Few players bridge the gap between college dominance and professional championship success as completely as Tony Casillas. As a powerhouse defensive tackle for the Oklahoma Sooners, he anchored a National Championship defense and earned the nation’s highest honor for a lineman. Drafted second overall in 1986, he transitioned his elite run-stopping skills to the NFL,

Winston Cordell Hill was born on October 23, 1941, in Joaquin, Texas. An imposing figure at 6’4″ and 270 pounds, Hill was defined by his extraordinary durability and mastery as an offensive tackle, ultimately earning a long-overdue place in football history. College Career Hill attended Texas Southern University, a historically black college, where he starred

September 24, 1946 – ” Mean” Joe Greene was a former defensive tackle from North Texas State. Joe Greene was known as a pretty nice guy off the football field, but he was tabbed with the “Mean” part of his nickname by the mascot of North Texas State, being called the Mean Green. College Career