The all-time Boston College NFL team features centers with Super Bowl rings

Coveting a Lombardi Trophy? Then draft a middle from Boston Faculty.

The Eagles have produced 4 facilities who began in Tremendous Bowls – John Fitzgerald, Tom Nalen, Damien Woody and Dan Koppen. Fitzgerald and Koppen began three Tremendous Bowls apiece, Nalen two and Woody one. They collected six championship rings in these 9 begins.

Fitzgerald gained in 1978 with the Dallas Cowboys, Nalen in back-to-back seasons with the Denver Broncos in 1998-99, Woody with the New England Patriots in 2002 and Koppen additionally with the Patriots in 2004-05. As well as, Fitzgerald and Woody gained second rings in backup capacities. That’s eight Tremendous Bowl rings for 4 Boston Faculty facilities.

A ninth Tremendous Bowl ring was gained by one other Boston Faculty participant who snapped the soccer – Steve DeOssie. He was one of many best lengthy snappers in NFL historical past and gained his ring with the New York Giants in 1990. He performed 12 seasons.

Nalen performed 14 seasons, began 188 video games and went to 5 Professional Bowls. Woody performed 12 seasons, began 166 video games and went to a Professional Bowl. So did Hoppen, who performed 10 seasons and began 132 video games. Fitzgerald was the one one of many fraternity who didn’t go to a Professional Bowl. He began 109 video games.

The listing of nice facilities from Boston Faculty doesn’t finish there. Don Macek performed 14 seasons with the San Diego Chargers and was the offensive place to begin at heart through the Air Coryell period. He began 150 video games and was voted to San Diego’s fiftieth anniversary group. He additionally has been enshrined within the franchise’s Corridor of Fame.

Woody was a first-round decide, Macek a second, Fitzgerald a fourth, Koppen a fifth and Nalen a seventh.

Nalen would pencil in at heart on the all-time Boston Faculty NFL group. The Eagles have two Corridor of Famers on the group – defensive tackles Ernie Stautner and Artwork Donovan. That place is the deepest in expertise at Boston Faculty. Along with the 2 Corridor of Famers, the Eagles have produced Professional Bowlers Fred Smerlas and Joe Nash plus first-round draft picks Chris Hovan and B.J. Raji.

Right here is the all-time Boston Faculty NFL group:

QB—Matt Ryan, 2016 NFL MVP

HB—Troy Stradford, 1987 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Yr

FB—Alan Miller, Professional Bowl, 140 catches, 21 touchdowns

WR—Jim Colclough, Professional Bowl, 283 catches, 39 touchdowns

WR—Brian Brennan, 9 seasons, 334 catches, 20 touchdowns

TE—Mark Chmura, 3 Professional Bowls, 188 catches, 17 touchdowns

T—Anthony Costanzo, 10 seasons, 144 begins

T—Marc Colombo, 9 seasons, 95 begins

G—Chris Snee, 4 Professional Bowls, 10 seasons, 141 begins

G—Ron Stone, 3 Professional Bowls, 12 seasons, 142 begins

C—Tom Nalen, 5 Professional Bowls, 14 seasons, 188 begins

DE—Larry Eisenhauer, 4 Professional Bowls, 9 seasons, 44 sacks

DT—Ernie Stautner, Corridor of Fame

DT—Artwork Donovan, Corridor of Fame

NT—Fred Smerlas, 5 Professional Bowls, 14 seasons, 153 begins

OLB—Invoice Romanowski, 2 Professional Bowls, 16 seasons, 1,118 tackles

MLB—Luke Kuechly, 7 Professional Bowls, 8 seasons, 1,092 tackles

*-OLB—Harold Landry, Professional Bowl, 4 seasons, 31 sacks

*-CB—Anthony Brown, 6 seasons, 57 begins, 9 interceptions

*-CB—Isaac Yiadom, 4 seasons, 20 begins, 1 interception

*-S—Justin Simmons, Professional Bowl, 6 seasons, 21 interceptions

*-S—John Johnson, 5 seasons, 63 begins, 11 interceptions

Ok—Fred Steinfort, 7 seasons, 311 factors, 63 FGs

KR—Kelvin Martin, 10 seasons, 261 punt returns, 3 touchdowns

ST—Vinny Ciurciu, 8 seasons, 15 ST tackles for Vikings in 2007

LS—Steve DeOssie, 12 seasons, Tremendous Bowl ring

*-Nonetheless energetic