Anthony Munoz, the greatest left tackle who ever lived, punched out the only NFL coach that came to visit him in that prehistoric pre-draft season of 1980.
Three major collegiate knee surgeries sentenced him to the longest exams of each of the half dozen or so scouting combines that prospects were then subjected. He played only one full game his senior year, the last one in the Rose Bowl.
And even though the Bengals held the third pick in the draft, Jim McNally, the club’s rookie offensive line coach, wasn’t even asked to write a scouting report on the not-so-gentle giant from USC.