From Prairie View A&M, Ken Houston was taken way back in the 9th Round of the 1967 Draft, and it could have been the biggest theft of that year's selection process. Ironically, the Oilers would make the worst trade in franchise history when they sent him to Washington years later.
The Safety was a starter as a rookie, beginning nine of his 14 Games, and he would make the Pro Bowl the following year and did so again the next four seasons. Houston was easily one of the top Safeties in the AFL/AFC when he competed as an Oiler, and he picked off 25 passes, returning nine for Touchdowns.
The Oilers had a superstar in their defensive backs corps, but they made a tactical error; as though they were struggling, they traded him to Washington for five players. None of the players that Houston acquired would be decent, and the Safety would go to many more Pro Bowls.
Houston was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and is also a member of the NFL 75th and 100th Anniversary Teams.
As an Oiler, Houston had 25 Interceptions, but he could have had more for the team had they not sent him East. The Oilers/Titans organization named Houston to their first franchise Ring of Honor class in 1999.
Eddie George broke out as an upper-end Running Back immediately as the former Ohio State Buckeye and Heisman Trophy winner won the Offensive Rookie of the Year Award in the last year of the Houston Oilers' existence (1996). That year, he rushed for 1,368 Yards, but that wasn't just the beginning; it was a pattern.
George relocated with the team to Tennessee, and the now named Titans inherited a star rusher. From 1997 to 2000, George was a Pro Bowl Selection, and the lowest yard tally he had on the ground was 1,294. His best year was in 2000, where he had a career-high 1,509 Rushing Yards, led the NFL in Touches (453), and was a First Team All-Pro for the first and only time.
While this was the end of George's Pro Bowl years, he still had plenty of production in him as he would accrue two more 1,000 Rushing Yard seasons before joining Dallas for one final year.
As a Titan, George had 10,009 Rushing Yards, 2,144 Receiving Yards with 74 Touchdowns. The orginazation retired his number 27 in 2019, 11 years after he entered their Ring of Honor.