The 50 Greatest NFL Players To Emerge From a Non-Big Six Conference School

Submitted by podizz on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 08:14
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  1. Jerry Rice- Mississippi Valley State (SWAC)
  2. Walter Payton- Jackson St (SWAC)
  3. Joe Greene- North Texas (Sun Belt)
  4. Sammy Baugh- TCU (Mountain West)
  5. Deacon Jones- Mississippi Valley State (SWAC)
  6. Brett Favre- Southern Miss (Conference USA)
  7. Bob Lilly- TCU (Mountain West)
  8. Merlin Olsen- Utah St (WAC)
  9. Jack Lambert-Kent St (MAC)
  10. Night Train Lane- Western Nebraska Community College-Scottsbluff
  11. Sid Luckman- Columbia (Ivy)
  12. Chuck Bednarik- Penn (Ivy)
  13. Raymond Berry- SMU (Conference USA)
  14. Jim Thorpe- Carlisle Indian
  15. Gino Marchetti- San Francisco (WCC)
  16. Mel Blount- Southern U (SWAC)
  17. Terry Bradshaw- Louisiana Tech (WAC)
  18. Eric Dickerson- SMU (Conference USA)
  19. Willie Lanier- Morgan St (MEAC)
  20. Forrest Gregg- - SMU (Conference USA)
  21. Gene Upshaw- Texas A&M University–Kingsville (Lone Star Div II)
  22. LaDanian Tomlinson- TCU (Mountain West)
  23. Randy Moss- Marshall (Conference USA)
  24. Willie Brown- Grambling St (SWAC)
  25. Marshall Faulk- San Diego St (Mountain West)
  26. Darrell Greene- Texas A&M University–Kingsville (Lone Star Div II)
  27. Art Shell- Maryland Eastern Shore (MEAC)
  28. Willie Davis- Grambling St (SWAC)
  29. Kurt Warner- Northern Iowa (Missouri Valley)
  30. Larry Allen- Sonoma St (California Collegiate Athletic Association-Div II)
  31. Brian Urlacher- New Mexico (Mountain West)
  32. Jason Taylor- Akron (MAC)
  33. Michael Strahan- Texas Southern (SWAC)
  34. Terrell Owens-Tennessee-Chattanooga (Southern)
  35. Shannon Sharpe- Savannah St (MEAC)
  36. Ken Houston- Prairie View A&M University (SWAC)
  37. Marion Motley- Nevada (WAC)
  38. John Randle- Texas A&M University–Kingsville (Lone Star Div II)
  39. DeMarcus Ware- Troy (Sun Belt)
  40. Harry Carson- South Carolina St (MEAC)
  41. Elvin Bethea- NC A&T (MEAC)
  42. Tony Canadeo- Gonzaga (WCC)
  43. Rosey Brown- Morgan St (MEAC)
  44. Buck Buchanan- Grambling St (SWAC)
  45. Isaac Bruce- Memphis (Conference USA)
  46. Ben Roethlisberger- Miami OH (MAC)
  47. Adam Vinatieri- South Dakota St (Missouri Valley)
  48. Rayfield Wright- Fort Valley St (SIAC)
  49. Chris Johnson- East Carolina (Conference USA)
  50. Roddy White- UAB (Conference USA)
Author Comments: 

Conferences correspond to current alignment
The Independants (Notre Dame, Army, Navy, and BYU count as Big Six for this list's purposes