Memphis Southmen (CBL case study)
Bold = Players who have been shown to pass notability standards. Thus far, 45 of 60 players (75.0%) meet these standards.
Notability established
- Al Andrews, LB, New Mexico State - also played in NFL
- Tim Beamer, WR/RB, Johnson C. Smith - also played in NFL
- Tom Beckman, DE, Michigan - also played in NFL
- Tom Beutler, LB, Toledo - also played in NFL
- Bracy Bonham, OG/FB, North Carolina State - also played in the CFL [1]
- Steve Booras, DE, Mesa J.C. (Colorado) - also played in CFL
- Jake Burkhardt, LB, Dayton - extensive coverage of his football and rugby career including service on the U.S. national rugby team [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
- Charlie Bray, OG, Central State (OK) - also played seven seasons in the CFL (1968-1973, 1976)
- Dick Bumpas, TE/LB/DE/D, Arkansas - also played in CFL
- Justin Canale, OG, Mississippi St. - also played in NFL
- Merl Code, CB, North Carolina A&T - also played in CFL
- Fest Cotton, DT, Dayton - also played in NFL [9]
- Wally Dempsey, LB, Washington State - also played in CFL
- Bob Etter, K, Georgia - also played in NFL [10]
- Jim Ettinger, QB, Kansas. [11] Passes GNG with extensive significant coverage. Examples include here, here, here, here, here
- Mike Gibbons, OT, SW Oklahoma St. - also played in the NFL. See [12]
- John Harvey, RB, Texas Arlington - also played in CFL
- Emery Hicks, LB, Kansas 0 also played in CFL
- Wally Highsmith, OT/C, Florida A&M - also played in AFL/CFL
- Ralph Hill, C, Florida A&M - also played in NFL
- Bob Houmard, TE, Ohio - also played in CFL - also played in CFL
- John Huarte, QB, Notre Dame - also played in AFL/NFL
- Bob Lally, LB, Cornell - also played in NFL
- John LeHeup, DT, South Carolina - also played in the CFL
- Herman Jackson, LB, Miami (Ohio) - second-team All-American with significant coverage [13] [14] [15] [16]
- J. J. Jennings, fullback, Rutgers - the WFL's first 1,000-yard rusher
- Bobby Majors, S/P, Tennessee - also played in NFL
- Ed Marshall, WR, Cameron - also played in NFL
- Ron Mikolajczyk, T/G, Marshall - also played in CFL/NFL
- Paul Miles, RB, Bowling Green State - Third running back in NCAA history to have three seasons of 1,000 rushing yards.
- Seth Miller, S/CB, Arizona State - also played in the CFL
- Chris Morris, OT/OG, Indiana - also played in NFL
- Cecil Pryor, DE, Michigan - also played in CFL
- Tom Roussel, LB, Southern Miss - also played in NFL
- Dan Sartin, OT/OG/DT, Mississippi - also played in NFL
- Lucious Selmon, DT/LB, Oklahoma - no other pro league
- Gary Shirk, TE, Morehead St. - also played in NFL/USFL
- Willie Spencer, RB - also played in the NFL.
- Bill Stevenson, DE/DT, Drake - also played in CFL
- Billy Taylor, RB, Michigan - also played in CFL
- David Thomas, CB, Texas Southern - also played in the CFL, 1977-1978 [17]
- Dick Thornton, S, Northwestern - also played in CFL
- Mike Townsend, S, Notre Dame - consensus All-American, passing WP:NCOLLATH
- Roger Wallace, WR, Bowling Green - also played in NFL
- Danny White, QB/P, Arizona St. - also played 13 years in NFL
Notability not estabished
- Sylvester Bates, DT, Grambling State [18]
- Dave Boyd, CB, Fisk [19]
- Ben Ellegood, DE, Kutztown [20] [21]
- Jack Ettinger, WR, Arkansas [22] [23] [24] [25]
- Sonny Hicks, CB, North Carolina A&T [26]
- John Hughes S, Ohio State [27]
- John Jacquot OG, Bowling Green State [28]
- Willie Lee Jones, LB, Tampa [29] [30] [31]
- Tom Kruyer, OG/OT, Indiana [32]
- Brent Longwell, TE, Nebraska [33]] [34]
- Gary Powell CB/WR, Indiana [35] [36] [37]
- Bill Schlegel TE, Lehigh [38] [39]
- Tony Schmid RB, Ball State [40] [41]
- Larry Smiley, DE, Texas Southern [42]
- Charlie Tiblom, C, Central Connecticut State [43]