I really dislike the Washington Redskins but Doug Williams went through alot of tough times both on and off the field throughout his career. I was really happy to see him hoist the Lombardi Trophy and be named SB22 MVP
HBCU means Historically Black Colleges and Universities just in case you guys didn't read the description and are confused about what it means Edit: I forgot to add case after "just in" so now
@@AmirKhan-yv8jm I Like them too but I think they've done top ten o-lines already though maybe they can do an updated version edit : you're onto something they may not have made such a video after all
@@robertcherry7190 Stop givin' juice to the Raiders ,Cause Al Davis never paid us Say the whole damn line dont try to cherry pick the lyrics. Cube knew Al Davis got free marketing and merchandising off NWA but he refused to break bread so Ice Cube went in on his ass.
Finally NFL Top 10 does an episode on HBCUs. Some of the best players in NFL history have come from these schools and they are still the breeding ground for underrated talents to have a college career and get into the NFL. Look at Tarik Cohen and Darius Leonard they show that HBCUs still produce NFL talent.
Justice Davis Those guys you mentioned are very important to the teams they play with.Leonard is a CANDIDATE FOR NFL DEFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE AND DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR.Tarik Cohen is one of the fastest players on the Bears roster he is a 4.42 man in the 40.Also watch for TRENT CANNON FROM D2 VIRGINIA ST he is a 4.42 man for the Jets roster.Leonard leads the NFL in tackles with a total of 135!!!!!!
@@crashstitches79 don't deny it son With out our top black athletes in the country ( Florida, texas since alabama likes to recruit athletes from them states ) alabama football program wouldn't be pooop💩💩
@@crashstitches79 I do know how colleges work, those top D1 programs have more money, so more scholarships and money to illegally pay the players and their families.
For the guy who didn't know who Elvis Peacock is, he was a running back with Oklahoma from 74 to 77. He won two national championships and started ahead of Billy Sims for two years. Just sayin.
Disappointed that my guy "Bullet Bob" Hayes didn't make this list. Maybe I'm a little bit biased being that he's from my alma mater of Florida A&M University, but I would think that a Hall of Fame Player with the impact he's had on the game should have been on this list.
It's a shame they don't show the Best of The Rest Segments on the CZcams version of these videos cuz I rmr they showed that segment on older versions of NFL Top Ten
A couple of other names that I'll mention that could have been candidates for this list or Best of Rest: Donald Driver- Alcorn State, the Packers all time leader in multiple recieving categories Everson Walls, Grambling State- one of the best secondary players of his era, 4x Pro Bowl, 3x All Pro, led NFL in picks 3 times Too Tall Jones AND Richard Dent, Tennessee State- two of the all-time defensive studs Harry Carson, South Carolina State- defensive monster on the Giants Bullet Bob Hayes, Florida A&M- fastest man of his time Larry Little, Bethune-Cookman John Stallworth, Alabama A&M
Chris Kearger Ernie Ladd 6'9 325 of Kansas City Chiefs DE unfortunately his career ended because of injuries if that were not the case he is in Canton ppl were more afraid of him than Buchanan.Ladd is a Grambling product.
McNair is a rough one to leave off, but I understand. Basically you'd have had to take Strahan, Shell, Slater, or Doug off to put McNair in. No way they're getting rid of Slater or Shell because they're underrated purely because Offensive Line, and Strahan and Doug have rings... I understand it, but it's a rough one
And the greatest thing about this list... ALL of these players are Hall of Famers! As a graduate of Howard University, this list is a great reminder of the stock that I came from! One of the best list NFL Films/Network has ever done! It's this list that earned my subscription! #blackexcellence #overallgreatness
Doug Williams is not a Hall of Famer. He was, however, a very significant and historically important player. I can argue that maybe he shouldn't be in this list because they left off other HBCU players who did make the Pro Football Hall of Fame. John Stallworth is an example that comes to mind.
I watched both of them play and anyone who thinks Rice is a better football player than Payton is delusional. Payton did everything and better than Rice, except pass-catching and just doing that does NOT make you a great FOOTBALL player. Rice is the best RECEIVER but thats it.
@@Thujone10 they probably put Rice at #1 because of his accolades. Rice had more Super Bowls, Pro Bowls, and All-Pro selections than Sweetness, plus his career lasted nearly a decade longer, and he was a Pro Bowler in three different decades. Kind of hard to best that, even though they're both well-deserving HOFers.
Plus he still holds a huge number of NFL records, like in the triple digits. So I definitely understand the disagreement, but the ranking also makes sense to me
@@ricecrispy7951 Again this list is giving recognition to black colleges.I for was shocked to see this list but now that I'm seeing this its gratifying this shows that athletes from black colleges made a contribution to the NFL and should be seen by high school students to show them that if they attend a black school they can get into the NFL.
The American Football League put HBCUs on the map. They found so many great players at the HBCUs that the NFL started to take notice. Willie Lanier, Robert Holmes. Fred Williamson, Earl Faison, Buck Buchanan, Ernie Ladd, and so many others I can't come up with. The AFL was looking for talent to tip the scales in their favor, and they were the HBCUs' coming-out party. That is another legacy of the AFL.
That's why back in the late 60s and early 70s, the Chiefs were one of the premier teams in all of pro football. Al Davis gets a lot of credit for Black opportunities, but the Chiefs really laid it on the line player wise.
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@@thebestcentaur Point taken you know that Hampton will have a new home soon THE BIG SOUTH they left the MEAC because its no longer playoff eligible for the FCS.
@@dwightlove3704 I was so upset when I heard about that. That happened just this past year, my senior year. I loved inter-HBCU play, but now we'll get much less of it with the Big South. To add insult to injury, we made it to the second round of the dance a couple years back while still in the MEAC
No Steve McNair?! No Richard Dent?! No Ed "Too Tall" Jones?! At least show me some honorable mentions... Maybe somebody didn't realize that Alcorn State and Tennessee State were HBCU's....?
Hating on Favre for sitting down when you see a monster like Strahan about to destroy your career? Cmon man. A franchise quarterback knows when he can't escape and stays healthy for the season. He even tapped him for not slamming him and it was great sportsmanship.
This list actually has an undetermined and/or undefined due to the great players that never played in the NFL or played but not at their natural position due to racism and segregation. Back then certain positions were only for whites as well as teams for years wouldn't draft black players. I can only imagine how extensive this list could be!
