• Pro Football Hall of Fame (1997)
• College Football Hall of Fame (2000)
• 2-Time All-American
• 15-Year WAC Anniversary First Team
• 1973 All-WAC First Team
• 1974 All-WAC First Team
• 1975 All-WAC First Team
• NFL 75^th Anniversary Team
• NFL 100^th Anniversary Team
• 9 x Pro Bowl
• NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year
• Super Bowl Champion
• 1976 NFL First Round Pick (5th overall – New England)

• Pro Football Hall of Fame (2013)
• 15-Year WAC Anniversary First Team
• 1967 WAC Lineman of the Year
• 1966 All-WAC First Team
• 1967 All-WAC First Team
• NCAA Heavyweight Wrestling Champion (1967)
• 3-Time WAC Wrestling Champion
• 13 Seasons in NFL
• NFL Defensive Player of the Year (1975)
• 6-Time Pro Bowl
• Super Bowl Champion
• 1968 NFL/AFL Second Round Pick (Denver)

Marc Wilson, BYU
Position: Quarterback
Years in WAC: 1976-79
Seed: 3

• College Football Hall of Fame (1996)
• 1979 Sammy Baugh Trophy (Top Passer in NCAA)
• 1979 First Team All-American
• 1977 WAC Offensive Player of the Year
• 1979 WAC Offensive Player of the Year
• WAC All-Time 25^th in Passing Yards (7,636)
• WAC All-Time 19^th in TD Passes (61)
• #6 Retired by BYU
• 10 Seasons in NFL
• 2-Time Super Bowl Champion
• 1980 NFL First Round Pick (15^th overall – Oakland)

John Jefferson,
Arizona State
Position: Wide Receiver
Years in WAC: 1974-77
Seed: 4

• College Football Hall of Fame (2002)
• 1977 First Team All-American
• WAC All-Time 28^th in Receiving Yards (2,824)
• 7 Seasons in NFL
• 4 x Pro Bowl
• 2 x First Team All-NFL
• Led NFL in Receiving Yards (1980)
• Led NFL in TD catches (1978, 80)
• 1978 NFL First Round Pick (14^th overall – San Diego)

J.D. Hill,
Arizona State
Position: Wide Receiver
Years in WAC: 1967-70
Seed: 5

• 15-Year WAC Anniversary First Team
• 1970 All-WAC First Team
• MVP of Senior Bowl
• Also Played Baseball and Ran Track at ASU
• 7 Seasons in NFL
• 1 x Pro Bowl
• 1971 NFL First Round Pick (4^th overall – Buffalo)

Danny White,
Arizona State
Position: Quarterback
Years in WAC: 1971-73
Seed: 6

• College Football Hall of Fame (1998)
• 15-Year WAC Anniversary First Team
• 1973 WAC Offensive Player of the Year
• 1973 First Team All-WAC
• WAC All-Time 21st in TD Passes (59)
• #11 Retired by Arizona State
• 12 Seasons in NFL
• 1 x Pro Bowl
• 1974 NFL First Third Round Pick (Dallas)
• Last player to start as punter and QB

Mike Bell,
Colorado State
Position: Defensive Line
Years in WAC: 1975-78
Seed: 7

• 1978 First Team All-American
• 1977 WAC Lineman of the Year
• 1977 All-WAC First Team
• 1978 All-WAC First Team
• 12 Seasons in NFL
• 2-Time Pro Bowl Alternate
• 1979 NFL First Round Pick (2^nd overall – Kansas City)

Jim Kiick,
Wyoming
Position: Running Back
Years in WAC: 1965-67
Seed: 8

• 15-Year WAC Anniversary First Team
• 1966 All-WAC First Team
• 1967 All-WAC First Team
• 1968 All-WAC First Team
• First player to be First Team All-WAC 3 times
• Sun Bowl MVP
• 7 Seasons in NFL
• Member of undefeated Super Bowl Champion Miami Dolphins
• 2 x AFL All-Star
• 1968 NFL Fifth Round Pick (Miami)

