With it being the quiet time of the NFL offseason ahead of training camp, we thought it would be fun to take a look back at Tennessee Titans franchise history and choose the best player to wear each number, from 0-99.
Of course, when you talk about Tennessee Titans franchise history, you have to include the Houston Oilers, no matter how much Houston Texans fans might disagree with it.
While choosing a player for some numbers was quite easy, there were some truly difficult decisions to make for others. For the most difficult decisions, we included an honorable mention below the actual pick, so you’ll know by seeing that just how much I struggled with it.
Some of the criteria included how productive the player was for the Titans or Oilers while wearing the actual jersey number, plus accomplishments such as Pro Bowls and All-Pro nods, and longevity was also factored in.
For example: while Julio Jones had the best career as a whole by a mile of any Titans player to wear No. 2, he didn’t make the cut because he only spent one lackluster season in Nashville. The same goes for Randy Moss.
With that in mind, here’s a look at the best player to wear each jersey number in Oilers/Titans franchise history.
No. 00: WR Ken Burrough
No. 1: QB Warren Moon
No. 2: K Rob Bironas
No. 3: K Al Del Greco
No. 4: K Ryan Succop
No. 5: QB Kerry Collins
No. 6: P Brett Kern
No. 7: QB Dan Pastorini
No. 8: QB Marcus Mariota
No. 9: QB Steve McNair
No. 10: QB Vince Young
No. 11: WR A.J. Brown
No. 12: QB Ken Stabler
No. 13: WR Kendall Wright
No. 14: QB Cody Carlson
No. 15: P Craig Hentrich
No. 16: QB/K George Blanda
No. 17: QB Ryan Tannehill
No. 18: WR Kenny Britt
No. 19: DB Willie Alexander
No. 20: DB Miller Farr
No. 21: CB Samari Rolle
No. 22: RB Derrick Henry
No. 23: S Blaine Bishop
No. 24: S Chris Hope
No. 25: S Keith Bostic
No. 26: CB Logan Ryan
No. 27: RB Eddie George
No. 28: RB Chris Johnson
Honorable mention: CB Cris Dishman
No. 29: S Ken Houston
No. 30: CB Jason McCourty
No. 31: S Kevin Byard
No. 32: RB Hoyle Granger
No. 33: S Michael Griffin
No. 34: RB Earl Campbell
No. 35: RB Woody Campbell
No. 36: DB Carter Hartwig
No. 37: S Mike Reinfeldt
No. 38: DB C.L. Whittington
No. 39: LB Art Stringer
No. 40: CB Tony Banfield
No. 41: CB Mark Johnston
No. 42: RB Sid Blanks
No. 43: S/P Jim Norton
No. 44: RB Lorenzo White
No. 45: FB Tim Wilson
No. 46: LS Morgan Cox
No. 47: RB Ronnie Coleman
No. 48: LB John Henry Mills
No. 49: LB Nick Dzubnar
No. 50: C Bobby Maples
No. 51: LB Ted Thompson
No. 52: LB Robert Brazile
No. 53: LB Keith Bulluck
No. 54: LB Al Smith
No. 55: C Carl Mauck
No. 56: LB Olen Underwood
No. 57: LB Lamar Lathon
No. 58: OLB Harold Landry
No. 59: OLB Ted Washington
No. 60: C Ben Jones
No. 61: G Bob Talamini
No. 62: G/T John Schuhmacher
No. 63: LG Mike Munchak
No. 64: RG Nate Davis
No. 65: DE Elvin Bethea
No. 66: G/T Sonny Bishop
No. 67: DL Mike Stensrud
No. 68: C Kevin Mawae
No. 69: RT Jon Runyan
No. 70: LT Al Jamison
No. 71: LT Michael Roos
No. 72: LT Brad Hopkins
No. 73: RT David Williams
No. 74: OL Bruce Matthews
No. 75: DE Don Floyd
No. 76: LT Walt Suggs
No. 77: LT Taylor Lewan
No. 78: DL Curley Culp
No. 79: DL Ray Childress
No. 80: WR Curtis Duncan
No. 81: WR Ernest Givins
No. 82: TE Delanie Walker
No. 83: WR Drew Bennett
No. 84: WR Haywood Jeffires
No. 85: WR Drew Hill
Honorable mention: WR Derrick Mason
No. 86: TE Mike Barber
No. 87: WR Charley Hennigan
No. 88: TE Willard Dewveall
No. 89: TE Frank Wycheck
No. 90: DE Jevon Kearse
No. 91: OLB Derrick Morgan
No. 92: DL Albert Haynesworth
No. 93: DE Kyle Vanden Bosch
No. 94: DL Glenn Montgomery
No. 95: DE William Fuller
No. 96: DE Sean Jones
No. 97: DL Tony Brown
No. 98: OLB Brian Orakpo
Honorable mention: DL Jeffery Simmons
No. 99: DL Jurrell Casey
