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1623:Mike Utley
1603:selections
1403:Stephenson
1371:Singletary
1283:Buoniconti
1267:Robustelli
896:Jake Young
880:Mike Utley
830:Tim Worley
465:References
450:paraplegia
376:NFL career
358:Aloha Bowl
210:All-Pac-10
197:Consensus
144:NFL draft:
79:1965-12-20
36:Mike Utley
1618:John Ford
1147:Daugherty
1131:Blanchard
854:Marv Cook
420:Paralysis
413:preseason
384:with the
372:in 2016.
326:paralyzed
58:Position:
1551:Matthews
1483:Andruzzi
1427:Andersen
1323:Williams
1315:Anderson
1227:Staubach
617:Archived
312:for the
300:for the
294:football
134:College:
1543:Boselli
1535:Pearson
1503:Johnson
1459:Edwards
1443:Shields
1387:Newsome
1259:Jackson
1163:Dawkins
1155:Gaither
1115:Rozelle
1087:winners
914:Defense
793:Offense
501:wsu.edu
350:Pullman
342:Seattle
304:of the
104:Weight:
96:Height:
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1473:2014:
1467:Millen
1465:2013:
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1425:2008:
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1297:1992:
1291:Blount
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1243:Bleier
1241:1985:
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1211:Graham
1209:1981:
1203:Sayers
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1185:1978:
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229:(2006)
194:(1992)
91:, U.S.
53:No. 60
1511:Golic
1435:Elway
1411:Utley
1395:Muñoz
1379:Kelly
1347:Holtz
1331:Swann
1275:Brown
1251:Davis
1235:Shula
1219:Olsen
1139:Frank
1123:Kipke
1107:Blair
340:near
298:guard
73:Born:
62:Guard
1495:Dunn
1363:Long
1339:Hill
1307:Moon
1195:Kemp
1099:Fish
562:2016
426:1991
409:1990
221:1987
214:1988
203:1988
171:1991
167:1989
148:1989
1032:PK
1013:DB
1005:DB
997:DB
989:DB
979:LB
971:LB
963:LB
953:DL
945:DL
937:DL
929:DL
921:DL
886:OL
878:OL
870:OL
862:OL
852:TE
844:WR
836:WR
828:RB
820:RB
812:RB
800:QB
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