Offense
Source:
| Position | Player | Team(s) played for | College |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterback | Sammy Baugh | Washington Redskins (1937–1952) | TCU |
| Otto Graham | Cleveland Browns (AAFC) (1946–1949) Cleveland Browns (1950–1955) |
Northwestern | |
| Joe Montana | San Francisco 49ers (1979–1992) Kansas City Chiefs (1993–94) |
Notre Dame | |
| Johnny Unitas | Baltimore Colts (1956–1972) San Diego Chargers (1973) |
Louisville | |
| Fullback | Jim Brown | Cleveland Browns (1957–1965) | Syracuse |
| Marion Motley | Cleveland Browns (AAFC) (1946–1949) Cleveland Browns (1950–1953) Pittsburgh Steelers (1955) |
Nevada | |
| Bronko Nagurski | Chicago Bears (1930–1937, 1943) | Minnesota | |
| Halfback | Walter Payton | Chicago Bears (1975–1987) | Jackson State |
| Gale Sayers | Chicago Bears (1965–1971) | Kansas | |
| O.J. Simpson | Buffalo Bills (AFL) (1969) Buffalo Bills (1970–1977) San Francisco 49ers (1978–1979) |
Southern California | |
| Steve Van Buren | Philadelphia Eagles (1944–1951) | LSU | |
| Wide receiver | Lance Alworth | San Diego Chargers (AFL) (1962–1969) San Diego Chargers (1970) Dallas Cowboys (1971–1972) |
Arkansas |
| Raymond Berry | Baltimore Colts (1955–1967) | Southern Methodist | |
| Don Hutson | Green Bay Packers (1935–1945) | Alabama | |
| Jerry Rice | San Francisco 49ers (1985–2000) Oakland Raiders (2001–2004) Seattle Seahawks (2004) |
Mississippi Valley State | |
| Tight end | Mike Ditka | Chicago Bears (1961–1966) Philadelphia Eagles (1967–1968) Dallas Cowboys (1969–1972) |
Pittsburgh |
| Kellen Winslow | San Diego Chargers (1979–1987) | Missouri | |
| Tackle | Roosevelt Brown | New York Giants (1953–1965) | Morgan State |
| Forrest Gregg | Green Bay Packers (1956, 1958–1970) Dallas Cowboys (1971) |
Southern Methodist | |
| Anthony Muñoz | Cincinnati Bengals (1980–1992) | Southern California | |
| Guard | John Hannah | New England Patriots (1973–1985) | Alabama |
| Jim Parker | Baltimore Colts (1957–1967) | Ohio State University | |
| Gene Upshaw | Oakland Raiders (AFL) (1967–1969) Oakland Raiders (1970–1981) |
Texas A&I | |
| Center | Mel Hein | New York Giants (1931–1945) | Washington State |
| Mike Webster | Pittsburgh Steelers (1974–1988) Kansas City Chiefs (1989–1990) |
Wisconsin |
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Famous quotes containing the word offense:
“O, my offense is rank, it smells to heaven;
It hath the primal eldest curse upon ‘t,
A brother’s murder. Pray can I not,
Though inclination be as sharp as will;
My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent,
And like a man to double business bound
I stand in pause where I shall first begin,
And both neglect. What if this cursed hand
Were thicker than itself with brother’s blood,
Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens
To wash it white as snow?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“You who have condemned me, I know your kind. Your forebears poisoned Socrates, burned Joan of Arc, hanged, tortured all those whose only offense was to bring light into darkness.”
—Karl Brown (1897–1990)
“Comparatively, we can excuse any offense against the heart, but not against the imagination. The imagination knows—nothing escapes its glance from out its eyry—and it controls the breast.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)