Branson Combs
Branson Combs Branson Combs (born July 14, 2000) is an American professional football linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). A native of Evansville, Indiana, Combs attended Reitz Memorial High School before playing college football at Southern Illinois and Wake Forest. He signed with Jacksonville as an undrafted free agent following […]
Scott Studwell
Scott Studwell John Scott Studwell (born August 27, 1954) is a former American professional football player and longtime NFL executive from Evansville, Indiana. A star at Harrison High School, Studwell became an All-American linebacker at the University of Illinois before spending his entire 14-year NFL playing career with the Minnesota Vikings. One of the greatest […]
Larry Stallings
Larry Stallings Larry Joseph Stallings (born December 11, 1941) is a former American professional football player from Evansville, Indiana who spent 14 seasons as a linebacker with the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League. A graduate of Reitz Memorial High School, Stallings went on to play college football at Georgia Tech before becoming […]
Kevin Hardy
Kevin Lamont Hardy (born July 24, 1973) is a former professional football player from Evansville, Indiana. A linebacker, Hardy won the Butkus Award as the nation’s top college linebacker at the University of Illinois before being selected second overall in the 1996 NFL Draft. He went on to a nine-year NFL career and earned Pro […]
Bob Griese
Robert Allen “Bob” Griese (born February 3, 1945) is a former professional football quarterback and one of the most accomplished athletes from Evansville, Indiana. A two-time Super Bowl champion with the Miami Dolphins, Griese was inducted into both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Early Life and Evansville […]
Deke Cooper
Deke Cooper (born October 18, 1977) is a former professional football player who grew up in Evansville, Indiana. A defensive back, Cooper played professionally in the NFL and NFL Europe after starring at North High School and the University of Notre Dame. Evansville and North High School Cooper attended North High School in Evansville, where […]
Sean Bennett
William Sean Bennett (born November 9, 1975) is a former American professional football player with strong ties to Evansville, Indiana. A graduate of William Henry Harrison High School, Bennett became one of the greatest football players in the history of the University of Evansville before being selected by the New York Giants in the fourth […]
Bibbles Bawel
Edward Raymond “Bibbles” Bawel (born November 21, 1930) was an American football defensive back in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at Evansville College. He also helped the Hamilton Tiger-Cats win the Grey Cup in 1957. College careerInitially enrolling at the University of Evansville on a basketball scholarship; Bawel […]