5 Best Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Football Players, Ranked

The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football program was established in 1901. Since 2013, they’ve been part of Conference USA at the FBS level of college football. 

Football betting is available on the Bulldogs’ college football odds weekly at the BetMGM online sportsbook.

Below, I’ll look back and rank the five best Bulldogs ever. 

5 Best Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Football Players, Ranked

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs All-Time Greatest Football Players

1. Troy Edwards

Edwards played three seasons for the Bulldogs from 1996 to 1998. 

He caught 280 passes (third) for 4,352 yards (first) and 50 touchdowns (first). 

He had a lights-out season in 1998, catching 140 passes for 1,996 yards and 27 touchdowns. 

Those are also single-season Bulldogs records. 

He won the Fred Biletnikoff Award (most outstanding receiver) and the Paul Warfield Trophy (top collegiate wide receiver). 

Edwards was also a consensus and third-team All-American. 

2. Terry Bradshaw

Before becoming an NFL legend with the Pittsburgh Steelers and winning four Super Bowls, Bradshaw played for the Bulldogs from 1966 to 1969.

He threw for 6,589 yards (sixth in program history) and 39 touchdowns (tied for eighth). 

He accumulated 6,664 yards (eighth) and had 56 total touchdowns (fifth). 

These totals came despite throwing fewer than 180 passes over his first two seasons. 

Bradshaw was a first-team Little All-American, and the team retired his No. 12.

He’s enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame. 

3. Willie Roaf

Roaf was an offensive tackle at Louisiana Tech from 1989 to 1992. 

He was an outstanding player, earning consensus All-American honours and first-team All-South Independent. 

As a senior, he was a finalist for the Outland Trophy (best interior lineman). 

He went on to be the No. 8 overall pick in the 1993 NFL Draft. 

Roaf is enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame. 

4. Fred Dean

A defensive end, Dean played for LA Tech from 1971 to 1974. 

He recorded 392 tackles (sixth). 

Unfortunately, during his playing days, sacks weren’t an official statistic. As the National Football Foundation puts it, Dean “made it his mission to terrorize opposing quarterbacks during his legendary career.” 

He was a second-team All-American and first-team Little All-American and is in the Louisiana Tech Hall of Fame. 

Dean is also enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame. 

5. Ryan Allen

Here we go: At No. 5, we have a punter. 

Allen, who transferred to the school from Oregon State, was an instant hit for the Bulldogs. 

While there, he was first and second-team All-WAC, a unanimous and first-team All-American, and won the Ray Guy Award (best punter) twice.

Allen is just one of three punters to ever win the Ray Guy Award multiple times. 

As a senior, he averaged a booming 48 yards per punt. As a junior, he averaged 46.1 yards per punt.