Mike Alstott is my favorite Purdue football player of all time. He was on the team when I really first started watching college football and I immediately loved the way he played. The way he plowed over defenders, the gigantic neck and shoulder pads, the stories of him pulling his jeep up Ross-Ade stadium enthralled me. What’s not to love?
He’s also the reason that I’m a Tampa Bay Bucs fan. I wasn’t really a fan of the NFL until he was drafted and at that point I decided why not follow my favorite college player to his NFL team and BAM I was a Bucs fan.