1975 NFL Draft
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The 1975
1975 NFL season
The 1975 NFL season was the 56th regular season of the National Football League. It was also the first time that featured an entire season with no games ending in a tie. The league made two significant changes to increase the appeal of the game:...

 National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

 Draft
NFL Draft
The National Football League Draft is an annual event in which the National Football League teams select eligible college football players and it is their most common source of player recruitment. The basic design of the draft is each team is given a position in the drafting order in reverse order...

was held on January 28–29, 1975.

Player selections

= Pro Bowl
Pro Bowl
In professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the all-star game of the National Football League . Since the merger with the rival American Football League in 1970, it has been officially called the AFC–NFC Pro Bowl, matching the top players in the American Football Conference against those...

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= Hall of Fame
Pro Football Hall of Fame
The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of professional football in the United States with an emphasis on the National Football League . It opened in Canton, Ohio, on September 7, 1963, with 17 charter inductees...

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Round one

Pick # |Player |College
1 Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

Steve Bartkowski
Steve Bartkowski
Steven Joseph "Steve" Bartkowski is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League who played for the Atlanta Falcons and the Los Angeles Rams...

Quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...

University of California
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...

2 Dallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...

Randy White
Randy White (American football)
Randall Lee "Randy" White is a former American football defensive lineman and linebacker. He attended the University of Maryland from 1971 to 1974, and played professionally for the Dallas Cowboys from 1975 to 1988. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, the Pro Football Hall of Fame...

Defensive Tackle University of Maryland
University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...

3 Baltimore Colts
Indianapolis Colts
The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....

Ken Huff
Ken Huff
Kenneth Wayne Huff is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League. He was also an All-American guard at the University of North Carolina.-College career:...

Guard
Guard (American football)
In American and Canadian football, a guard is a player that lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team....

University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...

4 Chicago Bears
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

Walter Payton
Walter Payton
Walter Jerry Payton was an American football running back who played for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League for thirteen seasons. Walter Payton was known around the NFL as "Sweetness". He is remembered as one of the most prolific running backs in the history of American football...

Running Back
Running back
A running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running...

Jackson State University
Jackson State University
Jackson State University is a historically black university founded in 1877 in Natchez, MS by the American Baptist Home Mission Society of New York. The Society moved the school to Jackson in 1882, renaming it Jackson College, and developed its present campus in 1902. It became a state supported...

5 Cleveland Browns
Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

Mack Mitchell
Mack Mitchell
Mack Henry Mitchell is a former defensive end who played five seasons in the National Football League, mainly for the Cleveland Browns....

Defensive End
Defensive end
Defensive end is the name of a defensive position in the sport of American and Canadian football.This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formations have substantially changed how the position is played over the years...

University of Houston
University of Houston
The University of Houston is a state research university, and is the flagship institution of the University of Houston System. Founded in 1927, it is Texas's third-largest university with nearly 40,000 students. Its campus spans 667 acres in southeast Houston, and was known as University of...

6 Houston Oilers
Tennessee Titans
The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the team began play in 1960 as a charter...

Robert Brazile
Robert Brazile
Robert Lorenzo Brazile, Jr. is a former professional American football linebacker in the National Football League. Nicknamed "Dr. Doom", Brazile played from 1975-1984 for the Houston Oilers.-Professional career:...

Linebacker
Linebacker
A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...

Jackson State University
7 New Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints
The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They are members of the South Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League ....

Larry Burton
Larry Burton
Lawrence Godfrey "Larry" Burton is a former professional American football player and world-class Olympic sprinter, finishing fourth for the United States team in the 200 meter final at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany.Burton was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the first...

Wide Receiver
Wide receiver
A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...

Purdue
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...

8 San Diego Chargers
San Diego Chargers
The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

Gary Johnson Defensive Tackle Grambling State University
Grambling State University
Grambling State University is a historically black , public, coeducational university, located in Grambling, Louisiana. The university is the home of legendary football coach Eddie Robinson and is on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail.-Academics:Grambling State University provides over...

9 Los Angeles Rams
St. Louis Rams
The St. Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are currently members of the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Rams have won three NFL Championships .The Rams began playing in 1936 in Cleveland,...

Mike Fanning
Mike Fanning
Michael LaVern Fanning is a retired American football player. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame. He was a defensive tackle for ten seasons in the National Football League...

Defensive Tackle Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...

10 San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...

Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb (American football)
James Rogers Webb is a former American football defensive lineman who played seven seasons in the National Football League....

Defensive Tackle Mississippi State University
Mississippi State University
The Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science commonly known as Mississippi State University is a land-grant university located in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States, partially in the town of Starkville and partially in an unincorporated area...

11 Los Angeles Rams Dennis Harrah
Dennis Harrah
Dennis Wayne Harrah is a former NFL Offensive Lineman who played 13 seasons in the National Football League for Los Angeles Rams. He played college football for the University of Miami.- University of Miami :...

Offensive Tackle Miami (FL)
University of Miami
The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...

12 New Orleans Saints Kurt Schumacher
Kurt Schumacher (American football)
Kurt Schumacher is a former American football guard and tackle in the National Football League for the New Orleans Saints and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was the 12th overall pick in the 1975 NFL Draft.-External links:*...

Offensive Tackle Ohio State University
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...

13 Detroit Lions
Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...

Lynn Boden
Lynn Boden
Lynn Ray Boden is a former professional American football offensive guard. He played five seasons in the National Football League with the Detroit Lions and the Chicago Bears . He played college football at South Dakota State University...

Guard South Dakota State University
South Dakota State University
South Dakota State University is the largest university in the U.S. state of South Dakota, located in Brookings. A public land-grant university and sun grant college, founded under the provisions of the 1862 Morrill Act, SDSU offers programs of study required by, or harmonious to, this Act...

14 Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...

Glenn Cameron
Glenn Cameron
Glenn Scott Cameron is a former American college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League for eleven seasons in the 1970s and 1980s...

Linebacker University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...

15 Houston Oilers Don Hardeman
Don Hardeman
Donald Ray "Don" Hardeman is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League....

Running Back Texas A&I
Texas A&M University–Kingsville
Texas A&M University–Kingsville is a U.S. national university with a multicultural student body that is 62 percent Hispanic and includes students from 35 states and 43 foreign countries...

16 New England Patriots
New England Patriots
The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...

Russ Francis
Russ Francis
Russell Ross Francis , is a former professional football player who was drafted by the New England Patriots in the 1st round of the 1975 NFL Draft. He grew up in Hawaii. A 6'6", 242 lbs. tight end from the University of Oregon, Francis played in 13 NFL seasons. He retired temporarily in 1981, then...

Tight End
Tight end
The tight end is a position in American football on the offense. The tight end is often seen as a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Like offensive linemen, they are usually lined up on the offensive line and are large enough to be...

University of Oregon
University of Oregon
-Colleges and schools:The University of Oregon is organized into eight schools and colleges—six professional schools and colleges, an Arts and Sciences College and an Honors College.- School of Architecture and Allied Arts :...

17 Denver Broncos
Denver Broncos
The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

Louis Wright Defensive Back
Defensive back
In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...

San José State University
San José State University
San Jose State University is a public university located in San Jose, California, United States...

18 Dallas Cowboys Tom Henderson Linebacker Langston University
Langston University
Langston University is an institution of higher learning located in Langston, Oklahoma, USA. It is the only historically black college in the state, and the westernmost historically black college in the United States...

19 Buffalo Bills
Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

Tom Ruud
Tom Ruud
Thomas Robert "Tom" Ruud is a former professional football player, a linebacker for the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL. At 6'3" 223 lb, he played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 1972-74. At the 1975 NFL Draft, Ruud was selected in the first round by the...

Linebacker University of Nebraska
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a public research university located in the city of Lincoln in the U.S. state of Nebraska...

