One Hall of Famer's All-Time UF Football Team

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In my previous life, before making the venture to GatorZone.com and FloridaGators.com, I spent more than 10 years covering the NFL. Along the way, I had the privilege of interacting with some top-shelf media types who had been chronicling the league for decades.

Rick Gosselin was at the top of the heap.

Gosselin is currently a sports columnist for The Dallas Morning News, but for years has been among the most respected NFL writers in the business, with nearly four decades reporting on the league, and nearly 30 years as a Pro Football Hall of Fame voter. In 2004, Gosselin was honored with the McCann Award, which annually recognizes a member of the Professional Football Writers of America for their "distinguished reporting." McCann honorees enter the so-called "Writer's Wing" of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.

Last week, with the 2018 NFL Draft bearing down, Gosselin sent me a recent post from his "Talk of Fame Sports Network" site, where he picked his all-time University of Florida NFL team. With a handful of 2017 Gators braced this week for their much-anticipated Pro Day workouts, it seemed an appropriate time as any to turn the discussion to UF players and the best that have made it to "The King" (i.e. the NFL). You get plenty of these lists and such from this site, so here's a national perspective.

Who knows? Maybe Taven Bryan — the Gator who will garner the most attention for front office types, coaches and scouts Wednesday at the UF Indoor Practice Facility— will warrant considerations for this exclusive club one day.

Take a look at Gosselin's Gators team here.

Spoiler alert: Emmitt Smith is on it. Probably just his Dallas bias.

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