Roger Wehrli was a Missouri player throughout his whole life.
He grew up in small-town King City in Northwest Missouri before attending the University of Missouri in 1965. Four years later, he was drafted in the first round by the St. Louis Cardinals.
Last Thursday, CBS Sports released its All-Time All-America team as one of its many celebrations to celebrate 150 years of college football. Missouri’s homegrown kid was mentioned among the greatest ever.
Wehrli was the lone Mizzou football player to make the list — an honorable mention cornerback alongside LSU’s Patrick Peterson, Kansas State’s Terence Newman, North Carolina’s Dre Bly, Texas A&M-Kingsville’s Darrell Green and Florida State’s Terrell Buckley.