Just two decades ago, the University of Miami didn’t just have the best football program in the country, it had one of the best of all time.
It’s 2001 team, which would capture the school’s fifth national title in an 18-year span, featured 38 players who would eventually get drafted into the NFL, including an astounding 17 future first-rounders. There's no discussion of all-time great teams without it.
It wasn’t just stars such as Andre Johnson or Vince Wilfork or Jeremy Shockey or Jonathan Vilma. It was the breathtaking depth that had Sean Taylor backing up Ed Reed at safety and a tailback rotation of Clinton Portis (first string), Willis McGahee (second) and Frank Gore (third).