH 13.64 (1980); 2nd NCAA 1980
NFL 1982
Joe Delaney: 100m 10.2 (1981); died 1983 trying to save 3 kids from drowning.
200m 20.4 (1981)
400mR 1st NCAA 1981/NWLa
NFL 1981-82
Henry Ellard: TJ 16.73 (1986), 17.23w (1982); 8th TAC 1981, 7th NCAA 1982
NFL 1983-98
§ Michael Carter: SP 21.76 (1984); 1st NCAA 1981 & 1983, 2nd TAC 1981, 2nd OG 1984
DT 61.96 (1981); 2nd NCAA 1981
NFL 1984-92
Herschel Walker: 100m 10.23 (1982), 10.10w (1982); 3rd TAC-Jr 1981, 5th TAC 1982
NFL 1986-97
Vince Goldsmith: SP 19.46 (1981)
CFL 1983-90
§ Mike Miller: 100m 10.11 (1982); 3rd NCAA 1982, 3rd TAC 1982
200m 20.15 (1982); 3rd NCAA 1982
NFL 1983-85
Phillip Epps: 100m 10.24 (1983)
200m 20.19 (1982); 5th NCAA 1982-83
NFL 1982-89
¶ Darrell Green: 100m 10.08 (1983); 6th NCAA 1982
200m 20.48 (1982); 7th NCAA 1982
400m 45.9 (1983)
NFL 1983-2002
Vance Johnson: LJ 821 (1982); 1st NCAA 1982
NFL 1985-95
Stephen Starring: 110mH 13.86 (1983)
60mH-i 6th NCAA 1982
NFL 1983-88
Dokie Williams: TJ 16.81 (1982)
NFL 1983-87
§ Ron Brown: 100m 10.06 (1983); 2nd TAC 1981, 4th OG 1984
200m 20.74 (1984)
400mR 1st OG & WR 1984/USA
60y-i 1st TAC 1982
NFL 1984-91
Al Toon: 110mH 13.94 (1984)
TJ 16.65 (1983); 8th NCAA 1984
NFL 1985-92
§ Sam Graddy: 100m 10.09 (1984); 1st NCAA 1984, 1st TAC 1984, 2nd OG 1984
200m 20.30 (1985)
400mR 1st OG & WR 1984/USA
NFL 1987-92
Rod Barksdale: 200m 20.35 (1984); 6th NCAA 1984
400m 46.18 (1984)
NFL 1986-87
Johnny Thomas: 200m 20.56 (1984)
400m 45.91 (1986); 7th NCAA 1986
1600mR 1st NCAA 1985/Bayl
NFL 1988-96
Rod Jones: 400m 44.94 (1984); 9th NCAA 1986
1600mR 1st NCAA 1986/SMU
NFL 1986-96
Tom Newberry: SP 19.29 (1985); 8th NCAA 1984
NFL 1986-95
Terry McDaniel: 100m 10.35 (1985)
200m 20.67 (1986)
NFL 1988-98
Laron Brown: 200m 20.79 (1986)
400m 44.92 (1986); 6th NCAA 1985
NFL 1987
Danny Peebles: 100m 10.32 (1988)
200m 20.27 (1988); 2nd NCAA 1987
400mR 1st NCAA 1985/NCSt
NFL 1989-91
§ Rod Woodson: 100m 10.34 (1987)
110mH 13.29 (1987)
55mH-i 2nd NCAA 1985
NFL 1987-2003
Christian Okoye: DT 64.72 (1985); 1st AfrCh 1985
NFL 1987-92
Michael Timpson: 200m 20.23 (1986); 5th TAC 1988
110mH 13.80 (1988)
NFL 1989-97
Reyna Thompson: 110mH 13.56 (1986)
NFL 1986-93
Nigel Walker: 110mH 13.51 (1990); 4th ECh 1986, 4th BCG 1986
60mH-i 3rd WCh 1987
Rugby Union 1993-98
Eric Thomas: 100m 10.35 (1987)
NFL 1987-95
Tony Jones: 100m 10.26 (1988)
200m 20.28 (1987)
NFL 1990-95
Herman Moore: HJ 221 (1990); 3rd TAC-Jr 1987
NFL 1991-2002
Latin Berry: LJ 814 (1989); 5th NCAA 1987 & 1989
TJ 16.41 (1989); 1st TAC-Jr 1986, 6th NCAA 1988
NFL 1990-92
Deion Sanders: 100m 10.26 (1988)
200m 20.71 (1988)
MLB 1989-2001
NFL 1989-2004
Sammie Smith: 100m 10.34 (1988)
NFL 1989-92
Michael Haynes: 100m 10.35 (1988)
NFL 1988-97
§ Eric Metcalf: LJ 844 (1988); 1st NCAA 1986 & 1988, 1st TAC 1988; the son.
NFL 1989-2002
Ray Ethridge: 100m 10.33 (1989)
200m 20.71 (1989)
NFL 1996-97
Terrence Warren: 100m 10.30 (1989)
200m 20.42 (1992)
NFL 1993-95
§ Michael Bates: 100m 10.17 (1991); 1st WUG 1991, 8th FOT 1992
200m 20.01 (1992); 6th NCAA 1990-91, 3rd OG 1992
NFL 1993-2003
Shane Collins: SP 20.20 (1990); 1st NCAA 1990, 5th TAC 1990
NFL 1992-94
Raghib Ismail: 100m 10.34 (1991); the older bother.
