Leeman Bennett (born June 20, 1938) is a former American football coach who served at both the collegiate and professional levels, but is most prominently remembered as head coach of the National Football League’s Atlanta Falcons and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. A native of Paducah, Kentucky, Bennett graduated from the University of Kentucky, playing at both quarterback and defensive back under head coach Blanton Collier for three seasons beginning in 1958. During Collier’s final season with the Wildcats in 1961, Bennett began his coaching career by serving as an assistant coach with the team.

Robert Moellering Fry (November 11, 1930 – November 10, 2019)^[1] was a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Rams and Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at the University of Kentucky and was drafted in the third round of the 1953 NFL Draft. Fry attended Elder High School before moving on to the University of Kentucky, where he was coached by Paul “Bear” Bryant. He was a part of the freshman basketball team that  Cliff Hagan and Frank Ramsey In 1950, he was named the starting offensive end as a sophomore and contributed to Kentucky’s best season under Bryant,^[2] finishing with an 11-1 record and a 13-7 upset in the Sugar Bowl over the eventual national champions the University of Oklahoma, also ending the Sooners’ 31-game winning streak. As a senior, he was moved to the offensive tackle position and earned his second straight third-team All-SEC honors.

Bob Fry

Elois T. Grooms (born May 20, 1953 in Tompkinsville, Kentucky) is a former American football defensive lineman in the National Football League for the New Orleans Saints, the St. Louis Cardinals, and the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at Tennessee Tech and was drafted in the third round of the 1975 NFL Draft.

Glenn Presnel

Glenn Emery “Press” Presnell (July 28, 1905 – September 13, 2004) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He set the NFL single-season scoring record in 1933 and led the league in total offense. He was the last surviving member of the Detroit Lions inaugural 1934 team and helped lead the team to its first NFL championship in 1935. He also set an NFL record with a 54-yard field goal in 1934, a record which was not broken for 19 years. Presnell served as the head football coach at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 1942 and at Eastern Kentucky State College—now known as Eastern Kentucky University–from 1954 to 1963, compiling a career college football coaching record of 45–56–3. He was also the athletic director at Eastern Kentucky from 1963 to 1971.

Eric Wood (born March 18, 1986) is a former American football center. He played college football at the University of Louisville and was drafted in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft (28th overall) by the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). Wood played nine seasons in the NFL, including a Pro Bowl appearance, before retiring following the 2017 season due to a neck injury.^[1]

Cletidus Marquell Hunt (born January 2, 1976) is a former defensive tackle in the National Football League and the Arena Football League. Hunt was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and played college football for Kentucky State University. Hunt was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 1999 NFL Draft. In his NFL career, he has amassed 119 tackles, 17 sacks, and played in 85 games.