Ham and Lambert would never get a shot at the NFL now, if they even were "allowed" to play LB in I-A; too small.
It's interesting to listen to announcers who are at least 45 years old bring up the names of Nitschke, Butkus, Lambert, Mike Curtis, Ted Hendricks, Nick Buoniconti and others, just as they sometimes like to talk about Lance Alworth and Fred Biletnikoff and other white receivers. They seem almost nostalgic at times for the days of great white football players, though they would never admit to such a weakness publicly. It's just so absurd that whites have been limited to blocking, kicking and throwing for a quarter century now with no end in sight.
