Darren Sproles — Kansas State (Big 12) (2001-2004)
Names that come up when comparing all-time great football players to ever come from Kansas State include Jordy Nelson, Terence Newman and Larry Brown, but Darren Sproles has to be the greatest Wildcat ever. Sproles proved to be an outstanding offensive talent at Kansas State, where he broke dozens of school records, and he vaulted up NCAA records charts and was named an All-American. In the NFL, he kept it up, winning a Super Bowl together with the Philadelphia Eagles and being named to a first-team All-Pro twice and the Pro Bowl three times. Sproles still holds the league’s record for most all-purpose yards gained in one season, contributing 2,696 back in 2011 while playing for the New Orleans Saints.
Darren Sproles — Kansas State (Big 12) (2001-2004)
Dermontti Dawson — Kentucky (SEC) (1984-1987)
You might think Kentucky is a basketball school but over the years, it has produced a number of football icons like Art Still, Randall Cobb and George Blanda. However, the Wildcats’ GOAT honor goes to Dermontti Dawson, who played center and anchored the team in the mid-’80s. The average football fan may find it tough to judge the performance of a center in a game but Bill Cowher, the former Pittsburgh Steelers coach, has named Dawson as the all-time best player in that position, so we are taking his word for it. At Kentucky, Dawson lettered the four years he spent there but in the NFL, he became a star, spending his whole career with the Pittsburgh Steelers and eventually being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Dermontti Dawson — Kentucky (SEC) (1984-1987)
