5. Zach Thomas
Thanks in part to the NFL’s consistently overrating height, the 5’11” linebacker out of Texas Tech wasn’t selected until the fifth round of the 1996 NFL Draft, when he went at No. 154 to the Miami Dolphins. The five-time first-team All-Pro is Miami’s all-time leading tackler, at 1,035 takedowns. The Dolphin with the second-most tackles, Reshad Jones, doesn’t even have half that, with 515 heading into the 2018 season.