The Times-Picayune is marking the tricentennial of New Orleans with its ongoing 300 for 300 project, running through 2018 and highlighting 300 people who have made New Orleans New Orleans, featuring original artwork commissioned by NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune with Where Y'Art gallery. Today: New Orleans Saints hero Steve Gleason.
The icon: Steve Gleason.
The legacy: It took mere seconds for scrappy New Orleans Saints special teams stalwart Steve Gleason to make the greatest play in team history. The punt block heard 'round the world not only punctuate the team's emotional 2006 return to the Superdome following its season-long Katrina exile, but it announced to the world that New Orleans was back.