My first guess was Bobby Layne, since I know he went to Texas. But he played for the
Steelers in the late 50s, early 60s… Was that at the tail end of his career?

I heard some crazy stories about Layne’s partying yesterday. That man got down and dirty. Sounds like he lived fast and had fun, even if it caught up with him and took his life far too early.

I looked throught the history of the roster of the Steelers, and found out that Limas Sweed is only the 10th player from Texas ever to play for the Steelers. That really surprises me considering how long Texas has been a football powerhouse.

Interesting historical fact. In the late sixties both Texas and Penn State were undefeated, and there was a lot of controversy over who, in fact, was number one. In those years schedules were much more regionalized and they didn’t have any common opponents. Texas won a big nationally televised game over Arkansas. President Nixon was in attendence and declared Texas #1, many believing at the time for political purposes. But others would contend that they believed that the football played in that part of the country was superior to that played in the East. (PSU was an eastern independent).

Here’s the rub; I don’t believe any of the members of that Texas squad made a splash in the Pros. As for Penn State: Franco Harris (HOF), Jack Ham (HOF), Lydell Mitchell (Colts, All Pro), Ted Kwalik (SF, Pro Bowl), Mike Reid (Bengals, All Pro), Dennis Onkontz (I mangled his last name – Jets), And there are probably some O-linemen that I’ve forgotten. One reason could have been that Texas was running the wishbone offense which didn’t translate too well to the NFL in terms of skill sets and so forth. And they ran the wishbone for a lot of years.