Mario Bates of Amphi High School stiff-arms a Mesa High School player during the state championship game on Dec. 7, 1990 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe. Photo by Rick Wiley / Tucson Citizen

S. Mario Bates, second round, 1994, ASU/Amphiย 

He left ASU after his junior year, worried about a 1992 knee injury that cost him a full season. โ€œA lot of people say if Iโ€™d waited another year Iโ€™d be one of the top five picked,โ€ he said. โ€œA lot of people say I wouldโ€™ve dominated the college game.โ€ He gained 3,048 yards in the NFL and was a starter for almost three years.

Life after football: He lives in Phoenix.ย 


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