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Texas A&M football all-time roster: Coaches, kickers and specialists

See which coaching and special teams legends made the cut in our all-time Texas A&M football roster.

Texas A&M Football has a storied history full of great players. As the 2022 season approaches Aggies Wire will take a journey through that history, putting together the Aggies all-time roster, we started with the offensive side of the ball, and then the defensive side, and today we’ll finish with the coaching staff and special teams.

For a program as lauded as the Aggies, some tough cuts had to be made, and there are plenty of names that deserved to be on this list who aren’t here.

Check out our other College Wire all-time lineups: Alabama / Arkansas / Auburn / Clemson / Colorado / Florida / Georgia / Iowa / LSU / Michigan / Nebraska / North Carolina / Ohio State / Oklahoma / Oregon / Penn State / Rutgers / Tennessee / Texas / USC / Wisconsin

UNC football all-time roster: Coaches, kickers and specialists

See which coaching and special teams legends made the cut in our all-time UNC Tar Heels football roster.

With the 2022 college football season here, it’s never a bad time to look at the program history for the North Carolina Tar Heels. And that’s exactly what we are doing here at Tar Heels Wire with this very special project.

Over the past few weeks, we have been busy putting together our all-time roster for the Tar Heels, focusing on the best players in history for the program on offense, defense, and special teams. We picked a starter and a backup for each position.

Today, our list wraps up as we take a look at the best coaches, kickers, and specialists in program history.

See North Carolina’s all-time offense and all-time defense.

Check out our other College Wire all-time lineups: Alabama / Arkansas / Auburn / Clemson / Colorado / Florida / Georgia / Iowa / LSU / Michigan / Nebraska / Ohio State / Oklahoma / Oregon / Penn State / Rutgers / Tennessee / Texas / Texas A&M / USC / Wisconsin

Alabama football all-time roster: Coaches, kickers and specialists

See which coaching and special teams legends made the cut in our all-time Alabama football roster.

In the final installment of Roll Tide Wire‘s all-time roster series, we take a look at some of the best special teams players and coaches in Alabama’s history.

The Crimson Tide program is unique from others in that there are multiple all-time greats at numerous positions on the field, and coaches on the sideline. Two of college football’s greatest coaches came through Tuscaloosa.

Though it was a daunting task and not all fans will be content with how things shook out, here’s the all-time roster for Alabama’s coaching staff and special teams.

See Ohio State’s all-time offense and all-time defense.

Check out our other College Wire all-time lineups: Arkansas / Auburn / Clemson / Colorado / Florida / Georgia / Iowa / LSU / Michigan / Nebraska / North Carolina / Ohio State / Oklahoma / Oregon / Penn State / Rutgers / Tennessee / Texas / Texas A&M / USC / Wisconsin

LSU football all-time roster: Coaches, kickers and specialists

See which coaching and special teams legends made the cut in our all-time LSU football roster.

Special teams can be a bit of an afterthought at times, but that shouldn’t be the case. After all, special teams can be an equalizer for less talented teams and a thorn in the side of otherwise elite ones.

We’ve seen countless examples of special teams making — or breaking (see: kick-six) — teams’ title hopes over the years. When looking at LSU’s history, there’s no shortage of impact special teams contributors.

We’ll take a look at the best in this breakdown, as well as the top coaches who have come through the Tigers’ program over the years.

Check out LSU’s all-time offense and defense.

Check out our other College Wire all-time lineups: Alabama / Arkansas / Auburn / Clemson / Colorado / Florida / Georgia / Iowa / Michigan / Nebraska / North Carolina / Ohio State / Oklahoma / Oregon / Penn State / Rutgers / Tennessee / Texas / Texas A&M / USC / Wisconsin

Ohio State football all-time roster: Coaches, kickers and specialists

See which coaching and special teams legends made the cut in our all-time Ohio State football roster.

Here at Buckeyes Wire, been going through putting an all-time roster together of former Ohio State players and it’s been a tough nut to crack (pun intended). We started with the offense, then moved over to the defensive side of the ball.

With so many great players to choose from that have worn the scarlet and gray, there are some really, really good players that were in consideration, that could have made the team, but were left off. It’s how things go when you have to choose from the best of the best at a place like Ohio State.

Now that we’ve taken a stab at both sides of the ball with former players, we are now turning our attention to special teams and the coaches that have been on the sideline for the Buckeyes. And with it, we’re taking a little different tact and not picking coaches that did amazing things while on the banks of the Olentangy, but looking at the big picture and pulling guys that went on to do great things at OSU and then beyond.

Unless you know your Ohio State assistant coaching history from pretty far back, some of these may surprise you. If we could pick any of the coaches that used to coach at OSU, here’s what we would come up with as an all-time coaching roster along with the specialists that we’d have taking their direction.

See Ohio State’s all-time offense and all-time defense.