• Pro Football Hall of Fame (2005)College Football Hall of Fame (2001)
• 1983 Runner-Up Heisman Trophy
• 1983 Davey O’Brien Award (Best QB in NCAA)
• 1983 Sammy Baugh Trophy (Top Passer in NCAA)
• 1983 First Team All-American
• 1982 WAC Offensive Player of the Year
• 1983 WAC Offensive Player of the Year
• 1982 First Team All-WAC
• 1983 First Team All-WAC
• WAC All-Time 22^nd in Passing Yards (7,737)
• WAC All-Time 24th in TD Passes (56)
• #8 Retired by BYU
• 14 Seasons in NFL
• 2 x NFL MVP (1992, 94)
• 7 x Pro Bowl
• 3 x First Team All-Pro
• 4 x NFL Passing TD Leader
• 6 x NFL Passer Rating Leader
• 5 x NFL Completion Percentage Leader
• 3 x Super Bowl Champion

• College Football Hall of Fame (1998)
• 1981 Davey O’Brien Award (Best QB in NCAA)
• 1981 Sammy Baugh Trophy (Top Passer in NCAA)
• 1981 First Team All-American
• 1978 WAC Offensive Player of the Year
• 1980 WAC Offensive Player of the Year
• 1981 WAC Offensive Player of the Year
• 1978 All-WAC First Team
• 1980 All-WAC First Team
• 1981 All-WAC First Team
• WAC All-Time 13^th in passing yards (9,563)
• WAC All-Time 6^th in TD Passes (84)
• #9 Retired by BYU
• 14 Seasons in NFL
• NFL Comeback Player of the Year (1991)
• 1 x Pro Bowl
• 2 x Super Bowl Champion
• 1982 NFL First Round Pick – 5^th overall (Chicago)

 
Jay Novacek,
Wyoming
Position: Tight End
Years in WAC: 1982-84
Seed: 3

• College Football Hall of Fame (2008)
• 1984 First Team All-American
• 1984 First Team All-WAC
• Set NCAA single-season record for average per reception (22.6 yards) by a tight end
• 1984 WAC Decathlon Champion
• 1984 NCAA Decathlon All-American (4th)
• Competed in 1984 Olympic Trials in Decathlon
• 10 Seasons in NFL
• 5 x Pro Bowl
• 3 x Super Bowl Champion
• 1 x First Team All-Pro
• 1985 NFL Sixth Round Pick (St. Louis)

 
Chad Hennings,
Air Force
Position: Defensive Line
Years in WAC: 1984-87
Seed: 4

• College Football Hall of Fame (2006)
• NCAA Silver Anniversary Award
• 1987 Outland Trophy (Best Interior Lineman in NCAA)
• 1987 First Team All-American
• 1987 WAC Defensive Player of the Year
• 1988 Stan Bates Award
• 1987 First Team All-WAC
• Japan Bowl MVP (1988)
• Became A-10 Pilot
• Deployed twice to Iraq during Gulf War
• Twice Awarded the Air Force Acheivement Medal
• 8 Seasons in NFL
• 3 x Super Bowl Champion
• 1988 NFL Eleventh Round Pick (Dallas)

Jason Buck,
BYU
Position: Defensive Line
Years in WAC: 1983-87
Seed: 5

• 1986 Outland Trophy (Best Interior Lineman in NCAA)
• 1985 WAC Defensive Player of the Year
• 1985 First Team All-WAC
• 1986 First Team All-WAC
• Member of 1984 BYU National Champion Team
• 5 Seasons in NFL
• 1 x Super Bowl Champion
• 1987 NFL First Round Pick – 17^th overall (Cincinnati)

Terance Mathis,
New Mexico
Position: Wide Receiver
Years in WAC: 1985-89
Seed: 6 

• 1989 First Team All-American
• 1986 First Team All-WAC
• 1987 First Team All-WAC
• 1989 First Team All-WAC
• WAC All-Time 4th in Receiving Yards (4,254)
• WAC All-Time 5^th in Receiving TDs (36)
• 12 Seasons in NFL
• Atlanta Falcons Man of the Year (1998)
• 1990 NFL Sixth Round Pick  (Miami)