20 Los Angeles Rams Doug France
Doug France
Doug France is an American former National Football League offensive lineman who played eight seasons in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Rams.-Career:...

Offensive Tackle Ohio State University
21 St. Louis Cardinals
Arizona Cardinals
The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

Tim Gray
Tim Gray
Tim Gray is a former American football safety in the National Football League. He was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals 21st overall in the 1975 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas A&M....

Defensive Back Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school...

22 San Diego Chargers Mike Williams
Mike Williams (cornerback)
Mikell Herman Williams is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers 22nd overall in the 1975 NFL Draft. He played college football at Louisiana State.Brown also played for the Los Angeles Rams....

Defensive Back Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...

23 Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

Darryl Carlton
Darryl Carlton
Darryl Marvin Carlton was a former professional American football offensive tackle in the National Football League. He was a 1st round selection in the 1975 NFL Draft out of the University of Tampa by the Miami Dolphins. He would go on to play for the Dolphins and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ....

Offensive Tackle University of Tampa
University of Tampa
The University of Tampa , is a private, co-educational university in Downtown Tampa, Florida, United States. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. In 2006, the University celebrated its 75th anniversary...

24 Oakland Raiders
Oakland Raiders
The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

Neal Colzie
Neal Colzie
Cornelius Connie Colzie, better known as Neal Colzie, was an American football defensive back for the Oakland Raiders , Miami Dolphins , and Tampa Bay Buccaneers...

Defensive Back Ohio State University
25 Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...

Mark Mullaney
Mark Mullaney
Mark Alan Mullaney is a former professional American football defensive end in the National Football League. He was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the 1st round of the 1975 NFL Draft. At 6'6", 246 lbs...

Defensive End Colorado State University
Colorado State University
Colorado State University is a public research university located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The university is the state's land grant university, and the flagship university of the Colorado State University System.The enrollment is approximately 29,932 students, including resident and...

26 Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...

Dave Brown Defensive Back University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...


Round two

Pick # |Player |College
27 New York Giants Al Simpson Offensive Tackle Colorado State University
28 Los Angeles Rams Monte Jackson
Monte Jackson
Monte Jackson is a retired American football player. Jackson played in the NFL between 1975 and 1983. He played college football at San Diego State University. Jackson prepped at St Augustine High School in San Diego....

Defensive Back San Diego State University
San Diego State University
San Diego State University , founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area , and is part of the California State University system...

29 Atlanta Falcons Ralph Ortega
Ralph Ortega
Ralph Ortega is a former American college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League for six seasons during the 1970s and early 1980s...

Linebacker University of Florida
30 San Diego Chargers Louis Kelcher
Louie Kelcher
Louis James Kelcher was an American football player who played most of his career with the San Diego Chargers. His primary position was defensive tackle. His outstanding performance made him one of the team's most popular players from 1975-83...

Defensive Tackle Southern Methodist
Southern Methodist University
Southern Methodist University is a private university in Dallas, Texas, United States. Founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU operates campuses in Dallas, Plano, and Taos, New Mexico. SMU is owned by the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church...

31 Chicago Bears Mike Hartenstine
Mike Hartenstine
Michael Albert Hartenstine is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League...

Defensive End Penn State University
Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service...

32 New Orleans Saints Lee Gross
Lee Gross
Lee Monroe Gross III is a former professional American football center in the National Football League. He played four seasons for the New Orleans Saints and the Baltimore Colts . Gross is the father of Major League Baseball outfielder Gabe Gross....

Center
Center (American football)
Center is a position in American football and Canadian football . The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense...

Auburn University
Auburn University
Auburn University is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest universities in the state. Auburn was chartered on February 7, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts...

33 San Diego Chargers Fred Dean
Fred Dean
Frederick Rudolph "Fred" Dean is a former American football player in the National Football League, and a member of the NFL Hall of Fame. His career started with the San Diego Chargers in 1975 and ended with the San Francisco 49ers after the 1985 season. Dean was born in Arcadia, the seat of...

Defensive End Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Tech University
Louisiana Tech University, often referred to as Louisiana Tech, LA Tech, or Tech, is a coeducational public research university located in Ruston, Louisiana. Louisiana Tech is designated as a Tier 1 school in the national universities category by the 2012 U.S. News & World Report college rankings...

34 Kansas City Chiefs Elmore Stephens Tight End University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...

35 San Francisco 49ers Greg Collins Linebacker Notre Dame
36 Miami Dolphins Fred Solomon
Freddie Solomon
.Freddie Solomon , is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the 2nd round of the 1975 NFL Draft. A 5'11", 184-lb. wide receiver from the University of Tampa, Solomon played in 11 NFL seasons for the Dolphins and San Francisco 49ers from 1975 to 1985...

Wide Receiver University of Tampa
37 New York Jets Anthony Davis Running Back USC
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...

38 Detroit Lions Doug English
Doug English
Lowell Douglas English is a former American football Defensive Tackle for the Detroit Lions...

Defensive Tackle University of Texas
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...

39 Cincinnati Bengals Al Krevis Offensive Tackle Boston College
Boston College
Boston College is a private Jesuit research university located in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA. The main campus is bisected by the border between the cities of Boston and Newton. It has 9,200 full-time undergraduates and 4,000 graduate students. Its name reflects its early...

40 Houston Oilers Emmett Edwards Wide Receiver University of Kansas
University of Kansas
The University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The...

41 New England Patriots Rod Shoate
Rod Shoate
Rod Shoate is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League. He was a 4 time All-Big 8 Conference Player and three time All-American at the University of Oklahoma...

Linebacker University of Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma is a coeducational public research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. the university had 29,931 students enrolled, most located at its...

42 Buffalo Bills Bob Nelson Linebacker Nebraska
43 Denver Broncos Charles Smith Defensive End North Carolina Central
North Carolina Central University
North Carolina Central University is a public historically black university in the University of North Carolina system, located in Durham, North Carolina, offering programs at the baccalaureate, master’s, professional and doctoral levels....

44 Dallas Cowboys Burton Lawless
Burton Lawless
Richard Burton Lawless is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League for six seasons during the 1970s and 1980s...

Guard Florida
45 Oakland Raiders Charles Phillips Defensive Back USC
46 St. Louis Cardinals Jim Germany
Jim Germany
Jim Germany , was a star running back in the Canadian Football League.He played his college football at New Mexico State University, where he inducted into their Hall of Fame in 1994. Drafted by the NFL's St...

Running Back New Mexico State
New Mexico State University
New Mexico State University at Las Cruces , is a major land-grant university in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States...

47 Green Bay Packers Bill Bain Guard USC
48 Los Angeles Rams Leroy Jones Defensive End Norfolk State
Norfolk State University
Norfolk State University is a four-year, state-supported, coed, liberal arts, historically black university located in Norfolk, Virginia. It is member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund and the Virginia High-Tech Partnership.-Academics:...

49 Miami Dolphins Stan Winfrey Running Back Arkansas State
Arkansas State University
Arkansas State University is a public university and is the flagship campus of the Arkansas State University System, the state's second largest college system and third largest university by enrollment. It is located atop on Crowley's Ridge at Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA...

50 Buffalo Bills Glenn Loft Defensive Back Drake University
Drake University
Drake University is a private, co-educational university located in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. The institution offers a number of undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional programs in law and pharmacy. Today, Drake is one of the twenty-five oldest law schools in the country....

51 Pittsburgh Steelers Bob Barber
Bob Barber (American football)
Robert J. Barber is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League who played for the Green Bay Packers. Barber played collegiate ball for Grambling State University before being drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2nd round of the 1975 NFL Draft...

Defensive End Grambling
52 Minnesota Vikings Art Riley Defensive Tackle USC

Round three

Pick # |Player |College
53 Baltimore Colts Mike Washington
Mike Washington
Mike Washington , is a former American professional football player who played in 9 NFL seasons from 1976-1984 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Mike was selected in the in 3rd round of 1975 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Colts....

