- Steve Tasker
Steven Jay Tasker (born April 10, 1962 in Smith Center, Kansas) is a former American football wide receiver who played for the Houston Oilers and the Buffalo Bills of the NFL. He was drafted out of Northwestern University, where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, by the Oilers in the ninth round (226th overall) of the 1985 NFL Draft. Although he was listed as a wide 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.
- Gregg Williams
Gregg Williams (born July 15, 1958) is the Assistant Head Coach - Defense of the Washington Redskins and the former head coach of the Buffalo Bills from 2001-2003. Though not successful as a head coach, he is widely viewed as one of the top defensive minds in football. Williams is known for crafting top-ranked defenses using "no-name" defensive players. Williams was an assistant coach for the University of Houston under former Redskins head coach, Jack Pardee.
- Rich Rodriguez
Rich Rodriguez (b. May 24, 1963 in Grant Town, West Virginia) is the current head football coach at West Virginia University. Rodriguez is the 31st head football coach of the WVU Mountaineers and is also a 1986 alumnus of the University. He is one of only a handful of Coaches that are coaching as alumni.
- Keith Davis
Keith Davis (born December 30, 1978 in Italy, Texas) is an American football safety for the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL. He was signed as an undrafted free agent out of Sam Houston State University. He was also a member of the 2004 World Bowl Champion Berlin Thunder of NFL Europe. Davis, who normally plays at the free safety position, has often played a starting role since joining the Cowboys, but is largely seen as merely an adequate free safety; instead, …
- Selvin Young
Selvin Young (born October 1, 1983 in Houston, Texas) is an American football player for the Denver Broncos. He signed as an undrafted free agent for the team in April 2007. Prior to that, he was a fifth year senior running back for The University of Texas Longhorns college football team during their 2006 season. He was also a starter for their 2005 National Championship Team. Young attended Jersey Village High School in Houston where he saw action at running back, …
- R. W. McQuarters
Robert William McQuarters, II (born December 21, 1976 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American football cornerback for the New York Giants of the NFL. He was originally selected with the 28th overall pick of the first round of the 1998 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers out of Oklahoma State University. He has also played for the Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions and most recently with the New York Giants.
- Mike Westhoff
Mike Westhoff is currently the special teams coach for the New York Jets. Westhoff joined the Jets staff in 2001 after spending the previous 15 seasons in a similar capacity with the Miami Dolphins. He currently uses a cane on the practice field and in games.
- Deshea Townsend
Trevor Deshea Townsend (born September 8, 1975) is a defensive back who is currently playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers. A native of Batesville, Mississippi, he played college football at the University of Alabama. An eight year veteran of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Townsend grew from a special teams player and nickel back into a solid starter for the Steelers at cornerback. Townsend is known for his outside speed as a pass rusher.
- Sean Considine
Sean Considine, is a National Football League safety for the Philadelphia Eagles. He is a second-year player out of the University of Iowa. Considine was a walk-on starter who worked his way up to an honorable mention in the All-Big Ten team his senior year. Considine spent the early part of his 2005 rookie season working on special teams but suffered a shoulder injury and went down for the rest of the season.
- Rashad Washington
Rashad Washington (born March 15, 1980 in Wichita, Kansas) is an American football player who currently plays safety for the New York Jets. While attending Kansas State University, he played in 49 games (38 on defense and 11 on offense) with 28 starts. On defense, he finished with 195 tackles, three sacks, three fumble recoveries, three forced fumbles, three interceptions, and two touchdowns.
- Danny Clark
Danny Clark IV (born May 9, 1977 in Blue Island, Illinois) is an American football player and a middle linebacker with the Houston Texans of the National Football League. He was released by the Oakland Raiders prior to the 2006 season and signed with the Saints, whom he played for one year before signing with Houston in 2007. Clark was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the seventh round of the 2000 NFL Draft, with the 245th overall selection.
- Quintin Mikell
Quintin Mikell (born September 16, 1980) is a professional American football player, a defensive back for the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles. Mikell joined the Eagles as an undrafted free agent out of Boise State University in 2003. He was a backup safety behind Pro Bowlers Michael Lewis and Brian Dawkins for the 2004 NFC Championship team and played in Super Bowl XXXIX. Mikell played high school football for the Willamette Wolverines in Eugene, Oregon.
