The "G" Tradition:GSU Pro Football Roster Since 1949


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The following is a rundown on the Grambling State University football players who have actually played in the National Football League. Players who may not have appeared in official league game for the team(s) of mention B i.e. were drafted by, went to training camp and then released or were carried on reserved (R) taxi squads B except for players who were invited to camp for the current season are designated by DNP (did not play). As an added note, the AFL and NFL were merged in 1970. Players who are currently playing the in the NFL, their names are typed in bold print. There was a school record of 43 former Grambling State football players in NFL training camps during the 1971 season.

Name (Position)
Teams
Years

ALEXANDER, Glenn (KR,DB)
Buffalo Bills
1970

ALLEN, Aldrich (LB)
Atlanta Falcons (DNP)
1980

ANDERSON, Anthony (DB)
San Diego Chargers
1987

ANDERSON, Henry (RB)
Kansas City Chiefs (DNP)
1969

ANDERSON, Scotty (WR)
Detroit Lions
2001-Present

ANDERSON, Stevie (WR)
Arizona Cardinals
1996-97


New York Jets
1993-95


Arizona Cardinals (DNP)
1993

ARMSTRONG, Willie (RB)
Houston Oilers
1971-72

ARVIE, Herman (OT)
Cleveland Browns
1993-96

ATKINS, Robert Jr. (SE/DB)
Houston Oilers
1970-76


St. Louis Cardinals
1968-69

AYERS, Marvin (DE)
Philadelphia Eagles
1987

BAISY, Walter (LB)
Dallas Cowboys (DNP)
1973

BARBER, Mike (DT)
Dallas Cowboys (DNP)
1981


New York Giants (DNP)
1981

BARBER, Robert (DL)
Green Bay Packers
1976-80


Pittsburgh Steelers (DNP)
1976

BATTLE, Charles (LB/DE)
New England Patriots (DNP)
1974


Baltimore Colts (DNP)
1974

BEAN, Wesley (DE)
Cincinnati Bengals (DNP)
1968

BIBBS, Ezil (DE)
New York Giants (DNP)
1974

BILLIZON, John (DE)
New York Giants (DNP)
1973

BLADES, Henry (DT)
New York Giants
1991

BOYETTE, Garland (LB)
Houston Oilers
1966-72


St. Louis Cardinals
1962-63

BREAUX, Walter (DT)
New York Giants (DNP)
1970

BROWN, Chris (DB)
Jacksonville Jaguars
2003-Present

BROWN, Fakhir (DB)
New Orleans Saints
2002-Present


San Diego Chargers
1999-2000

BROWN, Willie (DB)
Oakland Raiders
1976-78


Denver Broncos
1963-66


Houston Oilers (DNP)
1963

BRYANT, William ABill@ Jr. (DB)
Philadelphia Eagles
1978-79


New York Giants
1976-78


Cincinnati Bengals (DNP)
1974

BUCHANAN, Junius ABuck@ (DB)
Kansas City Chiefs
1963-75

BURTON, Robert (OT)
Boston Patriots (DNP)
1964


Houston Oilers (DNP)
1963

BUTCHER, Dexter (RB)
Arizona Cardinals (DNP)
1993

CALEB, Jamie (RB)
Cleveland Browns
1965


Minnesota Vikings
1961


Cleveland Browns
1960

CARTER, Johnny (DT)
Los Angeles Raiders (DNP)
1989


Denver Broncos (DNP)
1988

CARTER, Joseph (TE)
Philadelphia Eagles (DNP)
1972


Dallas Cowboys (DNP)
1971

CARTER, Leroy (HB)
Buffalo Bills (DNP)
1966

CAESAR, Curtis (WR)
New York Jets (R)
1994

CHAMBERS, Lawrence (RB)
New Orleans Saints (DNP)
1966

CHRISTOPHE, Herman (RB)
Los Angeles Rams (DNP)
1973

COLLINS, Fred (OL)
San Diego Chargers (DNP)
1964

COOK, Charles (DB)
Pittsburgh Steelers (DNP)
1963

CORNISH, Frank (DT)
Kansas City Chiefs (DNP)
1973


Buffalo Bills (DNP)
1972


Miami Dolphins
1970-71


Chicago Bears
1966-70

COTTON, Curtis (HB)
Denver Broncos (DNP)
1960

CRAWFORD, Hilton (DB)
Buffalo Bills
1969




