11.   Forced to leave football before his personality disintegrated.

12.   From the vantage point of this future Hall of Famer, the importance of a superior running game never left pro football.

13.   Gibbs left football and went into private business.

14.   He left professional football and currently writes for the Web site RealTeam.com.

15.   Henning had left football and was a security system manager at the World Trade Center when Holtz hired him.

16.   In fact, it was only three months ago that Kennard, after one brief workout at training camp, announced that he was leaving football for good.

17.   Martin had acting roles and appeared at memorabilia shows after leaving football.

18.   Nebraska will score the upset and leave college football with an unsatisfying if familiar outcome -- split champions.

19.   Sanders was saying he was leaving football.

20.   Sweeney said his addiction cost him practically every job he had since leaving football.