- Chris Carr
Chris Carr (born April 30, 1983 in Reno, Nevada) is a National Football League cornerback and return specialist who currently plays for the Oakland Raiders. His main contribution to the team however is as a kick/punt returner on special teams. He played at Boise State and was signed by the Raiders in 2005 as an undrafted free agent. He played in all 16 games in the 2005 NFL season for the Raiders, and had seven tackles, two assists and two pass deflections.
- Dan Klecko
Dan Klecko (born January 12, 1981) is an American football player for the Indianapolis Colts in the National Football League. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the fourth round (117th pick overall) in the 2003 Draft. Klecko has also been a versatile player; he graduated from Marlboro High School, and then Temple University as an accomplished defensive lineman but was moved to linebacker in the summer of 2004. 1 He has also seen time on special teams, …
- Coy Wire
Coy Wire (born November 7, 1978 in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania) is an American football safety who plays for the Buffalo Bills. He played high school football for Cedar Cliff High School. After his NCAA career with Stanford, Coy was drafted by the Bills in the 3rd round of the 2002 NFL Draft. Although he played multiple positions in college--running back and outside linebacker--the Bills converted Wire to strong safety. At 6'1, 217 lb., he doesn't have ideal linebacker size, …
- Tracy White
Tracy Donnel White (born April 14, 1981 in Charleston, South Carolina) is an American football player who is on the Green Bay Packers. He attended Timberland High School in St. Stephen, South Carolina. He played linebacker and kicker on the football team. He also participated in wrestling and track and field. He started all 44 games played at Howard University and led the team each season in tackles, becoming the school's all-time leader with 500, …
- Corey Ivy
Corey Terrell Ivy (born March 29, 1977 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American football cornerback for the Baltimore Ravens. He is most well known for being a good special teams player with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He led the XFL in interceptions in the league's one year of play. He has 4 years of NFL experience out of the University of Oklahoma. He has played in 54 games throughout his career recording 91 tackles, 1 sack, and 2 recovered fumbles.
- Keith Lewis
Keith D'Andre Lewis (born on October 20, 1981 in Sacramento, California) is a safety in the NFL. He went to the University of Oregon. He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 6th round (198th overall) in 2004 NFL Draft. Lewis is superb special teams player. He is a big threat to block punts and makes hard-hitting tackles on punt coverage.
- Chidi Iwuoma
Chidi Iwuoma (born February 19, 1978 in Pasadena, California) is an American football cornerback, currently with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL. He played for the Detroit Lions during the 2001 season, and began his career with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2002 season. His jersey number is 29. Iwuoma primarily plays on special teams (kick-off and punt coverage) with the Steelers. For two seasons he served as the Special Teams Co-Captain.
- Cody Pickett
Cody Pickett (born June 30, 1980 in Caldwell, Idaho) is a quarterback in the NFL. He currently is not playing in the NFL. He was originally drafted by the 49ers in the 7th round (217th overall) in the 2004 NFL Draft. He went to University of Washington. Pickett started the 2005 season as the fourth-string quarterback, but became the #1 quarterback when Tim Rattay was traded, and #1 overall pick Alex Smith and Ken Dorsey were injured.
- Moran Norris
Torrance Moran Norris (born June 16, 1978 in Houston, Texas) is an American football fullback for the San Francisco 49ers of the NFL. He went to the University of Kansas. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the 4th round (115th overall) in the 2001 NFL Draft. Norris played one season with the Saints before becoming a member of the Houston Texans, when the Texans claimed Norris off waivers in 2002. Norris was then a member of the Texans until 2005.
- Charlie Taaffe
Charlie Taaffe (born April 20, 1950 in Albany, New York) is the head coach of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats football club of the Canadian Football League and former offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Maryland Terrapins. After 4 years as a college quarterback (1 with Clemson, then 3 with Siena College) Taaffe's coaching career began in 1973 as an Offensive Backfield coach at Albany.
- Shaun Williams
Shaun LeJon Williams (born October 10, 1976 in Oakland, California) is an American football player currently playing safety for the Carolina Panthers of the NFL. Williams attended Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino, California and played both tailback and safety. He won All-CIF Division I and Del Rey League MVP in his last two seasons of his high school career. He attended UCLA where he majored in Pre-Psychology. Williams started in three of his four seasons at UCLA.
- Vernon Fox
Vernon Lee Fox, II (born October 9, 1979 in Las Vegas, Nevada) is an American football player who currently plays strong safety for the Washington Redskins of the NFL. Fox was signed by the Redskins on August 29, 2006 after being cut by the Detroit Lions on August 27. Fox played college football at Fresno State University. He was signed by the Redskins for his special teams play as well as his experience and solid play at the safety position.
