MAC Football Alumni in the NFL
The National Football League has many talented former Mid-American Conference stars throughout the league. Below is a list of former MAC players now playing in the NFL.
Use these quick links to select a school or scroll to the listings below.
East: UA |BGSU |UB |KSU |MU |OU
West: BSU |CMU |EMU |NIU |UT |WMU
Former MAC Members: Marshall |Central Florida
Future MAC Member: Temple
Akron Zips (6)
Chase Blackburn - LB - New York Giants
Matt Cherry - WR
Charlie Frye - QB - Cleveland Browns
Ryan Myers - LB - New York Jets
Dwight Smith - DB - New Orleans Saints
Jason Taylor - DE - Miami Dolphins
Ball State Cardinals (7)
Justin Beriault - DB - Dallas Cowboys
Reggie Hodges - P - St. Louis Rams
Joel Hofmann - T - St. Louis Rams
Aaron Johnson - OL - Kansas City Chiefs
Brad Maynard - P - Chicago Bears
Corey Parchman - WR - Green Bay Packers
Dante Ridgeway - WR - St. Louis Rams
Bowling Green Falcons (8)
Khary Campbell - LB - Washington Redskins
Ryan Diepenbrock - LB - Buffalo Bills
Josh Harris - QB - Cleveland Browns
Cole Magner - WR - Atlanta Falcons
Scott Mruczkowski - C - San Diego Chargers
Janssen Patton - DB - Pittsburgh Steelers
Robert Redd - WR - Philadelphia Eagles
Shuan Suisham - K
Buffalo Bulls (4)
Bob Dzvonick - DE
Drew Haddad - WR - Buffalo Bills
Adam Johnson - TE
Omari Jordan - DT
Central Michigan Chippewas (9)
Kyle Croskey - G - New England Patroits
Eric Ghiaciuc - C - Cincinnati Bengals
Brock Gutierrez - G - Detroit Lions
Tory Humphrey - TE - Green Bay Packers
Cullen Jenkins - DT - Green Bay Packers
Adam Kieft - T - Cincinnati Bengals
James King - DB - Cleveland Browns
Mesene Louisdor - DB - Miami Dolphins
Jovan Witherspoon - WR - New York Jets
Eastern Michigan Eagles (8)
Charlie Batch - QB - Pittsburgh Steelers
Lional Dalton - DT - Kansas City Chiefs
Kevin Harrison - LB - Cleveland Browns
Chris Roberson - CB - Jacksonville Jaguars
L.J. Shelton - T - Cleveland Browns
Jason Short - LB - Philadelphia Eagles
Barry Stokes - T - Atlanta Falcons
Kevin Walter - WR - Cincinnati Bengals
Kent State Golden Flashes (5)
Joshua Cribbs - WR/ST/QB - Cleveland Browns
Antonio Gates - TE - San Diego Chargers
Bob Hallen - C - San Diego Chargers
James Harrison - LB - Pittsburgh Steelers
Eric Mahl - LB - New York Jets
Miami RedHawks (10)
Andy Aracri - DT - Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Jacob Bell - G - Tennessee Titans
Eric Beverly - TE - Atlanta Falcons
Ben Herrell - T - Tennessee Titans
Alphonso Hodge - CB - Kansas City Chiefs
Sly Johnson - WR - Detroit Lions
Cal Murray - RB - San Diego Chargers
Matt Pusateri - DB - Cleveland Browns
Ben Rothlisberger - QB - Pittsburgh Steelers
Phil Smith - LB - Houston Texans
Northern Illinois Huskies (12)
Brian Atkinson - LB - Tenessee Titans
Brian Cieslak - TE - Buffalo Bills
Ryan Diem - T - Indianapolis Colts
P.J. Fleck - WR - San Francisco 49ers
Josh Haldi - QB -
Darrell Hill - WR - Kansas City Chiefs
Frisman Jackson - WR - Cleveland Browns @
Rob Lee - CB - Buffalo Bills
Justin McCareins - WR - New York Jets
Dan Sheldon - WR - Arizona Cardinals
Hollis Thomas - DT - Philadelphia Eagles
Michael Turner - RB - San Diego Chargers
Jake VerStraete - G - Pittsburgh Steelers
Ohio Bobcats (3)
Kevin Carberry - DE
Chip Cox - DB
Dave Zastudil - P - Baltimore Ravens
Toledo Rockets (10)
Patrick Body - DB - Cincinnati Bengals
Carl Ford - WR - Chicago Bears
Todd France - K - Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Kelly Herndon - CB - Seattle Seahawks
Kenny Higgins - WR - San Diego Chargers
Nick Kaczur - T - New Englad Patroits
Gabe Lindstrom - P - Chicago Bears
Andy McCollum - C - St. Louis Rams
Lance Moore - WR
Chester Taylor - RB - Baltimore Ravens
Western Michigan (5)
Adam Anderson - P - Detroit Lions
Jason Babin - OLB - Houston Texans
Charles Missant - C - New York Jets
Tom Nutten - C - St. Louis Rams
Robert Sanford - RB - Chicago Bears
Former MAC Members
Marshall Thundering Herd (18)*
Mike Bartrum - TE - Philadelphia Eagles
Troy Brown - WR - New England Patroits
Chris Crocker - DB - Cleveland Browns
Josh Davis - WR - Miami Dolphins
Jonathan Goddard - LB - Detroit Lions
Chris Hanson - P - Jacksonville Jaguars
Scott Harper - T - Washington Redskins
Byron Leftwich - QB - Jacksonville Jaguars
Chris Massey - RB - St. Louis Rams
Randy Moss - WR - Oakland Raiders
Chad Pennington - QB - New York Jets
Nate Poole - WR - New Orleans Saints
Jason Rader - TE - Miami Dolphins
Steve Sciullo - G - Philadelphia Eagles
John Wade - C - Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Butchie Wallace - RB - Minnesota Vikings
Darius Watts - WR - Denver Broncos
Max Yates - LB - San Francisco 49ers
Central Florida Golden Knights (15)#
Atari Bigby - DB New York Jets
Siaha Burley - WR - Minnesota Vikings
Tavaris Capers - WR - Pittsburgh Steelers
Daunte Culpepper - QB - Minnesota Vikings
Steve Edwards - G - Chicago Bears
Travis Fisher - CB - St. Louis Rams
Doug Gabriel - WR - Oakland Raiders
Michael Gaines - TE - Carolina Panthers
Cornell Green - T - Denver Broncos
Alex Haynes - RB - Baltimore Ravens
Luther Huggins - WR - Miami Dolphins
Charles Lee - WR - Arizona Cardinals
Mike Mabry - C - Atlanta Falcons
Elton Patterson - DE - Cincinnati Bengals
Asante Samuel - CB - New England Patroits
Future MAC Member
Temple Owls (11) ^
Raheem Brock - DE - Indianapolis Colts
Larry Chester - DT - Miami Dolphins
Zamir Cobb - WR
Lance Johnstone - DE - Minnesota Vikings
Dan Klecko - LB - New England Patroits
A.J. Lindsay - DT
Jason McKie - RB - Chicago Bears
Alshermond Singleton - LB - Dallas Cowboys
Terrence Stubbs - WR - New York Jets
Rian Wallace - LB - Pittsburgh Steelers
Dave Yovanovits - T - Cleveland Browns
@ - Frisman Jackson began his career in college at Northern Illinois as a QB before transferring to Western Illinois to play WR
* - Marshall was a member of the Mid-American Conference from 1997-2004
# - Central Florida was a member of the Mid-American Conference from 2002-2004
^ - Temple will be joining the Mid-American Conference in football beginning in the 2007 season