Charlie Joiner out of Grambling held the receiving record when he retired. Bob Hayes out of FAMU was the most feared WR EVER! Teams created zone defenses due to his dominance. Greatest MLB is between Lanier and Butkus. So, the greatest WR, DE, MLB, and 2 Linemen, along with arguably the greatest RB went to HBCUs. Payton ran, passed, caught passes, and punted at JSU. The Hayes omission is glaring. Everson Walls set the rookie interception record and came close to breaking the single season record that year. I believe that he was the first to lead the league his first three years. Sterling Sharpe was the greatest H-back ever and held some TE records when he retired. Though he played next to Lynn Swann, John Stallworth actually had the stats and had all of the Steelers receiving records. Steve McNair came one yard from being the second African American QB to win a SB. HBCUs placed most of the Black players in both leagues through the 1970s. White schools leached great players away by 1971 when LSU and Ole Miss were the last two major programs to recruit Black players.
chara killer I know he’s been voted into the HOF, but you can argue he was one of the most underrated players of his era. If he played for San Fran, Dallas, or Pittsburgh instead of Arizona, he’d be remembered by more fans.
Dwight Love Yeah, the Cardinals let him go to have a chance at a Super Bowl (had a very good postseason), but few people noticed him during his days in the desert
Glad someone said it. Grew up watching Aeneas out here in the desert. Was flat out one of the best CBs I have ever watched play the game. Was so happy when he was recognized by the HOF
As an Alabama resident, it's too bad that Buck Buchanan and John Stallworth aren't Top Ten. But they're enshrined in Canton. Buck was at Grambling with Willie Brown, but he went to high school in Birmingham. Stallworth was in Alabama's backyard, but went to Alabama A&M.
I'm a Steelers fan and I didn't think of John Stallworth, but he would've been worthy of at least an honorable mention. Buck Buchanan was a mammoth at DT who was strong, elusive and durable. He is often criminally overlooked even for a Hall of Fame player. He was the reason the division-rival Raiders drafted fellow Hall of Famer Gene Upshaw. I see the historical significance of having Doug Williams on the list, but was he a better player than Buck Buchanan was? I don't believe so.
@@josedopwell9645 Williams was apart of a group of men that paved the way for BLACK QBs in the modern era. I was listening to WFAN(NY) sports radio once and on the BENINGO&ROBERTS SHOW 10AM-1PM they were talking HOF WR MICHAEL IRVIN about Williams as a possible CANDIDATE for the NFL HALL OF FAME for his impact on aforementioned BLACK QBs in the current climate.Men like MICHAEL VICK,BYRON LEFTWICH,DONOVAN MC NABB,WARREN MOON,RANDALL CUNNINGHAM ,KORDELL STEWART,DON MC PHERSON all saw him shoot down the STUPID IDEA that was held against black QBs that they wouldn't lead a NFL team to a title.
@@dwightlove3704 while l agree that Doug Williams' Super Bowl victory was a groundbreaking achievement, his overall career doesn't scream Hall of Famer to me. Phil Simms has virtually double the TD passes Williams accumulated, led the Giants to a Super Bowl victory with his own scintillating QB play, and was an integral part of another Giants' SB-winning season before he went down with a late season injury in 1990. But thus far he's been ignored by the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
@@josedopwell9645 Sorry but Williams had 4 SECOND QUARTER TD PASSES.Joe Namath got in simply because of what he said to the media prior to the game with his FAMOUS GUARANTEE.Williams THREW FOR MORE YDS IN THE 2ND QTR (228)ALONE THAN NAMATH ACCUMULATED IN THE ENTIRE GAME IN SB III(206)also NAMATH didn't have a SINGLE TD PASS IN HIS GAME and we all know what Williams did in that department.Simms still holds the mark for accuracy 88% 22/25 268 yds 2/3 tds.Namath and JIM MC MAHON are the ONLY QBs not to throw a touchdown pass in their SB appearances and be on the winning team.
@@dwightlove3704 l'm not a fan of Namath's induction either. He may have the worst QB rating of anyone in the Hall. I think Len Dawson was a better AFL QB than Namath. He just didn't have the Madison Avenue marketing machine to inflate and overhype all his exploits. But his numbers are not only far superior to Namath's, they're also better than many of his 1960s NFL contemporaries. With a few exceptions (e.g Sandy Koufax, Gale Sayers) I believe any sports HOF should honor consistent excellence over time. I don't think Williams or Namath pass that exam. But one's in and the other's out. A player playing the game of his life does not equal a Hall of Fame career.
I would put Bob Hayes on this list. He went to Florida A&M and went to the Olympics before he went to NFL and he is the only athlete to win both an Olympic gold medal and a Super Bowl ring.
Deacon Jones’ 173 sacks is even more impressive when you realize that offenses ran the ball like 70% of the time in his era! Not as many chances to get sacks!
I was gonna say what babak said, there was also only 12 games in a season back then!! I’ve heard NFL experts say, if they actually counted his sacks back then, and they played 16, or 17 games like now, he woulda had around 265 sacks 😂😂😂😂 deacon Jones ridiculous!!!
I just realized every school in the SWAC(South Western Athletic Conference) except for Alabama State, Alcorn State and UAPB(University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff) has a player in the Hall of Fame. Alabama A&M-John Stallworth Grambling State- Buck Bucannon, Willie Brown Jackson State- Walter Payton, Jackie Slater Mississippi Valley State- Jerry Rice, Deacon Jones Prairie View A&M- Ken Houston( Should have been considered for the list) Southern- Mel Blount, Aeneas Williams Texas Southern- Michael Strahan
I'm almost certain I heard on a documentary about the raiders that art shell graduated from Notre dame. I never knew he went to an HBCU. Somehow I appreciate him more now. I didn't think he was a great coach but that was certainly a milestone that needed to happen
Speaking of Florida A&M, I'm surprised that Ken Riley was not on the list. When he played 15 years with The Cincinnati Bengals, he had 65 interceptions. That's more than Pittsburgh's Mel Blount.
Art Shell deserves to be much higher. Maryland Eastern Shore is a very small school and to rise to the level he did on pure desire and intelligence. That's a real man. Doug Williams was the man! Coming from Grambling, he finally proved that black QBs were intelligent enough. Who questioned that? I never did because I grew up with black guys who played football with me. Doug Williams was awesome! I was and am a fan!
If prairie view is a HbCU then my gracious you are absolutely right. Ken Houston is one of the greatest ever. And even with that being said they forgot arguably the best of all time Lem Barney.
Steve McNair threw for 14,496/ yds with 114/ tds at Alcorn St finished 3rd in the 1995 heisman voting with 2 RBs ahead of him that would be out of the league by his MVP season he is THE Best Titan in franchise history and has more rushing Tds then Mike Vick.
