Keith McCants
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A unanimous All-American and the National Defensive Player of the Year in 1989, Keith McCants finished with the sixth-most single season tackles for any player in University of Alabama history before leaving Tuscaloosa as a junior. Numerous publications called him anything from “the biggest star around” to someone for whom NFL-types were “drooling.”
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But then-Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Floyd Peters thought they should try and convert the standout linebacker to defensive end, where he initially struggled. That led Tampa Bay, who took him with the 4th overall pick in the 1990 NFL Draft, to play four more NFL seasons across two teams before finishing his playing career in 1995.
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