Defensive Back University of Alabama
54 Denver Broncos Mike Franckowiak Fullback Central Michigan University
Central Michigan University
Central Michigan University is a public research university located in Mount Pleasant in the U.S. state of Michigan...

55 Cincinnati Bengals Gary Burley
Gary Burley
Gary Burley is an alumnus of Grove City High School,and Brookpark Middle School, Grove City, OH,a suburb of Columbus, and is a former American football player who was a defensive end for the Cincinnati Bengals and Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League.He played for the Bengals in Super...

Defensive End University of Pittsburgh
56 Baltimore Colts Dave Pear
Dave Pear
David Pear is a retired American football defensive tackle. He was the first Tampa Bay Buccaneers player to be selected to the Pro Bowl and played in Super Bowl XV for the winning Oakland Raiders....

Defensive Tackle University of Washington
57 Cleveland Browns Oscar Roan
Oscar Roan
Oscar Bennie Roan III is a former American football tight end in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the third round of the 1975 NFL Draft. He played college football at SMU and UCLA....

Tight End Southern Methodist University
58 Green Bay Packers Willard Harrell
Willard Harrell
Willard Harrell is a former college and professional American football running back.He went to Edison High School, Stockton, California, in the lat 60s and early 70s and played under its legendary coach, Charlie Washington...

Running Back Pacific University
59 Kansas City Chiefs Cornelius Walker Defensive Tackle Rice University
60 New Orleans Saints Andrew Jones Running Back Washington State University
61 Los Angeles Rams Geoff Reece
Geoff Reece
Geoffrey Robert Reece is a former professional American football player who played in three NFL seasons from 1977-1979 for the Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks and Baltimore Colts....

Center Washington State University
62 New York Giants Danny Buggs
Danny Buggs
Daniel "Danny" Buggs is a former American football wide receiver for the New York Giants and Washington Redskins of the National Football League, the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League, and the Tampa Bay Bandits and San Antonio Gunslingers of the United States Football...

Wide Receiver University of West Virginia
63 New Orleans Saints Elois Grooms
Elois Grooms
Elois T. Grooms is a former American football defensive lineman in the National Football League for the New Orleans Saints, the St. Louis Cardinals, and the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at Tennessee Tech and was drafted in the third round of the 1975 NFL Draft....

Defensive End Tennessee Tech University
64 Cincinnati Bengals Gary Sheide
Gary Sheide
Gary Sheide is a former American football quarterback for Brigham Young University. He was the first quarterback to come out of LaVell Edwards's BYU "quarterback factory."...

Quarterback Brigham Young University
65 Atlanta Falcons Woody Thompson Running Back University of Miami
66 New England Patriots Pete Cusick Defensive Tackle Ohio State University
67 Los Angeles Rams Dan Nugent
Dan Nugent
Daniel Lawrence Nugent was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Auburn University and was drafted in the third round of the 1975 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams....

Tight End Auburn University
68 New York Jets Richard Wood Linebacker USC
69 Denver Broncos Drew Mahalic Linebacker Notre Dame University
70 Dallas Cowboys Bob Breunig
Bob Breunig
Robert Paul Breunig is a former American football linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League from 1975 to 1984...

Linebacker Arizona State University
71 San Francisco 49ers Jeff Hart
Jeff Hart (American football)
Jeffrey Allen Hart is a former gridiron football offensive lineman who played seven seasons in the National Football League, two seasons in the Canadian Football League, and two seasons in the United States Football League....

Offensive Tackle Oregon State University
72 San Francisco 49ers Steve Mike-Mayer
Steve Mike-Mayer
Istvan "Steve" Mike-Mayer is a former American football placekicker in the NFL from 1975-1980 for the San Francisco 49ers, Detroit Lions, New Orleans Saints, and the Baltimore Colts. His brother Nick Mike-Mayer also played in the NFL. Mike-Mayer played college football at the University of...

Kicker University of Maryland
73 San Diego Chargers Mike Fuller Defensive Back Auburn University
74 San Francisco 49ers Wayne Baker Defensive Tackle Brigham Young University
75 Miami Dolphins Gerald Hill Linebacker University of Houston
76 Oakland Raiders Louis Carter
Louis Carter
Louis Edward Carter is a former running back in the National Football League. He played for the Oakland Raiders and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers....

Running Back University of Maryland
77 Cincinnati Bengals Bo Harris
Bo Harris
Clint Lee "Bo" Harris is a former American football linebacker who played eight seasons in the National Football League with the Cincinnati Bengals. Harris played college football at Louisiana State University....

Linebacker LSU
78 Pittsburgh Steelers Walter White Tight End University of Maryland

Round four

Pick # |Player |College
79 New York Giants Robert Giblin Defensive Back University of Houston
80 Baltimore Colts Marshall Johnson Wide Receiver University of Houston
81 Atlanta Falcons John Nessel
John Nessel
John Steve Nessel is a former professional American football player. Nessel was an All-American guard at Penn State University in 1974 and was the 4th-round draft pick of the Atlanta Falcons in the 1975 NFL Draft....

Guard Penn State University
82 Cleveland Browns Tony Peters
Tony Peters
Anthony Lemont Peters is a former professional American football player who played safety for ten seasons for the Cleveland Browns and Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Oklahoma.He helped the Redskins win Super Bowl XVII and the 1984 NFL East Division....

Defensive Back University of Oklahoma
83 Chicago Bears Virgil Livers
Virgil Livers
Virgil Chester Livers, Jr. is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the fourth round of the 1975 NFL Draft. He played college football at Western Kentucky.Livers has been an assistant principal at Bowling Green High School...

Defensive Back Western Kentucky University
Western Kentucky University
Western Kentucky University is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA. It was formally founded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1906, though its roots reach back a quarter-century earlier....

84 Denver Broncos Steve Taylor Defensive Back University of Georgia
85 San Francisco 49ers Cleveland Elam
Cleveland Elam
Cleveland Elam is a former American football defensive tackle who played for the San Francisco 49ers and the Detroit Lions in an injury-shortened five year career that lasted from 1975 to 1979 in the National Football League.Had 14.5 sacks in 1976 and 17.5 in 1977, leading the team in 1977.Elam...

Defensive End Tennessee State University
Tennessee State University
Tennessee State University is a land-grant university located in Nashville, Tennessee. TSU is the only state-funded historically black university in Tennessee.-History:...

86 New England Patriots Allen Carter Running Back USC
87 San Francisco 49ers Frank Oliver Defensive Back Kentucky State University
88 Green Bay Packers Steve Luke
Steve Luke
Steve Luke is a former American football safety in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round of the 1975 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State....

Defensive Back Ohio State University
89 Minnesota Vikings Harold "Champ" Henson
Champ Henson
Harold R. "Champ" Henson, III is a former college and professional American football fullback.Henson attended the Ohio State University where he led the nation in scoring as a sophomore in 1972. In the second game of the 1973 season, however, Henson tore the cartilage his knee and was out for the...

Running back Ohio State
90 Dallas Cowboys Pat Donovan Defensive end Stanford
91 New England Patriots Steve Burks Wide receiver Arkansas State
92 New Orleans Saints John Starkebaum Defensive back Nebraska
93 Baltimore Colts Paul Linford Defensive tackle Brigham Young
94 Detroit Lions Craig Hertwig Tackle Georgia
95 Denver Broncos Rick Upchurch
Rick Upchurch
Richard “Rick” Upchurch is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for the Denver Broncos of the NFL. Before his NFL career, he played for Centerville Community College in Centerville, Iowa and the University of Minnesota and went to high school at Springfield...

Wide receiver Minnesota
96 Dallas Cowboys Randy Hughes
Randy Hughes
James Randell Hughes is a former American football safety who played six seasons in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys...

