- Koren Robinson
Koren Robinson (born March 19, 1980 in Belmont, North Carolina) is an American football wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers of the NFL. He was drafted in the first round (9th overall) of the 2001 NFL Draft out of N.C. State by the Seattle Seahawks. He has also played for the Minnesota Vikings. Robinson's best season was in 2002, when his 78 catches and 1,240 yards receiving made him the second Seahawks player, after Hall of Famer Steve Largent, with a 1,200-yard season.
- Troy Brown
Troy Brown was selected by the Patriots in the eighth round of the 1993 NFL draft (198th overall) ... Placed on injured reserve (quadriceps) on Dec. 31, 1993 ... Waived (08/28/94) ... Re-signed (10/19/94) ... Re-signed as a restricted free agent (02/02/96) ... Re-signed as an unrestricted free agent (03/10/97) ... Re-signed as an unrestricted free agent (02/28/00) ... Re-signed as an unrestricted free agent (05/23/05) ...
- Gale Sayers
Gale Eugene Sayers (born May 30, 1943 in Wichita, Kansas), also known as "The Kansas Comet", was a professional football player in the National Football League who spent his entire career with the Chicago Bears.
- Maurice Jones-Drew
Maurice Christopher Jones-Drew (born March 23, 1985 in Antioch, California) is a current American Football running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars. He was drafted in the second round (60th overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft. Drew graduated from national football powerhouse De La Salle High School in Concord and played three years of college football at UCLA before declaring himself eligible for the NFL draft after his Junior year.
- Wes Welker
Wes Welker (born May 1, 1981 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is an American football wide receiver for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. He played collegiately at Texas Tech.
- Joey Galloway
Joey Galloway (born November 20, 1971 in Bellaire, Ohio) is an American football wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL. He was acquired in a trade with the Dallas Cowboys for receiver Keyshawn Johnson. He was originally selected with the eighth overall pick of the 1995 NFL Draft out of Ohio State University by the Seattle Seahawks.
- Desmond Howard
Desmond Kevin Howard (born May 15, 1970 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a former American football wide receiver, punt returner, and kick returner in the NFL. He played for the Washington Redskins (1992-1994), Jacksonville Jaguars (1995), Green Bay Packers (1996, 1999), Oakland Raiders (1997-1998) and Detroit Lions (1999-2002). Prior to his professional career, he attended the University of Michigan where he won the Heisman Trophy in 1991.
- B. J. Sams
Bradley Jamar Sams (born October 29, 1980 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American football defensive back and return specialist for the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL. His primary role on the team is as a punt and kick returner. He was an undrafted free agent out of McNeese State University in 2004. Sams suffered a broken leg against the Cincinnati Bengals and missed the remainder of Baltimore's 2006 season. On May 15, 2007, Sams was acquitted of driving under the influence.
- Rod Smart
Torrold D. "Rod" Smart (born January 9, 1977, Lakeland, Florida) is a former professional American football player. He has played in Super Bowl XXXVIII for the Carolina Panthers as a kick returner/running back, and has also played for the Philadelphia Eagles, the San Diego Chargers, and, most recently, the Oakland Raiders. Smart has played for the Canadian Football League Edmonton Eskimos, and infamously for the short-lived XFL Las Vegas Outlaws.
- Devin Hester
Devin Hester is a wide receiver and return specialist, who plays for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He is an alumnus of the University of Miami, where he became the first person in the university’s history to play on all three team’s of American football. Hester began his professional career with the Bears in 2006, and his since been recognized for his role as the team's return specialist. Dubbed as the "Windy City Flyer" and "Anytime", …
- Darren Sproles
Darren Lee Sproles (born June 20, 1983 in Waterloo, Iowa) is an American football running back and return specialist for the San Diego Chargers. He grew up in Olathe, Kansas. Sproles currently wears jersey #43 for the Chargers.
- Rashied Davis
Rashied Khalid Davis is an American football wide receiver for the Chicago Bears. He is an alumnus of San José State University. Prior to playing with the Bears, Davis played for the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League.
- Raghib Ismail
Raghib Ramadian "Rocket" Ismail (b. November 18, 1969 in Elizabeth, New Jersey) is a former professional American football player, playing wide receiver at the University of Notre Dame and in both the Canadian Football League and National Football League. Nicknamed "The Rocket", Ismail stood only 5' 11"(questionable) tall but had strong hands and blazing speed on a football field, making him exceptionally dangerous both as a kick returner and as a receiver.
