On this edition of the Football by Numbers series will be coming up with the top ten best NFL players to wear the number 57 with Joe Ziemba of the When Football Was Football Podcast!
The Hall of Fame gives us our starting point.
- Rickey Jackson
- Dwight Stephenson
- Johnny Blood
The Substantial Players wearing 57 not yet in the HOF are:
- Clay Matthews
- Mo Lewis
- Jeff Van Note
- Tom Jackson
- Reggie Williams
- Steve Nelson
- Olin Kreutz
- Mike Merriweather
- Bart Scott
- C.J. Mosley
- Ken Mendenhall
- Sam Davis
- Frank Nunley
- Tom Thayer
- Lamar Lathon
- Ronald McKinnon
- Ken Bowman
- Rich Milot
- Mark Arneson
- Lucius Sanford
- Steve Kiner
- Ken Harvey
- Mike Kolen
- Chris Martin
- Stephen Boyd
- Ken Fantetti
- Dwayne Rudd
- Tony Woods
- David Hawthorne
- Dave Lewis
- Rich Moran
- Corey Miller
- Jerry Robinson
- Vincent Rey
- Jim Merlo
- Derrel Gofourth
- Lorenzo Alexander
- Linden King
- Bill Jobko
- Jerry Blanton
- Dan Bunz
- Dhani Jones
- Carl Brettschneider
- Alex Okafor
- Don Rives
- Niko Noga
- Doug Woodlief
- Orlando Huff
- Michael Wilhoite