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The Top Ranked Football Players of All-Time from Arkansas

 

Notes: This is a list of the greatest pro players that were born in this state.

Where players grew up or went to school does not factor into this list.

Ranking Explanation

 

Rnk Athlete POS Rookie Yr Birthplace Overall Rank
1 Bobby Mitchell WR 1958 Hot Springs 115
2 Don Hutson E 1935 Pine Bluff 129
3 Joe Perry RB 1948 Stevens 131
4 Willie Roaf OL 1993 Pine Bluff 190
5 Cortez Kennedy DL 1990 Osceola 237
6 Cliff Harris DB 1970 Fayetteville 241
7 Kevin Williams DL 2003 Arkadelphia 264
8 Keith Jackson TE 1988 Little Rock 340
9 Leslie O'Neal DL 1986 Pulaski Co. 405
10 Rod Smith WR 1995 Texarkana 459
11 Priest Holmes RB 1997 Fort Smith 519
12 Roy Green WR 1979 Magnolia 665
13 Ralph Neely OL 1965 Little Rock 724
14 Ken Kavanaugh E 1940 Little Rock 781
15 Hugh Taylor E 1947 Wynne 789
16 DeAngelo Williams RB 2006 Little Rock 920
17 Aaron Thomas TE 1961 Dierks 1042
18 Fred Williams DL 1952 Little Rock 1197
19 Dave Hanner DL 1952 Parkin 1205
20 Wayne Martin DL 1989 Forrest City 1316
21 Jackie Harris TE 1990 Pine Bluff 1626
22 John Hoffman RB 1949 Little Rock 1649
23 Willie Frazier TE 1964 El Dorado 1762
24 Lamar McHan QB 1954 Lake Village 1824
25 Billy Ray Smith Sr. DL 1957 Augusta 1887
26 Darren McFadden RB 2008 North Little Rock 1918
27 Billy Ray Smith Jr. LB 1983 Fayetteville 2145
28 Freddie Scott WR 1974 Grady 2201
29 Willie C. Davis WR 1991 Little Rock 2391
30 W.K. Hicks DB 1964 Texarkana 2486
31 Luke Owens DL 1957 Stuttgart 2523
32 Charles Clay TE 2011 Little Rock 2635
33 Ray Brown OL 1986 West Memphis 2772
34 Greg Wesley DB 2000 Little Rock 2867
35 Hunter Henry TE 2016 Little Rock 2885
36 Elijah Pitts RB 1961 Mayflower 2963
37 Booker Edgerson DB 1962 Baxter 3007
38 Jim Lee Howell E 1937 Lonoke 3043
39 Monte Coleman LB 1979 Pine Bluff 3278
40 Ike Harris WR 1975 West Memphis 3425
41 Glen Ray Hines OL 1966 El Dorado 3549
42 Dirt Winston LB 1977 Forrest City 3552
43 Gil Duggan OL 1940 Benton 3671
44 Bob Forte RB 1946 Lake Village 3701
45 Reggie Wilkes LB 1978 Pine Bluff 3757
46 Al Baldwin E 1947 Hot Springs 3823
47 Eric Hill LB 1989 Blytheville 3894
48 Cleo Miller RB 1974 Gould 3973
49 Shawn Andrews OL 2004 Camden 4130
50 Peyton Hillis RB 2008 Conway 4219
51 Buddy Brown OL 1951 Wynne 4228
52 Red Hickey E 1941 Clarksville 4350
53 Tom Watkins RB 1960 West Memphis 4455
54 Mike C. McCoy DB 1976 West Memphis 4586
55 Johnny Martin RB 1941 Nashville 4607
56 Dwight Scales WR 1976 Little Rock 4624
57 Earnest Rhone LB 1975 Ogden 4729
58 James C. White DL 1976 Hot Springs 4731
59 Jessie Clark RB 1983 Thebes 4752
60 Derek Russell WR 1991 Little Rock 4763
61 Keith Traylor DL 1991 Little Rock 4828
62 Larry Brunson WR 1972 Little Rock 4830
63 Chris Harris DB 2005 Little Rock 4834
64 Ray Hamilton E 1938 Sheridan 4932
65 J.R. Williamson LB 1964 El Dorado 4959
66 Ronnie Lee OL 1979 Pine Bluff 5031
