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Charles Woodson,
Jim Thorpe,
Peyton Manning,
Al Davis,
Tom Brady
TEAMS: Green Bay Packers, Oakland Raiders, New England Patriots, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
TEAMS: Green Bay Packers, Oakland Raiders, New England Patriots, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Charles C. Woodson is highly regarded as one of the best college and NFL athletes of all time. A multi-talented troublesome kid from Fremont, Ohio, Woodson was one of the top high school athletes in the Nation in the mid-1990s and went on to earn a football scholarship at the University of Michigan. Woodson was named to the All- Big 10 team as a true freshman at Michigan, as well as earning Big 10 freshman of the year.
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Woodson did it all for the Wolverines other than simply playing cornerback; he often returned kicks and punts, and occasionally played Wide Receiver when needed. After winning the National Championship his junior year, as well as several other accomplishments at UM like the Jim Thorpe award and the Heisman trophy, Woodson chose to forgo his senior year in college and enter the NFL draft. Woodson received well over 200 more votes for the Heisman trophy than runner-up Peyton Manning.
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