San Francisco 49ers (DNP)
1969

CRUSOE, Curtis (DT)
San Francisco 49ers (DNP)
1979

DAVIS, Henry (LB)
Pittsburgh Steelers
1970-73


New York Giants
1968-69

DAVIS, Norman (OG)
Philadelphia Eagles
1970

New Orleans Saints
1969


Baltimore Colts
1967

DAVIS, Tyrone (RB)
San Diego Chargers (DNP)
1991

DAVIS, Willie (DE/OT)
Green Bay Packers
1960-69

Cleveland Browns
1958-59

DEAN, Walter (RB)
Green Bay Packers
1991-92

DENNIS, Albert III (OL)
Cleveland Browns
1974, 1976-77

San Diego Chargers
1973

Dallas Cowboys (DNP)
1973

DENNIS, Steve (DB)
Dallas Cowboys (DNP)
1973

DOTSON, Alphonse (DT)
St. Louis Cardinals (DNP)
1971

Oakland Raiders
1968-70

Kansas City Chiefs
1967


Miami Dolphins
1966

Kansas City Chiefs
1965

DYER, Henry (FB)
St. Louis Cardinals (DNP)
1972

Cincinnati Bengals
1971


Washington Redskins
1969-70


Los Angeles Rams
1966-68

FAVORITE, Larry (OT)
Atlanta Falcons (DNP)
1976

FIELDS, Gregory (DT)
Baltimore Colts
1979-80


Detroit Lions (DNP)
1978

FOBBS, Lee (RB)
Buffalo Bills (DNP)
1973

FONTENOT, Eric (DL)
Pittsburgh Steelers (R)
1994

FREELON, Solomon (OG)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (DNP)
1977


Houston Oilers
1972-74

FREEMAN, Clifford (DB)
Atlanta Falcons (DNP)
1979

GANT, Eric (FB)
Arizona Cardinals
1996


New York Jets (DNP)
1995


New York Giants (DNP)
1994

GARRETT, John AJ.D@ (HB)
Boston Patriots
1966-67

GARY, John (DT)
Houston Oilers (DNP)
1967

GARY, Julian (DB)
New York Jets (DNP)
1967

GASPER, Cliff (DT)
New Orleans Saints (DNP)
1970

GILLIAM, Arthur (DE)
Denver Broncos (DNP)
1976

GLOVER, Andrew (WR)
New Orleans Saints
2000-02


Minnesota Vikings
1997-00


Los Angeles Raiders
1991-96

GORDON, Clemente (QB)
Dallas Cowboys (DNP)
1990


Cleveland Browns (DNP)
1990

GORDON, Jerry (WR)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (DNP)
1982

GORDON, Joe (WR)
Buffalo Bills (DNP)
1980

GRAHAM, Renaldo (TE)
Philadelphia Eagles (DNP)
1996

GRANT, Steven (WR)
Philadelphia Eagles (DNP)
1991

GREEN, Raymond (DB)
New York Jets (DNP)
1967

GREENE, Tracy (TE)
Kansas City Chiefs
1994

GRIFFIN, James (DE)
Cincinnati Bengals
1968-69






San Diego Chargers


1966-67






San Francisco 49ers (DNP)


1965



GRIFFIN, Leonard (DE)


Kansas City Chiefs


1986-93



GRIFFIN, Thomas (LB)


New Orleans Saints (DNP)


1992



HALL, Eugene (LB)


San Diego Chargers


1979-80



HARRIS, James AShack@ (QB)


San Diego Chargers


1977-81






Los Angeles Rams


1973-76






Buffalo Bills


1969-71



HARRIS, Michael (OL)


Kansas City Chiefs


1989



HARRIS, Michael (DB)


New York Jets


1978






Philadelphia Eagles (DNP)


1977






Pittsburgh Steelers (DNP)


1977



HARRIS, Richard (DL)


Seattle Seahawks


1976-77






Chicago Bears


1974-75






Philadelphia Eagles


1971-73



HAYNES, Isadore (RB)


Kansas City Chiefs (DNP)


1964



HOLDEN, Samuel (OL)


New Orleans Saints


1971



HOLMES, Frank (QB)


Dallas Cowboys (DNP)


1971



HOWARD, Andrew (DE)


Atlanta Falcons (DNP)


1972



HOWELL, Autrey Lane (OT/DT)


New York Giants (DNP)


1971






Philadelphia Eagles


1965-69






New York Giants


1963-64



HOWELL, Delles (DB)


New York Jets


1973-75






New Orleans Saints


1970-72



HOWELL, Michael (DB)


Miami Dolphins


1972






Cleveland Browns


1965-72



HUGHES, Walter (OL)


