Kingrea was drafted in the 14th round by the Cleveland Browns and ended up playing eight years in the NFL, including the Buffalo Bills and the New Orleans Saints, the latter from 1973-78. He was inducted into the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame in 1980.
Another Formidable Twosome: Frank Robinson & Marty WetzelTulane linebackers Marty Wetzel & Frank Robinson | Crescent City Sports and the Canadian Football LeagueA decade later, another pair of linebackers graced the Tulane defense, ending up even more prolific than the Hester/Kingrea duo. Frank Robinson and Marty Wetzel anchored a stout defense at the end of the Larry Smith era and the first year for Vince Gibson, playing in back-to-back bowl games in 1979 and 1980, up to that moment, the first time in the history of Tulane football that ever occurred.The two combined for an incredible 834-tackles between them. Add that to defensive lineman Wilfred Simon's 413-stops, and you had an almost immovable object in the front seven for the Green Wave in the late 70s. Wetzel's 392-career tackles ranks him 6th, all-time. Robinson's ungodly 442-stops puts him in the 3rd slot. Though Wetzel is not in the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame, Robinson was feted in 2001Robinson went the Canadian Football League route because he wanted to stay at linebacker. The NFL was telling him he would play safety. Instead, Robinson moved to Winnipeg, became a star CFL linebacker, then playing in Hamilton, winning the Grey Cup championship (the CFL's version of the Lombardi Trophy) twice.