- 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, …
- Ryan Nece
Ryan Clint Nece (born February 24, 1979 in San Bernardino, California) is a professional American football player who plays for the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers as one of their starting linebackers. He is the son of Pro Football Hall of Fame safety Ronnie Lott of the San Francisco 49ers. The Buccaneers signed him as an undrafted rookie free agent in 2002. He's considered a very intelligent, athletic and speedy linebacker, with the ability to deliver the big hit.
- Steve Gleason
Steve Gleason (born March 19, 1977 in Spokane, Washington) is an American football safety who currently plays for the New Orleans Saints of the NFL. He attended Gonzaga Preparatory School, where he earned consecutive Greater Spokane League (GSL) Defensive MVP awards, and also earned Pacific 10 Defensive MVP honors his junior year at Washington State University at weakside linebacker.
- Alex Bannister
Alex Bannister (born April 13, 1979 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a National Football League wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens. He attended Eastern Kentucky University and was selected in the fifth round of the 2001 NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks. In 2003 he was selected to the Pro Bowl, mainly due to his special teams contributions.
- Skip Holtz
Louis Leo (Skip) Holtz, Jr. (born on March 12, 1964 in Willimantic, Connecticut) is a head coach of the East Carolina University college football team. Holtz's father, Lou Holtz, was one of the football assistants for the University of Connecticut Huskies when Skip was born. Skip went to Fayetteville (Ark.) High School where he was the quarterback, while his father was the head coach at the University of Arkansas.
- Ethan Kilmer
Ethan Michael Kilmer (born January 31, 1983, Towanda, Pennsylvania) is a professional American football player. He was a key special teams player and wide receiver at Penn State University. He was a 7th round draft pick (#209 overall) by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2006 NFL draft. Kilmer excelled in two sports at Wyalusing Valley Junior/Senior High School in Wyalusing, Pennsylvania. Ironcially, neither of those sports was football.
- Frank Gansz
Frank Gansz (born November 22, 1938) was an American football coach of the Kansas City Chiefs from 1987-1988. He later served as the special teams coach for the St. Louis Rams. He was formerly an assistant at the United States Air Force Academy and United States Naval Academy, his alma mater.
- Vai Sikahema
Vai Sikahema (born August 29, 1962 in Nuku'Alofa, Tonga) was an NFL running back-kick returner who played for 8 seasons from 1986 to 1993. Sikahema is considered the best American football player ever to emerge from Tonga. Sikahema was a special teams standout for several teams, including the St. Louis/ Phoenix Cardinals, Green Bay Packers, and Philadelphia Eagles. He was named to the Pro Bowl twice (in 1986 and 1987).
- Brad Seely
Brad Seely (born September 6, 1956 in Vinton, Iowa) is the American football special teams coach for the New England Patriots of the National Football League.
- Terry Jackson
Terrance Bernar Jackson (born on January 10, 1976 in Gainesville, Florida) is a running back in the NFL. He went to University of Florida. He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 5th round (157th overall) in 1999 NFL Draft. He was waived by the 49ers in September 2006 and is currently a free agent. Jackson is a solid interior runner, and has surprising quickness and power when he gets through the line.
- Nathan Jones
Nathan Jones (born June 13, 1982 in Scotch Plains, New Jersey) is an American football cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL. He was selected with the fourth pick in the seventh round of the 2004 NFL Draft (pick 205) out of Rutgers University where he holds the record for the longest kickoff return in school history (100 yards), a feat he accomplished twice in his career.
- Jerome Woods
Jerome Harlan Woods (born March 17, 1973 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a retired American football safety who played his entire ten-year career with the Kansas City Chiefs. With Kansas City, he produced 720 tackles (487 solo), 5.0 sacks (27.0 yards), 15 interceptions for 282 yards with two touchdowns, 49 passes defensed, 29 QB pressures, four fumble recoveries and 11 forced fumbles.
- Anthony Scirrotto
Anthony Scirrotto is a college football player for Penn State under Joe Paterno, and a 2006 First Team All-Big Ten Conference selection.
- Shawn Slocum
Shawn Slocum (born February 21, 1965 in Bryan, Texas) is the assistant special teams coach for the National Football League Green Bay Packers.
- Hanik Milligan
Hanik Milligan (born November 3, 1979 in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands) is a professional American football player, currently playing safety and on special teams for the Arizona Cardinals. A graduate of the University of Houston, he is the younger brother of Hamin Milligan of the Dallas Desperados.