Joe Stanier Cribbs is a retired National Football League and United States Football League football running back. He played
collegiately at Auburn University along with future NFL backs William Andrews and James Brooks. He began his professional
career in 1980 with the Buffalo Bills. After being drafted in the second round of the 1980 NFL Draft, Cribbs went on to start
all 16 games of his rookie year with Buffalo, finishing with 1185 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns.
Byron Paul Franklin is a former professional American football wide receiver in the NFL for the Buffalo Bills and Seattle
Seahawks. He played college football at Auburn University. A native of Sheffield, Alabama, Franklin starred in football at
Auburn from 1976-1980 and received a B.S. in vocational and distributive education in 1991. His professional football career
lasted from 1981 to 1987. He served as assistant director of athletic development at AU from 1991-93.