Malabarista Good athletes come from poor environments. All the boxers from 1880-1950 came from really poor ghettos mostly Italian/Jewish etc then 1950-2000 it was mostly southern African America/Latino and now in the 21st century its all Eastern Europe from oppressive former Soviet Union countries
It explains the mediocrity of many FBS programs. You look at the talent that came from HBCU programs, FBS schools could have had them as well, but due to segregation and racism, it was HBCU schools that benefitted the most from it. To be overlooked at certain positions because of the color of your skin is ridiculous and unnecessary. Players like Lanier, Shell, and Williams showed that skin color has little to nothing to do with a players ability at some of the most physically and mentally demanding positions. It’s a shame that a point like this has to be made instead of using common sense. If you can do your job, and do it well, nothing else matters.
I'm a Bears fan, so I'm probably a bit biased -- but I'd go with Walter at No. 1. Jerry Rice was the greatest receiver of all-time, but Payton was arguably the greatest football player of all-time. He ran, blocked and caught passes as good as any RB to suit up. And one game, he even played QB. Someone who says Jerry Rice is the hardest working man in the history of the NFL obviously has no idea how Payton trained. ... BTW, is there any reason for Scott Ferrall to be on this show other than his weird voice? I never even heard of the dude.
I'm a Bills fan but Walter Payton might be the best overall football player I've ever seen play the game. Sweetness probably had a better passing arm than some of the QB's the Bears have had over the years and was a hell of a pass protector too when he had to pick up a blitzing LB or DB. Not to mention the fact that he may very well be the greatest runner who ever played the game. His work ethic was second to none
This list is ridiculously excellent. It’s shameful that only the exceptional were even considered. Think of ALL the excellent players from black colleges that never even got a glimpse
I'd have flipped the top two. I think Walter Payton is the best football player of my lifetime. Technically, Jim Brown played one season after I was born, but I don't count him.
The list could go on and on, like Ben Coates (Livingstone College), Steve McNair (Alcorn State), Harry Carson (South Carolina State) , Marion Motley (South Carolina State), Aeneas Williams (Southern) , Shannon Sharpe (Savannah State) and Paul Younger (Grambling)...
They want Brett to come off of a Play action and, see Strahan coming at him unblocked and they want him to stand there to take a sack. Not like he had room to step up or avoid him.
Imagine you're that Qb at 0:30 and Michael Strahan twists up the middle unblocked and gets a full head of steam and is coming at you completely unimpeded. That's a big boy beelining for you.
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Steve McNair was not making this list. Great player, but; Bob Hayes, Shannon Sharpe, Larry little, Aeneas Williams, John Stallworth, Richard Dent, and Charlie Joiner get on this list before McNair. Also all ten of these guys can make a case for Top ten all time great players.
I was about 7. My mom was jumping up and down on furniture and all over the place cheering. I'd never seen her so excited before and didn't understand why cause she wasn't even a Redskins fan
@@MrJLov13 It was one of their earliest videos, like 10+ years ago. It's actually really funny watching it now cause they all praise Penn State and Joe Paterno and say that Alabama is a dying program lol
Imagine this team Just imagine Jackie Slater and Art Shell blocking for Walter Payton and Doug Williams throwing to Jerry Rice Mel Blount and Willie Brown covering your receivers
Rice's numbers are so far above and beyond the other receivers on the list of all time stats. Jerry worked hard for those numbers and always deserves to be #1 on lists of greatness. Payton was great but Rice literally blew away the competition. He's got 6000 more receiving yards than Larry Fitzgerald who's #2 on the list and 40+ more touchdowns than #2 on that list, Randy Moss. Emmitt has roughly 1500 more rushing yards than Walter and Walter is 1500 above Barry. Walter is 4th all time in rushing TD's and he's 54 behind Emmitt. I'm not taking away from Walter I'm just defending Jerry being #1 on this list. He also has 224 more receptions than #2 all time receptions list. He was just that damn good.
@markmac I myself played corner, and dont think a corner/receiver could ever be considered the overall GOAT (maybe a safety tho, if they were dominant enough for a long enough time). Receivers dont have the traits typically associated with great football players: generally speaking they dont hit that hard, arent as tough, arent that strong (this and the prior two points I made are all relative to the population of all NFL players, ofc NFL receivers are very significantly stronger and tougher than the average fit person), they dont get dirty, they arent banging every play. Their involvement in the game is just not the same as that of an RB.
I still put Payton #1 for the simple reason that for most of his career he had no team around him. The QBs were all terrible, the WR and TE were terrible and he had basically no Pro Bowl linemen blocking for him. How can a defense still not stop him? Rice had weapons all around him to free him up.
I grew up in the DC area and I personally think the NFL hyped up Doug Williams/ black QB thing. He had been around a long time before joining the redskins and took Tampa to their first playoff game. EVERYONE knew he was a good QB
Should be Sweetness NUMBER ONE and Jerry Rice number two. You know who is better than J. Rice? The guys throwing him those passes! I love Jerry Rice (still have his ‘starting lineups’ action figure), but no way is he #1 over Walter Payton!
Slater should be 7, Art Shell 8, Strahan should be 9, and Doug William 10. Doug although he had some great moments and games, he was only a decent to average player for most of his career. Never made any pro bowls and had a sub 500 record as the starting QB. His significance as a player means a lot but performance wise on the field, no way better than the those 3.
I'm a Bears fan. Died in the wool. So it's really difficult for me to choose anyone over Payton. He was a true one man gangs. Jerry played with two of the greatest QBs of all time. On a spectacular, winning team. Walter had one thing on his side; the football. #1 in my book. Rougher and tougher than any football player who ever lived or ever will live. I don't want to hear about Lambert, Watts, or even Butkus. Walter #1. One thing I disagree with. His nickname "Sweetness". In my opinion, there was nothing sweet about his game. He was a wrecking ball. Ask anyone who ever tried to tackle him. Not one ever said, "you know, that was a sweet move he put in me." More like, "he knocked the dogshit out of me. And I was the one supposedly doing the tackling"
@@marcuslee1927 an interesting and exciting thought for sure, but I feel like we have to demand it. Not sure they'd outright publish a list and article like that without demand
"Whenever I see him, it's always Mr. Williams" respect is so heartwarming when it's pure
My favorite player as a kid. Met him and Leroy Selmon as a boy and am a Buc fan for life. Totally Mr. Williams.
I wanted Doug Williams to get a ring so badly. I might be a Philadelphia Eagles fan, but I was a Washington Redskins fan that night.
When Micheal Strahan is number 10, then you know this list is INSANE
Jonno Thursto He broke the Giants career mark for QB sacks held by Lawrence Taylor.
Jonno Thursto real talk
I was thinking the same thing at the start!
Should make you have more respect for Mark Gastineau. He did it for Real. Nobody laid down for him.
True!
That Doug Williams segment got me in tears. I'm not a Redskins fan but I remember that game. What a great man.
