Rails in the National Football League (NFL)

Dick Pesonen - Green Bay, Minnesota, New York Giants: 1960-1064

Dan Devine - Green Bay Head Coach: 1971-1974

Tom MacLeod - Baltimore, Green Bay: 1973-1978

Rails in the NFL Draft

Dick Pesonen - Minnesota - 1961 - Expansion Draft

Tom McLeod - Green Bay - 1973 - (3rd Round - 74th Overall)

Terry Egerdahl - Minnesota - 1976 (6th Round - 180th Overall)

Rails in the Continental Football League (CFL)

Dick Pesonen - Newark, Orlando - 1965-1967

Orlando Head Coach - 1968 - 1968

Gary Egerdahl - Orlando - 1969

Rails in Division I Football 

Dan Devine: Michigan State Assistant Coach - 1950-1954

Arizona State - Head Coach - 1955 - 1957

Missouri - Head Coach - 1958 - 1970

Notre Dame - 1975 - 1980

Dick Pesonen - Minnesota - 1957

Idaho State - Assistant Coach - 1971 - 1972

Tom McLeod - Minnesota - 1969 - 1972

Ben Hanson - Minnesota - 2004 - 2005

Rail in Division II Football

Maurice Gorham - UM - Duluth - 1933 - 1936

Francis Gorham - UM - Duluth - 1938

Dan Devine - UM - Duluth - 1946-1947

Dick Pesonen - UM - Duluth - 1958-1959

Skip Fontaine - UM - Duluth - 1957 - 1960

Bill Bort - UM - Duluth - 1958

Bill Breemeresch - UM - Duluth - 1958

Gary Egerdahl - UM - Duluth - 1964 - 1967

Terry Egerdahl - UM - Duluth - 1972 - 1975

Boyd Hanson - UM - Duluth - 1979 - 1982

Rick Fietek - UM - Duluth - 1988 - 1990

Jody Routsalainen - UM -  Duluth - 1992

Brain DeDominces - UM - Duluth - 1993 - 1997

Kelly Hanna - UM - Duluth - 1994 - 1998

Brad Kimbar - Bemidji State - 1994 - 1997

Tim Rohweder - North Dakota State - 1994

                           UM - Duluth - 1995 - 1998

Jay Cornell - Bemidji State - 1996 - 1997

Nathan Sandman - UM - Duluth - 1997 - 1999

Jack King - Moorhead State - 1997 - 2001

Jake Comnick - UM - Duluth - 2004 - 2008

Brain Hanson - UM - Duluth - 2006 - 2010

Erik Makitalo - UM - Duluth - 2011 - 2012

Derek Schofield - Bemidji State - 2012 - 2013

Jim Weiler - UM - Duluth - 1985 - 1988

Tom Stewart - UM - Duluth - 1956-1957

Eric Johnson - UM - Duluth - 1986

John Phillips - UM - Duluth - 1976 - 1978

Colton Adams - UM - Crookston - 2015

Kaleb Stevens - Bemidji State - 2018 -2021

Cole Johnson - Bemidji State - 2020 - 

Rails in Division III Football

Brady Peterson - St. Thomas - 1994 - 1997

Chris Watkins - Hamline - 1994 - 1997

Chris Nylund - Hamline - 1991 - 1994

Cy Morton - Hamline - 1991 - 1994

Josh Watkins - St Thomas - 1996

Guy Boysen - St. John's - 1996 - 1997

Matt Paulson - Hamline - 1996 - 1999

Rob Hedburg - St. John's - 2010 - 2013

Ian Scherber - St. John's - 2012

Wade Johnson - Augsburg - 1985 - 1986

Ron Flesvig - Augsburg - 1985 - 1986

Joe Carter - CSS - 2014 - 2017

Nate Layne - CSS - 2014

Brett Bower - Loras College - 2019 - 2022

Cody Urie - Concordia Moorhead - 2020

Trevor Lindberg - UW - River Falls - 2021

Rails in Community College

Troy DeWall - Itasca - 1992

Luke Wargin - Mesabi - 1997 - 1998

Seth Johnson - Fon du Lac - 2008 - 2009

Caleb Maki - Mesabi - 2009

Erik Makitalo - Fon du Lac - 2009 - 2010

Wade Johnson - Itasca - 1983 - 1984

Ron Flesvig - Itasca - 1983 - 1984

Scott St. Germaine - Itasca - 1983 - 1984

Race Pearson - Itasca - 2017-2018