Chris Gizzi played 23 games in the NFL, starting one as an outside linebacker. As an Air Force graduate he's one of the rare service academy players to make it in the league, but otherwise he would have had a relatively forgettable pro career.
Except that he had perhaps the NFL's most iconic moment after 9/11.
The Green Bay Packers hosted the first "Monday Night Football" game after the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001. Packers coach Mike Sherman had an idea: Gizzi, then a reservist in the Air Force, would lead the team out on the field.