# Best college players from the other sport **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 20, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-college-players-from-the-other-sport/610155 "2012-01-20T18:19:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-college-players-from-the-other-sport/610155/21 "2012-01-20T23:49:51Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Tony Canadeo & Max Krause (neither is famous, but both are Pro Football Hall of Famers) The [former](http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CanaTo00.htm), “The Gray Ghost of Gonzaga”, is pretty well known in Wisconsin, anyway. 🙂 The [latter](http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/K/KrauMa20.htm) did attend Gonzaga, but isn’t in the Hall of Fame (it looks like he was mostly a reserve back for the Giants and Redskins in the 1930s). I think you may be confusing him with [Paul Krause](http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/K/KrauPa00.htm), the HoF safety who played primary for the Vikings – but he went to Iowa. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-college-players-from-the-other-sport/610155/22 "2012-01-21T02:17:41Z")
> [@mkecane](#): > > Jimmer Fredette - BYU Danny Ainge was, like Jimmer, the college player of the year, so this would be a toss up. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-college-players-from-the-other-sport/610155/23 "2012-01-21T02:49:21Z")
> [@mkecane](#): > > Jim Brown, Syracuse No. Syracuse was a football power in the 1950s and 60s, sharing a national championship in 1959 and producing top running backs like Brown, Ernie Davis, Floyd Little, and Larry Csonka. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-college-players-from-the-other-sport/610155/24 "2012-01-21T03:05:08Z")
UGA - Dominic Wilkins ---
**Author:** ![MentalGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MentalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MentalGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-college-players-from-the-other-sport/610155/25 "2012-01-21T14:08:33Z")
University of Kentucky - Art Still (Tim Couch did not do much in the NFL, but does still hold a lot of SEC passing records.) ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-college-players-from-the-other-sport/610155/26 "2012-01-21T21:52:44Z")
Marcus Pollard was a decent tight end for the Colts a few years ago. He went to school at Bradley, which doesn’t even have a football team. He played basketball for them. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-college-players-from-the-other-sport/610155/27 "2012-01-23T04:51:25Z")
Couple more “The Logo” Jerry West (West Virginia) Sir Charles (Auburn) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-college-players-from-the-other-sport/610155/28 "2012-01-23T15:18:21Z")
> [@MentalGuy](#): > > University of Kentucky - Art Still > (Tim Couch did not do much in the NFL, but does still hold a lot of SEC passing records.) George Blanda, whom I mentioned earlier, is the only Kentucky alumnus in the Pro Fotttball Hall of Fame. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-college-players-from-the-other-sport/610155.md?page=1)