- Dante Hall
Damieon Dante Hall (born September 20, 1978 in Lufkin, Texas) is an NFL kick/punt returner, and wide receiver for the St. Louis Rams. He was a fifth round draft pick out of Texas A&M University. Hall played high school football for Nimitz High School in Harris County, Texas (near Houston). He spent the spring of 2001 playing in NFL Europe for the Scottish Claymores. Dante Hall is known as the "Human Joystick" in the NFL for his moves during kick returns.
- Herb Adderley
Herbert A. Adderley (born June 8, 1939, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a former American football cornerback who played for the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at Michigan State University and was an All-Big Ten offensive star. While at Michigan State University, Adderly became a charter member of the Sigma Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
- Jermaine Lewis
Jermaine Lewis (born October 16, 1974 in Lanham, Maryland) is an American football wide receiver in the NFL. A star high school athlete at Eleanor Roosevelt High School, he was a two-time team MVP as a running back while also starring as a sprinter on the track team, setting a national high school record in the 200 meters in 1991. As a four-year starter at the University of Maryland College Park, Lewis set several Atlantic Coast Conference records, …
- Michael Turner
Michael "The Burner" Turner (born February 13, 1982 in Waukegan, Illinois) is an American football tailback who plays for the San Diego Chargers. He currently wears jersey #33 for the Chargers.
- Tremain Mack
Tremain Mack (born November 21, 1974) is a retired professional American football player in the National Football League. He played four years for the Cincinnati Bengals, primarily as a special teams kick returner. In 1998, he finished 2nd for in the AFC, with 1165 yards on 45 returns. Mack retired as the Bengals all time leader in kick return yards with 3,583.
- John Taylor
John Gregory Taylor (born March 31, 1962 in Pennsauken, New Jersey) is a former American football wide receiver with the San Francisco 49ers. Taylor attended Delaware State College and was a member of their football team, the Hornets. Taylor was a member of the 49ers teams that won Super Bowls XXIII, XXIV, and XXIX.
- Pacman Jones
Adam Bernard "Pacman" Jones (born September 30, 1983 in College Park, Georgia) is a cornerback and return specialist who currently plays for Tennessee Titans NFL franchise. After attending West Virginia University, Jones was drafted by the Titans as the sixth overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft. Jones has been suspended for the upcoming 2007 NFL season without pay for off-the-field personal conduct problems. The suspension will be reviewed after 10 games, …
- Nate Robinson
Nathaniel Cornelius "Nate" Robinson is an American professional basketball player who plays for the New York Knicks of the NBA. Robinson is one of the shortest players in the league, listed at (and measured at 5 in 7¾ in (1.72 m)), but with a vertical leap of, Robinson won the Slam Dunk Contest at the 2006 NBA All-Star Weekend.
- Antwaan Randle El
Antwaan Randle El (born August 17, 1979 in Riverdale, Illinois) is an American football wide receiver and punt returner for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. A quarterback in college, he is also occasionally called on to pass on trick plays, most notably in Super Bowl XL in which he threw a pass for a touchdown.
- Deion Sanders
Deion Luwynn Sanders (Born:August 9, 1967 in Fort Myers, Florida) is a former National Football League cornerback, Major League Baseball outfielder, and CBS Sports commentator. In April of 2006 he became a partial owner of the Austin Wranglers, an Arena Football League team based in Austin, TX. Sanders also works for the NFL Network, appearing on the Sunday night highlights show NFL GameDay. He played for the Atlanta Falcons, San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys, …
- Artie Owens
Artie Owens (born in Montgomery, Alabama;grew up in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) was an American football running back, return specialist, and receiver that played collegiately for the West Virginia Mountaineers. Owens was also a track runner for the Mountaineers. Owens also played in the NFL and also in the USFL.
- Cory Ross
Cory Ross (born September 22, 1982 in Denver, CO) is an American football Running Back for the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL. He was signed with the Baltimore Ravens as a rookie free agent on May 12, 2006. He went to college at the University of Nebraska. With the injury to B.J. Sams during the 2006 NFL season, Ross became the kick returner for the Baltimore Ravens.
- Tony Horne
Tony Horne is a former professional football player in the National Football League. He played the 1998, 1999, and 2000 seasons with the St. Louis Rams, where he was primarily used as a wide receiver and kickoff returner. In 1998, he finished fifth in the NFC with 1306 yards on kick returns, 892 in 1999, and a remarkable 1379 in 11 games in 2000.
