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\t\t\t6
\n\t\t\tSouthern California
\n\t\t\tCaleb Williams (2024), Carson Palmer (2003), Keyshawn Johnson (1996),
Ricky Bell (1977), O.J. Simpson (1969), Ron Yary (1968)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t5
\n\t\t\tGeorgia
\n\t\t\tTravon Waker (2022), Matthew Stafford (2009)<\/a>, Harry Babcock (1953),
Charley Trippi (1945), Frank Sinkwich (1943)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t5
\n\t\t\tNotre Dame
\n\t\t\tWalt Patulski (1972), Paul Hornung (1957), Leon Hart (1950),
Frank Dancewicz (1946), Angelo Bertelli (1944)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t5
\n\t\t\tOklahoma
\n\t\t\tKyler Murray (2019)<\/a>, Baker Mayfield (2018)<\/a>, Sam Bradford (2010),
Billy Sims (1980),\u00a0Lee Roy Selmon (1976)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t4
\n\t\t\tAuburn
\n\t\t\tCam Newton (2011)<\/a>,\u00a0Aundray Bruce\u00a0(1988),
Bo Jackson (1986),\u00a0Tucker Frederickson (1965)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t4
\n\t\t\tStanford
\n\t\t\tAndrew Luck (2012), John Elway (1983),
Jim Plunkett (1971), Bobby Garrett (1954)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t3
\n\t\t\tLSU
\n\t\t\tJoe Burrow (2020)<\/a>, JaMarcus Russell (2007), Billy Cannon (1960)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t3
\n\t\t\tMiami (FL)
\n\t\t\tCam Ward (2025)<\/a>, Russell Maryland (1991), Vinny Testaverde (1987)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t3
\n\t\t\tOhio State
\n\t\t\tOrlando Pace (1997), Dan Wilkinson (1994), Tom Cousineau (1979)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t3
\n\t\t\tTexas
\n\t\t\tKenneth Sims (1982), Earl Campbell (1978), Tommy Nobis (1966)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t2
\n\t\t\tAlabama
\n\t\t\tBryce Young (2023)<\/a>, Harry Gilmer (1948)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t2
\n\t\t\tCalifornia
\n\t\t\tJared Goff (2016)<\/a>, Steve Bartkowski (1975)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t2
\n\t\t\tMichigan
\n\t\t\tJake Long (2008), Tom Harmon (1941)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t2
\n\t\t\tNebraska
\n\t\t\tIrving Fryar (1984),\u00a0Sam Francis (1937)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t2
\n\t\t\tPenn State
\n\t\t\tCourtney Brown (2000),\u00a0Ki-Jana Carter (1995)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t2
\n\t\t\tSouth Carolina
\n\t\t\tJadeveon Clowney (2014), George Rogers (1981)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t2
\n\t\t\tTennessee
\n\t\t\tPeyton Manning (1998),\u00a0George Cafego (1940)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t2
\n\t\t\tVirginia Tech
\n\t\t\tMichael Vick (2001), Bruce Smith (1985)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t2
\n\t\t\tIndiana
\n\t\t\tFernando Mendoza (2026)<\/a>,\u00a0Corbett Davis (1938)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tCentral Michigan
\n\t\t\tEric Fisher (2013)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tChicago
\n\t\t\tJay Berwanger (1936)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tClemson
\n\t\t\tTrevor Lawrence (2021)<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tColorado A&M
\n\t\t\tGary Glick (1956)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tFlorida State
\n\t\t\tJameis Winston (2015)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tFresno State
\n\t\t\tDavid Carr (2002)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tIllinois
\n\t\t\tJeff George (1990)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tIowa
\n\t\t\tRandy Duncan (1959)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tKentucky
\n\t\t\tTim Couch (1999)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tLouisiana Tech
\n\t\t\tTerry Bradshaw (1970)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tMichigan State
\n\t\t\tBubba Smith (1967)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tMississippi
\n\t\t\tEli Manning (2004)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tNC State
\n\t\t\tMario Williams (2006)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tOklahoma State
\n\t\t\tBob Fenimore (1947)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tOregon
\n\t\t\tGeorge Shaw (1955)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tOregon State
\n\t\t\tTerry Baker (1963)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tPenn
\n\t\t\tChuck Bednarik (1949)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tRice
\n\t\t\tKing Hill (1958)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tSMU
\n\t\t\tKyle Rote (1951)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tSyracuse
\n\t\t\tJohn Matuszak (1973)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tTampa
\n\t\t\tJohn Matuszak (1973)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tTCU
\n\t\t\tKi Aldrich (1939)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tTennessee State
\n\t\t\tEd ‘Too Tall’ Jones (1974)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tTexas A&M
\n\t\t\tMyles Garrett (2017)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tTexas Tech
\n\t\t\tDave Parks (1964)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tTulane
\n\t\t\tTommy Mason (1961)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tUCLA
\n\t\t\tTroy Aikman (1989)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tUtah
\n\t\t\tAlex Smith (2005)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tVanderbilt
\n\t\t\tBill Wade (1952)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tVirginia
\n\t\t\tBill Dudley (1942)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tWashington
\n\t\t\tSteve Emtman (1992)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t1
\n\t\t\tWashington State
\n\t\t\tDrew Bledsoe (1993)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"6 Southern California Caleb Williams (2024), Carson Palmer (2003), Keyshawn Johnson (1996),Ricky Bell (1977), O.J. Simpson (1969), Ron…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":873171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2026],"tags":[7,347,932],"class_list":{"0":"post-873170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-homepage","10":"tag-indiana"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116456934840869367","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=873170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/873171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}