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Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD Int Sk College/Univ
1 1 CRD George Cafego FB 1945 0 0 2 35 77 161 966 5 16 155 77 1 13 133 0 2 Tennessee
1 2 PHI George McAfee HOF HB 1950 1 1 4 8 75 6 22 94 3 1 341 1685 21 85 1359 11 25 Duke
1 3 PIT Kay Eakin HB 1946 0 0 2 31 41 107 601 3 12 56 -26 0 11 148 1 4 Arkansas
1 4 BKN Banks McFadden HB 1940 0 0 1 11 3 8 103 1 1 85 411 1 9 97 2 2 Clemson
1 5 RAM Olie Cordill WB 1940 0 1 1 10 24 73 0 14 158 2 1 Rice
1 6 DET Doyle Nave B 0 0 0 USC
1 7 CHI Bulldog Turner HOF C 1952 7 4 12 20 138 1 48 1 1 2 0 17 Hardin-Simmons
1 8 WAS Ed Boell B 0 0 0 NYU
1 9 GNB Hal Van Every TB 1941 0 0 0 20 23 71 394 4 8 63 281 2 5 44 0 6 Minnesota
1 10 NYG Grenny Lansdell HB 1940 0 0 0 2 2 3 23 0 0 7 9 0 USC
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD Int Sk College/Univ
2 11 CRD George (Snuffy) Stirnweiss B 0 0 0 North Carolina
2 12 PIT Ralph Wenzel E 1942 0 0 0 6 Tulane
2 13 PHI John Schiechl C 1947 0 0 3 49 6 Santa Clara
2 14 BKN Nile Kinnick B 0 0 0 Iowa
2 15 RAM Merl Condit HB 1946 0 2 6 54 10 48 152 1 6 421 1713 11 32 323 2 12 Carnegie Mellon
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD Int Sk College/Univ
3 16 CRD Lloyd Madden WB 1940 0 0 0 9 29 186 2 4 90 1 Colorado Mines
3 17 PHI Dick Favor B 0 0 0 Oklahoma
3 18 PIT George Kiick FB 1945 0 0 1 17 0 2 0 0 1 81 257 1 4 20 0 Bucknell
3 19 BKN Rhoten Shetley B 1946 0 0 2 38 1 5 2 0 1 17 58 0 16 196 2 3 Furman
3 20 RAM Jack Haman C 1941 0 0 1 21 1 5 0 6 Northwestern
3 21 DET Bill Fisk E 1948 0 0 4 83 2 0 0 69 791 3 USC
3 22 CHI Ken Kavanaugh E 1950 0 2 5 5 90 162 3626 50 1 LSU
3 23 WAS Burt (Buddy) Banker B 0 0 0 Tulane
3 24 GNB Lou Brock B 1945 0 0 6 58 19 67 519 7 4 254 804 10 59 761 6 13 Purdue
3 25 NYG John McLaughry BB 1940 0 0 0 9 1 -1 0 Brown
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD Int Sk College/Univ
4 26 CRD John Shirk E 1940 0 1 1 11 11 91 0 1 Oklahoma
4 27 PIT Pop Ivy E 1947 0 1 2 57 53 513 1 3 Oklahoma
4 28 PHI Elbie Schultz T 1947 0 0 5 86 Oregon State
4 29 BKN Bill Bailey E 1941 0 0 0 15 2 26 0 Duke
4 30 RAM Bobby Wood T 1940 0 0 0 3 Alabama
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD Int Sk College/Univ
5 31 CRD Marty Christiansen FB 1940 0 0 0 6 32 71 1 Minnesota
5 32 PHI Frank Emmons B 1940 0 0 0 11 29 77 1 3 19 1 Oregon
5 33 PIT Clark Goff T 1940 0 0 0 11 Florida
5 34 BKN Walt Merrill T 1942 0 0 3 28 Alabama
5 35 RAM Park Myers T 0 0 0 Texas
5 36 DET Harry Smith T 1940 0 1 1 10 USC
5 37 CHI Ed Kolman T 1949 0 3 2 66 Temple
5 38 WAS Bill Kirchem T 0 0 0 Tulane
5 39 GNB Esco Sarkkinen E 0 0 0 Ohio State
5 40 NYG Carl Tomasello E 1940 0 0 0 1 Scranton
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD Int Sk College/Univ
6 41 CRD Vic Reginato E 0 0 0 Oregon
6 42 PIT Frank Bykowski G 1940 0 0 0 1 Purdue
6 43 PHI Saul Singer T 0 0 0 Arkansas
6 44 BKN Jack Murray C 0 0 0 Wisconsin
