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Benedictine football players who were in the pro football drafts, (NFL and AFL), free agents who made the regular season rosters, administrators, and Super Bowls rings won. Pro Football Drafts Chuck Noll (Dayton) (Cleveland Browns) 20th round 1953 Bob Konkoly (Xavier) (Pittsburgh Steelers) 27th round Pittsburgh Steelers 1957 Frank Kuchta (Notre Dame) (Washington Redskins/AFL Denver Broncos) 9th round Redskins 1958 Ron Skufca (Purdue) (Los Angeles Rams) 16th round 1962 Tony Gibbons (John Carroll) (AFL Boston Patriots) 15th round 1963 Stan Sczurek (Purdue) (Cleveland Browns) 4th round by Browns, 24th round by AFL Buffalo 1962 Larry Zelina (Ohio State) (Cleveland Browns) 6th round 1971 Jim Betts (Michigan) (New York Jets) 10th round 1971 Al Washington (Ohio State) (New York Jets) 4th round 1981 John Goode (Youngstown State) (St. Louis Cardinals) 5th round 1984 Larry Wanke (Pittsburgh-John Carroll) (New York Giants) 12th round 1991 “Mr. Irrelevant” Scott Mruczkowski (Bowling Green) (San Diego) 7th round 2005 Najee Goode (West Virginia) (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) 5th round 2012 Players who made it to the NFL/AFL Chuck Noll 1953-1959 Cleveland LB-G-C Frank Kuchta 58-59 Washington, 1960 Denver LB-C Stan Sczurek 1963-65 Cleveland, 66 NY Giants LB (Member, '64 Cleveland Browns NFL champs) Tom Moriarty 1977-1979 ATL, 1980 PIT 1981 ATL DB Mike Woods 1979-81 Baltimore Colts LB Pat Moriarty 1979 Cleveland RB Al Washington 1981 NY Jets LB John Goode 1984 St. Louis Cardinals, 85 Philadelphia Eagles TE David Marshall 1984 Cleveland, 1987 Miami LB Joe Zelenka 1999-2011 SFO, WAS, JAX, ATL TE-C Gene Mruczkowski 2004-06 New England 05 Miami G Scott Mruczkowski 2005-11 San Diego C Najee Goode 2013-14 Tampa Bay LB, 2015 Philadelphia Eagles LB (Benedictine players have been drafted and played in every decade from the 1950's to the 2010's) Football Administration and Coaches Ladd Herzeg, Houston Oilers General Manager (mid-1980's) Denny Marcin, New York Giants and New York Jets (career college and NFL assistant coach) Jack Glowik, Scout, Baltimore Ravens Pat Moriarty, Baltimore Ravens (Current Chief Financial Officer) George Sefcik, (career college and NFL assistant coach) (two stints with the Cleveland Browns) Super Bowl rings (9 total) Chuck Noll, Steelers 4 Gene Mruczkowski, Patriots 2 Pat Moriarty, Ravens 2 Jack Glowik, Ravens 1 Compiled in May 2016 by Wally Mieskoski '71, Benedictine sports historian .

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