List of Famous American Football Players

Barret Glenn Robbins is a former American football center who played nine seasons for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for Texas Christian University, he was taken by the Oakland Raiders in the second round of the 1995 NFL Draft. He was elected to the Pro Bowl in 2002. He was the leader of the Raiders offensive line that led them to Super Bowl XXXVII.

Michael Lockett Garrett is a former American football player who won the Heisman Trophy in 1965 as a halfback for the USC Trojans. Garrett played professional football for eight seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs and San Diego Chargers. From 1993 until 2010 he was the athletic director at the University of Southern California (USC). Garrett became the athletic director at California State University, Los Angeles in 2015.

Jamal Lewis is a former American football running back in the National Football League (NFL) who played for the Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens fifth overall in the 2000 NFL Draft. He played college football at Tennessee. After spending his first seven seasons with the Ravens, Lewis signed a free agent contract with the Cleveland Browns prior to the 2007 season and retired after the 2009 season.

Shaun Edward Alexander is a former American football running back who played for the Seattle Seahawks and Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Alabama, and was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks 19th overall in the 2000 NFL Draft. In May 2011, he was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. Alexander set numerous NFL and Seattle Seahawks' franchise records and was named the NFL MVP in 2005. He was also named to the NFL's 2000 All-Decade team, and ranks #8 all time in NFL History for Rushing Touchdowns (100). Alexander was the first athlete featured on the cover of both the NCAA Football and Madden NFL series of video games.

Michael T. Rozier is a former American college and professional football player who was a running back in the United States Football League (USFL) for two seasons and the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons during the 1980s and early 1990s. Rozier played college football for the University of Nebraska, and won the Heisman Trophy in 1983. Afterward, he played professionally for the Pittsburgh Maulers and Jacksonville Bulls of the USFL and the Houston Oilers and Atlanta Falcons of the NFL. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.

Trent Nelson Taylor is an American football wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Louisiana Tech.

Zachary Williams is a former American football center. He was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the sixth round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He played college football at Washington State.

Andrew Paul Lee is an American football punter for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Pittsburgh, and was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the sixth round of the 2004 NFL Draft.

Robert Harland Reifsnyder is a retired American football player. An All-American at the United States Naval Academy, he won the Maxwell Award in 1957. He went on to play professionally for the American Football League's New York Titans (1960–1961). Reifsnyder was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1997. He has also coached high school football. He coached the Bisons of Alfred G. Berner High School in Massapequa, New York, where actor Alec Baldwin was one of his players. He won the "Thorp Award" in 1954; joining fellow "Thorp Award" winners: Jim Brown-1952, John Mackey-1958 and Matt Snell-1959.

John Cappelletti is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) with the Los Angeles Rams and the San Diego Chargers.