St. Louis Cardinals (DNP)


1972



HUNTER, James (DB)


Detroit Lions


1976-82



HUNTER, Lawrence (DB)


Green Bay Packers (DNP)


1981



HYMES, Randy (WR)


Baltimore Ravens


2002-Present



IRVING, Reginald (OG)


Oakland Raiders (DNP)


1981



JACKSON, Kenneth (RB)


Houston Oilers (DNP)


1962



JACKSON, Louis (DB)


New York Jets


1967



JAMES, Jerald (PK/OT)


Baltimore Colts (DNP)


1961



JOHNSON, Akili (DB)


Atlanta Falcons (DNP)


1996






New York Giants (DNP)


1994



JOHNSON, Charles (DB)


St. Louis Cardinals


1981






San Francisco 49ers


1979-80






Atlanta Falcons (DNP)


1979



JOHNSON, Essex (DB)


Tampa Bay Buccaneers


1976






Cincinnati Bengals


1968-75



JOHNSON, Gary (DT)


San Francisco 49ers


1984-85






San Diego Chargers


1975-84



JOHNSON, Stone (WR/DB)


Kansas City Chiefs (DNP)


1963






Died on September 6, 1963






JOHNSON, Trumaine (WR)


Buffalo Bills


1987-88






San Diego Chargers


1985-86



JOINER, Charlie (WR)


San Diego Chargers


1976-86






Cincinnati Bengals


1972-75






Houston Oilers


1969-72



JONES, Fred (WR)


Kansas City Chiefs


1990-93



JONES, Harold (DL)


Los Angeles Rams (DNP)


1969






Cincinnati Bengals (DNP)


1968



JONES, Henry (FB)


Green Bay Packers (DNP)


1971






Denver Broncos


1969



JONES, Robert (DT)


Philadelphia Eagles (DNP)


1970



JONES, Tyronne (WR)


Indianapolis Colts (DNP)


1994



JONES, Wendell (WR)


San Diego Chargers (DNP)


1990



JONES, Willie (OL)


Kansas City Chiefs


2000-Present






St. Louis Rams


1999



KING, Arthur (DT)


Cincinnati Bengals


1982



LADD, Ernie (DL)


Kansas City Chiefs


1967-68






Houston Oilers


1966-67






San Diego Chargers


1961-65



LEE, Richard (DT)


San Francisco 49ers (DNP)


1969






Boston Patriots (DNP)


1968



LEWIS, Albert (DB)


Los Angeles Raiders


1994-98






Kansas City Chiefs


1983-93



LEWIS, Calvin (PK)


San Francisco 49ers (DNP)


1972



LEWIS, Frank (WR)


Buffalo Bills


1978-83






Pittsburgh Steelers


1971-77



LEWIS, Scott (DE)


Kansas City Chiefs


1972






Houston Oilers


1971



MANGO, Elton (DB)


New Orleans Saints (DNP)


1966



MANNING, Billy (OC)


New Orleans Saints (DNP)


1977

MATHEWS, Peterson (DE)
New York Giants (DNP)
1966

MAXIE, Curtis (DL)
Cincinnati Bengals
1988

McGOWAN, Howard (RB)
San Diego Chargers (DNP)
1962

McNEIL, Clifton Jr. (WR)
Houston Oilers
1973


Washington Redskins
1971-72


New York Giants
1970-71


San Francisco 49ers
1968-69


Cleveland Browns
1966-67

McSWAIN, Audie (LB)
Los Angeles Rams (DNP)
1971

MENDENHALL, John (DL)
Detroit Lions
1980


Green Bay Packers
1980


New York Giants
1972-79

METEVIA, Larry (OC)
New York Giants (DNP)
1971


Houston Oilers
1967-70

MILBURN, Darryl (DE)
Arizona Cardinals (DNP)
1994


New Orleans Saints (DNP)
1992, 1993


Detroit Lions
1991

MITCHELL, William (HB)
Washington Redskins (DNP)
1967

MONTGOMERY, Allen (OG)
Los Angeles Rams (DNP)
1971

MOORE, Michael (RB/TE)
Kansas City Chiefs (DNP)
1978

MOY, Sylvester (WR)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (DNP)
1982