Defensive back Oklahoma
97 Cincinnati Bengals Stan Fritts
Stan Fritts
Stanley Allen Fritts is a former professional American football player who played running back for two seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals. He currently resides in Raleigh, North Carolina....

Running back North Carolina State
98 Los Angeles Rams Rod Perry
Rod Perry
Rodney Cornell Perry is an American football coach and former defensive back. He is currently a special assistant to the defense for the Indianapolis Colts.-External links:*...

Defensive back Colorado
99 New Orleans Saints Charlie Hall Defensive end Tulane
100 Miami Dolphins Bruce Elia
Bruce Elia
Bruce Louis Elia is a former college and professional American football player. In college, Elia played on both the offensive and defensive teams for the Ohio State Buckeyes...

Linebacker Ohio State
101 San Diego Chargers Kenneth Bernich
Kenneth Bernich
Kenneth Overton Bernich is a former professional American football linebacker in the National Football League. He graduated from Auburn University in 1974. Bernich was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the 4th round of the 1975 NFL Draft...

Linebacker Auburn
102 Buffalo Bills Tom Donchez Running back Penn State
103 Minnesota Vikings Bruce Adams Wide receiver Kansas
104 Pittsburgh Steelers Harold Evans Linebacker Houston

Round five

Pick # |Player |College
105 Baltimore Colts Roosevelt Leaks
Roosevelt Leaks
Roosevelt Leaks, Jr. was an American football running back in the NFL for the Baltimore Colts and Buffalo Bills. He played college football at the University of Texas....

Running back Texas
106 Miami Dolphins Morris Owens
Morris Owens
Morris Owens , is a former professional American football player who was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers leading receiver in 1976, their first season in the National Football League. He is also Hilly Hicks' uncle....

Wide receiver Arizona State
107 Denver Broncos Stan Rogers Tackle Maryland
108 Washington Redskins Mike Thomas Running back UNLV
109 Cleveland Browns John Zimba Defensive end Villanova
110 Chicago Bears Revie Sorey
Revie Sorey
Revie Sorey is a former professional American football player who played offensive lineman for nine seasons for the Chicago Bears. Revie lives with his son Trace in the affluent Chicago suburb of Glen Ellyn....

Guard Illinois
111 San Diego Chargers Kevin Nosbusch Defensive tackle Notre Dame
112 Los Angeles Rams Wayne Hammond Defensive tackle Montana State
113 Dallas Cowboys Kyle Davis Center Oklahoma
114 San Francisco 49ers Wayne Bullock Running back Notre Dame
115 Buffalo Bills John McCrumbly Linebacker Texas A&M
116 New England Patriots Steve Grogan
Steve Grogan
Steve James Grogan is a former American football quarterback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. Grogan played for the Patriots for his entire NFL career, from 1975 to 1990.-High school and college:...

Quarterback Kansas State
117 New England Patriots Steve Freeman
Steve Freeman
Steven Jay Freeman is a former American football defensive back.After playing college football at Mississippi State University, he was selected by the National Football League's New England Patriots in the 1975 NFL Draft. However, he was released by the Patriots before the start of the regular...

Defensive back Mississippi State
118 New York Jets Joe Wysock Guard Miami (FL)
119 Cleveland Browns Jim Cope Linebacker Ohio State
120 Cincinnati Bengals Pat McInally
Pat McInally
John Patrick "Pat" McInally , is a former punter and wide receiver for the National Football League's Cincinnati Bengals from 1976 to 1985.-Early career:...

Wide receiver Harvard
121 Denver Broncos Rubin Carter Defensive tackle Miami (FL)
122 Cincinnati Bengals Jeff West Punter Cincinnati
123 Atlanta Falcons Greg McCrary
Greg McCrary
Gregory Alonza McCrary is a former American football tight end in the National Football League for the Atlanta Falcons, Washington Redskins, and the San Diego Chargers. He played college football at Clark Atlanta University and was drafted in the fifth round of the 1975 NFL Draft....

Tight end Clark
124 St. Louis Cardinals Harvey Goodman Tackle Colorado
125 San Diego Chargers Charles Waddell Tight end North Carolina
126 Los Angeles Rams Rick Nuzum Center Kentucky
127 Miami Dolphins Barry Hill Defensive back Iowa State
128 Oakland Raiders David Humm
David Humm
David Henry Humm is a former professional football player, a quarterback in the NFL from 1975-84 for the Oakland Raiders, Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Colts, and Los Angeles Raiders...

Quarterback Nebraska
129 Minnesota Vikings Robert Miller Running back Kansas
130 Pittsburgh Steelers Brent Sexton Defensive back Elon

Round six

Pick # |Player |College
131 Baltimore Colts Don Westbrook
Don Westbrook
Don Westbrook is a former wide receiver for the New England Patriots of the National Football League....

Wide receiver Nebraska
132 Atlanta Falcons Fulton Kuykendall
Fulton Kuykendall
Fulton Kuykendall was a former NFL football player. He is a graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles who played pro football from 1975–1985 for the Atlanta Falcons. The lanky 6-5 225 lb Kuykendall started primarily at inside linebacker for the Falcons from 1976–1983, making the...

Linebacker UCLA
133 Atlanta Falcons Doug Payton Guard Colorado
134 San Diego Chargers John Carroll Wide receiver Oklahoma
135 Chicago Bears Bob Avellini
Bob Avellini
Robert Hayden Avellini was a quarterback in the NFL. For most of his career, he played for the Chicago Bears before finishing with the New York Jets. His nickname was "Slow-Mo".-Pro career:...

Quarterback Maryland
136 San Diego Chargers Billy Shields
Billy Shields
William Dean "Billy" Shields is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League. He who played eleven seasons for the San Diego Chargers , the San Francisco 49ers , the Kansas City Chiefs and the New York Jets . Shields attended Georgia Institute of Technology...

Tackle Georgia Tech
137 Kansas City Chiefs Morris LeGrand Running back Tampa
138 Detroit Lions Fred Cooper Defensive back Purdue
139 Kansas City Chiefs Dave Wasick Linebacker San Jose State
140 Los Angeles Rams Darius McCarthy Wide receiver South Carolina State
141 Detroit Lions Horace King Running back Georgia
142 Cincinnati Bengals Tom Shuman Quarterback Penn State
143 Miami Dolphins Steve Towle
Steve Towle
Stephen Richards "Steve" Towle is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the 6th round of the 1975 NFL Draft. He played college football at Kansas.-Professional career:Towle was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the 6th round...

Linebacker Kansas
144 Detroit Lions Dennis Franklin
Dennis Franklin
Dennis Franklin is a former professional American football player who was drafted by the Detroit Lions of the National Football League in the 1975 NFL Draft. Prior to playing for in the NFL he played quarterback of the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1971-1974. He served as the...

Wide receiver Michigan
145 Cincinnati Bengals Rollen Smith Defensive back Arkansas
146 Houston Oilers Jesse O'Neal Defensive end Grambling
147 Washington Redskins Mark Doak Tackle Nebraska
148 Dallas Cowboys Roland Woolsey
Roland Woolsey
Roland Bert Woolsey was a former professional American football player who played in four NFL seasons from 1975-1978 for four different teams....

Defensive back Boise State
149 New Orleans Saints Mike Lemon Linebacker Kansas
150 Cleveland Browns Charles Miller Defensive back West Virginia
151 Chicago Bears Tom Hicks
Tom Hicks (American football)
Thomas Logan Hicks is a former professional American football player who played linebacker for five seasons for the Chicago Bears....

