College: University of Tennessee, 1st round draft pick
NFL: Indianapolis Colts, 1998 - present
Position: Quarterback
What is your most memorable NFL highlight? Winning Super Bowl XLI after the 2006 season.
What is your favorite UT tradition? The Vol Walk on game days.
Where would we find you on UT Game Day? In my house or in a road game hotel watching the Vols play on TV.
Keith Delong
College: University of Tennessee, 1st round draft pick
NFL: San Francisco 49er's 1989-1993
Position: Linebacker
What is your most memorable NFL highlight? Superbowl XXIV and playing with childhood heroes like Jerry Rice, Joe Montana and Roger Craig.
What is your favorite UT tradition? Running through the "T." There's nothing like the pageantry and fanfare.
Where would we find you on UT Game Day? I love watching the Vols, but I'm usually multi-tasking doing my honey-do list or involved in one of the kid's activities.
LeRoy Thompson
College: Penn State, 6th round draft pick
NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers 1990-1994; New England Patriots 1994-1995; Kansas City Chiefs 1995-1996; Tampa Bay Bucaneers 1996-1997
Position: Running Back
What is your most memorable NFL highlight? Without a doubt, Monday Night Football when I always had my best games. In 1994, we were playing the Buffalo Bills for the division championship on MNF, and I rushed for 135 yards and two touchdowns to help us win the division. That was one of my best highlights.
What is your favorite UT tradition? I didn't go to UT, but my favorite UT tradition is singing "Rocky Top," of course, at a game.
Where would we find you on UT Game Day? You can't find me on UT game day but you can on Penn State game day! Just kidding, as much as I'm involved with UT Athletics, I suppose that makes me an honorary Vol anyway.
Craig Colquitt
College: University of Tennessee, 3rd round draft pick
NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers, 1978-1981, 1983-1984; Indianapolis Colts 1987
Position: Punter
What is your most memorable NFL highlight? I was hoping to be drafted by the Dallas Cowboys, but after I was drafted by the Steelers the PR department called and started naming players like Terry Bradshaw and Lynn Swann that I would be playing with. The PR guy painted a picture, and the reality of who I got to play with was incredibly emotional.
What is your favorite UT tradition? The Vol Walk because of the little kids and three and four-year-old girls standing on the sidewalks watching. It's like Mardi Gras without the naughtiness.
Where would we find you on UT Game Day? I follow my wife, Ann, around who, for 27 years, has made homemade bread to make peanut butter and honey sandwiches
to pass out to players at the beginning of the game and during half time.
Terry McDaniel
College: University of Tennessee, 1st round draft pick
NFL: Los Angeles Raiders 1988-1997; Seattle Seahawks 1998
Position: Defensive Back
What is your most memorable NFL highlight? I had three interceptions in a game against the New England Patriots. That was a pretty good day out.
What is your favorite UT tradition? Running through the ÔT."
Where would we find you on UT Game Day? Watching the game on TV most of the time.
Tim Irwin
College: University of Tennessee, 3rd round draft pick
NFL: Minnesota Vikings 1981Ð1993, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Miami Dolphins 1994
Position: Offensive Tackle
What is your most memorable NFL highlight? Making the '87 NFC Championship Game.
What is your favorite UT tradition? Running through the ÔT."
Where would we find you on UT Game Day? In the stands or watching the game on TV.
Doug Atkins
College: University of Tennessee, 1st round draft pick
NFL: Cleveland Browns 1953-1955; Chicago Bears 1955-1966; New Orleans Saints 1967-1969
Position: Defensive End
What is your most memorable NFL highlight? The 1963 Chicago Bears Championship Game against the Giants.
What is your favorite UT tradition? General Neyland did that Army stuff so we did the same thing every week. It was all a tradition.
Where would we find you on UT Game Day? I watch the game if I'm able to get it on my TV.
Paul Naumoff
College: University of Tennessee, 3rd round draft pick
NFL: Detroit Lions, 1967-1979
Position: Linebacker
What is your most memorable NFL highlight? The whole thing was a highlight, but probably one of the best was in 1972 when I had the chance to play in the Pro Bowl in Anaheim.
What is your favorite UT tradition? I didn't appreciate it then because I was always so focused about who we were getting ready to play, but being able to lead the team as co-captain through the ÔT." Also, similar to the Vol Walk today, Coach Doug Dickey would lead us from Gibbs Hall to the practice field and give a motivational/pep talk before walking to the stadium.
Where would we find you on UT Game Day? I try to catch a couple of games a year, but I'm generally at home not more than four or five steps from my refrigerator.
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