67 Jim Lindsey RB 1966 Wynne 5100
68 Jim Cain DL 1949 Eudora 5147
69 Terry Nelson TE 1973 Arkadelphia 5288
70 Steve Foley LB 1998 Little Rock 5329
71 Corey Williams DL 2004 Camden 5418
72 Jarius Wright WR 2012 Warren 5437
73 Jim Files LB 1970 Paris 5464
74 Neal Adams E 1942 El Paso 5467
75 Dat Nguyen LB 1999 Fort Chaffee 5574
76 Reggie Swinton (KR) KR 1998 Little Rock 5601
77 Bob Wallace TE 1968 Texarkana 5668
78 John Adams OL 1945 Charleston 5683
79 Glen Condren DL 1965 Fort Smith 5769
80 Gaylon Smith RB 1939 Lonoke 5834
81 Leon Donohue OL 1961 Star City 5877
82 Will Walls E 1937 Lonoke 5892
83 Reggie Swinton (PR) PR 1998 Little Rock 5908
84 Roy Shivers RB 1966 Halley 5963
85 Johnny Martin (P) P 1941 Nashville 6027
86 Tom Watkins (KR) KR 1960 West Memphis 6071
87 Trey Junkin TE 1983 Conway 6135
88 Chubby Grigg OL 1946 El Dorado 6227
89 Bobby Duckworth WR 1981 Crossett 6351
90 Johnny Martin (KR) KR 1941 Nashville 6405
91 Carl Bacchus E 1927 Pine Bluff 6426
92 Travis Williams (KR) KR 1967 El Dorado 6583
93 Byron Gentry OL 1937 Brawley 6600
94 Tom Watkins (PR) PR 1960 West Memphis 6648
95 Dwight Sloan QB 1938 Rudy 6671
96 Clinton McDonald DL 2009 Jacksonville 6706
97 Jimmy Gunn LB 1970 Augusta 6868
98 Matt Jones WR 2005 Fort Smith 6985
99 Jerry Eckwood RB 1979 Brinkley 7085
100 Gene Howard DB 1968 Little Rock 7159
101 Cedric Thornton DL 2012 Star City 7348
102 Ben Winkelman E 1922 Fayetteville 7389
103 Demetrius Harris TE 2013 Jacksonville 7498
104 Jim Carroll LB 1965 Jonesboro 7568
105 Bobby Mitchell (PR) PR 1958 Hot Springs 7680
106 Travis Williams RB 1967 El Dorado 7694
107 Dre Greenlaw LB 2019 Conway 7767
108 Bobby Mitchell (KR) KR 1958 Hot Springs 7778
109 Marvin Terrell OL 1960 West Memphis 8072
110 Pat Coffee QB 1937 Deann 8170
111 Jack Robbins QB 1938 Little Rock 8179
112 Ike Forte RB 1976 Texarkana 8502
113 Nick Mullens QB 2017 Little Rock 8557
114 Charlie Flowers RB 1960 Marianna 8798
115 Garland Williams OL 1947 Parkin 8842
116 Leon Campbell RB 1950 Bauxite 8866
117 Mark Bradley WR 2005 Pine Bluff 9078
118 A.D. Williams E 1956 Little Rock 9359
119 Jermey Parnell OL 2009 Blytheville 9362
120 Doc Ledbetter RB 1932 Huntsville 9491
121 Herm Bagby RB 1926 Lake Village 9501
122 Cliff Harris (PR) PR 1970 Fayetteville 9553
123 Charlie Rieves LB 1962 Stuttgart 9628
124 Ray Phillips LB 1977 Fordyce 9629
125 Bobby Burnett RB 1966 Clinton 9695
126 Don Hutson (K) K 1935 Pine Bluff 9707
127 Roy Green (KR) KR 1979 Magnolia 9730
128 Larry Brunson (KR) KR 1972 Little Rock 9738
129 Larry Brunson (PR) PR 1972 Little Rock 10029
130 Jimmy Rogers RB 1979 Forrest City 10042
131 Bobby Crockett WR 1966 Briggsville 10099
132 Darryl Mason TE 1982 Hope 10240
133 Jimmy Rogers (KR) KR 1979 Forrest City 10425
134 Rod Smith (PR) PR 1995 Texarkana 10426
135 Joe Perry (KR) KR 1948 Stevens 10473
136 Cliff Harris (KR) KR 1970 Fayetteville 10527
137 Jamaal Anderson DL 2007 Little Rock 10548
