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The Top Ranked Michigan Wolverines Football Players of All-Time

 

Notes: The players on this list are the greatest pro players that finished their college career at this school.

What players did in college is not factored into this list.

Ranking Explanation

 

Rnk Athlete POS Rookie Yr Overall Rank
1 Tom Brady QB 2000 5
2 Steve Hutchinson OL 2001 78
3 Charles Woodson DB 1998 98
4 Dan Dierdorf OL 1971 287
5 Tom Mack OL 1966 289
6 Al Wistert OL 1943 317
7 Len Ford DL 1948 326
8 Ty Law DB 1995 360
9 Bill Hewitt E 1932 413
10 Crazylegs Hirsch E 1946 570
11 Mike Kenn OL 1978 577
12 Benny Friedman RB 1927 590
13 Anthony Carter WR 1983 800
14 Jim Harbaugh QB 1987 824
15 Jake Long OL 2008 835
16 Dwight Hicks DB 1979 950
17 Ron A. Johnson RB 1969 979
18 Frank Clark DL 2015 1086
19 Roger Zatkoff LB 1953 1139
20 Rick Volk DB 1967 1142
21 Terry Barr WR 1957 1191
22 Thom Darden DB 1972 1222
23 Elvis Grbac QB 1994 1291
24 Brandon Graham DL 2010 1308
25 Amani Toomer WR 1996 1348
26 Jon Runyan OL 1996 1390
27 Dave Brown DB 1975 1415
28 Brian Griese QB 1998 1430
29 Ron Kramer TE 1957 1512
30 John Anderson LB 1978 1514
31 Leroy Hoard RB 1990 1519
32 John Morrow OL 1956 1628
33 Taylor Lewan OL 2014 1639
34 John Greene E 1944 1670
35 Derrick Alexander WR 1994 1685
36 David Harris LB 2007 1728
37 Tony L. McGee TE 1993 1744
38 Bo Molenda RB 1925 1750
39 Braylon Edwards WR 2005 1759
40 Reggie McKenzie OL 1972 1787
41 Glenn Doughty WR 1972 1819
42 Mike Harden DB 1980 2110
43 Tyrone Wheatley RB 1995 2170
44 James Hall DL 2000 2220
45 Mike Bass DB 1967 2324
46 Dhani Jones LB 2001 2488
47 Larry Foote LB 2002 2498
48 Frank Nunley LB 1967 2507
49 Jim Smith WR 1977 2530
50 Jay Feely K 2001 2611
51 Jonathan Goodwin OL 2002 2639
52 Jay Riemersma TE 1997 2644
53 Chris Calloway WR 1990 2660
54 Randy Logan DB 1973 2677
55 Desmond Howard (PR) PR 1992 2692
56 Keith Bostic DB 1983 2727
57 Tom Keating DL 1964 2762
58 Jim Mandich TE 1970 2818
59 Anthony Thomas RB 2001 2883
60 Curtis Greer DL 1980 2913
61 Jumbo Elliott OL 1988 2995
62 Bennie McRae DB 1962 3093
63 LaMarr Woodley LB 2007 3374
64 Bill Laskey LB 1965 3380
65 Derrick Walker TE 1990 3420
66 Cato June LB 2003 3444
67 Desmond Howard (KR) KR 1992 3513
68 John W. Henderson WR 1965 3555
69 Jon Jansen OL 1999 3588
70 John Rowser DB 1967 3654
71 Bob Mann E 1948 3800
72 Mel Owens LB 1981 3832
73 Bubba Paris OL 1983 3916
74 Jon Giesler OL 1979 4015
75 Don Bracken P 1985 4060
76 Ian Gold LB 2000 4075
77 Doug Marsh TE 1980 4087
78 Jeff Backus OL 2001 4201
79 Leon Hall DB 2007 4229
80 Chad Henne QB 2008 4280
81 Jason Avant WR 2006 4393
82 Butch Woolfolk RB 1982 4416
83 Tommy Hughitt RB 1920 4569
84 Paul Seal TE 1974 4702
85 Mark Campbell TE 1999 4906
86 Rudy Rosatti OL 1923 5431
87 Steve Breaston WR 2007 5478
88 Alan Branch DL 2007 5539
89 Desmond Howard WR 1992 5642
90 Maurice Williams OL 2001 5770
91 Ali Haji-Sheikh K 1983 5929
92 Bo Rather WR 1973 6048
93 Harry Newman RB 1933 6058
94 Rob Lytle RB 1977 6126
95 Michael Schofield OL 2014 6159
96 Todd Collins QB 1995 6247