- Qadry Ismail
Qadry Rahmadan Ismail, nicknamed "the Missile", (born November 8, 1970 in Newark, New Jersey)is a former professional American football player. Ismail grew up in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and attended Elmer L. Meyers High School. He then attended Syracuse University from 1989-1992 on a track & field and football scholarship. Some of his achievements while at Syracuse include 1991 All-American, All BIG-EAST First Team wide receiver and conference second-team kick returner.
- Lem Barney
Lemuel Joseph Barney (born September 8, 1945, in Gulfport, Mississippi) is a former American Football cornerback who played for the Detroit Lions.
- Wallace Triplett
Wallace ("Wally") Triplett (b. April 18, 1926) is a former professional American football player, the first African-American to be drafted by and play for a National Football League team. For that reason, his portrait hangs in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. With Dennie Hoggard, Triplett was one of the first African-Americans to take the field in a varsity football game for Penn State University.
- Eddie Drummond
Edward Lamar Drummond (born April 12, 1980 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a professional American football player for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. Although officially a wide receiver, he is best known as a kick returner.
- J.R. Reed
Hebert Lee (J.R.) Reed (born February 11, 1982) is a National Football League defensive safety for the Atlanta Falcons. He was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth round in the 2004 NFL Draft from the University of South Florida. Reed had an excellent rookie season in 2004 as a kick returner and was expected to get a full season at that position in 2005.
- Robert Ferguson
Robert Charles Ferguson (born December 17, 1979 in Houston, Texas) is an American football wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers of the NFL who was drafted in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He attended Texas A&M University. He has 111 career receptions for 1546 yards, and 11 touchdowns. On March 27, 2007 Packers.com reported that Ferguson was changing his jersey number from 89 to 87, which had most recently been worn by tight end David Martin, …
- Reggie Swinton
Reginald Terrell Swinton (born August 24,1975 in Live Oaks, Florida) is a National Football League punt and kick return specialist.
- Johnny Bailey
Johnny Lee Bailey is a retired American football running back. Bailey was drafted out of Texas A&I University in the 1990 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears. While at Texas A&I, Bailey was the first, and so far only, player to be a three-time winner of the Harlon Hill Trophy, which is given to the best player in Division II college football. He played for the Bears for two years before going on to the Arizona Cardinals for two years, …
- Eddie Payton
Edward Payton (born August 3, 1951 in Columbia, Mississippi) is a former American football running back and kick returner who played five seasons in the NFL from 1977 to 1982 for the Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Kansas City Chiefs and Minnesota Vikings. He also played in the Canadian Football League. He is the older brother of the late Chicago Bears great Walter Payton. Payton played college football at Jackson State University and signed undrafted by the Browns.
- Antonio Chatman
Antonio Tavaras Chatman (born February 12, 1979 in Jackson, Alabama) is an American football wide receiver who currently plays for the Cincinnati Bengals. He attended the University of Cincinnati. Chatman signed as an undrafted free agent with the San Francisco 49ers of the NFL but was soon released. He then joined the Chicago Rush of the AFL in 2002. After two weeks on the bench behind offensive specialist Joe Douglass, …
- Jon Arnett
Jon Dwane Arnett (born April 20, 1935 in Los Angeles) was a first-team All-American out of USC and Manual Arts Senior High School.
- Brian Mitchell
Brian Keith Mitchell (born August 18, 1968 in Fort Polk, Louisiana) is a former American football player who played running back for the Washington Redskins (1990-1999), and later the Philadelphia Eagles (2000-2002) and New York Giants (2003). He was well known as a kick returner, and is the NFL's second all time leader in total yardage (23,316), thanks in large part to his 14,014 yards from kickoff returns and his 4,999 punt return yards. Both are NFL records.
- Jeremy Bloom
Jeremy Ryan Bloom (born April 2, 1982 in Fort Collins, Colorado) is an American Olympic skier, fashion model, VJ, and an American football player for the Philadelphia Eagles.
- Clem Daniels
Clem Daniels (born July 9, 1937) was an American college and professional football player. At Prairie View A&M University, he was voted to All-Conference honors during his sophomore and junior years, and captained the NAIA National Championship team in his senior year. He was voted into Prairie View's Hall of Fame in 1992 and the California Black Athletic Hall of Fame in 1993. Daniels was drafted in 1960 by the American Football League's Dallas Texans.