ESPN's All-Time Black College Team

[3rd Coast Tiger]

Thought I'd beaT others To it and post ESPN's list of All-Time Black College Team:

The history of black college football is more than a century old.

The number of outstanding players who played black college football is incredible. For many years, HBCUs have been able to get the cream of the crop when it comes to landing the top black athletes.

It wasn't until the mid- to late '70s that the doors to the major-college football programs started to gradually open up for African-Americans. As a result, a lot of great players have come through programs like Grambling State, Florida A&M, Tennessee State and Morgan State.

Despite these players' successes, a number of people don't realize they honed their skills at HBCUs. It's important to know the history of the game. It's also important to recognize the best black college football players to ever play the game.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3697955


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[Uncle Buck]

Some big names on that list.

[catbob]

The comments are the article are getting out of hand. As I understand it, the articles was supposed to be for the best players from HBCUs. However the author didn't really title it very well.

[TexasTerror]

Only one player on the list since 1990...

K: Cedric Oglesby, South Carolina State (1996-2000)
Oglesby was one of the top place-kickers in the MEAC. He won many games for the Bulldogs with his foot.

Never heard of him - anyone got more information?

[bigchocolate]

Only one player on the list since 1990...

K: Cedric Oglesby, South Carolina State (1996-2000)
Oglesby was one of the top place-kickers in the MEAC. He won many games for the Bulldogs with his foot.

Never heard of him - anyone got more information?


TT you are such a B @#$%!!

The list below are not exactly household names!!!!

TT are there any Hall of Famer's on this list? If not, silence would have been the correct response for you.

NFL Players who attended Sam Houston State University


Bankston, Michael (1992 - 2000)
Blinka, Stan (1979 - 1983)
Carroll, Ronnie (1974 - 1974)
Davis, Keith (2002 - 2008)
Denton, Tim (1998 - 2000)
Dirden, Johnnie (1978 - 1981)
Dominguez, Matt (2001 - 2001)
Harris, Odie (1988 - 1995)
Heinrich, Keith (2002 - 2007)
Hightower, Ben (1942 - 1943)
Hill, Jimmy (1955 - 1966)
Kallina, Ed (1928 - 1928)
Kimble, Garry (1987 - 1987)
Law, Hubbard (1942 - 1945)
McCown, Josh (2002 - 2008)
Merkens, Guido (1978 - 1987)
Moore, Mcneil (1954 - 1957)
Nelms, Mike (1980 - 1984)
Royal, Rickey (1990 - 1990)
Ruthstrom, Ralph (1945 - 1949)
Satterwhite, Howard (1976 - 1977)
Spence, Julian (1956 - 1961)
Wright, George (1970 - 1972)

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

Only one player on the list since 1990...

K: Cedric Oglesby, South Carolina State (1996-2000)
Oglesby was one of the top place-kickers in the MEAC. He won many games for the Bulldogs with his foot.

Never heard of him - anyone got more information?

Carlos Leech, Southern University, was the best place-kicker ever @ a HBCU.

[Pitbull]

I thought these guys would have been on the list....

Harry Carson played college football at South Carolina State University from 1972-1975, not missing a single game in all four years. He became the first Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference player to win consecutive defensive player of the year honors, and assisted the Bulldogs to consecutive conference championships. In 1975, he was a first team selection on the AFCA College-Division All-America team and set school records with 117 tackles and 17 sacks. With Carson as their captain, the Bulldogs defense recorded six shutouts in 1975, and held their opponents to just 29 points, an NCAA record for a ten game season.


Donnie Shell is a former American Football strong safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League between 1974 and 1987. Shell was a member of the Steelers famed Steel Curtain defense in the 1970s.

Shell won four Super Bowls, and retired as the NFL strong safety career leader in interceptions with 51. He started eleven straight years for the Steelers and was selected to the Steelers All-Time Team, the College Football Hall of Fame, and to the NFL Silver Anniversary Super Bowl Team.

[JohnStOnge]

If you're talking about relative to a given player's time, I think Willie Brown was the greatest cornerback ever.

[mikebigg]

If you're talking about relative to a given player's time, I think Willie Brown was the greatest cornerback ever.

Except I'm not sure if he played the position in college... I seem to recall reading that he played end (offense) in college.