97 Mario Manningham WR 2008 6355
98 Steve Everitt OL 1993 6425
99 Chris Godfrey OL 1980 6432
100 Tai Streets WR 1999 6437
101 Steve C. Smith OL 1966 6471
102 Bob Westfall RB 1942 6491
103 Joe O'Donnell OL 1964 6585
104 B.J. Askew RB 2003 6615
105 Jon Vaughn (KR) KR 1991 6685
106 Tim Biakabutuka RB 1996 6733
107 Graham Glasgow OL 2016 6775
108 Paul Goebel E 1923 6778
109 Harlan Huckleby RB 1979 6788
110 Paul Seymour TE 1973 6793
111 Devin Funchess WR 2015 6837
112 Fred Negus OL 1947 6917
113 Victor Hobson LB 2003 6974
114 Bob Perryman RB 1987 7088
115 Eric Kattus TE 1986 7093
116 Jerame Tuman TE 1999 7110
117 David Baas OL 2005 7199
118 Rick Volk (PR) PR 1967 7250
119 Jack Clancy WR 1967 7772
120 Greg McMurtry WR 1990 7807
121 Dwight Hicks (PR) PR 1979 7949
122 Doc Morrison OL 1933 8023
123 Jabrill Peppers DB 2017 8117
124 Kevin Brooks DL 1985 8159
125 Tom Harmon RB 1941 8167
126 Zoltan Mesko P 2010 8194
127 Stan Muirhead OL 1924 8263
128 Aaron Shea TE 2000 8335
129 Terry Barr (PR) PR 1957 8407
130 Fred Julian DB 1960 8431
131 Dave Gallagher DL 1974 8470
132 Pat Smith RB 1920 8494
133 Amani Toomer (PR) PR 1996 8601
134 Jabrill Peppers (PR) PR 2017 8772
135 Don Deskins DL 1960 8786
136 Rashan Gary LB 2019 8902
137 Denard Robinson RB 2013 8904
138 Steve Breaston (PR) PR 2007 8973
139 Bob Chappuis QB 1948 9101
140 Merv Pregulman OL 1946 9144
141 Bob Nussbaumer RB 1946 9150
142 Evan Cooper (PR) PR 1984 9280
143 Ernie Vick OL 1925 9415
144 Jim Smith (PR) PR 1977 9416
145 Dutch Marion RB 1925 9490
146 Greg Skrepenak OL 1992 9594
147 Wally Niemann OL 1922 9672
148 David Terrell (WR) WR 2001 9740
149 Jon Vaughn RB 1991 9762
150 Ron Simpkins LB 1980 9817
151 Aidan Hutchinson DL 2022 9822
152 Ed Frutig E 1941 9951
153 Jourdan Lewis DB 2017 9961
154 Stan Edwards RB 1982 9984
155 Donovan Peoples-Jones WR 2020 10028
156 Jack Carpenter OL 1947 10102
157 Chuck Ortmann QB 1951 10113
158 Jack Keefer RB 1926 10266
159 Ben Needham LB 1982 10302
160 Dan Jilek LB 1976 10518
161 Walt Kreinheder OL 1922 10551
162 Rudy Smeja E 1944 10659
163 Jarrod Bunch RB 1991 10780
164 Kurt Becker OL 1982 10882
165 Devin Bush Jr. LB 2019 10928
166 Eddie Usher RB 1921 11002
167 Merv Pregulman (K) K 1946 11066
168 Wally Dreyer RB 1947 11079
169 Tom Edwards OL 1926 11160
170 Charles Woodson (PR) PR 1998 11178
171 Corwin Brown DB 1993 11325
172 Donovan Peoples-Jones (PR) PR 2020 11335
173 Bruce Gregory RB 1926 11382
174 Kwity Paye DL 2021 11434
175 Evan Cooper DB 1984 11446
176 Willie Smith OL 1960 11472
177 Chris Perry RB 2004 11497
178 Michael Onwenu OL 2020 11509
179 Crazylegs Hirsch (KR) KR 1946 11668
180 Crazylegs Hirsch (PR) PR 1946 11669
181 Tom Harmon (PR) PR 1941 11697
182 Jake Ryan LB 2015 11735
183 Mason Cole OL 2018 11770
184 Lowell Perry (PR) PR 1956 11799
185 Don Dufek DB 1976 11869
186 Butch Woolfolk (KR) KR 1982 11921
187 Wally Dreyer (KR) KR 1947 11953
188 Jabrill Peppers (KR) KR 2017 12017
189 Steve Morrison LB 1995 12023
190 Gus Goetz E 1922 12065
191 Lou Baldacci (P) P 1956 12097
192 Bob Nussbaumer (PR) PR 1946 12297
193 Carl Ward (KR) KR 1967 12300
194 Tom Harmon (KR) KR 1941 12344
