Longest Pro Careers Gt Players

[1979jacket]

Doesn't mean everything but does men had to be pretty good

1 LB Keith Brooking 15
2 DE-LB Marco Coleman 14
3 WR Drew Hill 14
4 LB Larry Stallings 14
5 T-G Dave Lutz 13
6 LB Daryl Smith 13
7 LB Maxie Baughan 12
8 DE-LB Mark Pike 12
9 LB-DE Pat Swilling 12
10 RB Dorsey Levens 11
11 LB-FB-HB Larry Morris 11
12 T Billy Shields 11
13 C-LB Bill Curry 10
14 DB Nick Ferguson 10
15 TE Will Heller 10
16 LB Lucius Sanford 10
17 LB Reggie Wilkes 10
18 LB Keyaron Fox 9
19 G-T Kent Hill 9
20 WR Calvin Johnson 9
21 DB Dawan Landry 9
22 DB-P Billy Lothridge 9
23 G Billy Shaw 9
24 LB Philip Wheeler 9

Others still playing
DE Michael Johnson 8
DB Morgan Burnett 7
T Andrew Gardner 7
T Andrew Gardner 7
WR Demaryius Thomas 7

 

[1979jacket]

DE Derrick Morgan 7 is another

 

[TheSilasSonRising]

Oh top of my head I was going to guess Larry Stallings. Interesting list.

 

[bennyjacket]

Vance Walker was in the league for a while not sure how much he played.

 

[GTjunkie]

Andrew Economos has 8 years.

 

[33jacket]

Vance Walker was in the league for a while not sure how much he played.

he was a yearly starter for both the Broncos, Falcons and was it Raiders? can't remember off the top

 

[Skeptic]

Doesn't mean everything but does men had to be pretty good

1 LB Keith Brooking 15
2 DE-LB Marco Coleman 14
3 WR Drew Hill 14
4 LB Larry Stallings 14
5 T-G Dave Lutz 13
6 LB Daryl Smith 13
7 LB Maxie Baughan 12
8 DE-LB Mark Pike 12
9 LB-DE Pat Swilling 12
10 RB Dorsey Levens 11
11 LB-FB-HB Larry Morris 11
12 T Billy Shields 11
13 C-LB Bill Curry 10
14 DB Nick Ferguson 10
15 TE Will Heller 10
16 LB Lucius Sanford 10
17 LB Reggie Wilkes 10
18 LB Keyaron Fox 9
19 G-T Kent Hill 9
20 WR Calvin Johnson 9
21 DB Dawan Landry 9
22 DB-P Billy Lothridge 9
23 G Billy Shaw 9
24 LB Philip Wheeler 9

Others still playing
DE Michael Johnson 8
DB Morgan Burnett 7
T Andrew Gardner 7
T Andrew Gardner 7
WR Demaryius Thomas 7

Add in Maxie Baughan, as good as any of them, maybe better. Linebacker, 10 years in the pros, three times all-pro, nine times in the pro bowl. Linebacker and center at GT in the late '50s Actually coached a couple of years while he pursued his degree after leaving the NFL. If one were to build a model middle linebacker in the '50s and '60s, Baughan would be the result.
oops, Just saw his name. NM. good list.

 

[wrmathis]

he was a yearly starter for both the Broncos, Falcons and was it Raiders? can't remember off the top

and kansas city.

 

[GTJoeBrew]

he was a yearly starter for both the Broncos, Falcons and was it Raiders? can't remember off the top

Didn't start as many games as I had thought, but here are his stats.

 

[DAVID F]

John Davis , played in super bowl.

 

[TheSilasSonRising]

Do not know length of careers but -

Al Richardson - falcons

Billy Martin- Bears, falcons

Tony ????? - part of glitz blitz with falcons. From Augusta IIRC. Anyone?

Robert Lavette - Cowboys.

Ray Beck - giants

Ted Davis - Bears?

Craig Bayhnam - Cowboys

Like I said, do not know length of career, but lasted more than just camp.

 

[jzgt22]

Will Heller played 10 years for Tampa/Miami/Seattle/Detroit after 17 career receptions at Tech.

 

[Skeptic]

Apropos of almost nothing, but looking at the list with so many from an era long past when average guys could actually get a chance to play football, and play well, the biggest player on the 1959 LSU team was Billy Cannon. He was listed at 209 pounds.

 

[GT18YJ]

Do not know length of careers but -

Al Richardson - falcons

Billy Martin- Bears, falcons

Tony ????? - part of glitz blitz with falcons. From Augusta IIRC. Anyone?

Robert Lavette - Cowboys.

Ray Beck - giants

Ted Davis - Bears?

Craig Bayhnam - Cowboys

Like I said, do not know length of career, but lasted more than just camp.

Tony Daykin - drafted by Detroit and played 2 years then 4 with the Falcons.

Craig Baynham - Dallas, Chicago, St. Louis

 

[GoodBuzz]

It would be interesting to get the complete list compiled to get the average (and distribution) of their tenure. Then using current averages we can show expected earnings for their NFL career. I would think it would strengthen the case for the 40 year plan. And all this is IF they make the NFL.

 

[1979jacket]

It would be interesting to get the complete list compiled to get the average (and distribution) of their tenure. Then using current averages we can show expected earnings for their NFL career. I would think it would strengthen the case for the 40 year plan. And all this is IF they make the NFL.

177 players avg of 4.5. Now some of these guys are still playing so avg might be a little low but a good approximation.

 

[1979jacket]

To add to that 87 of 177 played 3 years or less.

 

[TheSilasSonRising]

Tony Daykin - drafted by Detroit and played 2 years then 4 with the Falcons.

Craig Baynham - Dallas, Chicago, St. Louis

YES. Thank you. That was driving me nuts.

 

[Skeptic]

It would be interesting to get the complete list compiled to get the average (and distribution) of their tenure. Then using current averages we can show expected earnings for their NFL career. I would think it would strengthen the case for the 40 year plan. And all this is IF they make the NFL.

You know, of course, that the selling point of any college degree is the lifetime earnings, whether it is from Tech or anywhere else. The last figure I saw a year or so ago was that a college graduate could expect to make an average of about $850,000 more than someone with just a HS degree, irrespective of the origin of the degree. That number has tended to move up and down but in pretty small increments. Certainly Tech grads in high end fields will make more, but the flip side is that a lot of Tech grads in less demanded fields will go right into the middle of the pack, because that is life. And yep, the same is true of grads from Stanford or ND or Cornell or Yale, etc. The degree might get one in the door but it does not guarantee a desk.

 

[DvilleJacket]

Do you guys think Brooking is a HOFr?