BYU greats
18 players, ranked by what they did at BYU: the Heisman, the College Football Hall of Fame, national awards, consensus All-America teams, first-round picks and leading a national champion. Before 2004 our records hold the honors and the draft; from 2004 they add season stats for most players (not linemen, and not every name before 2010, when the source’s rosters fill in).
Ty Detmer1990 Heisman
Jim McMahonHall of Fame, 1999
Steve YoungHall of Fame, 2001- Marc WilsonHall of Fame, 1996
- Gordon HudsonHall of Fame, 2009
Gifford NielsenHall of Fame, 1994- Jason Buck1986 Outland
- Mohammed Elewonibi1989 Outland
- Luke Staley2001 Doak Walker
Zach WilsonNo. 2 pick, 2021
Brady ChristensenConsensus All-American, 2020
Ezekiel AnsahNo. 5 pick, 2013
Dennis PittaConsensus All-American, 2009- Nick EyreConsensus All-American, 1980
Robbie BoscoThird in the 1984 Heisman vote- Chris SmithConsensus All-American, 1990
- Gary SheideEighth in the 1974 Heisman vote
- Eldon Fortie10th in the 1962 Heisman vote
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.