Some of the iconic names are from the past and a few are modern day stars. Many played at big name schools while others toiled at more academic institutions.

Either way, America loves it's stars and it's football. Put the two together, as CheatSheet.com has, and you have a winner!

The site lists the men in alphabetical order.

1. Dean Cain

He was Superman, but Dean Cain also played football at Princeton. Cain, a defensive back, set a national record for interceptions with 12 in a single season (1987), and later signed with the Buffalo Bills before hurting his knee.

2. Bill Cosby

The star of "The Cosby Show," comedian Bill Cosby, attended Temple University on a track and field scholarship. Cosby ran track and played football (fullback) for the Owls in the early 1960s (after his time in the Navy).

3. Josh Duhamel

Josh Duhamel, star of the upcoming Battle Creek series on CBS, was a quarterback at hometown Minot State University in North Dakota (where his father also played). In addition, the athletic Duhamel told the New York Daily News that he “also played college basketball for a year, but I figured I should probably go to class once in a while.”

4. Gerald Ford

The 38th president of the U.S. had his number retired at Michigan 20 years ago. Ford, a center, lettered for the Wolverines in 1932, 1933, and 1934 and was voted team MVP in the 1934 season. After his time in Ann Arbor, Ford chose law school at Yale over offers from pro football teams in the Midwest, such as the Lions and Packers. Still, he stayed close to the football field: Ford served as an assistant football coach for Yale during his time there.

5. Matthew Fox

Before Matthew Fox became well-known for shows like "Party of Five" and "Lost," he was a scholarship wide receiver for the Columbia football team in the mid-1980s. Fox played a lot, but he didn’t win a lot: The Lions were mired in a 44-game losing streak during Fox’s career and the future television star -- who would also appear in the football movie "We Are Marshall" -- won just two of 40 games during his time on campus.

6. John Goodman

Longtime actor John Goodman attended Southwest Missouri State (now known as Missouri State) in the 1970s, where he played football before getting hurt. Goodman graduated in 1975 and went on to accomplish quite a few other things (like hosting "Saturday Night Live" 13 times and counting).

7. Mark Harmon

"NCIS" star Mark Harmon wasn’t just a college football player. He was a good one. Harmon quarterbacked UCLA in 1972 and 1973 and led the Bruins to 17 wins in 22 games. Football was in Harmon’s blood: His father, Tom, won the Heisman Trophy in 1940 at Michigan.

8. Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson

Before he was an actor, before he was a wrestler, before he was "The Rock," Dwayne Johnson was a football player. Johnson was a defensive lineman at The U in the early ’90s, and was a member of Miami’s 1991 national championship team. He had just over four sacks in four years, playing alongside (or behind) future Pro Football Hall of Famer Warren Sapp.

9. Tommy Lee Jones

Academy Award winner Tommy Lee Jones played football at Harvard, where he was an all-league offensive guard in the 1960s (and in an unrelated note, roomed with one Al Gore on campus). Jones was part of the undefeated Crimson squad of 1968, and played in a classic season-ending tie between unbeaten rivals Harvard and Yale that year.

10. Joel McHale

Joel McHale, of "The Soup" and "Community" fame, was part of the Washington Huskies’ football program from January 1992 to August 1993. McHale, a walk-on, was part of the scout team offense and never actually saw the field in a game for the defending national champs. As he wrote on Grantland.com of his scout team days, “I made the defense look terrific.” McHale got a Rose Bowl ring for his troubles.

11. Nick Nolte

Nick Nolte went to Arizona State on a football scholarship, but was expelled from the school for academic reasons. He later played at several junior colleges, including Eastern Arizona.

12. Ed O’Neill

Ed O’Neill’s college football career began at Ohio, where the future Al Bundy was on scholarship, and concluded at Youngstown State as a defensive lineman. O’Neill became an actor sometime after the Pittsburgh Steelers cut him in 1969.

13. Ronald Reagan

Gerald Ford wasn’t the only former president to play college football. Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the U.S., played football at Eureka College in Illinois. Reagan, a guard, was quite busy during his time on campus -- he also lettered in swimming and track and even coached the school’s swimming team.

14. Burt Reynolds

Burt Reynolds (or "Buddy" Reynolds, if you prefer) attended Florida State on a football scholarship in the mid-1950s. The halfback suffered severe injuries, cutting his football career short and allowing Reynolds to turn his attention elsewhere (to the cinema, for instance).

15. Phil Robertson

Phil Robertson, best known for his role on reality series "Duck Dynasty', was the quarterback ahead of Terry Bradshaw on the depth chart at Louisiana Tech. Robertson’s teams struggled, with a combined record of 8-20, and the quarterback-turned hunter threw 34 interceptions vs. 12 career touchdowns.

16. John Wayne

Legendary movie star John Wayne, or as he was formerly known, Marion Morrison, attended USC on a football scholarship back in the 1920s. The offensive tackle’s scholarship ended after two seasons due to injury (which he sustained bodysurfing), but Morrison/Wayne ended up doing all right for himself in the long run.

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