Linebacker Illinois
152 St. Louis Cardinals Larry Jameson Defensive tackle Indiana
153 New York Jets Tom Alward Guard Nebraska
154 Cleveland Browns Harry Hynoski Running back Temple
155 Minnesota Vikings Bubba Broussard Linebacker Houston
156 Pittsburgh Steelers Marvin Crenshaw Tackle Nebraska

Round seven

Pick # |Player |College
157 Baltimore Colts Kim Jones Running back Colorado State
158 New York Giants Jim Obradovich
Jim Obradovich
For the MLB player, see Jim Obradovich.----James Robert Obradovich is a former professional American football tight end in the National Football League for the New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers...

Tight end USC
159 Atlanta Falcons Mike Esposito
Mike Esposito (American football)
Michael John Esposito is a former American football running back in the National Football League. He played for the Atlanta Falcons. He played college football for the Boston College Eagles.-References:...

Running back Boston College
160 Baltimore Colts Steve Joachim
Steve Joachim
Steve Joachim was an American football player. He won the 1974 Maxwell Award and would play professionally with the New York Jets. He grew up in Havertown, PA and played High School Football at Haverford High School....

Quarterback Temple
161 Cleveland Browns Merle Wang Tackle Texas Christian
162 Houston Oilers Mike Biehle Tackle Miami (OH)
163 New Orleans Saints Steve Rogers Running back Louisiana State
164 San Diego Chargers Rickey Young
Rickey Young
Rickey Young is a former American football running back who played nine seasons in the NFL. Young played college football at Jackson State and was a teammate of Walter Payton. Rickey was drafted in 1975 by the San Diego Chargers...

Running back Jackson State
165 Green Bay Packers Tony Giaquinto Wide receiver Central Connecticut St.
166 Buffalo Bills Gil Chapman Running back Michigan
167 Philadelphia Eagles Bill Capraun Tackle Miami (FL)
168 Baltimore Colts Derrel Luce
Derrel Luce
Derrel Joe Luce is a former professional American football linebacker in the National Football League. He played six seasons for the Baltimore Colts, the Minnesota Vikings, and the Detroit Lions....

Linebacker Baylor
169 Detroit Lions Mike Murphy Wide receiver Drake
170 Cincinnati Bengals Chris Devlin Linebacker Penn State
171 Houston Oilers Mark Cotney
Mark Cotney
Mark Cotney , is a former professional American football player who played in 10 NFL seasons from 1975-1984 for the Houston Oilers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Selected by the Buccaneers in the 1976 NFL Expansion Draft, he was a member of the original winless 1976 team and the 1979 team that played in...

Defensive back Cameron
172 New England Patriots Lawrence Williams Wide receiver Texas Tech
173 Dallas Cowboys Michael Hegman
Mike Hegman
Michael William Hegman is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League who played for the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at Tennessee State University....

Linebacker Tennessee State
174 Buffalo Bills Reggie Cherry Running back Houston
175 Buffalo Bills Harry Banks Defensive back Michigan
176 Los Angeles Rams Pat Haden
Pat Haden
Patrick Capper "Pat" Haden is the athletic director at the University of Southern California. He played quarterback for the USC Trojans before playing professionally in the NFL for the Los Angeles Rams from 1976 to 1981...

Quarterback USC
177 St. Louis Cardinals Steve Beaird Running back Baylor
178 Chicago Bears Earl Douthitt Defensive back Iowa
179 Miami Dolphins Phillip Kent Running back Baylor
180 Oakland Raiders James Daniels Defensive back Texas A&M
181 Minnesota Vikings Henry Green Running back Southern
182 Pittsburgh Steelers Wayne Mattingly Tackle Colorado

Round eight

Pick # |Player |College
183 New York Giants John Tate Linebacker Jackson State
184 Baltimore Colts John Bushong Defensive end Western Kentucky
185 Atlanta Falcons Brent Adams Tackle Tennessee-Chattanooga
186 Cleveland Browns Barry Santini Tight end Purdue
187 Baltimore Colts Greg Denboer Tight end Michigan
188 St. Louis Cardinals John Adams Defensive tackle West Virginia
189 Kansas City Chiefs Wayne Hoffman Tackle Oklahoma
190 Pittsburgh Steelers Tom Knopp Linebacker Kearney State
191 San Francisco 49ers Preston Kendrick Linebacker Florida
192 Baltimore Colts Mario Cage Running back Northwest Louisiana
193 New York Jets James Scott Wide receiver Henderson J.C.
194 Detroit Lions Leonard Thompson
Leonard Thompson (American football)
Leonard Irwin Thompson is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League who spent his entire NFL career with the Detroit Lions ....

Running back Oklahoma State
195 Cincinnati Bengals Ricky Davis Defensive back Alabama
196 Houston Oilers Jerry Lawrence Defensive tackle South Dakota State
197 Chicago Bears Joe Harris Linebacker Georgia Tech
198 Philadelphia Eagles Jeff Bleamer Tackle Penn State
199 Denver Broncos Steve Foley
Steve Foley (defensive back)
Stephen James Foley is a former American football safety in the National Football League. He played his entire 11-year NFL career with the Denver Broncos after one year with the Jacksonville Express of the World Football League.As a member of the Broncos, Foley played in the Super Bowl twice...

Defensive back Tulane
200 Dallas Cowboys Mitch Hoopes
Mitch Hoopes
Mitchell Kent Hoopes is a retired American basketball and football player. He had a three-year career in the National Football League from 1975 to 1977 as a punter. He played in Super Bowl X as a member of the Dallas Cowboys....

Punter Arizona
201 Buffalo Bills John Hill Defensive tackle Duke
202 St. Louis Cardinals Louis Lauriano Defensive back Long Beach State
203 San Diego Chargers Barry Collier Tackle Georgia
204 Los Angeles Rams John Washington Defensive back Tulane
205 Miami Dolphins Barney Crawford Defensive tackle Harding
206 San Diego Chargers Ralph Perratta Guard Purdue
207 Minnesota Vikings Joe Hollimon
Joe Hollimon
Joe Hollimon is a former defensive back for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League from 1976-1985. He won six Grey Cups while a member of the Eskimos. He was a three-time Western Conference All-Star Corner Back and was a CFL All-Star in 1978.-External links:*...

Defensive back Arkansas State
208 Pittsburgh Steelers Al Humphrey Defensive end Tulsa

Round nine

Pick # |Player |College
209 Baltimore Colts Royce McKinney Defensive back Kentucky State
210 New York Giants Mike Mahoney Wide receiver Richmond
211 Atlanta Falcons Brad Davis Running back Louisiana State
212 Chicago Bears Roger Stillwell Defensive tackle Stanford
213 Cleveland Browns Larry Poole Running back Kent State
214 San Diego Chargers Larry Keller Linebacker Houston
215 Cleveland Browns Floyd Hogan Defensive back Arkansas
216 New Orleans Saints Mike Strachan
Mike Strachan
Michael David "Mike" Strachan is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League. He played six seasons for the New Orleans Saints....

Running back Iowa State
217 Green Bay Packers Jay Hodgin Running back South Carolina
218 San Francisco 49ers James Johnson Defensive back Tennessee State
219 Detroit Lions Steve Strinko
Steve Strinko
Steven Douglas Strinko is a former American football player. He played as a linebacker for Coach Bo Schembechler at the University of Michigan and was selected as the Most Valuable Player on the 1974 Michigan Wolverines football team...

Linebacker Michigan
220 Cincinnati Bengals Greg Dubinetz
Greg Dubinetz
Gregory George Dubinetz is a former American football guard in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Yale University and was drafted in the ninth round of the 1975 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals....

Guard Yale
221 Houston Oilers Bob Bruer
Bob Bruer
Robert Anthony Bruer is a former American football tight end for the San Francisco 49ers and the Minnesota Vikings from 1979 until 1983-Professional career:...

Tight end Mankato State
222 Pittsburgh Steelers Eugene Clark
Eugene Clark (actor)
-Football career:Before he began acting, he played college football. He was an all-conference offensive guard at UCLA and was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the ninth round of the 1975 NFL Draft...