MULLEN, Roderick (DB)
Green Bay Packers
1995-97


New York Giants
1994

MUSE, George (DB)
Boston Patriots (DNP)
1969

MUSHATT, Rannie (OG/DT)
Philadelphia Eagles (DNP)
1959


San Francisco 49ers (DNP)
1958

NED, Derrick (RB)
Kansas City Chiefs
1996


New Orleans Saints
1992-95


Houston Oilers (DNP)
1992

NEWSOME, Billy (DE)
Chicago Bears
1977-78


New York Jets
1975-76


New Orleans Saints
1973-74


Baltimore Colts
1970-72

NICHOLS, Jeff (WR)
New York Giants
1996

NICHOLAS, Calvin (WR)
San Francisco 49ers
1987-88

NORD, Kendrick (QB)
Philadelphia Eagles (DNP)
1996

O=NEAL, Jessie (DT)
Washington Redskins (DNP)
1979


Seattle Seahawks (DNP)
1978


Houston Oilers (DNP)
1975

O=NEAL, William (RB)
Kansas City Chiefs
1970

PARHAM, Robert (RB)
San Diego Chargers (DNP)
1979

PARKER, Kerry (DB)
Kansas City Chiefs
1984


Oakland Raiders (DNP)
1979

PEARSON, Kalvin (DB)
Cleveland Browns
2002-Present

PENNYWELL, Carlos (WR)
New England Patriots
1979-81

PENNYWELL, Robert (LB)
Atlanta Falcons
1977-80


San Francisco 49ers (DNP)
1976

PEOPLES, Woodrow (OG)
Philadelphia Eagles
1978-80


San Francisco 49ers
1968-77

PHILLIPS, Jack (WR)
New Orleans Saints
1974-75


Atlanta Falcons (DNP)
1972

PHILLIPS, Keifer (LB)
Pittsburgh Steelers ( R)
1994

POWELL, Preston (FB)
Cleveland Browns
1961

PRATHER, Guy (LB)
Green Bay Packers
1981-85

RADFORD, Bruce (DE/DB)
St. Louis Cardinals
1981


Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1980


Denver Broncos
1979-80

REED, Willie AJake@ (WR)


New Orleans Saints


2002-Present


Minnesota Vikings
1991-99, 2001

REED, Matthew (QB)
Baltimore Colts (DNP)
1980


New Orleans Saints (DNP)
1973


Denver Broncos (DNP)
1973

REESE, Albert (DE)
Baltimore Ravens
1999


San Francisco 49ers
1996-98



REESE, Archie (DE)


San Francisco 49ers
1978-81

RICHARDSON, Alvin (DL)
Boston Patriots
1960


Los Angeles Chargers
1960


Philadelphia Eagles
1957-58

ROBERSON, Vernon (DB)
San Francisco 49ers
1978-79


Miami Dolphins
1977


Miami Dolphins (DNP)
1974

ROBINSON, Andre (LB)
Dallas Cowboys (DNP)
1982

ROBINSON, Jerry (HB/KR)
New York Jets
1965


San Diego Chargers
1962-64

ROBINSON, Virgil (HB/KR)
Pittsburgh Steelers (DNP)
1973


New Orleans Saints
1971-72


Green Bay Packers
1970

ROSS, Thomas (OC/DE)
Philadelphia Eagles (DNP)
1968

ST. CLAIR, Michael (DE)
Cincinnati Bengals
1980-82


New England Patriots (DNP)
1980


Cleveland Browns
1976-79

SALTER, Robert (DB)
New Orleans Saints (DNP)
1981

SAMPSON, Kenneth (RB)
Dallas Cowboys (DNP)
1981

SAMSON, Mike (DT)
Philadelphia Eagles
1996-2000

SANDERS, Terrance (DE)
New York Giants (DNP)
1990

SCALES, Dwight (WR)
Seattle Seahawks
1984


San Diego Chargers
1981-83


New York Giants
1979


Los Angeles Rams
1976-79

SCOTT, Ed (DB)
Arizona Cardinals
1987

SCOTT, Patrick (WR)
Green Bay Packers
1987-89

SELLERS, Goldie (DB)
Kansas City Chiefs
1968-69


Denver Broncos
1966-67

SIMON, Robert (OL)
Houston Oilers
1976

SIMMONS, Anthony (LB)
Los Angeles Rams (DNP)
1971

SIMMONS, Leon (LB)
Denver Broncos
1963

SINGLETON, Nate (WR)
Philadelphia Eagles
1997


San Francisco 49ers
1993-96


New York Giants (DNP)
1992

SINGLETON, Ron (TE/OT)
San Francisco 49ers
1977-80


San Diego Chargers
1976

SMITH, Charles (WR)
Philadelphia Eagles
1974-81


Los Angeles Rams (DNP)
1973

SMITH, Eli (RB)
Los Angeles Rams (DNP)
1966

SMITH, Mike (WR)
Atlanta Falcons
1980

SMITH, Robert ABig Bird@ (DE)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1989


