This is the list of players that played at the same time as or AFTER the Rocket who have already gotten in. There are some outstanding football players in this group. There are also some absolute head scratchers to think that they’re in ahead of him. Joe Hamilton???
Ty Detmer / BYU 1991
Michael Payton / Marshall 1992
Rod Smith / Missouri Southern 1992
Chris Bisaillon / Illinois Wesleyan 1993
Troy Brown / Marshall 1993
Lincoln Kennedy / Washington 1993
Rob Waldrop / Arizona 1993
Charlie Ward / Florida State 1994
Greg Myers / Colorado State 1994
Derrick Brooks / Fla State 1994
Kerry Collins / Penn St 1995
Tony Boselli / USC 1995
Ruben Brown / Pitt 1995
Dave Dickenson / Montana 1995
Marshall Faulk / SD St 1995
Dana Howard / Illinois 1995
Teddy Bruschi / Arizona 1996
Tommy Frazier / Nebraska 1996
Eddie George / OSU 1996
Jon Ogden / UCLA 1996
Orlando Pace / OSU 1996
Zach Thomas / Texas Tech 1996
Dexter Coakley / App State 1997
Pat Fitzgerald / Northwestern 1997
Aaron Taylor / Nebraska 1997
Day Nguyen / Texas A&M 1997
Danny Wuerffel / Florida 1997
Grant Wistrom / Nebraska 1998
Peyton Manning / Tennessee 1998
Charles Woodson / Michigan 1998
Dre Bly / North Carolina 1999
Joe Hamilton / Ga Tech 1999
Mark Simoneau / Kansas St 1999
Matt Stinchcomb / Georgia 1999
Ricky Williams / Texas 1999
Ron Dayne / Wisconsin 2000
Brian Urlacher / New Mexico 2000
Ed Reed / Miami 2000
Sean Brewer / Millsaps 2001
LaDainian Tomlinson / TCU 2001
Adrian Peterson / Ga Southern 2002 (not that Adrian Peterson)
Matt Leinart / USC 2006
Calvin Johnson / Ga Tech 2007