Robbie Bosco,
BYU
Position: Quarterback
Years in WAC: 1983-85
Seed: 7 

• 1984 Sammy Baugh Trophy (Top Passer in NCAA)
• 1984 Third in Heisman Trophy voting
• 1984 WAC Offensive Player of the Year
• 1984 First Team All-WAC
• 1985 Second Team All-WAC
• QB of 1984 BYU National Champion Team
• #6 Retired by BYU
• WAC All-Time 17^th in Passing Yards (8,418)
• WAC All-Time 16^th in TD Passes (66)
• 2 Seasons in NFL
• 1986 NFL Third Round Pick (Green Bay)

Steve Bartalo,
Colorado State
Position: Running Back
Years in WAC: 1983-86
Seed: 8

• 1987 Stan Bates Award
• 1986 WAC Offensive Player of the Year
• 1983 WAC Newcomer of the Year
• 1984 First Team All-WAC
• 1985 First Team All-WAC
• 1986 First Team All-WAC
• WAC All-Time 2^nd in rushing yards (4,813)
• WAC All-Time 5^th in Rushing TDs (46)
• WAC All-Time 21^st in Points Scored (294)
• 2 Seasons in NFL
• 1987 NFL Sixth Round Pick (Tampa Bay)

• Pro Football Hall of Fame (2011)
• College Football Hall of Fame (2017)
• 1992, 93 First Team All-American
• 1992, 93 First Team All-American
• Heisman Trophy Runner Up (1992)
• Heisman Trophy 4^th Place (1993)
• 1993 Joe Kearney Award
• 1994 Joe Kearney Award
• 1992 WAC Offensive Player of the Year
• 1991 First Team All-WAC
• 1992 First Team All-WAC
• 1993 First Team All-WAC
• WAC All-Time 3^rd in Rushing Yards (4,569)
• WAC All-Time 3^nd in rushing TDs (57)
• WAC All-Time 3rd in Points Scored (376)
• 13 Seasons in NFL
• 1 x NFL MVP (2000)
• 3 x NFL Offensive Player of the Year (1999, 2000, 2001)
• 1 x Super Bowl Champion
• NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year
• 3 x First Team All-Pro
• 7 x Pro Bowl
• 1994 NFL First Round Pick – Second Overall (Indianapolis)

Ty Detmer,
BYU
Position: Quarterback
Years in WAC: 1988-91
Seed: 2

• College Football Hall of Fame (2012)
• 1990 Heisman Trophy Winner
• 1990 Maxwell Award (Best Player in NCAA)
• 1990 Davey O’Brien Award (Best QB in NCAA)
• 1991 Davey O’Brien Award (Best QB in NCAA)
• 1990 First Team All-American
• 1991 First Team All-American
• 1990 WAC Offensive Player of the Year
• 1991 WAC Offensive Player of the Year
• 1989 First Team All-WAC
• 1990 First Team All-WAC
• 1991 First Team All-WAC
• #14 Retired by BYU
• WAC All-Time 2^nd in Passing Yards (15,031)
• WAC All-Time 2^nd in TD Passes (121)
• 14 Seasons in NFL
• 1992 NFL Ninth Round Pick (Green Bay)

• 1993 Sammy Baugh Trophy (Top Passer in NCAA)
• 1993 WAC Offensive Player of the Year
• 1992 First Team All-WAC
• 1993 First Team All-WAC
• 1992 Led NCAA in Passing Efficiency
• Set NCAA record for consecutive attempts no INTs (271)
• 30^th in TD passes (51)
• 14 seasons in NFL
• 1 x Super Bowl Champion
• 1 x Pro Bowl
• 1993 NFL First Round Pick – 6^th Overall (Tampa Bay)
• Left after junior season for NFL Draft