195 Dave Brown (PR) PR 1975 12362
196 Thom Darden (PR) PR 1972 12375
197 Josh Williams DL 2000 12508
198 Donovan Peoples-Jones (KR) KR 2020 12707
199 Steve Breaston (KR) KR 2007 12797
200 George Hoey DB 1971 12835
201 Chris Wormley DL 2017 12856
202 Bob Ingalls OL 1942 12877
203 Gil Chapman (PR) PR 1975 12900
204 Lou Baldacci RB 1956 12917
205 Joe Cocozzo OL 1993 13095
206 Bob Nussbaumer (KR) KR 1946 13304
207 Doug Roby RB 1923 13312
208 Matt Wile P 2016 13354
209 Jim Smith (KR) KR 1977 13455
210 Evan Cooper (KR) KR 1984 13763
211 Wally Dreyer (PR) PR 1947 14034
212 Jamie Morris RB 1988 14069
213 Chuck Bernard OL 1934 14383
214 Russell W. Davis RB 1980 14586
215 Don Coleman LB 1974 14598
216 Nico Collins WR 2021 14606
217 Thomas Stincic LB 1969 14611
218 Gil Chapman (KR) KR 1975 14650
219 Marcus Knight (KR) KR 2000 14670
220 Mike Harmon (PR) PR 1980 14672
221 Gene Knutson DL 1954 14785
222 Rocky Rosema LB 1968 14914
223 Patrick Omameh OL 2013 15003
224 Fitzgerald Toussaint (KR) KR 2014 15080
225 Harlan Huckleby (KR) KR 1979 15088
226 Jalen Mayfield OL 2021 15094
227 John Hennessy LB 1977 15246
228 Bob Timberlake K 1965 15323
229 Walt Downing OL 1978 15434
230 Bobby Abrams LB 1990 15453
231 Shantee Orr LB 2003 15533
232 Glen Steele DL 1998 15560
233 Dick Rifenburg E 1949 15616
234 Chris Floyd RB 1998 15688
235 Gordon Bell RB 1976 15711
236 Elmer Madar E 1947 15880
237 Tyrone Wheatley (KR) KR 1995 15918
238 Michael Danna DL 2020 15929
239 Cesar Ruiz OL 2020 15932
240 Jamie Morris (KR) KR 1988 16021
241 Matt Elliott OL 1992 16058
242 Darrell Harper K 1960 16130
243 Paul Staroba WR 1971 16160
244 Mike Hammerstein DL 1986 16363
245 Gordon Bell (PR) PR 1976 16402
246 Leo Draveling OL 1933 16420
247 Tom Johnson (1931) DL 1952 16434
248 Dave Raimey DB 1963 16464
249 Josh Uche LB 2020 16499
250 Marlin Jackson DB 2005 16510
251 Clint Haslerig WR 1974 16529
252 Chris Evans RB 2021 16561
253 Larry Cipa QB 1974 16570
254 Carlton Rose LB 1984 16602
255 Tony Momsen OL 1951 16674
256 Tommy Hendricks LB 2000 16711
257 Rich Strenger OL 1983 16726
258 Maurice Hurst Jr. DL 2018 16728
259 Jon Runyan Jr. OL 2020 16810
260 Fitzgerald Toussaint RB 2014 16811
261 Chase Winovich DL 2019 16820
262 Andy Cannavino LB 1981 16859
263 Jarrod Wilson DB 2016 16926
264 Gordon Bell (KR) KR 1976 16969
265 Chris Perry (KR) KR 2004 17058
266 Taco Charlton DL 2017 17127
267 Derrick Alexander (KR) KR 1994 17191
268 Gil Chapman WR 1975 17392
269 Anthony Carter (PR) PR 1983 17489
270 Paul Staroba (P) P 1971 17609
271 Pierre Woods LB 2006 17635
272 Bill Keating DL 1966 17776
273 Gabe Watson DL 2006 17881
274 Tony Osbun OL 1982 17970
275 Hassan Haskins (KR) KR 2022 18011
276 Ralph Fritz OL 1941 18024
277 Mike Hart RB 2008 18045
278 Sam Sword LB 1999 18082
279 Hayden Epstein K 2002 18109
280 Wally Gabler QB 1966 18441
281 George Lilja OL 1982 18594
282 John Navarre QB 2004 18652
283 Junior Hemingway WR 2012 18672
284 Joe Soboleski OL 1949 18694
285 Paul White RB 1947 18719
286 Michael Taylor LB 1972 18763
287 Chris Howard RB 1998 18915
288 Hassan Haskins RB 2022 19172