Arkansas football all-time roster: Defensive starters and backups

See which legends of defense made the cut in our all-time Arkansas Razorbacks football roster.

The list of all-time greats at the University of Arkansas is hardly a short one.

So when it came time to select the Razorbacks’ All-Time Roster, the task took months. Even now, about 16 weeks after considering the undertaking, we could hear arguments for moving some our listed back-ups to starters, adding a player for another here and there. We aren’t perfect.

But it isn’t about being perfect. It’s about re-living the greatness. It’s about talking again about the careers of Hogs from the recent past and, in some cases, the not-so-recent past.

Take a look.

We started Monday with the offense. Now, it’s the defense. Let us know who should have been represented that wasn’t and how we got it all wrong.

Just if you do, make sure to create your own list and share it with us, too. Hopefully you’ll have just as much fun as we did.

Without further ado, this is Razorbacks Wire‘s All-Time Arkansas Football Roster: The Defense.

Check out our other College Wire all-time lineups: Alabama / Auburn / Clemson / Colorado / Florida / Georgia / Iowa / LSU / Michigan / Michigan State / Nebraska / North Carolina / Notre Dame / Ohio State / Oklahoma / Oregon / Penn State / Rutgers / Tennessee / Texas / Texas A&M / USC / Wisconsin

Auburn football all-time roster: Defensive starters and backups

See which legends of defense made the cut in our all-time Auburn football roster.

We recently laid out the all-time roster on offense for the Auburn Tigers, now we shift our sights to the defensive side of the ball.

This is where we will find names such as Takeo Spikes, Nick Fairly, Zeke Smith, and Kevin Greene among others. Plenty of talented defenders have called Jordan-Hare Stadium their home in Auburn history.

We break down the two-deep roster for Auburn on the defensive side of the ball. Which legends made the cut?

See the all-time Auburn offense here.

Check out our other College Wire all-time defenses: Alabama / Clemson / Colorado / Florida / Georgia / Iowa / LSU / Michigan / Michigan State / Nebraska / North Carolina / Ohio State / Oklahoma / Oregon / Penn State / Rutgers / Tennessee / Texas / Texas A&M / USC

Rutgers football all-time roster: Defensive starters and backups

See which legends of defense made the cut in our all-time Rutgers football roster.

It should be no surprise that some of the biggest names to come through the Rutgers football program have been on the defensive side of the ball. In fact, in terms of star power, these all-time lists for the Scarlet Knights are clearly tilted towards defense when it comes to name recognition and success at the NFL level.

The offense, truth be told, hasn’t been quite as glitzy.

And, given that the preponderance of this all-time list is formed from players who came up under head coach Greg Schiano, himself a former defensive coordinator at Miami and Ohio State, well, this list isn’t a shock at all. This program was built under Schiano on defense.

There are a couple of surprises on our list but what fun would a generic rubber stamp of the program be without a couple of twists and turns?

See the all-time Rutgers offense here.

Check out our other College Wire all-time defenses: Alabama / Auburn / Clemson / Colorado / Florida / Georgia / Iowa / LSU / Michigan / Michigan State / Nebraska / North Carolina / Ohio State / Oklahoma / Oregon / Penn State / Tennessee / Texas / Texas A&M / USC

USC football all-time roster: Defensive starters and backups

Choosing an all-time #USC defense inevitably means some tremendous Trojans will be left off the short list. See who made the cut and the two-deep roster.

When producing a historical football roster at Trojans Wire, certain details emerge. One is that a lot of all-time historical rankings and evaluations do not have the positional precision of modern football. In past decades and eras, the differentiation between MIKE and WILL linebacker did not exist. A lot of historical rankings merely presented outside linebackers and inside linebackers.

For this reason, our USC all-time two-deep defense does not have middle linebackers. We simply provided more spots on our roster for outside and inside linebackers.

Similarly, a lot of historical rankings articles and research items referred to “defensive backs” without differentiating between cornerbacks and safeties. This positional split was easier to drill down and identify at a more precise level, but if you have ever read an article on “USC’s best defensive backs of all time,” you might not realize that USC was much deeper at safety than cornerback in terms of having all-time-great players. That’s one thing we learned in the process of putting this roster together.

Enjoy and, of course, debate these two-deep selections for USC’s all-time defense. We couldn’t pick everyone with only two spots on the depth chart.

See the all-time Trojans offense here.

Tennessee football all-time roster: Defensive starters and backups

See which legends of defense made the cut in our all-time Tennessee Volunteers football roster.

Ahead of the 2022 season, Vols Wire looks at Tennessee’s all-time football roster. Below are the Vols’ all-time defensive starters and backups throughout its program history.

The list is full of All-Americans, unforgettable legends, and is led by future Pro Football Hall of Famer Reggie White, the 1983 SEC Player of the Year.

See the all-time Tennessee offense here.