{"id":84432,"date":"2025-08-15T09:41:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T09:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/84432\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T09:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T09:41:09","slug":"active-players-brock-bowers-tory-taylor-devonta-smith-earn-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/84432\/","title":{"rendered":"Active players Brock Bowers, Tory Taylor, DeVonta Smith earn spots\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wide receivers \u2014 <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/devonta-smith\/\" title=\"DeVonta Smith\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DeVonta Smith<\/a>, Alabama, 2020; Desmond Howard, Michigan, 1991.<\/p>\n<p>Tackles \u2014 Jonathan Ogden, UCLA, 1995; Bryant McKinnie, Miami, 2001.<\/p>\n<p>Guards \u2014 Brad Budde, Southern California, 1979; John Smith, Notre Dame, 1927.<\/p>\n<p>Center \u2014 Dave Rimington, Nebraska, 1981-82.<\/p>\n<p>Tight end \u2014 Keith Jackson, Oklahoma, 1986-87.<\/p>\n<p>QB \u2014 Vince Young, Texas, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Running backs \u2014 Archie Griffin, Ohio State, 1974-75; Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh, 1976.<\/p>\n<p>Kicker \u2014 Martin Gramatica, Kansas State, 1997.<\/p>\n<p>All-purpose \u2014 Tim Brown, Notre Dame, 1986-87.<\/p>\n<p>Defensive ends \u2014 Bubba Smith, Michigan State, 1966; Bruce Smith, Virginia Tech, 1984.<\/p>\n<p>Defensive tackles \u2014 LeeRoy Selmon, Oklahoma, 1975; Warren Sapp, Miami, 1994.<\/p>\n<p>Linebackers \u2014 Jerry Robinson, UCLA, 1976-77-78; Brian Bosworth, Oklahoma, 1985-86; Lawrence Taylor, North Carolina, 1980.<\/p>\n<p>Cornerbacks \u2014 Champ Bailey, Georgia, 1998; Tyrann Mathieu, LSU, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Safeties \u2014 Bennie Blades, Miami, 1986-87; Al Brosky, Illinois, 1951.<\/p>\n<p>Punter \u2014 Reggie Roby, Iowa, 1981.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wide receivers \u2014 DeVonta Smith, Alabama, 2020; Desmond Howard, Michigan, 1991. Tackles \u2014 Jonathan Ogden, UCLA, 1995; Bryant&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[2724,15947,58625,3,99,58626],"class_list":["post-84432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-associated-press","tag-brock-bowers","tag-devonta-smith","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-tory-taylor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}