Guard UCLA
223 San Francisco 49ers Dan Natale Tight end Penn State
224 New York Jets Everett Taylor
Ed Taylor
Everett Earl "Ed" Taylor is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League. He was drafted by the New York Jets in the ninth round of the 1975 NFL Draft. He played college football at Memphis.Taylor also played for the Miami Dolphins.-External links:*...

Defensive back Memphis State
225 Denver Broncos Rousell Williams Defensive back Arizona
226 Dallas Cowboys Ed Jones
Ed Jones (defensive back)
Ed Jones is a former defensive back for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League from 1976-1984. He won five Grey Cups for the Eskimos and was a CFL All-Star from 1979-1981. Ed Jones is now a coach for Edmontons minor football team the chargers...

Defensive back Rutgers
227 Cincinnati Bengals Lofell Williams Wide receiver Virginia Union
228 Washington Redskins Dallas Hickman
Dallas Hickman
Dallas Mark Hickman is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the Baltimore Colts. He played college football at the University of California and was drafted in the ninth round of the 1975 NFL Draft....

Defensive end California
229 Los Angeles Rams Gordon Riegel Linebacker Stanford
230 San Francisco 49ers Caesar Douglas Tackle Illinois Wesleyan
231 Miami Dolphins James Wilson Guard Clark
232 Oakland Raiders Harry Knight Quarterback Richmond
233 Minnesota Vikings John Passananti Guard Western Illinois
234 Pittsburgh Steelers Bruce Reimer Running back North Dakota State

Round ten

Pick # |Player |College
235 New York Giants Terry McClowry Linebacker Michigan State
236 Baltimore Colts Phil Waganheim Punter Maryland
237 Atlanta Falcons Marshall Mills Wide receiver West Virginia
238 Cleveland Browns Stan Lewis Defensive end Wayne State (NE)
239 Miami Dolphins Clyde Russell Running back Oklahoma
240 Denver Broncos Hank Engelhardt Center Pacific
241 New Orleans Saints Chuck Heater
Chuck Heater
Chuck Heater is an American football coach and former player. He was a running back for the University of Michigan from 1972 to 1974 and finished his playing career as the fifth all time leading rusher in Michigan Wolverines football history. Heater has been an assistant football coach at ten...

Running back Michigan
242 San Diego Chargers Otha Bradley Defensive tackle USC
243 San Francisco 49ers Donnie Layton Running back South Carolina State
244 Green Bay Packers Bill Cooke
Bill Cooke
William Morrill Cooke is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League who played for the Green Bay Packers, the San Francisco 49ers, the Detroit Lions and the Seattle Seahawks...

Defensive end Massachusetts
245 Cincinnati Bengals Rockey Felker
Rockey Felker
-External links:*...

Defensive back Mississippi State
246 Houston Oilers Alan Pringle Kicker Rice
247 Pittsburgh Steelers Kirk Heyer Defensive tackle Kearney State
248 Philadelphia Eagles Ken Schroy
Ken Schroy
Kenneth Michael "Ken" Schroy is a former American football safety who played ten seasons in the National Football League for the New York Jets. He played college football at the University of Maryland and was drafted in 1975 by the Philadelphia Eagles...

Defensive back Maryland
249 New York Jets Charles James Defensive back Jackson State
250 Detroit Lions Brad Boyd Tight end Louisiana State
251 Denver Broncos Steve Haggerty Wide receiver UNLV
252 Dallas Cowboys Dennis Booker Running back Millersville (PA)
253 Buffalo Bills Roland Hooks
Roland Hooks
Roland Hooks was an American football running back in the NFL who played for the Buffalo Bills. He played college football at North Carolina State University....

Running back North Carolina State
254 Chicago Bears Mike Julius Guard St. Thomas (MN)
255 St. Louis Cardinals Mike McGraw Linebacker Wyoming
256 Miami Dolphins Joe Jackson Tight end Penn State
257 Miami Dolphins Joe Danelo
Joe Danelo
Joseph Peter Danelo is a former American football placekicker who played in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers, the New York Giants, and the Buffalo Bills between 1975 and 1984...

Kicker Washington State
258 Minnesota Vikings Neil Clabo
Neil Clabo
Neil Clabo is a retired American football player. He had a 3-year career in the National Football League from 1975 to 1977 as a punter. He played in Super Bowl XI as a member of the Minnesota Vikings....

Punter Tennessee
259 Oakland Raiders Steve Sylvester
Steve Sylvester (American football)
Steve Sylvester was an American football offensive lineman who played 9 seasons in the National Football League for the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders. He played college football for the University of Notre Dame....

Tackle Notre Dame
260 Pittsburgh Steelers Archie Gray Wide receiver Wyoming

Round eleven

Pick # |Player |College
261 Baltimore Colts Dave Hazel Wide receiver Ohio State
262 New York Giants George Martin
George Martin (American football)
George Dwight Martin is a former American football defensive end who played his entire career in the National Football League for the New York Giants...

Defensive end Oregon
263 Atlanta Falcons Jeff Merrow
Jeff Merrow
Jeffrey Colin Merrow was a defensive lineman who played nine seasons in the NFL for the Atlanta Falcons. Merrow played collegiately for the West Virginia Mountaineers...

Defensive tackle West Virginia
264 Chicago Bears Mike Dean Kicker Texas
265 Cleveland Browns Tom Marinelli Guard Boston College
266 New Orleans Saints Danny Lee Punter N.E. Louisiana
267 San Diego Chargers Vince Phason
Vince Phason
Vince Phason is a former defensive back who played from 1975-1985 in the Canadian Football League. He was a CFL All-Star in 1982. Phason was drafted by the NFL out of the University of Arizona and, in 1974, he joined the San Diego Chargers...

Defensive back Arizona
268 Kansas City Chiefs Dale Hegland Guard Minnesota
269 Green Bay Packers Bob Martin Defensive end Washington
270 San Francisco 49ers Gene Hernandez Defensive back Texas Christian
271 Houston Oilers John Sawyer Tight end Southern Mississippi
272 New England Patriots Rene Garnett Defensive back Idaho State
273 Philadelphia Eagles Keith Rowen
Keith Rowen
Keith Rowen is an American football coach. He was served as the offensive coordinator for the Arizona Cardinals in 2005 until he was fired in Oct 2006 the day after the Cardinal lost to the Bears after leading by 20 points...

Guard Stanford
274 New York Jets Jon Bradford Running back Central State (OH)
275 Detroit Lions Steve Myers Guard Ohio State
276 Cincinnati Bengals Marvin Cobb
Marvin Cobb
Marvin Cobb is a former American football safety in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 11th round of the 1975 NFL Draft. He played college football at USC....

Defensive back USC
277 Washington Redskins Ardell Johnson Defensive back Nebraska
278 Dallas Cowboys Greg Krpalek Center Oregon State
279 Buffalo Bills Tom Drake Defensive back Michigan
280 St. Louis Cardinals Jerry Latin Running back Northern Illinois
281 Los Angeles Rams Howard Strickland Running back California
282 Washington Redskins Jerry Hackenbruck Defensive end Oregon State
283 Miami Dolphins John Dilworth Defensive back Northwest Louisiana
284 San Diego Chargers Ike McBee Wide receiver San Jose State
285 Minnesota Vikings Ike Spencer Running back Utah
286 Pittsburgh Steelers Randy Little Tight end West Liberty

Round twelve

Pick # |Player |College
287 New York Giants Marsh White Running back Arkansas
288 Baltimore Colts Brad Storm Linebacker Iowa State
289 Atlanta Falcons Alonza Picket Tackle Texas Southern
290 Cleveland Browns Dick Ambrose
Dick Ambrose
Dick Ambrose is a former American football linebacker who played nine seasons in the National Football League with the Cleveland Browns, from 1975 to 1983...