Derrick Tyler Doug Williams caught hell during his playing days with the Buccaneers courtesy of cheap owner Hugh Culverhouse.
I really dislike the Washington Redskins but Doug Williams went through alot of tough times both on and off the field throughout his career. I was really happy to see him hoist the Lombardi Trophy and be named SB22 MVP
I just ordered his jersey!
@@jeremythompson9122 W2 1
I am a Bucs fan since the beginning and I got choked up when he won the Super Bowl. Just a great human being.
HBCU means Historically Black Colleges and Universities just in case you guys didn't read the description and are confused about what it means Edit: I forgot to add case after "just in" so now
Thx
@@abiebeyda2582 You're welcome
Grant thanks, I like these Top 10 Videos, wanna know what I think the next one should be? How about Top 10 Offensive Lines?
@@AmirKhan-yv8jm I Like them too but I think they've done top ten o-lines already though maybe they can do an updated version edit : you're onto something they may not have made such a video after all
I did not know that, thank you.
The old AFL was the first league to realize the potential of the players to come from the HBCUs.
Al Davis was all over the HBCU's in the early 60's signing players for the AFL.
Yezzir! That's who opened the door for us HBCU'S
I was expecting to see Earnie "Big Cat" Ladd on this list. They should 've done a top 20 list.
@@elwin38
...& Cube said, "stop giving juice to the Raiders"...
A ridiculous bar when you know history.
@@robertcherry7190 Stop givin' juice to the Raiders ,Cause Al Davis never paid us
Say the whole damn line dont try to cherry pick the lyrics. Cube knew Al Davis got free marketing and merchandising off NWA but he refused to break bread so Ice Cube went in on his ass.
Finally NFL Top 10 does an episode on HBCUs. Some of the best players in NFL history have come from these schools and they are still the breeding ground for underrated talents to have a college career and get into the NFL. Look at Tarik Cohen and Darius Leonard they show that HBCUs still produce NFL talent.
Justice Davis Those guys you mentioned are very important to the teams they play with.Leonard is a CANDIDATE FOR NFL DEFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE AND DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR.Tarik Cohen is one of the fastest players on the Bears roster he is a 4.42 man in the 40.Also watch for TRENT CANNON FROM D2 VIRGINIA ST he is a 4.42 man for the Jets roster.Leonard leads the NFL in tackles with a total of 135!!!!!!
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Keep in mind that Steve McNair, Nate Newton and TO did NOT MAKE THIS LIST!!!
@@infinitecontent8001 Bob Hayes remember this guy
No they don’t
no Shannon Sharpe? SKKKKKKEEEEEEEEUIIP.
Nick Borgaonkar he played in Georgia you mook
@@rhaeghartargaryen871 Savannah State, dummy!
3 Super Bowls, multiple pro bowls, hall of fame and his story how was he not on this list?
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Who on this list are you gonna take out for Shannon Sharpe? Sharpe was great, but I'm not putting him above anyone on this list.
Let's be honest, if a lot of these african american top players in college went to HBCU's , Alabama would be NOBODY.
Except that Alabama has top coaches, staff, and administration to go along with a top-level football team.
@@crashstitches79 If those players didnt go to those schools I doubt those top staff, coaches, and administration would want to work there.
You don't know how college works, do you? It must be some magical institution that exists only to support a football or basketball team. LOL!
@@crashstitches79 don't deny it son
With out our top black athletes in the country ( Florida, texas since alabama likes to recruit athletes from them states ) alabama football program wouldn't be pooop💩💩
@@crashstitches79 I do know how colleges work, those top D1 programs have more money, so more scholarships and money to illegally pay the players and their families.
For the guy who didn't know who Elvis Peacock is, he was a running back with Oklahoma from 74 to 77. He won two national championships and started ahead of Billy Sims for two years. Just sayin.
I definitely knew who he was
Disappointed that my guy "Bullet Bob" Hayes didn't make this list.
Maybe I'm a little bit biased being that he's from my alma mater of Florida A&M University, but I would think that a Hall of Fame Player with the impact he's had on the game should have been on this list.
and probably one of the three fastest NFL players ever.
yeah but look at the guys on the list? who the hell do you take out? strahan? its a tough call
That's why sometimes I have a problem with these Top 10s. When you limit it to just 10 players, some deserving names are unfairly gonna get left out!
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It's a shame they don't show the Best of The Rest Segments on the CZcams version of these videos cuz I rmr they showed that segment on older versions of NFL Top Ten
A couple of other names that I'll mention that could have been candidates for this list or Best of Rest:
Donald Driver- Alcorn State, the Packers all time leader in multiple recieving categories
Everson Walls, Grambling State- one of the best secondary players of his era, 4x Pro Bowl, 3x All Pro, led NFL in picks 3 times
Too Tall Jones AND Richard Dent, Tennessee State- two of the all-time defensive studs
Harry Carson, South Carolina State- defensive monster on the Giants
Bullet Bob Hayes, Florida A&M- fastest man of his time
Larry Little, Bethune-Cookman
John Stallworth, Alabama A&M
Excellent!!
Chris Kraeger How about Claude Humphrey he came out of Tenn St as well he was NFL DEFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR in '68
Junius "Buck" Buchanan of the Chiefs, Lanier's teammate and fellow Hall of Famer, from Grambling.
Chris Kearger Ernie Ladd 6'9 325 of Kansas City Chiefs DE unfortunately his career ended because of injuries if that were not the case he is in Canton ppl were more afraid of him than Buchanan.Ladd is a Grambling product.
Everson Walls was the ONLY DB to seriously threaten the NFL record for INTERCEPTIONS IN A SEASON held currently by NIGHT TRAIN LANE.
I think steve Mcnair should be honorable mention at least...
Definitely
McNair is a rough one to leave off, but I understand. Basically you'd have had to take Strahan, Shell, Slater, or Doug off to put McNair in. No way they're getting rid of Slater or Shell because they're underrated purely because Offensive Line, and Strahan and Doug have rings... I understand it, but it's a rough one
You can say that about a lot of them.
@@brenanconroy4052 this logic is sound. Sad there's not a top 20. Him and Shannon Sharpe would be in it
@markmac I followed McNair's career coming out of college at Alcorn St.he was being called the RANDALL CUNNINGHAM of the '90s
Doing a HBCU Tour on my motorcycle (89 schools so far) 😁
The experience is unbelievable ✊🏿
And the greatest thing about this list... ALL of these players are Hall of Famers! As a graduate of Howard University, this list is a great reminder of the stock that I came from! One of the best list NFL Films/Network has ever done! It's this list that earned my subscription! #blackexcellence #overallgreatness
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Doug Williams is not a Hall of Famer. He was, however, a very significant and historically important player. I can argue that maybe he shouldn't be in this list because they left off other HBCU players who did make the Pro Football Hall of Fame. John Stallworth is an example that comes to mind.
