Over the next two weeks, CFB 24/7 will unveil its choices for the Mount Rushmores -- top 4 all-time NFL players -- from 10 top college football programs. The 10 were chosen based on the total number of NFL players produced by the school. The series continues with the LSU Tigers.
.@LSUfootball's Mount Rushmore: Top 4 all-time @NFL players from LSUhttps://t.co/GWnPVzUFCE #LSUNFLRushmore pic.twitter.com/JBBKnyjYJf
— NFL Draft (@NFLDraft) June 8, 2016
Carved into LSU's Mount Rushmore:
» Jim Taylor
» Y.A. Tittle
» Steve Van Buren
» Alan Faneca
Why those four? Taylor was a part of four of the five Packers teams that won championships in the 1960s. A romping, stomping fullback for Vince Lombardi's power-sweeping Packers teams, Taylor won the rushing title in 1962, the only year in which Jim Brown didn't lead the league in rushing during his legendary nine-year career. ... Known by many as being the subject of one of the most memorable sports photographs in American history, Tittle was a seven-time Pro Bowl selection. ... Van Buren -- the first first-round draft selection out of LSU -- was a four-time NFL rushing leader and the first running back to achieve three consecutive rushing titles. Van Buren was a central figure in the Philadelphia Eagles' 1948 NFL Championship win in a blizzard. ... Faneca played for 13 seasons in the trenches, and earned nine Pro Bowl nods in the process. He was also selected to the NFL's 2000s all-decade team.
Also considered:Odell Beckham, Kevin Faulk, Kevin Mawae, Patrick Peterson
Total number of NFL players from school: 327
Total first-round draft picks from school: 38
Total picks from school in 2016 NFL Draft: 5 (Deion Jones, Round 2; Jerald Hawkins, Round 4; Rashard Robinson, Round 4; Jalen Mills, Round 7; Vadal Alexander, Round 7)
Members of Pro Football Hall of Fame: 3 (Taylor, Tittle, Van Buren)
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