6 45 RAM Ken Heineman TB 1943 0 0 1 11 21 65 359 4 9 55 121 0 3 Texas-El Paso
6 46 DET Jim Rike C 0 0 0 Tennessee
6 47 CHI John Woudenberg T 1949 0 1 6 83 1 -1 0 St. Mary's (CA)
6 48 WAS Joe Boyd T 0 0 0 Texas A&M
6 49 GNB Dick Cassiano B 1940 0 0 0 10 9 30 128 1 2 35 84 0 2 67 2 Pittsburgh
6 50 NYG Lou Smith B 0 0 0 California
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD Int Sk College/Univ
7 51 CRD Andy Chisick C 1941 0 0 0 22 1 Villanova
7 52 PHI Hal (Mike) Pegg C 0 0 0 Bucknell
7 53 PIT Pete Cignetti B 0 0 0 Boston College
7 54 BKN Ty Coon G 1940 0 0 0 9 North Carolina State
7 55 RAM Bob Nowaskey E 1950 0 2 1 1 95 8 26 0 51 767 6 4 George Washington
7 56 DET Bob Winslow DE 1940 0 0 0 10 USC
7 57 CHI Len Akin G 1942 0 0 0 11 1 Baylor
7 58 WAS Roy Zimmerman QB 1948 0 1 17 84 299 703 4801 44 70 200 244 6 5 36 0 19 San Jose State
7 59 GNB Millard White T 0 0 0 Tulane
7 60 NYG Rex Williams C 1945 0 0 0 3 Texas Tech
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD Int Sk College/Univ
8 61 CRD Ben Kish B 1949 0 0 3 83 74 344 1 38 420 2 18 Pittsburgh
8 62 PIT Carl Nery G 1941 0 0 0 22 Duquesne
8 63 PHI Don Looney E 1942 0 1 1 23 2 -4 0 75 952 6 TCU
8 64 BKN Frank Zadworney HB 1940 0 0 0 3 2 5 0 Ohio State
8 65 RAM Bob Anahu E 0 0 0 Santa Clara
8 66 DET Bill Tranavitch B 0 0 0 Rutgers
8 67 CHI Jim Fordham FB 1945 0 0 2 19 118 534 5 5 47 0 Georgia
8 68 WAS Roland (Bud) Orf E 0 0 0 Missouri
8 69 GNB George Seeman E 1940 0 0 0 1 Nebraska
8 70 NYG Win Pedersen T 1946 0 0 1 23 1 Minnesota
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD Int Sk College/Univ
9 71 CRD Luke Pappas T 0 0 0 Utah
9 72 PHI Don Jones B 0 0 0 Washington
9 73 PIT Dick Boisseau T 0 0 0 Washington & Lee
9 74 BKN Art Jocher G 1942 0 0 0 21 1 2 1 Manhattan
9 75 RAM Wilfred Thorpe G 1942 0 0 0 16 2 Arkansas
9 76 DET Bob Haas T 0 0 0 Missouri
9 77 CHI Hampton Pool E 1946 0 2 0 37 38 903 11 Stanford
9 78 WAS Bob Hoffman B 1949 0 0 0 54 111 398 10 7 71 1 3 USC
9 79 GNB J.R. Manley G 0 0 0 Oklahoma
9 80 NYG Dom Principe B 1946 0 0 1 35 51 152 2 9 112 0 1 Fordham
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD Int Sk College/Univ
10 81 CRD Jack Roche B 0 0 0 Santa Clara
10 82 PIT Paul Shu B 0 0 0 Virginia Military
10 83 PHI Frank Maher B 1941 0 0 0 4 Toledo
10 84 BKN Jim Turner G 0 0 0 Holy Cross
10 85 RAM Herb Smith B 0 0 0 St. Mary's (CA)
10 86 DET Leon DeWitte B 0 0 0 Purdue
10 87 CHI Tom Pace B 0 0 0 Utah
10 88 WAS Bob Seymour HB 1946 0 1 2 73 397 1311 12 72 817 11 18 Oklahoma
10 89 GNB Jack Brown B 0 0 0 Purdue
10 90 NYG Earl Clark B 0 0 0 TCU
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD Int Sk College/Univ
11 91 CRD Bill Davis T 1946 0 0 1 40 4 Texas Tech
11 92 PHI Elmer Hackney FB 1946 0 0 0 61 2 5 18 0 0 220 846 10 19 135 1 5 Kansas State
11 93 PIT Cary Cox C 0 0 0 Alabama
11 94 BKN Nick Cutlich T 0 0 0 Northwestern
11 95 RAM Boyd Clay T 1944 0 0 0 34 Tennessee
11 96 DET Erwin Prasse E 0 0 0 Iowa