138 Leotis Harris OL 1978 Little Rock 10549
139 Kay Eakin (P) P 1940 Atkins 10587
140 Charlie McGibbony RB 1944 Pine Bluff 10602
141 Greg Horne P 1987 Russellville 10702
142 Elijah Pitts (PR) PR 1961 Mayflower 10890
143 Ken Hayden OL 1942 Hamburg 11122
144 Floyd Sagely DB 1954 Rudy 11414
145 Steve Burks WR 1975 Little Rock 11464
146 Willie Smith OL 1960 Little Rock 11472
147 Robert Thomas RB 1998 Little Rock 11491
148 Leroy Bolden (KR) KR 1955 Wabash 11543
149 Jerry Latin RB 1975 Prescott 11633
150 Leon Cunningham LB 1955 Malvern 11687
151 Roy Shivers (KR) KR 1966 Halley 11807
152 Bill Godwin OL 1943 Blytheville 11836
153 Lawrence Phillips RB 1996 Little Rock 11862
154 Leroy Bolden RB 1955 Wabash 11974
155 Sugarfoot Anderson E 1947 Nashville 12090
156 Phil Tabor DL 1979 Little Rock 12145
157 James E. Williams (DB) DB 1990 Osceola 12173
158 Billy Lefear (KR) KR 1972 Magnolia 12265
159 Roy Green (PR) PR 1979 Magnolia 12341
160 James McAlister RB 1974 Little Rock 12365
161 Stacy Andrews OL 2004 Camden 12389
162 Jerry Latin (KR) KR 1975 Prescott 12519
163 Kevin Williams (DB) (KR) KR 1998 Pine Bluff 12628
164 John Simmons (PR) PR 1981 Little Rock 12709
165 Scott Bull QB 1976 Camden 12722
166 Carl Brazell RB 1938 Clarksville 12748
167 Leon Campbell (KR) KR 1950 Bauxite 12772
168 Mike Nichols OL 1960 College Heights 12867
169 Mike C. McCoy (KR) KR 1976 West Memphis 12922
170 David Johnson (TE) TE 2009 Pine Bluff 12967
171 Floyd Rhea OL 1943 Rhea's Mills 13013
172 Brandon Allen QB 2016 Fayetteville 13113
173 Fred Thomsen E 1924 Minden 13174
174 Carlos Hall DL 2002 Marianna 13265
175 Lawrence Phillips (KR) KR 1996 Little Rock 13336
176 Wilfred Thorpe OL 1940 Little Rock 13351
177 Ryan Mallett QB 2011 Batesville 13379
178 Chuck Taylor RB 1944 Tupelo 13437
179 Gaylon Smith (KR) KR 1939 Lonoke 13448
180 Danny Walters DB 1983 Prescott 13553
181 Rock Reed RB 1937 Bald Knob 13611
182 Sammy Weir WR 1964 Moxie 13631
183 Kay Eakin RB 1940 Atkins 13652
184 Reggie Swinton WR 1998 Little Rock 13659
185 Ronnie Powell (KR) KR 1999 Hope 13743
186 Billy Lefear RB 1972 Magnolia 13817
187 Derek Russell (KR) KR 1991 Little Rock 13858
188 Gene Howard (KR) KR 1968 Little Rock 13863
189 Bob Kellogg QB 1940 Wynne 13974
190 Kenneth Dixon RB 2016 El Dorado 14114
191 Alex Burl RB 1956 Warren 14118
192 Charlie Killett (KR) KR 1963 Helena 14128
193 Joe Adams (PR) PR 2012 Little Rock 14148
194 Dennis Woodberry DB 1986 Texarkana 14476
195 Dean Philpott RB 1958 Mena 14504
196 Henry Moore DB 1956 Little Rock 14512
197 Tom B. Murphy RB 1934 Russellville 14548
198 Daryl Cato OL 1946 Lonoke 14641
199 Jimmy Walker DL 1979 Camden 14662
200 Roscoe Word (PR) PR 1974 Pine Bluff 14683
201 Roscoe Word DB 1974 Pine Bluff 14744
202 Ike Williams RB 1929 Little Rock 14790
203 Jim Collier TE 1962 Van Buren 14794
204 Roy Shivers (PR) PR 1966 Halley 14964
205 Kevin Payne DB 2007 El Dorado 15158
206 Henry Burris QB 2002 Fort Smith 15262
207 Mike Simpson DB 1970 Mena 15536
