You won’t find any Red Raiders in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and to be honest you’ll be hard pressed to find a major contributor among the fourteen former Tech players currently on NFL rosters. That doesn’t mean that they aren’t there though. In fact there are two guys who are obvious and could, in fact, find themselves in Canton someday.
In order to find the absolute greatest you have to travel back to the 1950’s and 60’s.
If you’re looking for NFL greatness with a Texas connection then the search won’t be very difficult.
This is the easiest of the series because not only was Barry Sanders the best running back to come out of Oklahoma State he’s the best running back to ever play the game.
Big 12’s Greatest NFL Players: Oklahoma
William Lyman could be the greatest NFL player from Nebraska.
Roger Wehrli could be the greatest NFL player from Missouri.
The greatest NFL player to come from Kansas State could be a kicker.
Is John Riggins the greatest NFL player from the University of Kansas?
Matt Blair is the greatest NFL player to come from Iowa State.
