East Tennessee State University

A four-year letter winner, from 1984 to 1987, and a two-year starter for the Buccaneer football squad, Thane Gash tallied 133 tackles in 1987, achieving the fifth best mark in ETSU history. Gash was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in 1988 and enjoyed the longest NFL career of any former Buccaneer (1987-1992) He led the Browns in tackles in 1989 and helped lead the San Francisco 49ers to the 1992 NFC Championship Game. Gash was later named to the Southern Conference 75th Anniversary Football Team and was inducted into the ETSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1997.