11 97 CHI Lee Artoe T 1948 1 3 7 84 California
11 98 WAS Howard Stoecker T 0 0 0 USC
11 99 GNB Don Guritz G 0 0 0 Northwestern
11 100 NYG John McKibben E 0 0 0 Tulsa
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD Int Sk College/Univ
12 101 CRD Stan Andersen T 1941 0 0 0 22 7 79 0 Stanford
12 102 PIT Rocco Pirro G 1949 0 0 4 71 1 1 0 2 31 0 1 Catholic
12 103 PHI Durward Horner E 0 0 0 TCU
12 104 BKN George Dougherty B 0 0 0 Howard
12 105 RAM Shag Goolsby C 1940 0 0 0 8 Mississippi State
12 106 DET Ken Binder B 0 0 0 Carnegie Mellon
12 107 CHI Bill McCubbin E 0 0 0 Kentucky
12 108 WAS Allen Johnson G 0 0 0 Duke
12 109 GNB Phil Gaspar T 0 0 0 USC
12 110 NYG Ed McGee T 1946 0 0 1 32 1 Temple
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD Int Sk College/Univ
13 111 CRD Al Coppage E 1947 0 0 2 58 65 736 3 Oklahoma
13 112 PHI Ted Hennis B 0 0 0 Purdue
13 113 PIT John Noppenberg B 1941 0 0 0 15 0 3 0 0 0 13 20 0 4 74 0 1 Miami (FL)
13 114 BKN Mike Gussie G 1940 0 0 0 8 1 9 1 West Virginia
13 115 RAM Jack Gregory G 1941 0 0 0 7 Tennessee-Chattanooga
13 116 DET Justin Bowers T 0 0 0 Oklahoma
13 117 CHI Harry Clarke HB 1948 1 2 2 74 0 4 0 0 3 390 1711 10 51 1022 11 13 West Virginia
13 118 WAS Sam Bartholomew FB 1941 0 0 0 9 21 69 0 3 15 0 1 Tennessee
13 119 GNB Ambrose Schindler B 0 0 0 USC
13 120 NYG Joe Payne G 0 0 0 Clemson
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD Int Sk College/Univ
14 121 CRD Judson Hudson B 0 0 0 Davis & Elkins
14 122 PIT Nick Stubler T 0 0 0 Santa Clara
14 123 PHI Bill Bunsen B 0 0 0 Kansas
14 124 BKN Len Coffman B 0 0 0 Tennessee
14 125 RAM Pete Bogden E 0 0 0 Utah
14 126 DET Jack Morlock WB 1940 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 Marshall
14 127 CHI Frank Crisci T 0 0 0 Case Western Reserve
14 128 WAS Ernie Lain B 0 0 0 Rice
14 129 GNB Bill Kerr E 1946 0 0 0 11 1 10 0 7 122 0 1 Notre Dame
14 130 NYG Bob Smith B 0 0 0 Oregon
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD Int Sk College/Univ
15 131 CRD Joe Ziemba E 0 0 0 Benedictine
15 132 PHI Don Crumbaker E 0 0 0 Kansas State
15 133 PIT Ray McCarthy B 0 0 0 Santa Clara
15 134 BKN Jim Conlin C 0 0 0 NYU
15 135 RAM Owen Goodnight HB 1941 0 0 0 9 12 36 182 1 5 21 -54 0 2 Hardin-Simmons
15 136 DET Stillman Rouse E 1940 0 0 1 10 2 0 0 2 17 0 Missouri
15 137 CHI Sherm Barnes E 0 0 0 Baylor
15 138 WAS Sandy Sanford E 1940 0 0 0 7 1 13 0 Alabama
15 139 GNB Mel Brewer G 0 0 0 Illinois
15 140 NYG Othel Turner T 0 0 0 Tulsa
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD Int Sk College/Univ
16 141 CRD Beryl Clark B 1940 0 0 0 9 25 58 316 2 6 39 9 0 1 20 0 2 Oklahoma
16 142 PIT Leon Gajecki C 0 0 0 Penn State
16 143 PHI J.R. Green T 0 0 0 Rice
16 144 BKN Dennis Donovan B 0 0 0 Oregon
16 145 RAM Morris Kohler B 0 0 0 Oregon State
16 146 DET Jack Padley B 0 0 0 Dayton
16 147 CHI Al Christianson B 0 0 0 Knox
16 148 WAS Bolo Perdue DE 1946 0 0 0 20 2 28 0 Arkansas