@@johnwebb2442lmao you are everywhere
Takeo Spikes still has the world's biggest neck and Charles Davis sounds exactly like he does in Madden 😂
I thought Walter Payton was definitely #1 but I forgot Rice went to a HBCU
I watched both of them play and anyone who thinks Rice is a better football player than Payton is delusional. Payton did everything and better than Rice, except pass-catching and just doing that does NOT make you a great FOOTBALL player. Rice is the best RECEIVER but thats it.
@@Thujone10 different strokes for different folks I won't argue either way
Yes King James he attended Mississippi Valley St
@@Thujone10 they probably put Rice at #1 because of his accolades. Rice had more Super Bowls, Pro Bowls, and All-Pro selections than Sweetness, plus his career lasted nearly a decade longer, and he was a Pro Bowler in three different decades. Kind of hard to best that, even though they're both well-deserving HOFers.
Plus he still holds a huge number of NFL records, like in the triple digits. So I definitely understand the disagreement, but the ranking also makes sense to me
Adam Rank is not lying. This list could be renamed the greatest players ever.
Ishmael Thompson Point taken but this list is giving recognition to black colleges.
Ishmael Thompson yes...yes it could!
@@ricecrispy7951 Again this list is giving recognition to black colleges.I for was shocked to see this list but now that I'm seeing this its gratifying this shows that athletes from black colleges made a contribution to the NFL and should be seen by high school students to show them that if they attend a black school they can get into the NFL.
No Shannon Sharpe? No Steve McNair? He was drafted 3rd overall from an HBCU!
Mr Chaos Ghost Yes McNair is a product of Alcorn St he was being called the RANDALL CUNNINGHAM of the ' 90s
He would be on a top 20 list.
No SB ring.
The American Football League put HBCUs on the map. They found so many great players at the HBCUs that the NFL started to take notice.
Willie Lanier, Robert Holmes. Fred Williamson, Earl Faison, Buck Buchanan, Ernie Ladd, and so many others I can't come up with. The AFL was looking for talent to tip the scales in their favor, and they were the HBCUs' coming-out party. That is another legacy of the AFL.
I don't think Williamson went to a HBCU. Didn't he go to northwestern university in Chicago?
That's why back in the late 60s and early 70s, the Chiefs were one of the premier teams in all of pro football. Al Davis gets a lot of credit for Black opportunities, but the Chiefs really laid it on the line player wise.
@@ericmcgowan1993 correct.
@MontezWashington-sd6fw Fred's my favorite movie director. And every Hollywood director's favorite director. They all copy fred: Tarantino, Stallone, Eastwood, Scorsese, etc
@@ericmcgowan1993 most of Fred "The Hammer" Williamson's movie's were created by him through his Po' Boy imprint.
They use to have the best players until top schools with more money offered more. HBCU need a comeback
As a Hampton alum, couldn't have said it better myself. This hit home, and is devastatingly true, especially since we only have about 100 left
@@thebestcentaur Point taken you know that Hampton will have a new home soon THE BIG SOUTH they left the MEAC because its no longer playoff eligible for the FCS.
@@dwightlove3704 I was so upset when I heard about that. That happened just this past year, my senior year. I loved inter-HBCU play, but now we'll get much less of it with the Big South. To add insult to injury, we made it to the second round of the dance a couple years back while still in the MEAC
For a long time I have wondered why HBCUs in the MEAC and the SWAC don't participate in the FCS playoffs.
@@kevinpayton2664 Its a lack of a strong financial system for both of them
No Steve McNair?! No Richard Dent?! No Ed "Too Tall" Jones?! At least show me some honorable mentions...
Maybe somebody didn't realize that Alcorn State and Tennessee State were HBCU's....?
Don't forget Jimmy Smith. Maybe they should've gone top 20
Yeah that does suck that they didnt even get Mentioned!!!
Also John stallworth
@@umarabdul-ali6868 didnt he go to Alabama A&M? Reciever for the Steelers Right?
@@4-Ree77 Alabama a&m
Deacon Jones originally said "when you go up side a man's, OR A WOMAN'S, head, they blink for a moment."
The nfl edited out the "or a woman" part lol.
I think what he meant was 'if you smack anyone upside their head they will blink' but it came out wrong.
Why didn't they edit out the part where the guy wants Blount to sleep with his wife?
He believed in equality, equal rights and equal lefts 😂😂
@@ericmcgowan1993 That's Scott Farrel for you.
Hating on Favre for sitting down when you see a monster like Strahan about to destroy your career? Cmon man. A franchise quarterback knows when he can't escape and stays healthy for the season. He even tapped him for not slamming him and it was great sportsmanship.
MyDoodad it was a premeditated sack. They gave it to him
Favre and Strahan are really good friends
This list actually has an undetermined and/or undefined due to the great players that never played in the NFL or played but not at their natural position due to racism and segregation. Back then certain positions were only for whites as well as teams for years wouldn't draft black players. I can only imagine how extensive this list could be!
NFL films probably meant the top 10 NFL players who played for a HBCU.
(21:25) "I'd let Mel Blount sleep with my wife!" 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
Where's Junious (Buck) Buchanan. Grambling State/Kansas City Chiefs?
Ok, it's official, I'm getting old. I remember seeing all of these players on Sunday.
Charlie Joiner out of Grambling held the receiving record when he retired. Bob Hayes out of FAMU was the most feared WR EVER! Teams created zone defenses due to his dominance. Greatest MLB is between Lanier and Butkus. So, the greatest WR, DE, MLB, and 2 Linemen, along with arguably the greatest RB went to HBCUs. Payton ran, passed, caught passes, and punted at JSU. The Hayes omission is glaring. Everson Walls set the rookie interception record and came close to breaking the single season record that year. I believe that he was the first to lead the league his first three years. Sterling Sharpe was the greatest H-back ever and held some TE records when he retired. Though he played next to Lynn Swann, John Stallworth actually had the stats and had all of the Steelers receiving records. Steve McNair came one yard from being the second African American QB to win a SB. HBCUs placed most of the Black players in both leagues through the 1970s. White schools leached great players away by 1971 when LSU and Ole Miss were the last two major programs to recruit Black players.
Willie Brown 6-2 220 and Mel Blount 6-4 210 are the fathers of all jumbo sized DBs who came after them.
Walter #1 always with me RIP SWEETNESS
Aeneas Williams - out of southern university
chara killer I know he’s been voted into the HOF, but you can argue he was one of the most underrated players of his era. If he played for San Fran, Dallas, or Pittsburgh instead of Arizona, he’d be remembered by more fans.
@@marcuslee1927 He finished with the Rams
Dwight Love Yeah, the Cardinals let him go to have a chance at a Super Bowl (had a very good postseason), but few people noticed him during his days in the desert
@@marcuslee1927 The pros knew him and they gave him his props
Glad someone said it. Grew up watching Aeneas out here in the desert. Was flat out one of the best CBs I have ever watched play the game. Was so happy when he was recognized by the HOF
How about Emmlen Tunnel ex NY GIANT DB from Morgan St he is no.2 on the NFL all time list for INTERCEPTIONS 79!!
Shannon Sharpe? Savannah State
Larry Bryant I was incredibly surprised to not see him.
@@maxwelljohnson1340 every1 on here except Doug Williams is a first ballot hall of famer
@@Tim_Marshall73 Wait Doug Williams made the list but not Shannon Sharpe?
@@jpowers55 that is correct
He is for sure. I do understand why Doug William's made the list
As an Alabama resident, it's too bad that Buck Buchanan and John Stallworth aren't Top Ten. But they're enshrined in Canton. Buck was at Grambling with Willie Brown, but he went to high school in Birmingham. Stallworth was in Alabama's backyard, but went to Alabama A&M.
I'm a Steelers fan and I didn't think of John Stallworth, but he would've been worthy of at least an honorable mention. Buck Buchanan was a mammoth at DT who was strong, elusive and durable. He is often criminally overlooked even for a Hall of Fame player. He was the reason the division-rival Raiders drafted fellow Hall of Famer Gene Upshaw. I see the historical significance of having Doug Williams on the list, but was he a better player than Buck Buchanan was? I don't believe so.
@@josedopwell9645 Williams was apart of a group of men that paved the way for BLACK QBs in the modern era. I was listening to WFAN(NY) sports radio once and on the BENINGO&ROBERTS SHOW 10AM-1PM they were talking HOF WR MICHAEL IRVIN about Williams as a possible CANDIDATE for the NFL HALL OF FAME for his impact on aforementioned BLACK QBs in the current climate.Men like MICHAEL VICK,BYRON LEFTWICH,DONOVAN MC NABB,WARREN MOON,RANDALL CUNNINGHAM ,KORDELL STEWART,DON MC PHERSON all saw him shoot down the STUPID IDEA that was held against black QBs that they wouldn't lead a NFL team to a title.
@@dwightlove3704 while l agree that Doug Williams' Super Bowl victory was a groundbreaking achievement, his overall career doesn't scream Hall of Famer to me. Phil Simms has virtually double the TD passes Williams accumulated, led the Giants to a Super Bowl victory with his own scintillating QB play, and was an integral part of another Giants' SB-winning season before he went down with a late season injury in 1990. But thus far he's been ignored by the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
@@josedopwell9645 Sorry but Williams had 4 SECOND QUARTER TD PASSES.Joe Namath got in simply because of what he said to the media prior to the game with his FAMOUS GUARANTEE.Williams THREW FOR MORE YDS IN THE 2ND QTR (228)ALONE THAN NAMATH ACCUMULATED IN THE ENTIRE GAME IN SB III(206)also NAMATH didn't have a SINGLE TD PASS IN HIS GAME and we all know what Williams did in that department.Simms still holds the mark for accuracy 88% 22/25 268 yds 2/3 tds.Namath and JIM MC MAHON are the ONLY QBs not to throw a touchdown pass in their SB appearances and be on the winning team.
@@dwightlove3704 l'm not a fan of Namath's induction either. He may have the worst QB rating of anyone in the Hall. I think Len Dawson was a better AFL QB than Namath. He just didn't have the Madison Avenue marketing machine to inflate and overhype all his exploits. But his numbers are not only far superior to Namath's, they're also better than many of his 1960s NFL contemporaries. With a few exceptions (e.g Sandy Koufax, Gale Sayers) I believe any sports HOF should honor consistent excellence over time. I don't think Williams or Namath pass that exam. But one's in and the other's out. A player playing the game of his life does not equal a Hall of Fame career.
Black people are the best athletes. They are built different, built better. Incredible people
Thank you for this. I was just talking to my co-worker about players from HBCUs
GTKelly There is a account for HBCU SCHOOLS on Twitter.
@@dwightlove3704 can you give the name of the account?
@@gtkelly789 Its called HBCU YARD SPORTS
Honorable Mention .... Ernie Ladd. Grambling St who feels me on this
Smooth Bro Testify, Go Tigers!!!
I was talking to an ex-NFL player today about Ernie Ladd...the player? Nick Ryder, RB Detroit Lions out of University of Miami.
BIG CAT ERNIE LADD
Facts
"I'd let mel blunt sleep with my wife" LMAO that guy is nutz
Why didn't they edit that out?
Totally insane that McNair isn't on this list. Best HBCU QB to ever play
Scott Farrall is a scratchy-voiced, obnoxious idiot. How did he ever get a job in this business? (Perhaps by letting people sleep with his wife?)
When the list omits Air McNair and Shannon Sharpe and starts with Micheal Strahan, you know it’s loaded!
I would put Bob Hayes on this list. He went to Florida A&M and went to the Olympics before he went to NFL and he is the only athlete to win both an Olympic gold medal and a Super Bowl ring.
Deacon Jones’ 173 sacks is even more impressive when you realize that offenses ran the ball like 70% of the time in his era! Not as many chances to get sacks!
In 12 games
And they didn't record sacks back then!
Damn, that’s a really good point.
I was gonna say what babak said, there was also only 12 games in a season back then!! I’ve heard NFL experts say, if they actually counted his sacks back then, and they played 16, or 17 games like now, he woulda had around 265 sacks 😂😂😂😂 deacon Jones ridiculous!!!
I just realized every school in the SWAC(South Western Athletic Conference) except for Alabama State, Alcorn State and UAPB(University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff) has a player in the Hall of Fame.
Alabama A&M-John Stallworth
Grambling State- Buck Bucannon, Willie Brown
Jackson State- Walter Payton, Jackie Slater
Mississippi Valley State- Jerry Rice, Deacon Jones
Prairie View A&M- Ken Houston( Should have been considered for the list)
Southern- Mel Blount, Aeneas Williams
Texas Southern- Michael Strahan
JSU also has a Lem Barney DB in the HOF.
steve mcnair has a close resume for HOF out of alcorn state
L c greenwood ark a m
@@babak6409 Same school. They changed their name to Arkansas Pine-Bluff.
Nice list
Payton should be #1 arguably.
He played runningback, quarterback, and kicker effortlessly in the Nfl.
I personally agree and I'm a Packers fan. Best player of all time imo
@@cobracmr4 facts
Why is Strahan always number 10 on these top 10 lists? One of the most underrated defenders ever.
