Carl Nicks

In 2012 Carl Nicks, a graduate of North Salinas High and Hartnell College – where he was rated the seventh best prospect in the state by a national news service – signed the richest contract for an offensive lineman in the history of the NFL in 2012 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints out of the U. of Nebraska in 2009 and played in all 16 games as a rookie. Nicks was selected to the Pro Bowl in 2010 and 2011. He was chosen first-team All-Pro in 2011. That same year he earned a Super Bowl ring when the Saints won Super Bowl XLIV.