04-23-2021, 01:43 PM
Little known fact that none of you will care about.
When All-Pro DE Leonard Little played college ball at Tennessee he wore number #1. I am pretty sure it was because he was originally signed as a safety but grew into a MLB and then a DE. I think they made a special extra-large #1 for his jersey because it looked huge.
Same thing happened with a guy I played with in high school. Alan Wenglikowski was just a ST player for the Chiefs and Bills, but in college he played DE for Pitt opposite of NFL Hall-of Famer Chris Doleman in the mid 80's. He kept his weight down in high school because he also wrestled and ran track. he played safety at about 190-195. But at Pitt he ended up at about 235. That sounds small for a DE, but this was 35 years ago when everyone was smaller and he played a "rush end" which was kind of a LB/DE hybrid.
It seems strange seeing a DE wearing a single digit number.
When All-Pro DE Leonard Little played college ball at Tennessee he wore number #1. I am pretty sure it was because he was originally signed as a safety but grew into a MLB and then a DE. I think they made a special extra-large #1 for his jersey because it looked huge.
Same thing happened with a guy I played with in high school. Alan Wenglikowski was just a ST player for the Chiefs and Bills, but in college he played DE for Pitt opposite of NFL Hall-of Famer Chris Doleman in the mid 80's. He kept his weight down in high school because he also wrestled and ran track. he played safety at about 190-195. But at Pitt he ended up at about 235. That sounds small for a DE, but this was 35 years ago when everyone was smaller and he played a "rush end" which was kind of a LB/DE hybrid.
It seems strange seeing a DE wearing a single digit number.
