The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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Joe Montana on the latter, and now holds nine Super Bowl records. His 328-yard, four-touchdown perfor- mance against Seattle earned him a third Super Bowl MVP award, which tied Montana for the most ever. Brady threw for 4,109 yards and 33 touchdowns against only nine inter- ceptions last season, while proving he's still among the league's elite. He's a runaway No. 1 as U-M's most prestigious alum in the pros, having thrown for 53,258 career yards with 392 touchdowns, and might just be the greatest quarterback in NFL his- tory. 2. Max Pacioretty MONTREAL CANADIENS, NHL The former Michigan forward has become one of the NHL's most prolific scorers for a Montreal team that has surged in recent years. He notched 37 goals and 30 assists a year ago with a plus-38 plus/minus rat- ing and, at 26 years old, has a lot of great hockey still ahead of him. Pa- cioretty tied for fifth in the league in goals scored in 2014-15, ranked tied for first in plus/minus and second in game-winning goals with 10, and he's registered 144 goals and 136 as- sists in 399 career games played. Best Of The Rest The Wolverines always seem to replenish the professional ranks with talent, and there are at least a few who seem primed to break into the top 10 in the near future. Likewise, there are also a number of stalwarts who have been around for years and are still capable of making noise in their professions. There's a mix of both in our best of the rest Wolverines in the pros. LARRY FOOTE, ARIZONA CARDINALS, NFL A fourth-round pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2002, Foote is now 35 years old and a two-time Super Bowl Champion — and he's 50-50 on retiring next year, even after a season in which he started in 15 games and notched 83 tackles (61 solo). Coach Bruce Arians said recently that Foote hasn't decided on retiring as a player and could change his mind before the squad is cut to 75 in training camp, but right now he's considering starting a coaching career with the team. He'll still be one of Michigan's top 15 pros across all sports if he chooses to come back. TIM HARDAWAY JR., ATLANTA HAWKS, NBA Hardaway made the NBA All-Rookie first-team two years ago, but his 2014-15 numbers — 11.5 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists — weren't enough to keep him from being traded to the Atlanta Hawks on draft night. His shooting took a step back, from 42.8 percent overall and 36.3 percent from three-point range to 38.9 and 34.2, respectively, and he's still not defending and rebounding to his