Who Are the Greatest Buckeye Linebackers - Part II

[LordJeffBuck]

no way should Randy Gradishar not be #1.

According to College Football News, Chris Spielman is #48 on the list of the all-time greatest college football players, and Randy Gradishar is #90. But I do agree with you that Gradishar should be receiving more votes in our poll. It will be interesting to see whether Hawk makes the next version of the CFN list.

Other Buckeyes on the list are John Hicks at #92; Jack Tatum at #51; Orlando Pace at #29; Jim Parker at #26; and Archie Griffin at #15.

 

[Nordberg]

I know he wasn't a linebacker at OSU, but in the NFL he is. Vrabel is one of the better linebackers in the NFL.

 

[RMosack]

I already asked on page 1 of this thread, but does anybody know where Marek went after the USFL? Did he, like most of the big names in the USFL, go to an NFL team, or simply retire?

 

[LordJeffBuck]

I already asked on page 1 of this thread, but does anybody know where Marek went after the USFL? Did he, like most of the big names in the USFL, go to an NFL team, or simply retire?

Jeez, what do you want for free - an instant response?

Anyway, Marcus played in the USFL for each of the three seasons that that league was in existence, staying with the same franchise (the Breakers, who played in three different cities – Boston (1983), New Orleans (1984), and Portland (1985)). Marek played one season in Canada with the Toronto Argonauts (1986) before calling it quits. Don't ask me what he's doing now....

 

[RMosack]

Thanks a lot LJB. I always wondered why I never remembered him in the NFL in the '80s. Given how great he was in college, it's kind of weird that he never had an NFL career.