List of all NFL Players Born in Tennessee, USA
Players
Rk | Player | Pos | City | From | To | AP1 | PB | St | wAV | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Int | Sk | Yds | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
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1 | Phil King | HB | Nashville | 1958 | 1966 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 103 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 569 | 2192 | 7 | 50 | 86 | 951 | 9 | 46 |
2 | John Griffin | DB | Nashville | 1963 | 1966 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
3 | Allen Smith | HB | Chattanooga | 1966 | 1966 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
4 | Hal Wantland | DB | Columbia | 1966 | 1966 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
5 | Billy Fletcher | DB | Memphis | 1966 | 1966 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
6 | Rip Hawkins | LB | Winchester | 1961 | 1965 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
7 | Larry Benz | DB | Chattanooga | 1963 | 1965 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
8 | Odell Barry | WR | Memphis | 1964 | 1965 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 42 | 0 | 13 | |||||||
9 | Larry Hayes | C | Old Hickory | 1961 | 1963 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
10 | Gene Gossage | DE | Columbia | 1960 | 1962 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
11 | Ken Frost | DT | Brentwood | 1961 | 1962 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
12 | Dick Davis | DE | Jackson | 1962 | 1962 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
13 | Bobby Fowler | FB | Kenton | 1962 | 1962 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||||
14 | Billy Majors | DB | Lynchburg | 1961 | 1961 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
15 | Cotton Letner | LB | Ten Mile | 1961 | 1961 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
16 | Bobby Gordon | DB | Pulaski | 1958 | 1960 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||||
17 | Joe Majors | DB | Lynchburg | 1960 | 1960 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
18 | Ben Donnell | DE | Old Hickory | 1960 | 1960 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
19 | Bobby Luna | DB | Lewisburg | 1955 | 1959 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||
20 | Gene Cook | E | Greenfield | 1959 | 1959 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 43 | ||||||||||
21 | Lum Snyder | T | Cleveland | 1952 | 1958 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
22 | Jim Harness | DB | Dyersburg | 1956 | 1956 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
23 | George Taliaferro | HB | Gates | 1949 | 1955 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 72 | 92 | 284 | 1633 | 10 | 51 | 29 | 8 | 221 | 498 | 2266 | 15 | 65 | 95 | 1300 | 12 | 78 |
24 | Harry Thompson | G | Memphis | 1950 | 1955 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
25 | Jim Hill | DB | Knoxville | 1951 | 1955 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
26 | Henry Mosley | HB | Chattanooga | 1955 | 1955 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
27 | Russ Craft | DB | McEwen | 1946 | 1954 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 64 | 231 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 303 | 3 | 70 | |||||||
28 | Les Bingaman | DG | McKenzie | 1948 | 1954 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
29 | Bob Leberman | DB | Chattanooga | 1954 | 1954 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
30 | Hal Miller | T | Kingsport | 1953 | 1953 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
31 | George Gilchrist | DT | Memphis | 1953 | 1953 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
32 | Art Tait | DE | Memphis | 1951 | 1952 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
33 | Bud Sherrod | E | Knoxville | 1952 | 1952 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
34 | Jim Peebles | E | Culleoka | 1946 | 1951 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 190 | 1 | 35 | |||||||
35 | Buster Ramsey | G | Townsend | 1946 | 1951 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
36 | Herb Hannah | T | Leoma | 1951 | 1951 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
37 | Joe Signaigo | G | Memphis | 1948 | 1950 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
38 | Bob Cifers | HB | Church Hill | 1946 | 1949 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 13 | 52 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 19 | 230 | 787 | 1 | 41 | 12 | 296 | 4 | 70 | |
39 | John Treadaway | T | Moscow | 1948 | 1949 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
40 | Baby Ray | T | Una | 1938 | 1948 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
41 | Ed Cifers | E | Church Hill | 1941 | 1948 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 37 | 399 | 3 | 22 | |||||||
42 | Dick Danehe | T | Memphis | 1947 | 1948 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
43 | Denny Crawford | G | Kingsport | 1948 | 1948 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
44 | Ermal Allen | QB | Kyles Ford | 1947 | 1947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||||
45 | Bob Long | HB | Trenton | 1947 | 1947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
46 | Rhoten Shetley | B | Wolf Creek | 1940 | 1946 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 58 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 196 | 2 | 22 | ||
47 | Ray Graves | C | Rockwood | 1942 | 1946 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
48 | Henry Gude | C | Memphis | 1946 | 1946 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
49 | Bob Suffridge | G | Knoxville | 1941 | 1945 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
50 | Johnny Butler | HB | Knoxville | 1943 | 1945 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 14 | 36 | 191 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 168 | 517 | 4 | 69 | 8 | 186 | 2 | 67 | ||
51 | George Fritts | T | Lenor City | 1945 | 1945 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
52 | Boyd Clay | T | Hohenwald | 1940 | 1944 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
53 | Roy Huggins | FB | Nashville | 1944 | 1944 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 41 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
54 | Murray Evans | BB | Goodlettsville | 1942 | 1943 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 22 | 72 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 63 | 0 | 19 | ||
55 | Jim Barber | T | Murfreesboro | 1935 | 1941 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
56 | Foster Watkins | QB | Memphis | 1940 | 1941 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 34 | 95 | 627 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 29 | -65 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 16 | ||
57 | Smiley Johnson | G | Nashville | 1940 | 1941 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
58 | Frank Sullivan | C | Nashville | 1935 | 1940 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
59 | Henry Hammond | E | Memphis | 1937 | 1937 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
60 | Pug Vaughan | TB | Knoxville | 1935 | 1936 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 37 | 94 | 650 | 4 | 12 | 80 | 130 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||
61 | Cy Casper | B | Memphis | 1934 | 1935 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 83 | 201 | 1 | 10 | 164 | 1 | ||||
62 | Herman Hickman | G | Johnson City | 1932 | 1934 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
63 | Tal Maples | C | Knoxville | 1934 | 1934 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
64 | Van Rayburn | E | Pulaski | 1933 | 1933 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||||
65 | Ted Fulton | G | Memphis | 1931 | 1932 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
66 | Fred Getz | E | Memphis | 1930 | 1930 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
67 | Aaron Grant | C | Roane County | 1930 | 1930 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
68 | Eddie Butts | TB | Portland | 1929 | 1929 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
69 | Tex Grigg | B | Nashville | 1920 | 1927 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
70 | Lynn Bomar | E | Gallatin | 1925 | 1926 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
71 | Rip King | B | Franklin | 1920 | 1925 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
72 | Tom Moran | BB | Nashville | 1925 | 1925 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
73 | Hubert Wiggs | FB | Tullahoma | 1921 | 1923 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
74 | Charlie Carman | G | Bethel Springs | 1920 | 1921 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
75 | Ed Van Meter | G | Kenton | 1921 | 1921 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
76 | Billy Crouch | C | Moorestown | 1921 | 1921 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
77 | Joe Martin | HB | Nashville | 1921 | 1921 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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