Yoowuzgud Strahan made the list of the ALL TIME GREATS NO.99!!!!!!!
This is a nice list they are all super legends of the games history.
Very educational. I never knew that some of these guys went to HBCUs.
I'm almost certain I heard on a documentary about the raiders that art shell graduated from Notre dame. I never knew he went to an HBCU. Somehow I appreciate him more now. I didn't think he was a great coach but that was certainly a milestone that needed to happen
No Bullet Bob Hayes from Florida A&M? His speed literally changed the game forever. Guess he's Top 15.
Speaking of Florida A&M, I'm surprised that Ken Riley was not on the list. When he played 15 years with The Cincinnati Bengals, he had 65 interceptions. That's more than Pittsburgh's Mel Blount.
Alright NFL Films. I see you.
Doug Williams is one of two African American quarterbacks to win a Super Bowl. He is the only African American quarterbaxk to win Super Bowl MVP
Only guy on here not in the hall of fame. So therefore. Overrated.
@@Tim_Marshall73 his impact though... Well, his greatness did not span many seasons. But he deserves what he has
Dang is it really only him and Russel Wilson?
To win Jerome Rizzo. To play it’s been: Doug, Williams, Steve McNair, Colin Kaepernick, Russell Wilson.
@@Yankeeapple13 McNabb played in one as well
No CHARLIE JOINER he was the ORIGINAL leader for all time receptions straight from Grambling.
Art Shell deserves to be much higher. Maryland Eastern Shore is a very small school and to rise to the level he did on pure desire and intelligence. That's a real man.
Doug Williams was the man! Coming from Grambling, he finally proved that black QBs were intelligent enough. Who questioned that? I never did because I grew up with black guys who played football with me. Doug Williams was awesome! I was and am a fan!
I hope the NFL Network does a top 10 HBCU programs of all time some day.
If NFL Films makes a top 10 offensive lineman of all time, Art Shell deserves to be on there.
🏆Gotta love HBCUs!! Nothing like 'em! So legendary and Loved!
#FACTS
Love the HBCU's, it ain't about where you go, it's about what you do when you get there.
Ken Houston one of the all time greats at the safety position came out of PRAIRIE VIEW A&M
If prairie view is a HbCU then my gracious you are absolutely right. Ken Houston is one of the greatest ever. And even with that being said they forgot arguably the best of all time Lem Barney.
Panther-Paradise, Texas. (smile)
Wow, no John Stallworth a 4× super bowl winner and hall of Famer
Steve McNair threw for 14,496/ yds with 114/ tds at Alcorn St finished 3rd in the 1995 heisman voting with 2 RBs ahead of him that would be out of the league by his MVP season he is THE Best Titan in franchise history and has more rushing Tds then Mike Vick.
Save for Doug Williams everyone else is a Hall of Famer.
In my opinion, I thought Walter Payton should had been number one and Jerry Rice number 2. But I don't have a problem with Rice being no. 1.
So, the best WR, RB, DE & CB of all time were HBCU. Now, what does that tell us?
Malabarista Good athletes come from poor environments. All the boxers from 1880-1950 came from really poor ghettos mostly Italian/Jewish etc then 1950-2000 it was mostly southern African America/Latino and now in the 21st century its all Eastern Europe from oppressive former Soviet Union countries
It explains the mediocrity of many FBS programs. You look at the talent that came from HBCU programs, FBS schools could have had them as well, but due to segregation and racism, it was HBCU schools that benefitted the most from it. To be overlooked at certain positions because of the color of your skin is ridiculous and unnecessary. Players like Lanier, Shell, and Williams showed that skin color has little to nothing to do with a players ability at some of the most physically and mentally demanding positions. It’s a shame that a point like this has to be made instead of using common sense. If you can do your job, and do it well, nothing else matters.
That southern idea of “inbreeding will make us stronger than them” failed 🤷♂️
i do think it's funny that it's pretty much a bunch of white guys commenting on the impact of 10 HBCU players lol ...not many black commentators lol
I'm a Bears fan, so I'm probably a bit biased -- but I'd go with Walter at No. 1. Jerry Rice was the greatest receiver of all-time, but Payton was arguably the greatest football player of all-time. He ran, blocked and caught passes as good as any RB to suit up. And one game, he even played QB. Someone who says Jerry Rice is the hardest working man in the history of the NFL obviously has no idea how Payton trained. ... BTW, is there any reason for Scott Ferrall to be on this show other than his weird voice? I never even heard of the dude.
I usually have a couple problems with these lists but this was done perfectly in my opinion
Bret Favre gave Michael that sack he took 5 steps and slipped
Tarik Cohen is going to be on the list one day.... dude is a problem (NC A&T) go aggies
I'm a Bills fan but Walter Payton might be the best overall football player I've ever seen play the game. Sweetness probably had a better passing arm than some of the QB's the Bears have had over the years and was a hell of a pass protector too when he had to pick up a blitzing LB or DB. Not to mention the fact that he may very well be the greatest runner who ever played the game. His work ethic was second to none
They forgot Bullet Bob Hayes he was from FAMU
This list is ridiculously excellent.
It’s shameful that only the exceptional were even considered.
Think of ALL the excellent players from black colleges that never even got a glimpse
I'd have flipped the top two. I think Walter Payton is the best football player of my lifetime. Technically, Jim Brown played one season after I was born, but I don't count him.
The list could go on and on, like Ben Coates (Livingstone College), Steve McNair (Alcorn State), Harry Carson (South Carolina State) , Marion Motley (South Carolina State), Aeneas Williams (Southern) , Shannon Sharpe (Savannah State) and Paul Younger (Grambling)...
MAMAN YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
S.C. STATE H.C.
Whose here after JSU flipped the #1/#2 recruit?
Doug Willians is an amazing and inspirational story, as are all of these really. But his I find particularly incredible.
One of the best guys. Just a classy man.
no love for steve mcnair??
There is no way Scott doesn’t smoke
Strahan spending his youth in Germany explains his adult dating life😂😂😂😂
RIP Deacon
And Walter.
They want Brett to come off of a Play action and, see Strahan coming at him unblocked and they want him to stand there to take a sack. Not like he had room to step up or avoid him.
Imagine you're that Qb at 0:30 and Michael Strahan twists up the middle unblocked and gets a full head of steam and is coming at you completely unimpeded. That's a big boy beelining for you.
