Jared Allen is now playing for the Carolina Panthers. He was a three-time NFL All-Pro with the Minnesota Vikings. He has played for the Kansas City Chiefs, Minnesota Vikings, Chicago Bears. During the 2015 season he was traded to Carolina. |
Ed Bell is one the greatest receivers in Idaho State history and he went on to have nice career with the New York Jets. |
Marvin Lewis Cincinnati Bengals Head Coach
He won a Super Bowl as the defensive Coordinator of the Baltimore Ravens, which set an NFL record for fewest points allowed in a season. | Bill Byrne served as the Director of Athletics at Texas A&M from 2002-2012. Prior to that he served in the same capacity for over 10 years at Nebraska. Byrne was honored by ISU with the 2005 Professional Achievement Award. He retired in 2012. |
| U.S. Army Major General Antonio Taguba athored the investigative report about abuses of Iraqis at the Abu Ghraib prison at the hands of American soliders. Taguba is the second-highest ranking Filipino-American officer in the U.S. Army. | Sue Ann Langdon starred on both the stage and screen. Most notably on the Jackie Gleason Show, the Andy Griffith Show, Dick Van Dyke Show and Happy Days. She also starred in Elvis Presley's Roust-about. |
| Ed Sanders won the Olympic Gold Medal in heavyweight boxing for the United States in 1952. | Roger Williams is a world famous pianist, who has 18 of his albums certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. |
| William Petersen is a veteran actor who is the executive producer and formerly starred as Gil Grissom in the nations most popular show, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. | Stacy Dragila won the Olympic gold medal in the inaugural women's pole vault in Sydney in 2000. Dragila at one time held every single world record possible in the pole vault. |
| Merril Hoge is a reporter for ESPN and host of the Edge/NFL Matchup. | Michael C. Ruettgers is the CEO of EMC Corporation, the second largest business in the United States. |
| Josh Hill has been with the New Orleans Saints since the 2013 season. | |
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| Other Notable Alumni |
| Hans Gregory Ashbaker- World Famous Tenor | Don Aslett- Cleaning Authority and Author |
| Terrel Bell- Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Education | Dr. Gary K. Bertsch-Â Director of Center for International Trade and Security |
| Ron Boone- Radio/TV broadcaster for the Utah Jazz | John Foreman- Producer of the movie "Butch Casidy and the Sundance Kid" |
| I. Herbert Gordon- Peabody Award Winner, former NBC executive | Steve Hayes- 10-year NBA veteran |
| Florence Bean James- Theatre Director | General Amos Jordan- Brigadier U.S. General and Presidsent and CEO of the Center for Strategic and International Studies |
| Wally Kelly- President, Viacom Outdoor | Dirk Koetter- Offensive Coordinator for Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| Peter C. Kole- Chair of the New England Albanian Relief Organization | Senator James McClure-Â U.S. Senator 1973-91; Namesake of the James A. McClure Federal Building and Courthouse |
| Lewis J. Neal- President of NOXSO Corporation | Les Purce- President of Evergreen College |
| David Thomas- World renowned dinosaur sculptor | Dr. Claud Zobell- Marine Microbiologist for the Scripps Oceanographic Institute |
