by Jim Weber
HOFMAG.com Exclusive 
Each year, some un-drafted free agent becomes a star in the NFL. In 2004, tight end Antonio Gates caught 13 touchdowns passes and had NFL teams scrambling to sign former college basketball players. In 2005, Willie Parker – a backup at North Carolina – became Pittsburgh's featured back and scored on the longest run from scrimmage in Super Bowl history. And last year, Dallas quarterback Tony Romo set the league on fire before bobbling away a playoff game against Seattle. But with 12 un-drafted players currently in the Hall of Fame, where do these "needles in a haystack" rank against the greatest finds of all time? With the NFL Draft set for Saturday, take a look back at the Top 10 Un-drafted Players in NFL History:
10. Kurt Warner (Northern Iowa) 
If this list were compiled six years ago, Warner would have been near the top. But Warner's fall from grace was almost as unpredictable as his rise to stardom. Signed by the Packers as an un-drafted free agent in 1994, he was cut before the season started and began his legendary journey to the NFL by playing in the Arena League and NFL Europe. In his first year as a starter in 1999, Warner was named league MVP and Super Bowl MVP. After another Pro Bowl season in 2000, Warner led the Rams back to the Super Bowl in 2001 and won his second MVP along the way – after passing for a ridiculous 4,830 yards, second only to Dan Marino's 1984 season. Since then it's been mostly downhill, however Kurt Warner remains one of the great Cinderella stories in NFL history
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Top 10 Un-drafted Players in NFL History
05-03-2007, 12:22 AM
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