55m-i 2nd NCAA 1991
CFL 1991-92
NFL 1993-2001
James Jett: 100m 10.16 (1992); 2nd NCAA 1992, 5th FOT 1992
200m 20.33 (1992); 7th TAC 1991, 2nd NCAA 1992
400mR 1st OG 1992/USA-h
NFL 1993-2002
Qadry Ismail: 110mH 13.60 (1991); 5th NCAA 1991; the younger brother.
NFL 1993-2002
Curtis Conway: 100m 10.28 (1992)
NFL 1993-2004
Jermaine Lewis: 100m 10.33 (1992)
NFL 1996-2004
James Trapp: 100m 10.14 (1992); 3rd NCAA 1992, 7th FOT 1992
200m 20.17 (1992); 4th NCAA 1992, 6th FOT 1992, 1st WCh-i 1993
NFL 1993-2003
Chris Sanders: 100m 10.25 (1992)
200m 20.42 (1994); 4th NCAA 1994
LJ 817 (1992); 7th NCAA 1994
NFL 1995-2001
Travis Hannah: 400m 45.17 (1992); 4th NCAA 1992
NFL 1993-95
Robert Smith: 400m 45.73 (1992)
1600mR 1st NCAA 1993/OhSt
NFL 1993-2000
Reggie Jones: 100m 10.25 (1993)
LJ 824 (1994); 7th NCAA 1993, 4th USA 1994
TJ 17.12 (1992); 2nd NCAA 1993, 3rd USA 1993-94
400mR 1st NCAA 1992-93/LSU
NFL 1995-2001
Brian Milne: SP 4th TAC-Jr 1992
DT 63.22 (1992); 1st WCh-Jr 1992, 1st NCAA 1993
NFL 1996-2000
Scott Turner: 400m 45.69 (1993)
NFL 1995-2003
Anthony Phillips: 100m 10.21 (1993)
NFL 1994-98
Percell Gaskins: HJ 227 (1993); 3rd TAC-Jr 1991, 1st NCAA-i 1993
NFL 1996-97
Jonathan Ogden: SP 19.42 (1996); 4th NCAA 1995, 1st NCAA-i 1996
DT 4th USA-Jr 1993
NFL 1996-2006
Patrick Johnson: 100m 10.26 (1995); 4th USA-Jr 1994, 8th NCAA 1995
200m 20.39 (1995); 3rd USA-Jr 1994
400m 45.38 (1995)
NFL 1998-2005
Ed Hervey: 200m 20.40 (1995); 5th NCAA 1995
400m 45.76 (1995)
CFL 1998-2006
Tyrone Wheatley: 110mH 13.77 (1995); 8th NCAA 1995
NFL 1995-2004
Alvis Whitted: 100m 10.07 (1996)
200m 20.29 (1996); 6th FOT 1996
NFL 1998-2006
Tony Simmons: 100m 10.25 (1996)
NFL 1998-2002
CFL 2005-06
Ronnie Powell: 100m 10.29 (1997); 7th NCAA 1997-98
NFL 1999
Jason Perry: 110mH 13.75 (1997); 8th NCAA 1997
NFL 1999-02
Brian Moorman: 400mH 49.77 (1998)
NFL 1999-2009
Sultan McCullough: 100m 10.17 (1999); 2nd USA-Jr 1998, 8th NCAA 2000
NFL 2003
Michael Bennett: 100m 10.18 (2000)
200m 20.66 (2000)
NFL 2001-09
Terence Newman: 100m 10.20 (2002)
60m-i 5th NCAA 2002
NFL 2003-09
Ahmad Carroll: 100m 10.34 (2003), 10.28w (2003); 7th NCAA 2003
200m 8th NCAA 2003
NFL 2004-09
Jabari Greer: 110mH 13.32 (2003)
60mH-i 1st NCAA 2003
NFL 2004-09
Samie Parker: 100m 10.18 (2003); 5th NCAA 2003
NFL 2004-07
Airese Currie: 100m 10.22 (2004)
CFL 2009
Jerome Mathis: 200m 20.32 (2004); 2nd NCAA 2003
NFL 2005-07
CFL 2009
Stanford Routt: 200m 20.44 (2004), 20.03w (2004); 2nd NCAA 2004
NFL 2005-09
§ Bennie Brazell: 400mH 47.67 (2005); 2nd NCAA 2002, 2004-05, 8th OG 2004,
4th USA 2005
400mR 1st NCAA 2002-03/LSU
1600mR 1st NCAA 2003 & 2005/LSU
NFL 2006
USA Rugby 2010 ...!
Jonathan Wade: 100m 10.21 (2002)
200m 20.58 (2002)
60m-i 8th NCAA 2005
NFL 2007-09
Joe Thomas: SP 19.03 (2005)
NFL 2007-09
Jamaal Charles: 100m 10.23 (2006); 5th NCAA 2006
200m 20.62 (2006); 7th NCAA 2006
NFL 2008-09
Brian Robison: SP 20.83 (2006); 2nd NCAA 2006, 4th USA 2006
NFL 2007-09