Marcus Harris,
Wyoming
Position: Wide Receiver
Years in WAC: 1993-96
Seed: 4

• 1996 Biletnikoff Award (Best WR in NCAA)
• 1996 First Team All-American
• 1996 WAC Pacific Offensive Player of the Year
• 1994 First Team All-WAC
• 1995 First Team All-WAC
• 1996 First Team All-WAC
• WAC All-Time Leader in Receiving Yards (4,518)
• WAC All-Time 4^th in Receiving TDs (38)
• 1996 NFL Seventh Round Pick (Detroit)

Ryan Yarborough,
Wyoming
Position: Wide Receiver
Years in WAC: 1990-93
Seed: 5

• 1992 First Team All-WAC
• 1993 First Team All-WAC
• WAC All-Time 2^nd in Receiving Yards (4,357)
• WAC All-Time Leader in Receiving TDs (42)
• WAC All-TIme 26^th in Points Scored (256)
• Set NCAA record for games with TD reception (27)
• 4 seasons in NFL
• 1994 NFL Second Round Pick (NY Jets)

Greg Myers,
Colorado State
Position: Defensive Back
Years in WAC: 1992-95
Seed: 6

• College Football Hall of Fame (2012)
• 1995 Jim Thorpe Award (Best DB in NCAA)
• 1995 First Team All-American
• 1995 Honda National Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• 1996 Stan Bates Award
• 1992 First Team All-WAC
• 1993 First Team All-WAC
• 1994 First Team All-WAC
• 1995 First Team All-WAC
• Helped CSU to WAC titles in 1994, 95
• 5 seasons in NFL
• 1996 NFL Fifth Round Pick (Cincinnati)
• Now an anesthesiologist in Denver

Steve Sarkisian,
BYU
Position: Quarterback
Years in WAC: 1995-96
Seed: 7

• 1996 Sammy Baugh Trophy (Top Passer in NCAA)
• 1996 WAC Mountain Offensive Player of the Year
• 1996 First Team All-WAC Mountain Division
• WAC All-Time 28^th in Passing Yards (7,464)
• WAC All-Time 28^th in TD Passes (53)
• Head Coach at Washington (2009-13) USC (2014-15) and now at Texas (2021-present)

Brian Urlacher,
New Mexico
Position: Defensive Back
Years in WAC: 1996-98
Seed: 8

• Pro Football Hall of Fame (2018)
• College Football Hall of Fame (2017)
• 1998 First Team All-WAC Pacific Division
• Also returned kicks and punts
• #44 Retired by UNM
• 13 Seasons in NFL
• 1 x NFL Defensive Player of the Year (2005)
• 1 x Super Bowl Champion
• NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year
• 4 x First Team All-Pro
• 8 x Pro Bowl
• 2000 NFL First Round Pick – 9^th overall (Chicago)

LaDainian Tomlinson,
TCU
Position: Running Back
Years in WAC: 1997-00
Seed: 1

• Pro Football Hall of Fame (2017)
• College Football Hall of Fame (2014)
• 2000 Doak Walker Award (Best RB in NCAA)
• 2000 All-American
• 4th in Heisman Trophy (2000)
• 2001 Joe Kearney Award
• 1999 WAC Offensive Player of the Year
• 2000 WAC Offensive Player of the Year
• WAC All-Time Leader in Rushing Yards (5,263)
• WAC All-Time 4^th in rushing TDs (56)
• WAC All-Time 12^th in Points Scored (324)
• #5 Retired by TCU
• 10 Seasons in NFL
• 1 x NFL MVP (2006)
• 1 x NFL Offensive Player of the Year (2006)
• 1 x Walter Payton Man of the Year (2006)
• NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year
• 3 x First Team All-Pro
• 5 x Pro Bowl
• 2001 NFL First Round Pick – Fifth Overall (San Diego)

David Carr,
Fresno State
Position: Quarterback
Years in WAC: 1997-01
Seed: 2

• 2001 Sammy Baugh Trophy (Top Passer in NCAA)
• 2001 Johnny Unitas Award (Best Senior QB in NCAA)
• 5^th in Heisman Trophy (2001)
• 2002 Joe Kearney Award
• 2001 WAC Offensive Player of the Year
• WAC All-Time 19^th in TD Passes (61)
• 2001 First Team All-WAC
• 2000 Second Team All-WAC
• #8 Retired by Fresno State
• 11 Seasons in NFL
• 1 x Super Bowl Champion
• 1 x NFL Completion Percentage Leader
• NFL All-Rookie Team
• 2002 NFL First Round Pick – 1st overall (Houston)

