Bubba "Hightower" Smith

Michigan State football player Bubba Smith was the top overall pick in the 1967 draft after a sensational career at Michigan State, Smith spent five seasons with the Baltimore Colts and two seasons each with Oakland and Houston. He won the 1971 Super Bowl with the Colts.

Bubba Smith chases down Notre Dame quarterback Terry Hanratty — AP Photo/Michigan State University

Michigan State's Bubba Smith, rear, chases down Notre Dame quarterback Terry Hanratty during a college football game in East Lansing, Mich. in 1966.

Michigan State's Bubba Smith, top, is shown in action against Michigan during an NCAA college football game in Ann Arbor, Mich. on Oct. 14, 1967.

Baltimore Colts defensive tackle Bubba Smith, December 1967. Smith spent five seasons with the Baltimore Colts and two seasons with the Oakland Raiders and Houston Oilers.

New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath prepares to pass as Baltimore Colts' Bubba Smith leaps to defend during NFL football's Super Bowl III in Miami on Jan. 12, 1969.

Baltimore Colts' Bubba Smith, top left, wraps up Miami Dolphins' Jim Klick during the first quarter of the American Football Conference championship NFL football game in Miami, Jan. 2 1972.

Bubba Smith as Moses Hightower — Getty Images/Warner Bros.

Bubba Smith stars as Moses Hightower, lifting a police car with Scott Thomson as Chad Copeland inside while G.W. Bailey as Lt. Harris looks on in a scene from the Police Academy movies.

Former football player and actor Bubba Smtih appears in character as Sgt. Moses Hightower on an undercover assignment in the comedy "Police Academy 3: Back In Training" in this 1980 photo released by Warner Bros.

Former Michigan State football player Bubba Smith raises his arms during a ceremony at which his jersey number was retired, in East Lansing, Mich., September 2006.