208 Buster Raborn OL 1936 El Dorado 15537
209 Dave Mays QB 1976 Pine Bluff 15565
210 Cedric Houston RB 2005 Little Rock 15566
211 Carl Kidd (KR) KR 1995 Pine Bluff 15605
212 K.J. Hill (PR) PR 2020 Little Rock 15638
213 Kern Carson (KR) KR 1965 Hope 15643
214 Charlie C. Jones DL 1955 Summers 15739
215 Cleo Miller (KR) KR 1974 Gould 15740
216 Elijah Pitts (KR) KR 1961 Mayflower 15751
217 Ray Spillers OL 1937 North Little Rock 15779
218 Danny Bradley (PR) PR 1987 Pine Bluff 15872
219 Maurice Britt E 1941 Carlisle 15897
220 Gary Wisener DB 1960 Warren 16082
221 Terry Love DB 1981 Forrest City 16089
222 Charles Stackhouse RB 2002 West Memphis 16188
223 Tyree Davis (PR) PR 1993 Altheimer 16289
224 Jimmy Childs WR 1978 El Dorado 16302
225 Bob McClure OL 1947 Dardanelle 16342
226 Jeremy Sprinkle TE 2017 Pine Bluff 16352
227 Doyle Tackett RB 1946 Hector 16396
228 Elbert Shelley DB 1987 Tyronza 16579
229 Trent Bryant DB 1981 Arkadelphia 16580
230 James Rouse RB 1990 Little Rock 16598
231 Jimmy Hines WR 1969 Dumas 16647
232 Joyce Pipkin E 1948 Lono 16651
233 Don L. Rogers DB 1984 Texarkana 16720
234 Phil Dokes DL 1977 North Little Rock 16732
235 Jerry Mazzanti DL 1963 Lake Village 16733
236 DeAngelo Williams (KR) KR 2006 Little Rock 16754
237 Jim Thrower DB 1970 Camden 16834
238 William Miller RB 1979 Rison 16928
239 Charlie Killett RB 1963 Helena 16959
240 James Williams WR 2000 Osceola 17000
241 Bobby Collier OL 1951 Stephens 17054
242 Buck Weaver OL 1930 Cushman 17056
243 Kern Carson RB 1965 Hope 17081
244 Isaac Davis OL 1994 Malvern 17110
245 Paul Dudley RB 1962 Fort Smith 17128
246 James Williams (KR) KR 2000 Osceola 17198
247 Raphel Cherry DB 1985 Little Rock 17227
248 Bob Gentry DB 1983 Hot Springs 17387
249 Stan Winfrey RB 1975 Forrest City 17682
250 Billy Hix E 1950 Batesville 17688
251 Sandy Sanford E 1940 Plainview 17723
252 Gene Bradley QB 1980 Jonesboro 17737
253 Eddie Moss RB 1973 Dell 17840
254 John Simmons DB 1981 Little Rock 17847
255 Mike Carter WR 1970 Little Rock 17926
256 Emanuel Tolbert WR 1980 North Little Rock 17976
257 Pierre Strong RB 2022 Little Rock 18023
258 Ronnie Lee South (P) P 1968 Wynne 18026
259 Zach Hocker K 2014 Russelville 18137
260 Al Satterfield OL 1947 Belleville 18502
261 Clarence Washington DL 1969 Little Rock 18592
262 Freddie Bradley RB 1996 Helena 18631
263 Cal Thomas OL 1939 Waldron 18796
264 Freddie Douglas WR 1976 McGehee 18803
265 Ronnie Mallett WR 1982 Pine Bluff 19079
266 Tony Woodruff WR 1982 Hazen 19112
267 Doug Terry DB 1992 Dumas 19214
268 Chris Gragg TE 2013 Warren 19532
269 Jon Brittenum QB 1968 Brinkley 19766
270 Tyree Davis WR 1993 Altheimer 19798
271 Greg Porter K 1982 Little Rock 19925
272 Ronnie Lee South QB 1968 Wynne 19937
273 Martrell Spaight LB 2015 North Little Rock 19953
274 Willie Jones (1942) DL 1967 Moro 20104
275 Bruce Maxwell RB 1970 Crossett 20138
276 Mike Brunson RB 1970 Little Rock 20241
277 James Pace RB 1958 Little Rock 20268
