Very Good NFL Players Who Came From Terrible College Teams

[Todd Pence]

Jay Cutler - Vanderbilt 2002-05 (11-35)
Chris Hinton - Northwestern 1980-83 (5-39)
Tommy Kramer - Rice 1973-76 (12-31-1)
Terance Mathis - New Mexico 1985-87, 89 (9-37)
Gary Spani - Kansas State 1974-77 (9-35)

[conace21]

George Starke, Columbia, 1967-1970 (8-28.)

[MatthewToy]

Curtis Martin, Pitt, 1991-1994 (15-30)

[superbowlfanatic]

How about Billy "White Shoes" Johnson, from Div. III Widener University?

[slats7]

Troy Vincent, Wisconsin, 1988-91, (9-35)

[Nickjonz]

Dave Krieg - Milton College

[JohnTurney]

Steve Grogan's K-State teams not terrible, 12-21 in his three years. I'd call that poor - - -

[Todd Pence]

Small doesn't necessarily mean terrible. Both Widener and Milton performed respectably at their own level of competition during Johnson's and Krieg's tenure there.

[JeffreyMiller]

Paul Hornung ... his senior year, in which he won the Heisman, Notre Dame went 2-8.

[mark22photos]

Fred Smerlas played for the 0-11 Boston College Eagles in 1978 then was drafted in 1979 with the 32nd overall pick by the Buffalo Bills.