Linebacker Virginia
291 Chicago Bears Doug Plank
Doug Plank
Douglas Walter Plank is a former American-football safety and coach in the National Football League. Currently, he is the head coach of the Philadelphia Soul in the Arena Football League.- Early life :...

Defensive back Ohio State
292 San Diego Chargers Jerry Dahl Linebacker North Dakota State
293 Kansas City Chiefs James Rackley Running back Florida A&M
294 New Orleans Saints Ron Gustafson Wide receiver North Dakota
295 San Francisco 49ers Rick Worley Quarterback Howard Payne
296 Green Bay Packers Carlos Brown
Alan Autry
Carlos Alan Autry is an American actor, politician, and former National Football League football player. He is best known for his role as Captain Bubba Skinner on the television series In the Heat of the Night; he also has been in numerous movies and other television shows...

Quarterback Pacific
297 New England Patriots Matt Kendon Defensive tackle Idaho State
298 Philadelphia Eagles Richard Pawlewicz Running back William & Mary
299 New York Jets Bert Cooper Linebacker Florida State
300 Detroit Lions Andre Roundtree Linebacker Iowa State
301 Cincinnati Bengals Jack Novak
Jack Novak
Jack Novak was a player in the National Football League for the Cincinnati Bengals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1975 to 1977 as a tight end. Novak was drafted by the Bengals in the twelfth round of the 1972 NFL Draft by the Bengals...

Tight end Wisconsin
302 Houston Oilers Willie Miller Wide receiver Colorado State
303 Denver Broncos Harry Walters Linebacker Maryland
304 Dallas Cowboys Charles Bland Defensive back Cincinnati
305 Buffalo Bills Mark Johnson Defensive end Missouri
306 New England Patriots Condredge Holloway
Condredge Holloway
Condredge Holloway Jr. was a star quarterback for the University of Tennessee and later in the Canadian Football League.-Early years and College:...

Defensive back Tennessee
307 Los Angeles Rams Chandler Williams Wide receiver Lincoln
308 St. Louis Cardinals Ben Jones Wide receiver Louisiana State
309 Miami Dolphins Joe Yancey Tackle Henderson State
310 Oakland Raiders Jack Magee Center Boston College
311 Minnesota Vikings Autry Beamon
Autry Beamon
Autry Beamon is a former professional American football player who played cornerback for seven seasons for the Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks, and Cleveland Browns....

Defensive back East Texas State
312 Pittsburgh Steelers Greg Murphy Defensive end Penn State

Round thirteen

Pick # |Player |College
313 Baltimore Colts John Roman
John Roman
John George Roman is a former professional American football offensive lineman in the National Football League. He played seven seasons for the New York Jets .-References:...

Guard Idaho State
314 New York Giants Ricky Townsend Kicker Tennessee
315 Atlanta Falcons Carl Russ Linebacker Michigan
316 Chicago Bears Charles McDaniel Running back Louisiana Tech
317 Cleveland Browns Willie Armstead
Willie Armstead
Willie Armstead is a former slotback and wide receiver who played seven seasons in the Canadian Football League for the Calgary Stampeders....

Wide receiver Utah
318 Kansas City Chiefs John Snider Linebacker Stanford
319 New Orleans Saints Jim Upchurch Running back Arizona
320 San Diego Chargers Pete Demmerle Wide receiver Notre Dame
321 Green Bay Packers Bob Fuhriman Defensive back Utah State
322 San Francisco 49ers Dale Mitchell Linebacker USC
323 Philadelphia Eagles Tom Ehlers
Tom Ehlers
Thomas Slick Ehlers is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Buffalo Bills. He played college football at the University of Kentucky and was drafted in the thirteenth round of the 1975 NFL Draft by the Eagles. He currently...

Linebacker Kentucky
324 New York Jets Dan Spivey
Dan Spivey
Daniel Eugene "Dan" Spivey is a retired professional wrestler who worked for World Championship Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation, and All Japan Pro Wrestling between 1984 and 1995...

Defensive tackle Georgia
325 Detroit Lions James Smith Running back North Carolina Central
326 Cincinnati Bengals Ron Rosenberg Linebacker Montana
327 Houston Oilers Ricky Scales Wide receiver Virginia Tech
328 New England Patriots Joe Harvey Defensive end Northern Michigan
329 Denver Broncos Erik Penick Running back Notre Dame
330 Dallas Cowboys Herbert Scott
Herbert Scott
Herbert Carnell Scott is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League...

Guard Virginia Union
331 Buffalo Bills Mark Dienhart
Mark Dienhart
Mark Dienhart is the former athletic director at the University of Minnesota and the current Senior Vice President at the University of St. Thomas....

Tackle St. Thomas (MN)
332 Los Angeles Rams A. J. Jacobs Defensive back Louisville
333 St. Louis Cardinals Steve Lindgren Defensive end Hamline
334 Miami Dolphins Leonard Isabell Wide receiver Tulsa
335 San Diego Chargers Glen Printers Running back Southern Colorado State
336 Minnesota Vikings Mike Hurd Wide receiver Michigan State
337 Pittsburgh Steelers Bob Gaddis
Bob Gaddis
Robert C. Gaddis is a former professional American football wide receiver. He was the 13th round draft pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1975 NFL Draft. He would play wide receiver with the Buffalo Bills in 1976 and then five seasons in the CFL for three different teams.-References:...

Wide receiver Mississippi Valley State
338 Washington Redskins Morris McKie Defensive back North Carolina A&T

Round fourteen

Pick # |Player |College
339 Miami Dolphins James Lewis Defensive back Tennessee State
340 Baltimore Colts Mike Smith Center Southern Methodist
341 Atlanta Falcons Steve Robinson Defensive tackle Tuskegee
342 Cleveland Browns Tim Barrett Running back John Carroll
343 Chicago Bears Walter Hartfield Running back Southwest Texas State
344 New Orleans Saints Randy Rhino
Randy Rhino
Randy Rhino was an all-star defensive back in the Canadian Football League.A graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, he played with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets...

Defensive back Georgia Tech
345 San Diego Chargers Reggie Barnett Defensive back Notre Dame
346 Kansas City Chiefs Gene Moshier Guard Vanderbilt
347 San Francisco 49ers David Henson Wide receiver Abilene Christian
348 Green Bay Packers Stan Blackmon Tight end North Texas State
349 New York Jets Joe Fields
Joe Fields
Joseph Charles Fields, Jr. is a former professional American football center and guard in the National Football League for the New York Jets and the New York Giants...

Center Widener
350 Detroit Lions Jim McMillan Quarterback Boise State
351 Cincinnati Bengals Frank Haywood Defensive tackle North Carolina State
352 Houston Oilers Jody Medford Guard Rice
353 New England Patriots Tom Gossom Wide receiver Auburn
354 Philadelphia Eagles Larry O'Rourke Defensive tackle Ohio State
355 Denver Broncos Jerry Arnold Guard Oklahoma
356 Dallas Cowboys Scott Laidlaw
Scott Laidlaw
Robert Scott Laidlaw is a former American football running back in the National Football League who played for the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants. He played college football for Stanford University....

Running back Stanford
357 Buffalo Bills Robert Evans Wide receiver Morris Brown
358 St. Louis Cardinals Ritch Bahe Wide receiver Nebraska
359 Washington Redskins Dave Benson Linebacker Weber State
360 Los Angeles Rams Arthur Allen Wide receiver Clark
361 Miami Dolphins John Graham Quarterback Colorado State
362 Oakland Raiders Tom Doyle Quarterback Yale
363 Minnesota Vikings Mike Strickland
Mike Strickland
Mike Strickland was a Canadian Football League running back for the British Columbia Lions from 1975 through 1977, and for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1978 and 1979. He was an All-Star in 1976 and won the Eddie James Memorial Trophy that same season....