289 Stevie Brown DB 2010 19308
290 Tom Pullen TE 1968 19324
291 Ben Gedeon LB 2017 19511
292 Brian Carpenter DB 1982 19565
293 Chris Evans (KR) KR 2021 19659
294 Farnham Johnson OL 1948 19752
295 Lawrence Ricks RB 1983 19880
296 Tim Jamison DL 2009 19898
297 Bill Fortune OL 1920 19910
298 William Yearby DL 1966 19940
299 Carl Ward DB 1967 19968
300 Bob Thornbladh LB 1974 19992
301 Bob Wiese RB 1947 20214
302 James Pace RB 1958 20268
303 Zach Gentry TE 2019 20447
304 Jehu Chesson WR 2017 20466
305 Carl Russ LB 1975 20553
306 Tom Curtis DB 1970 20579
307 Arnie Simkus DL 1965 20634
308 Mike Martin (DL) DL 2012 20836
309 Jack Perrin RB 1926 20851
310 Marcus Knight WR 2000 20860
311 Todd Schlopy K 1987 20936
312 Dennis Franks OL 1976 21037
313 Amara Darboh WR 2017 21196
314 Don Moorhead QB 1971 21519
315 Mike Jolly DB 1980 21664
316 Mike Teeter DL 1991 21765
317 Stefan Humphries OL 1984 21964
318 Drew Henson QB 2003 22037
319 Bob Ptacek QB 1959 22139
320 Paul Girgash LB 1983 22279
321 Khaleke Hudson LB 2020 22303
322 Bryan Mone DL 2019 22406
323 Mike Keller LB 1972 22515
324 Dennis Franklin WR 1975 22657
325 Prescott Burgess LB 2007 22709
326 Roy Manning LB 2005 22882
327 Calvin O'Neal LB 1978 22906
328 Tom Seabron LB 1979 22939
329 Sean McKeon TE 2020 23007
330 Damon Denson OL 1997 23104
331 Greg Morton DL 1977 23110
332 Mike J. Evans DL 1992 23115
333 John Lott DB 1984 23223
334 Mercury Hayes WR 1996 23369
335 Morgan Trent DB 2009 23477
336 Willie Henry DL 2016 23528
337 Ryan Glasgow DL 2017 23546
338 Guy Murdock OL 1972 23556
339 Robert Thompson LB 1983 23678
340 Mark Donahue OL 1978 23731
341 Kenny Demens LB 2013 23755
342 Ed Muransky OL 1982 24110
343 Jim Van Pelt QB 1958 24247
344 Delano Hill DB 2017 24295
345 David Brandt OL 2001 24372
346 Larry Stevens LB 2004 24468
347 Josh Metellus DB 2020 24492
348 David Arnold DB 1989 24614
349 Ben Bredeson OL 2020 24661
350 Erick Anderson LB 1992 24663
351 Sylvester Stanley DL 1994 24675
352 Jordan Glasgow LB 2020 24728
353 David Long (DB) DB 2019 24769
354 Ed Shuttlesworth RB 1974 24802
355 Fritz Seyferth RB 1972 24803
356 Art Walker OL 1955 24948
357 Doug Skene OL 1993 25232
358 Jake Butt TE 2017 25322
359 Zeno Karcz E 1957 25356
360 James Whitley DB 2001 25457
361 David Molk OL 2012 25540
362 Stephen Schilling OL 2011 25607
363 Dymonte Thomas DB 2017 25628
364 Scott Dreisbach QB 1999 25886
365 Deitan DuBuc RB 2003 26032
366 Ambry Thomas DB 2021 26219
367 Steve Smith (QB) QB 1984 26332
368 DeWayne Patmon DB 2001 26430
369 Jordan Kovacs DB 2013 26497
370 Chris Zieman OL 2000 26721
371 Andre Weathers DB 1999 26748
372 Brandon Watson DB 2019 26817
373 Shawn Crable DL 2008 26846
374 Channing Stribling DB 2017 26921
375 Rod Payne OL 1997 27095
376 Daxton Hill DB 2022 27176
377 Trezelle Jenkins OL 1995 27198
378 Carlo Kemp LB 2021 27262
379 Camaron Cheeseman OL 2021 27275
380 Shea Patterson QB 2020 27345
381 Juwann Bushell-Beatty OL 2019 27440
382 Marcus Ray DB 1999 27441
383 Ben Braden OL 2017 27887
384 Grant Mason DB 2006 27919
385 Jamar Adams DB 2008 27930

 


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