Iowa State greats
8 players, ranked by what they did at Iowa State: 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).
- Troy DavisHall of Fame, 2016
- Ed BockHall of Fame, 1970
Breece HallConsensus All-American, 2020–21- Charlie Kolar2021 William V. Campbell
George AmundsonNo. 14 pick, 1973
Will McDonald IVNo. 15 pick, 2023
Mike BuschConsensus All-American, 1989- Dwight NicholsEighth in the 1959 Heisman vote
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.