Running back Eastern Michigan
364 Pittsburgh Steelers Mike Collier
Mike Collier
Michael J. "Mike" Collier is a retired professional American football running back in the National Football League. He played three seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Buffalo Bills....

Running back Morgan State

Round fifteen

Pick # |Player |College
365 Baltimore Colts John Goodie Running back Langston
366 New York Giants Jim O'Connor Running back Drake
367 Atlanta Falcons Jimmy Robinson
Jimmy Robinson
Jimmy Robinson is a former American football wide receiver and current wide receivers coach for the Dallas Cowboys. He played for the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers during his playing career...

Wide receiver Georgia Tech
368 Chicago Bears Steve Marcantonio Wide receiver Miami (FL)
369 Cleveland Browns Willie Moore Defensive tackle Johnson C. Smith
370 San Diego Chargers John Roush Guard Oklahoma
371 Pittsburgh Steelers James Thatcher Wide receiver Langston
372 New Orleans Saints Grant Burget Running back Oklahoma
373 Green Bay Packers Randy Allen Wide receiver Southern
374 San Francisco 49ers Rich Lavin Tight end Western Illinois
375 Detroit Lions Rudy Green Running back Yale
376 Cincinnati Bengals Greg Enright Kicker Southern Oregon State
377 Houston Oilers Jack Holmes Running back Texas Southern
378 New England Patriots Don Clayton Running back Murray State
379 Philadelphia Eagles Clayton Korver Defensive end Northwestern (Iowa)
380 New York Jets Brison Manor
Brison Manor
Brison Manor was an American football defensive end who played eight seasons in the National Football League for the Denver Broncos, from 1977–1984, before appearing in six games with Tampa Bay Buccaneers, also in 1984. He played college football at the University of Arkansas.Manor played high...

Defensive tackle Arkansas
381 Denver Broncos Ken Shelton Tight end Virginia
382 Dallas Cowboys Willie Hamilton Running back Arizona
383 Buffalo Bills Chris Kupec Quarterback North Carolina
384 Washington Redskins Art Kuehn
Art Kuehn
Arthur Bert Kuehn is a former American football Center in the National Football League for the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots....

Center UCLA
385 Los Angeles Rams Alvin White Quarterback Oregon State
386 St. Louis Cardinals Ron Franklin Defensive tackle Boise State
387 Miami Dolphins Skip Johns Running back Carson-Newman
388 Minnesota Vikings Ollie Bakken Linebacker Minnesota
389 Oakland Raiders Paul Careathers Running back Tennessee
390 Pittsburgh Steelers Marty Smith Defensive tackle Louisville

Round sixteen

Pick # |Player |College
391 New York Giants Jim Micklos Tight end Ball State
392 Baltimore Colts Bill Malouf Quarterback Mississippi
393 Atlanta Falcons Steve Knutson
Steve Knutson
-Career:Knutson was drafted in the sixteenth round of the 1975 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons and would later play two seasons with the Green Bay Packers. During his final season, he would play with the San Francisco 49ers....

Tackle USC
394 Cleveland Browns John McKay
John McKay, Jr.
John Kenneth "J.K." McKay is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 16th round of the 1975 NFL Draft. He played college football at USC....

Wide receiver USC
395 Chicago Bears Witt Beckman Wide receiver Miami (FL)
396 Kansas City Chiefs Mark Peterson Defensive end Illinois
397 New Orleans Saints Mike McDonald Linebacker Catawba
398 San Diego Chargers Chip Salvestrini Guard Yankton
399 Baltimore Colts Mike Evavold Defensive tackle MacAlester
400 Green Bay Packers Bob McCaffrey
Bob McCaffrey
Robert Alan McCaffrey is a retired National Football League center who had a notable career while a student athlete on the University of Southern California Trojans football team.-Professional career:...

Center USC
401 Cincinnati Bengals John Tuttle Wide receiver Kansas State
402 Houston Oilers Ken Lambert Defensive back Virginia
403 New England Patriots Kerry Marbury Running back West Virginia
404 Philadelphia Eagles Calvin Jones Wide receiver Texas Tech
405 New York Jets Greg Wells
Greg Wells (baseball)
Gregory De Wayne "Boomer" Wells is a former Major League Baseball player. Wells played for the Toronto Blue Jays in and for the Minnesota Twins in...

Guard Albany State
406 Detroit Lions Les Chaves Defensive back Kansas State
407 Dallas Cowboys Pete Clark Tight end Colorado State
408 Buffalo Bills Tom Fine Tight end Notre Dame
409 Denver Broncos Bubba Bridges Defensive tackle Colorado
410 Los Angeles Rams Francis Reynolds Running back Alcorn A&M
411 St. Louis Cardinals Mark Miller Wide receiver Missouri
412 Washington Redskins Dennis Pavelka Guard Nebraska
413 Miami Dolphins Vernon Smith Center Georgia
414 Minnesota Vikings Tom Goedjen Kicker Iowa State
415 Pittsburgh Steelers Miller Bassler Tight end Houston
416 Baltimore Colts Robert Smith Defensive back Maryland

Round seventeen

Pick # |Player |College
417 Baltimore Colts David McKnight Linebacker Georgia
418 New York Giants Rondy Colbert Defensive back Lamar
419 Atlanta Falcons Mitch Anderson Quarterback Northwestern
420 Chicago Bears Roland Harper
Roland Harper
Roland Harper is a former professional American football player who played running back for eight seasons for the Chicago Bears. He was selected in the 17th and final round of the 1975 draft from Louisiana Tech...

Running back Louisiana Tech
421 Cleveland Browns Dave Graf
Dave Graf
David Francis Graf is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Penn State University and was drafted in the seventeenth round of the 1975 NFL Draft....

Linebacker Penn State
422 New Orleans Saints Greg Westbrooks
Greg Westbrooks
Gregory Melvin Westbrooks is a former professional American football player who played linebacker for seven seasons for the New Orleans Saints, the Oakland Raiders, the St. Louis Cardinals, and the Los Angeles Rams....

Linebacker Colorado
423 San Diego Chargers Neal Jeffrey Quarterback Baylor
424 Kansas City Chiefs Mike Bulino Defensive back Pittsburgh
425 Green Bay Packers Tom Ray Defensive back Central Michigan
426 Baltimore Colts Mike Bengard Defensive end Northwestern (Iowa)
427 Houston Oilers Ricky Seeker Center Texas A&M
428 New England Patriots Myke Horton Tackle UCLA
429 Philadelphia Eagles Garry Webb Defensive end Temple
430 New York Jets Mike Bartoszek Tight end Ohio State
431 Detroit Lions Mark Lancaster Guard Tulsa
432 Cincinnati Bengals Elvin Charity Defensive back Yale
433 Denver Broncos Lester Sherman Running back Albany State
434 Dallas Cowboys Jim Testerman Tight end Dayton
435 Buffalo Bills Jeff Turcotte Defensive end Colorado
436 St. Louis Cardinals Ken Monroe Running back Indiana State
437 Washington Redskins Carl Taylor Defensive end Memphis State
438 Los Angeles Rams Skip Boyd Punter Washington
439 Miami Dolphins Dwaine Copeland Running back Middle Tennessee State
440 Baltimore Colts Frank Russell Wide receiver Maryland
441 Minnesota Vikings Adolph Bellizeare Running back Pennsylvania
442 Pittsburgh Steelers Stan Hegener Guard Nebraska
= Pro Bowler = Hall of Famer

Hall of famers

  • Walter Payton, Running Back from Jackson State taken 1st round 4th overall by the Chicago Bears.
Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 1993.
  • Randy White, Defensive Tackle from Maryland taken 1st round 2nd overall by the Dallas Cowboys.
Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 1994.
  • Fred Dean, Defensive End from Louisiana Tech taken 2nd round 33rd overall by the San Diego Chargers.
Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame Class of 2008.

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