Dallas Cowboys
1987-88


Minnesota Vikings
1985

SMITH, Sean (DT)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1989


Dallas Cowboys
1989


Chicago Bears
1987-89

SPEARS, Calvin (DB)
New York Giants
2002-Present

STEBBINS, Richard (WR)
Houston Oilers
1967-69


New York Giants (DNP)
1967

STEPHENS, Ben (RB)
San Diego Chargers (DNP)
1969

STERLING, Ernest (DE)
San Francisco 49ers
1970


New York Giants (DNP)
1969


Dallas Cowboys (DNP)
1968

STEVENS, Rufus (WR)
Kansas City Chiefs (DNP)
1984

TAYLOR, Bennie (DT)
New Orleans Saints (DNP)
1970

TAYLOR, Roosevelt (DB)
Washington Redskins
1972-73


San Francisco 49ers
1969-71


Chicago Bears
1961-68

TAYLOR, Sammie (WR)
San Diego Chargers
1965

THOMAS, Franklin (TE)
Kansas City Chiefs (DNP)
1994


New Orleans Saints
1994


Detroit Lions (DNP)
1991

THOMAS, Kenneth (DT)
Chicago Bears (DNP)
1963

THOMAS, Troy (DE)
Green Bay Packers (DNP)
1980


San Francisco 49ers
1979

THOMPSON, Bennie (DB)
Baltimore Ravens
1996-97


Los Angeles Raiders
1994-95


Kansas City Chiefs
1992


New Orleans Saints
1989-91

TOBEY, Bryan (RB)
Cleveland Browns (DNP)
1990


Kansas City Chiefs (DNP)
1989

TONEY, Eudean (DB)
Cleveland Browns (DNP)
1994

TURNER, Sandas (RB)
New York Jets (DNP)
1975

WADE, Ellis (DB)
St. Louis Cardinals (DNP)
1969

WALLACE, Samuel (OG)
New York Jets (DNP)
1970

WALLS, Everson (DB)
Cleveland Browns
1992-93


New York Giants
1989-92


Dallas Cowboys
1981-89

WARREN, Ricky (OT)
New Orleans Saints (DNP)
1989

WASHINGTON, Charles (DB/HB)
Pittsburgh Steelers
1966-67

WATSON, Edward (LB)
New England Patriots (DNP)
1971


Houston Oilers (DNP)
1969

WELLS, Arthur (TE)
New Orleans Saints (DNP)
1987

WHITE, James (DB)
Philadelphia Eagles (DNP)
1981

WHITE, Sammy (WR)
Minnesota Vikings
1976-86

WILLIAMS, Charles (DB)
San Diego Chargers (DNP)
1973

WILLIAMS, Donald (OG)
Denver Broncos (DNP)
1964

WILLIAMS, Doug (QB)
Washington Redskins
1986-89


Oklahoma Outlaws (USFL)
1984-85


Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1978-83

WILLIAMS, Eugene (DB)
New York Jets
1976

WILLIAMS, Joe (LB)
Pittsburgh Steelers
1987

WILLIAMS, Robert (DT)
Pittsburgh Steelers (DNP)
1971

WILLIAMS, Roger (DB/WR)
Philadelphia Eagles
1973


Los Angeles Rams
1971-73

WILLIAMS, Terry (RB/TE)
Philadelphia Eagles (DNP)
1974


Houston Oilers (DNP)
1973


Buffalo Bills (DNP)
1970

WILLIAMS, Walter (WR)
New Orleans Saints
2003-Present


New England Patriots
2001-02

WILLIAMS, Willie (DB)
New York Giants
1967-73




Oakland Raiders
1966




New York Giants
1965

WILSON, Nemiah (DB)
Chicago Bears
Oakland Raiders
New York Jets (DNP)
Denver Broncos
1975
1968-74
1968
1965-67

WOODS, Robert (KR/WR)
Detroit Lions
Houston Oilers
Cleveland Browns (DNP)
Kansas City Chiefs (DNP)
1979
1978
1978
1978

YOUNG, Willie (OT)
New York Giants
1966-76

YOUNGER, Paul ATank@ (RB/LB)
Pittsburgh Steelers
Los Angeles Rams
1958
1949-57

ZENO, Coleman (WR)
Washington Redskins
New York Jets
1972-73
1971

ZIMMERMAN, Willie (TE)
New York Jets (DNP)
Philadelphia Eagles
1977
1975-76
 
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