Best college players from the other sport

The former, “The Gray Ghost of Gonzaga”, is pretty well known in Wisconsin, anyway. :slight_smile:

The latter 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, the HoF safety who played primary for the Vikings – but he went to Iowa.

Danny Ainge was, like Jimmer, the college player of the year, so this would be a toss up.

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.

UGA - Dominic Wilkins

University of Kentucky - Art Still
(Tim Couch did not do much in the NFL, but does still hold a lot of SEC passing records.)

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.

Couple more

“The Logo” Jerry West (West Virginia)
Sir Charles (Auburn)

George Blanda, whom I mentioned earlier, is the only Kentucky alumnus in the Pro Fotttball Hall of Fame.