04-10-2022, 10:50 PM
(04-10-2022, 09:09 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Depends on what you're talking about. If you're talking about high school T&F, about 50-60% of NFL players participated in that. If you're talking about Olympians, i think around 40 or so have been drafted in the nfl since its formation and 23 of them played in an actual game--not all of them sprinters and three of them participated in the winter Olympics.
The full list of Olympians who were drafted into and played in the NFL, compiled thanks to data from Olympedia and the OlyMADMen:
Sam Francis — 1st pick, 1937 (first round)
John “Lam” Jones — 2nd pick, 1980 (first round)
Ollie Matson — 3rd pick, 1952 (first round)
Larry Burton — 7th pick, 1975 (first round)
Clyde Scott — 8th pick, 1948 (first round)
James Owens — 29th pick, 1979 (second round)
Jahvid Best — 30th pick, 2010 (first round)
Ron Brown — 41st pick, 1983 (second round)
Henry Carr — 43rd pick, 1965 (fourth round)
Bob Pickens — 44th pick, 1966 (third round)
Gerald Tinker — 44th pick, 1974 (second round)
Ray Norton — 46th pick, 1960 (fourth round)
Milt Campbell — 53rd pick, 1957 (fifth round)
Marquise Goodwin — 78th pick, 2013 (third round)
Bob Hayes — 88th pick, 1964 (seventh round)
Frank Budd — 96th pick, 1962 (seventh round)
Herschel Walker — 114th pick, 1985 (fifth round)
Randy Dean — 117th pick, 1977 (fifth round)
Michael Carter — 121st pick, 1984 (fifth round)
Jim Hines — 146th pick, 1968 (sixth round)
Michael Bates — 150th pick, 1992 (sixth round)
Nate Ebner — 197th pick, 2012 (sixth round)
Tommie Smith — 226th pick, 1967 (ninth round)
https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2020/04/23/nfl-draft-olympic-olympians/
Bo Roberson won the 1960 Olympic long jump silver, the first speedy Raider,
Sam Graddy 1984 Olympic silver
James Jett Olympic 4x1
Stone Johnson Olympic 200m
Also Olympians
Sub 10.30/9.5 100m/100yd College sprinter/footballer/NFLer
Darrel Green
Trindon Holliday
Jacoby Ford
Alvis Whitted
Mel Gray
Isacc Curtis Bengals
Mark Duper
O.J.Simpson
Joe Delaney
James Trapp
Sammie Parker
John Roderick
Rocket Ismail
Butch Woolfolk
Anthony Schwartz
Michael Bennett
Pat Johnson
Phil Epps
Travis Williams
JD Hill
Darrin Nelson
Jamaal Charles
Deion Sanders
How about all those hurdlers and long jumpers?
TONS of pro footballers ran track....also!
