Logo of a college football team that plays in the Sooner Athletic Conference, the Langston University Lions. A historically black college, Langston plays at the NAIA level. The school has an impressive list of players who have enjoyed careers in pro football, including Chad Johnson, Maurice Bassett, Matthew Hatchette, Thomas Henderson, Gene Howard, Ken Payne and Odell Lawson.
1984 Topps football card, from the mullet era, of former pro placekicker Morten Andersen, who amazingly lasted 25 years in the NFL, kicking for 5 different teams. Born in Denmark, he was a 6 time All Pro and 7 time Pro Bowler, a 2 time winner of the Golden Toe Award as the NFL’s best kicker, and was named to the league’s All Decade teams for both the 1980s and 1990s. He currently co-hosts a football podcast with the Vegas Insider Podcast Network. Andersen was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2017, only the second kicker to receive that honor.