278 Kim Dameron WR 1983 Hot Springs 20374
279 Oren O'Neal RB 2007 Stuttgart 20441
280 Stacy Gore P 1987 Jonesboro 20443
281 Ronnie Powell WR 1999 Hope 20575
282 Kim Dameron (PR) PR 1983 Hot Springs 20654
283 Tyrell Johnson DB 2008 Rison 20700
284 Dennis Johnson (RB) RB 2013 Texarkana 20847
285 Joe D. Davenport TE 2001 Springdale 20877
286 William Miller (KR) KR 1979 Rison 21091
287 Ernie Ruple DL 1968 Conway 21353
288 Theo Young TE 1987 Newport 21374
289 Marcus Harrison DL 2008 Little Rock 21598
290 Charlie Moore OL 1962 Marianna 21671
291 Ran Carthon RB 2005 Osceola 21682
292 Daniel Hunter DB 1985 Arkadelphia 21724
293 Damarea Crockett RB 2019 Magnolia 21737
294 August Curley LB 1983 Little Rock 21781
295 Willie Ross RB 1964 Helena 21891
296 Aubrey Fowler RB 1948 Hamburg 21918
297 Ken Poole DL 1981 Hermitage 21927
298 Gill Stegall WR 1985 Little Rock 22015
299 Kevin Williams (DB) DB 1998 Pine Bluff 22085
300 Zack Pianalto TE 2011 Springdale 22124
301 Jon Bradley DL 2004 West Helena 22198
302 Chris DeFrance WR 1979 Waldo 22468
303 Calvin Harrell RB 1972 Little Rock 22592
304 Freddie Childress OL 1991 Little Rock 22869
305 K.J. Hill WR 2020 Little Rock 22892
306 Chris Akins DB 1999 Little Rock 22894
307 Mike Junkin LB 1987 North Little Rock 22901
308 Calvin O'Neal LB 1978 Osceola 22906
309 Gene Spangler RB 1946 Huntington 22908
310 Mike J. Walker DL 1971 Texarkana 23228
311 Carl Kidd DB 1995 Pine Bluff 23322
312 Willie Green (DL) DL 1984 Newport 23513
313 Joe Adams WR 2012 Little Rock 23559
314 Jeff Walker OL 1986 Jonesboro 23621
315 J.J. Jones LB 2001 Little Rock 23656
316 Torrance Daniels LB 2006 Clarendon 23690
317 Jerry Franklin LB 2012 Sunset 24075
318 Tre Norwood DB 2021 Fort Smith 24370
319 Gerald Skinner OL 1978 Malvern 24374
320 Paul Tabor OL 1980 Little Rock 24462
321 Frank Okam DL 2008 Pine Bluff 24521
322 Ryan Hale DL 1999 Rogers 24638
323 Greg Lee DB 1988 Pine Bluff 24664
324 Martell Mallett RB 2009 Pine Bluff 25008
325 Howard Strickland RB 1975 Little Rock 25272
326 Weston Dacus LB 2008 Searcy 25392
327 Eric Mitchel RB 1989 Pine Bluff 25425
328 Mike Cherry QB 1997 Texarkana 25521
329 Mitch Petrus OL 2010 Carlisle 25651
330 William Hampton DB 1997 Little Rock 25739
331 Brad Taylor QB 1985 Little Rock 26016
332 Howie Cissell RB 1958 Basset 26063
333 Kotto Cotton WR 1994 North Little Rock 26318
334 Stanley Blair DB 1987 Pine Bluff 26632
335 Jesse Branch RB 1963 Pine Bluff 26800
336 Jake Bequette DL 2012 Little Rock 27082
337 C.J. O'Grady TE 2020 Fayetteville 27104
338 Jonathan Adams WR 2021 Jonesboro 27116
339 Jonathan Luigs OL 2009 Little Rock 27185
340 Madre London RB 2019 Little Rock 27248
341 La'Michael Pettway WR 2020 Nashville 27365
342 Manny Bunch DB 2020 Fort Smith 27674
343 Mitch Mustain QB 2011 Fayetteville 27681
344 Austin Allen QB 2018 Fayetteville 27711
345 Montaric Brown DB 2022 Ashdown 27968

 


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