It's all About THE SWAC BABY!!! #HBCU FOR LIFE Proud to be A JSU Alumni 💯💪🏾💯💪🏾💯💪🏾 Jackie Slayter, Walter Payton (JSU BABY Tiger Pride) LETS GO JSU TIGERS!!!🐅🐅🐅🐯🐯🐯, JSU, SU, GSU, TXSU MVSU, Then to top it off, The #1 Pick is Frat!!! Phi Beta Sigma...🤘🏾💪🏾💯 GOMAB
Good List but no Steve McNair tho 🤔🤔🤔
I think they wanted to dodge the controversy related to his death. I do agree though, I watched with the intentions of hearing my school shouted out.
@smoothcollected Much respect to you as well.
Steve McNair was not making this list. Great player, but; Bob Hayes, Shannon Sharpe, Larry little, Aeneas Williams, John Stallworth, Richard Dent, and Charlie Joiner get on this list before McNair. Also all ten of these guys can make a case for Top ten all time great players.
He did get an honorable mention.
Melvin Shine I did not know that. They don't show best of the rest on youtube.
18:41 ➡ Top 4 players were arguably the GOAT at their position in history of the league.
Well number one and two were the best at their positions
#FACTS
I watched Doug Williams in that famous Super Bowl...from A hospital CCU...Will never forget his performance, for a lot of reasons!
I was about 7. My mom was jumping up and down on furniture and all over the place cheering. I'd never seen her so excited before and didn't understand why cause she wasn't even a Redskins fan
DEAR BLACK ATHLETES PLEASE GO BACK 2 ATTENDING HBCU's THIS IS WHERE IT ALL STARTED!!!
Black athletes are still going to HBCU'S. Do you really want to go back to segregation?
This makes up for them placing the MEAC conference on there Football Factories Top Ten list and not the HBCUs
Wait, the MEAC Conference is on the Top 10 Football Factories list. They must have updated the list, when was this?!
@@MrJLov13 It was one of their earliest videos, like 10+ years ago. It's actually really funny watching it now cause they all praise Penn State and Joe Paterno and say that Alabama is a dying program lol
The Mac not Meac
Steve McNair he was a nfl MVP
And led Jeff Fisher t an Super bowl come on now you have to put him in the Hall just for that.
Colo Mystic Walker 😂😂Thats no easy task
@@eddieleejoseph2998 Not at all brotha lol
This the best top ten list I've ever seen since they been doing it....
Well it does have two of the top 3 players of all time in rice and Payton
Imagine this team
Just imagine Jackie Slater and Art Shell blocking for Walter Payton and Doug Williams throwing to Jerry Rice
Mel Blount and Willie Brown covering your receivers
Top 10 Ivy League players.
plutoniumrocket #1 Ryan Fitzpatrick lol 😂
LMAO! Yeah...ok. Hahahahahaha! They're memory-based students. That is all.
Sid Luckman no. 1?
They moved trying to hv a show of players all from the 40's & 50's
@@arsenioseslpodcast3143 so you're implying ivy leaguers aren't smart orrrrrrrr?
Walter Payton should be #1 receivers arent involved in much of the heart and soul of football, which is the hitting. Rice is still phenomenal tho
Exactly Rice is still the greatest receiver but can he pass and block like Payton did I don’t think so
Rice's numbers are so far above and beyond the other receivers on the list of all time stats. Jerry worked hard for those numbers and always deserves to be #1 on lists of greatness. Payton was great but Rice literally blew away the competition. He's got 6000 more receiving yards than Larry Fitzgerald who's #2 on the list and 40+ more touchdowns than #2 on that list, Randy Moss. Emmitt has roughly 1500 more rushing yards than Walter and Walter is 1500 above Barry. Walter is 4th all time in rushing TD's and he's 54 behind Emmitt. I'm not taking away from Walter I'm just defending Jerry being #1 on this list. He also has 224 more receptions than #2 all time receptions list. He was just that damn good.
Matt Ojeda Rice also played 19 seasons to Payton’s 12
@markmac That goes without saying
@markmac I myself played corner, and dont think a corner/receiver could ever be considered the overall GOAT (maybe a safety tho, if they were dominant enough for a long enough time). Receivers dont have the traits typically associated with great football players: generally speaking they dont hit that hard, arent as tough, arent that strong (this and the prior two points I made are all relative to the population of all NFL players, ofc NFL receivers are very significantly stronger and tougher than the average fit person), they dont get dirty, they arent banging every play. Their involvement in the game is just not the same as that of an RB.
I still put Payton #1 for the simple reason that for most of his career he had no team around him. The QBs were all terrible, the WR and TE were terrible and he had basically no Pro Bowl linemen blocking for him. How can a defense still not stop him? Rice had weapons all around him to free him up.
I grew up in the DC area and I personally think the NFL hyped up Doug Williams/ black QB thing. He had been around a long time before joining the redskins and took Tampa to their first playoff game. EVERYONE knew he was a good QB
Wow people really don't know what an HBCU is! C'mon guys.
Yeah some people are stupid
Even though it's in the description
Or they know what it is but are being intentionally obtuse
Can u please take me to heaven?
#3 had a award named after him for the NFL sacks champion
Should be Sweetness NUMBER ONE and Jerry Rice number two. You know who is better than J. Rice? The guys throwing him those passes! I love Jerry Rice (still have his ‘starting lineups’ action figure), but no way is he #1 over Walter Payton!
"Jones signature was definitely the head slap"
22:30 * proceeds to show him punching people... upper cutting that Viking* lmao
Do the top 10 Ivy League players
I'd like to see that. Gary Fencik was a great player who went to Yale
jackson state winning
Slater should be 7, Art Shell 8, Strahan should be 9, and Doug William 10. Doug although he had some great moments and games, he was only a decent to average player for most of his career. Never made any pro bowls and had a sub 500 record as the starting QB. His significance as a player means a lot but performance wise on the field, no way better than the those 3.
I'm a Bears fan. Died in the wool. So it's really difficult for me to choose anyone over Payton. He was a true one man gangs. Jerry played with two of the greatest QBs of all time. On a spectacular, winning team. Walter had one thing on his side; the football. #1 in my book. Rougher and tougher than any football player who ever lived or ever will live. I don't want to hear about Lambert, Watts, or even Butkus. Walter #1. One thing I disagree with. His nickname "Sweetness". In my opinion, there was nothing sweet about his game. He was a wrecking ball. Ask anyone who ever tried to tackle him. Not one ever said, "you know, that was a sweet move he put in me." More like, "he knocked the dogshit out of me. And I was the one supposedly doing the tackling"
About time the NFL paid it forward. Great list, but it's a shame it's only limited to ten.
#BlackExcellence
Anthony Freeman Maybe we can get an ESPN article on the best 100 NFL players from HBCUs, in February.
@@marcuslee1927 an interesting and exciting thought for sure, but I feel like we have to demand it. Not sure they'd outright publish a list and article like that without demand