Colt Brennan,
Hawai'i
Position: Quarterback
Years in WAC: 2005-07
Seed: 3

• 2006 Sammy Baugh Trophy (Top Passer in NCAA)
• 6^th in Heisman Trophy (2006)
• 3rd in Heisman Trophy (2007)
• 2007 Joe Kearney Award
• 2006 WAC Offensive Player of the Year
• 2007 WAC Offensive Player of the Year
• 2006 First Team All-WAC
• 2007 First Team All-WAC
• WAC All-Time Leader in TD Passes (131)
• WAC All-Time 3^rd in Passing Yards (14,193)
• 3 seasons in NFL
• 2008 NFL Sixth Round Pick (Washington)

Colin Kaepernick,
Nevada
Position: Quarterback
Years in WAC: 2007-10
Seed: 4

• 8th in Heisman Trophy (2010)
• 2011 Joe Kearney Award
• 2008 WAC Offensive Player of the Year
• 2010 WAC Offensive Player of the Year
• 2008 First Team All-WAC
• 2010 First Team All-WAC
• 2009 Second Team All-WAC
• WAC All-Time 6^th in Rushing Yards (4,112)
• WAC All-Time 1^st in Rushing TDs (59)
• WAC All-Time 10^th in Passing Yards (10,098)
• WAC All-Time 8^th in TD Passes (82)
• WAC All-Time 6^th in Points Scored (362)
• Only player in NCAA history with 10,000 passing and 4,000 rushing yards
• Graduated with 4.0 GPA
• 6 seasons in NFL
• NFL Record QB rushing yards in one game (181)
• 2011 NFL Second Round Pick (San Francisco)

Kellen Moore,
Boise State
Position: Quarterback
Years in WAC: 2008-10
Seed: 5

• 2009 First Team All-American
• 7th in Heisman Trophy (2009)
• 2010 Joe Kearney Award
• 2009, 10 WAC Offensive Player of the Year
• 2009, 10 WAC Offensive Player of the Year
• 2009, 10 First Team All-WAC
• 2009, 10 First Team All-WAC
• 2008 Second Team All-WAC
• 6^th in Passing Yards (10,867)
• 4^th in TD Passes (99)
• 5 seasons in NFL
• Now Dallas Cowboys OC

Timmy Chang,
Hawai'i
Position: Quarterback
Years in WAC: 2000-04
Seed: 6

• 2004 First Team All-WAC
• 2002 Second Team All-WAC
• WAC All-Time Leader in Passing Yards (17,072)
• 3^rd in TD Passes (117)
• 2^nd in NCAA history in Passing Yards
• 2 seasons in NFL
• Head Coach at Hawai’i

Bobby Wagner,
Utah State
Position: Linebacker
Years in WAC: 2008-11
Seed: 7

• 2009 First Team All-WAC
• 2010 First Team All-WAC
• 2011 First Team All-WAC
• WAC All-Time Leader in Tackles (446)
• Senior Bowl MVP (2012)
• 10 Seasons in NFL (still in NFL)
• 1 x Super Bowl Champion
• 6 x First Team All-Pro
• 8 x Pro Bowl
• 2 x NFL Leader in Tackles
• 2012 NFL Second Round Pick (Seattle)

Davone Bess,
Hawai'i
Position: Wide Receiver
Years in WAC: 2005-07
Seed: 8

• 2005 First Team All-WAC
• 2006 First Team All-WAC
• 2007 First Team All-WAC
• WAC All-Time 3rd in Receiving Yards (4,345)
• WAC All-Time Leader in receptions (293)
• WAC All-Time 6^th in Receiving Yards (3,610)
• WAC All-Time 2^nd in Receiving TDs (41)
• 5 Seasons in NFL