Nebraska greats
55 players, ranked by what they did at Nebraska: 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).
Mike Rozier1983 Heisman
Johnny Rodgers1972 Heisman- Eric Crouch2001 Heisman
Ndamukong SuhHall of Fame, 2026- Dave RimingtonHall of Fame, 1997
- Grant WistromHall of Fame, 2009
- Rich GloverHall of Fame, 1995
- Trev AlbertsHall of Fame, 2015
- Aaron TaylorHall of Fame, 2018
Sam FrancisHall of Fame, 1977
Tommie FrazierHall of Fame, 2013
Will ShieldsHall of Fame, 2011- Zach WiegertHall of Fame, 2022
Bob BrownHall of Fame, 1993- Wayne MeylanHall of Fame, 1991
Ed WeirHall of Fame, 1951- Dean Steinkuhler1983 Lombardi
Guy ChamberlinHall of Fame, 1962
George SauerHall of Fame, 1954
Bobby ReynoldsHall of Fame, 1984
Clarence SwansonHall of Fame, 1973- Forrest BehmHall of Fame, 1988
- Larry Jacobson1971 Outland
Dominic Raiola2000 Rimington
Irving FryarConsensus All-American, 1983- Willie HarperConsensus All-American, 1971–72
Danny NoonanConsensus All-American, 1986- John DuttonConsensus All-American, 1973
Jason PeterConsensus All-American, 1997- Broderick ThomasConsensus All-American, 1988
- Junior MillerConsensus All-American, 1979
Prince AmukamaraConsensus All-American, 2010- Kelvin ClarkConsensus All-American, 1978
- Jake YoungConsensus All-American, 1988–89
Brenden StaiConsensus All-American, 1994
Lawrence PhillipsNo. 6 pick, 1996- Jarvis RedwineConsensus All-American, 1980
- Mark TraynowiczConsensus All-American, 1984
- Toniu FonotiConsensus All-American, 2001
- Walt BarnesConsensus All-American, 1965
- Rik BonnessConsensus All-American, 1975
- Bob NewtonConsensus All-American, 1970
- Ralph BrownConsensus All-American, 1999
- Jerry TaggeNo. 11 pick, 1972
- Adam CarrikerNo. 13 pick, 2007
- Marvin CrenshawConsensus All-American, 1974
Fabian WashingtonNo. 23 pick, 2005
Freeman WhiteConsensus All-American, 1965- Ed StewartConsensus All-American, 1994
- LaVerne AllersConsensus All-American, 1966
- Dave ButterfieldConsensus All-American, 1976
- Randy SchleusenerConsensus All-American, 1980
- Larry KramerConsensus All-American, 1964
Turner GillFourth in the 1983 Heisman vote- David HummFifth in the 1974 Heisman vote
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