16 149 GNB Ray Andrus B 0 0 0 Vanderbilt
16 150 NYG Ned Swan C 0 0 0 Drake
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD Int Sk College/Univ
17 151 CRD Ralph Foster T 1946 0 0 2 19 Oklahoma State
17 152 PHI Jim Molnar B 0 0 0 Bradley
17 153 PIT Mike Sullivan E 0 0 0 North Carolina State
17 154 BKN Frank Funair B 0 0 0 Bucknell
17 155 RAM Jack Nix WB 1940 0 0 0 1 Mississippi State
17 156 DET Johnny Hackenbruck T 1940 0 0 0 7 Oregon State
17 157 CHI Wilbur White T 0 0 0 Bradley
17 158 WAS Steve Andrako C 1940 0 0 0 5 Ohio State
17 159 GNB Archie Kodros C 0 0 0 Michigan
17 160 NYG John Rogalla FB 1945 0 0 0 8 2 2 0 2 22 0 Scranton
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD Int Sk College/Univ
18 161 CRD Lowell Bryant B 0 0 0 Clemson
18 162 PIT Seaton Daly T 0 0 0 Gonzaga
18 163 PHI Ernie Schwotzer G 0 0 0 Boston College
18 164 BKN Walt Strosser B 0 0 0 St. Vincent
18 165 RAM Ralph Stevenson G 1940 0 0 0 3 Oklahoma
18 166 DET Frank Ribar G 1943 0 0 0 2 Duke
18 167 CHI Ralph Schlosser C 0 0 0 Gonzaga
18 168 WAS Jay Graybeal B 0 0 0 Oregon
18 169 GNB Jim Gillette HB 1948 0 0 1 52 0 4 0 0 2 172 831 4 24 376 2 14 Virginia
18 170 NYG Monk Edwards G 1946 0 0 2 41 Baylor
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD Int Sk College/Univ
19 171 CRD Russ Buckley B 0 0 0 Gustavus Adolphus
19 172 PHI Bill Schneller B 0 0 0 Mississippi
19 173 PIT Thad Harvey T 0 0 0 Notre Dame
19 174 BKN Steve Hydock E 0 0 0 Albright
19 175 RAM Dante Magnani HB 1950 0 1 4 1 84 0 1 0 0 0 331 1466 3 79 942 10 8 St. Mary's (CA)
19 176 DET Herb McCarthy B 0 0 0 Denver
19 177 CHI John Popov B 0 0 0 Cincinnati
19 178 WAS Charley Slagle B 0 0 0 North Carolina
19 179 GNB Al Matuza C 0 0 0 Georgetown (DC)
19 180 NYG Cecil Walden G 0 0 0 Oregon
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD Int Sk College/Univ
20 181 CRD Rupert Pate G 1942 0 0 0 9 Wake Forest
20 182 PIT Marvin Katzenstein T 0 0 0 Colorado Mines
20 183 PHI Bill DeBord T 0 0 0 Kansas State
20 184 BKN Milt Howell G 0 0 0 Auburn
20 185 RAM Luke Lindon T 1945 0 0 1 14 Kentucky
20 186 DET Dub Parten T 0 0 0 Centenary
20 187 CHI Young Bussey QB 1941 0 1 0 10 13 40 353 5 3 13 -27 0 2 LSU
20 188 WAS F.W. (Buck) Murphy B 0 0 0 Georgia Tech
20 189 GNB Jim Reeder T 0 0 0 Illinois
20 190 NYG John Sullivan E 0 0 0 San Francisco
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD Int Sk College/Univ
21 191 DET Malvern Morgan C 0 0 0 Auburn
21 192 CHI Ray McLean HB 1947 0 2 1 76 152 412 5 103 2232 21 18 St. Anselm
21 193 WAS Mel Wetzel T 0 0 0 Missouri
21 194 GNB Vince Eichler B 0 0 0 Cornell
21 195 NYG Weenie Bynum B 0 0 0 Centenary
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD Int Sk College/Univ
22 196 DET Bob Orf E 0 0 0 Missouri
22 197 CHI Walt Kichefski E 1944 0 0 2 43 30 411 1 Miami (FL)
22 198 WAS Steve Sitko B 0 0 0 Notre Dame
22 199 GNB Henry Luebcke T 0 0 0 Iowa
22 200 NYG Myron Claxton T 0 0 0 Whittier