Top 3 NBA players who have played football in college

#3. Darrell Armstrong

Darrell Armstrong #10 of the New Jersey Nets reacts after a ball out of bounds goes to the Boston Celtics on November 14, 2007 at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The Celtics defeated the Nets 91-69

The 1999 NBA Most Improved Player and Sixth Man of the Year started his NBA basketball career with the Orlando Magic in 1994.

Darrell Armstrong played football as far back as high school at Ashbrook High School in Gastonia as a punter and a part-time wide receiver. He graduated and proceeded to Fayetteville State University, N.C., where he became a walk-on kicker.

He played football in college for two seasons and twice recorded 47 yards field goals to establish a school record. It was a record he had for 18 years before Austin Turner broke the record with a 49-yard field goal.

In a 14-year NBA career, he played 9 seasons with the Magic and had a career average of 9.2 points, 2.7 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game in 840 games played in total.

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#1. Charlie Ward

Jason Williams #55 of the Sacramento Kings guards Charlie Ward #21 of the New York Knicks at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, California. The Kings defeated the Knicks 124-117.

Charlie Ward is among the very short list of NBA players who were successful on both sides of their collegiate careers. He was a quarterback at the Florida State Seminoles and led them to their first national championship in 1993, defeating Nebraska 18-16 in the 1993 Orange Bowl.

He also won the 1993 Heisman Award and the Davey O'Brien Award and was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

The New York Knicks' first-round pick in the 1994 NBA Draft was also a point guard for the Seminoles' basketball team. He was paramount to their victory over Louisville in the 1991 Metro Conference Tournament Championship game, having made the winning shot.

He still holds the Seminole basketball records for the most career steals (236), steals in a game (9) and is the sixth all-time best in assists (396).

Ward featured in 630 career games and made a total of 3,947 points, 2,539 assists and 776 steals.