FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas' top NFL Draft pick didn't have a Hall of Fame career.
He wasn't the Razorbacks' top finisher in the Heisman Trophy nor any of the dozens of players who earned All-America honors during their years in Fayetteville. He was never named All-Pro.
In fact, Lamar McHan's greatest professional football legacy might have been as a coach when he was hired by the New Orleans Saints to mentor a young, redheaded gunslinger named Archie Manning. McHan's own pro career was tenured, but not particularly memorable.
In 1954, the expectations were high for McHan as a professional player when he was drafted second overall by the Chicago Cardinals as a quarterback in the NFL draft.