Ndamukong Suh is once again a free agent, and the Los Angeles Rams are one of the teams that he is considering joining. The Rams, of course, already have Aaron Donald, a three-time All-Pro according to the Associated Press. He’s one of just two active defensive tackles who are three-time 1APs by the AP, and Suh is the other.
Disclaimer: The Associated Press is just one of several organizations throughout history that have named All-Pro teams. The AP is not better than other organizations at identifying the best players and there’s no reason to focus on AP selections rather than all All-Pro organizations. Well, maybe one reason: laziness. And I’m feeling lazy today, so I am only going to focus on the AP All-Pro selections.
Here are all the players to be named an All-Pro DT by the AP three or more times: all the players between Sapp and Buchanan are in the Hall of Fame, and there’s a good chance that the four since Sapp will one day be in the Hall of Fame, too.
Aaron Donald (3)
Ndamukong Suh (3)
Kevin Williams (5)
Richard Seymour (3)
Warren Sapp (4)
John Randle (6)
Cortez Kennedy (3)
Randy White (7)
Joe Greene (5)
Alan Page (6)
Bob Lilly (7)
Merlin Olsen (5)
Buck Buchanan (4)
Alex Karras (3)
Ernie Ladd (3)
Tom Sestak (3)
Henry Jordan (5)
Bud McFadin (3)
Leo Nomellini (5)
Art Donovan (4)
Arnie Weinmeister (4)
Here are the AP All-Pros at DT each year since the beginning of the honor in 1950: