re: Best to play a position

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The easy answer is Billy Cannon

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Not sure why this was downvoted, because I think it fits the OP

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I was thinking about LSU players who were amongst the best to ever play a position but never are used in the NFL for that position.

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We know Cannon won the Heisman as a tailback for LSU.

He signed with an AFL team, and they moved him to FB and TE before the NFL/AFL merger. So, he never played RB as an NFL player.