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3 Bears make list of top 11 college football players of all-time

College football unveiled the top-11 collegiate players of all time, and 3 of them went on to play for the Chicago Bears.

As college football celebrates its 150th season, they’ve counted down the top collegiate players of all time. During halftime of Monday’s National Championship Game, they unveiled the top-11 college players of all time — and three of them went on to play for the Chicago Bears.

Running back Red Grange, linebacker Dick Butkus and running back Gale Sayers made the list. All three are Hall of Famers and played their whole careers with the Bears.

Here’s the full list:

  1. Jim Brown
  2. Herschel Walker
  3. Bo Jackson
  4. Archie Griffin
  5. Jim Thorpe
  6. Red Grange
  7. Earl Campbell
  8. Dick Butkus
  9. Barry sanders
  10. Gale Sayers
  11. Roger Staubach

Oh, and let us not forget…

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Bears legends Walter Payton, Gale Sayers named to NFL 100’s All-Time Team

Two Hall of Fame Bears running backs were named to the NFL’s All-Time Team.

As the NFL continues its celebration of its centennial season, they’re continuing to honor some of the greatest moments and players of the last 100 years.

It’s no surprise that two Chicago Bears — Walter Payton and Gale Sayers — were named to the team, considering their two of the best to ever play the game. But two other Bears Hall of Fame running backs, Bronko Nagurski and Red Grange, didn’t make the list.

Payton was among two running backs named unanimously to the All-Time team (Jim Brown was the other). Both Payton and Sayers also made the 75th edition of the All-Time list.

The 10 other running backs named to the NFL’s All-Time Team included Jim Brown, Earl Campbell, Dutch Clark, Erick Dickerson, Lenny Moore, Marion Motley, Barry Sanders, O.J. Simpson, Emmitt Smith and Steve Van Buren.