Longhorn NFL retired numbers: Tommy Nobis - Atlanta Falcons #60 Stan Mauldin - Arizona Cardinals #77 Bobby Layne - Detroit Lions #22 Earl Campbell - Tennessee Titans (Houston Oilers) #34 Longhorns in the NFL Hall of Fame: Bobby Layne Earl Campbell Tom Landry Tex Schramm Bobby Dillon Things that I think need to happen: Tommy Nobis belongs in the HOF The Green Bay Packers need to retire Dillon's #44 Also, if you don't know the Stan Mauldin story, you should read up on it. Stan Mauldin - Wikipedia Stan Mauldin- 1967 The History of Longhorn Sports 100 Things Cardinals Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die
NFL Network's top 100 players of 2020 list has been completely revealed and Earl Thomas is the only Longhorn on it this year checking in at #75: Top 100 Players of 2020, Nos. 80-71: Josh Jacobs enters list
Puppy dog Madden, the gift that just keeps failing you A number of people have gotten paid by The University, but there has never been a bigger waste of cash than his paycheck. He took stellar HS athletes and turned them into SOFT unemployables
Justin Tucker should be in the Hall of Fame once he's eligible, even given the general hesitance against inducing kickers and punters. By most measurements he's in the conversation for greatest kicker in history.
I feel extremely remiss in failing to mention Ox Emerson in my original post. Ox was a senior finalist for the HOF in 2020 just like Nobis, and just like Nobis he was again left out. This is another former horn that needs to be elected. A member of the NFL 1930's all-decade team, he's already a member of the PFRA Hall of Very Good Class of 2010 (many of whom have eventually been elected to the HOF) and was an all around general bad ***. For more info on Ox check out these: Ox Emerson - Wikipedia HALL OF VERY GOOD - 2010 - PFRA | PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL RESEARCHERS ASSOCIATION State Your Case: Ox Emerson is long overdue in Canton
Peyton Manning leads 130 modern-era nominees for Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 Three former horns on the list early on. Priest Holmes, Eric Metcalf, and Casey Hampton but I'll be shocked if any of these three ever actually make it in... but they say it's an honor just to be nominated, right??