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Rnd	Pick	Tm	Player	Pos	Age	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	DrAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	College/Univ
1	1	PIT	Gary Glick	DB	26	1963	0	0	4	10	0	71	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	0	0	0	0	14		Colorado St.	College Stats
1	2	SFO	Earl Morrall	QB	22	1976	2	2	7	68	0	255	1379	2689	20809	161	148	235	878	8	0	0	0			Michigan St.	College Stats
1	3	DET	Howard Cassady	HB	22	1963	0	0	4	6	4	84	0	3	0	0	1	316	1229	6	111	1601	18			Ohio St.	College Stats
1	4	PHI	Bob Pellegrini	LB	21	1965	0	0	4	19	8	107	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	5.5	Maryland	College Stats
1	5	PIT	Art Davis	DB	21	1956	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	0	1	9	0			Mississippi St.	College Stats
1	6	RAM	Joe Marconi	FB	22	1966	0	1	2	21	4	135	0	0	0	0	0	673	2771	30	136	1326	9			West Virginia	College Stats
1	7	CRD	Joe Childress	HB	22	1965	0	0	4	22	22	96	1	3	43	0	1	530	2210	3	121	1700	13			Auburn	College Stats
1	8	GNB	Jack Losch	HB	22	1956	0	0	0	0	0	12	1	1	63	1	0	19	43	0	7	85	0			Miami (FL)
1	9	BAL	Lenny Moore HOF	HB	22	1967	5	7	10	61	61	143	3	12	33	2	2	1069	5174	63	363	6039	48			Penn St.	College Stats
1	10	CHI	Menan (Tex) Schriewer	E			0	0	0																	Texas
1	11	RAM	Charlie Horton	B			0	0	0																	Vanderbilt
1	12	WAS	Ed Vereb	HB	22	1960	0	0	0	2	2	9	0	1	0	0	0	19	38	0	9	119	0			Maryland
1	13	CLE	Preston Carpenter	E	22	1967	0	1	11	29	0	149	1	3	2	0	0	223	884	1	305	4457	23			Arkansas	College Stats
Rnd	Pick	Tm	Player	Pos	Age	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	DrAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	College/Univ
2	14	RAM	Leon Clarke	E	23	1963	0	1	3	7	0	79	0	0	0	0	0	1	-4	0	141	2215	18			USC	College Stats
2	15	SFO	Bruce Bosley	C	22	1969	0	4	12	53	50	175	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			West Virginia	College Stats
2	16	PHI	Frank D'Agostino	G	22	1960	0	0	0	1	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Auburn
2	17	PIT	Joe Krupa	DT	23	1964	0	1	8	33	33	110	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		22.5	Purdue
2	18	CRD	Norm Masters	T	22	1964	0	0	5	22		104	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Michigan St.
2	19	NYG	Henry Moore	DB	22	1957	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0	0	1		Arkansas	College Stats
2	20	GNB	Forrest Gregg HOF	T	22	1971	7	9	11	96	94	193	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			SMU
2	21	BAL	Dick Donlin	E			0	0	0																	Hamline
2	22	CHI	M.L. Brackett	DE	23	1958	0	0	0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		Auburn
2	23	RAM	Hugh Pitts	LB	22	1960	0	0	2	7	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.0	TCU
2	24	WAS	John Paluck	DE	21	1965	0	1	7	39	39	105	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	31.5	Pittsburgh	College Stats
2	25	CLE	Billy Kinard	DB	22	1960	0	0	2	6	0	45	0	0	0	0	0	1	27	1	0	0	0	4		Mississippi
Rnd	Pick	Tm	Player	Pos	Age	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	DrAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	College/Univ
3	26	SFO	Bill Herchman	DT	23	1962	0	0	4	13	0	85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.0	Texas Tech
3	27	DET	Don McIlhenny	HB	21	1961	0	0	3	4	0	64	0	1	0	0	0	414	1581	7	70	655	7			SMU
3	28	PHI	Don Schaefer	FB	22	1956	0	0	1	0	0	12	1	3	11	1	0	102	320	2	13	117	0			Notre Dame	College Stats
3	29	PIT	Jim Taylor	C	22	1958	0	0	1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		Baylor
3	30	NYG	Sam Huff HOF	LB	21	1969	2	5	13	64	37	168	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	29.0	West Virginia
3	31	CRD	John Roach	QB	23	1964	0	0	1	12	8	64	182	413	2765	24	37	42	99	2	0	0	0			SMU
3	32	RAM	A.D. Williams	E	22	1961	0	0	0	2		37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	190	1			Pacific
3	33	BAL	Bob Pascal	B			0	0	0																	Duke
3	34	CLE	Larry Ross	E			0	0	0																	Denver
3	35	RAM	John Marshall	B			0	0	0																	SMU
3	36	WAS	Fred Wyant	QB	22	1956	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	2	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			West Virginia	College Stats
3	37	CLE	Bill Quinlan	DE	24	1965	0	0	8	33	0	111	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	18.5	Michigan St.
Rnd	Pick	Tm	Player	Pos	Age	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	DrAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	College/Univ
4	38	DET	Jerry Reichow	E	22	1964	0	1	5	22	0	95	12	38	187	0	4	20	105	0	172	2579	24			Iowa
4	39	PIT	Dick Murley	T	23	1956	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Purdue
4	40	SFO	Frank Pajaczkowski	B			0	0	0																	Richmond
4	41	WAS	Fran Machinsky	T			0	0	0																	Ohio St.
4	42	CRD	Sam Salerno	T			0	0	0																	Colorado
4	43	BAL	Ben Inabinet	T			0	0	0																	Clemson
4	44	GNB	Cecil Morris	G			0	0	0																	Oklahoma
4	45	NYG	Jim Katcavage	DE	21	1968	2	3	12	67	67	165	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	91.5	Dayton
4	46	RAM	Will Berzinski	HB	22	1956	0	0	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	15	72	0	3	35	0			Wisconsin–LaCrosse
4	47	CHI	John Mellekas	C	23	1963	0	0	4	16	11	84	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3.0	Arizona
4	48	RAM	Jim Carmichael	E			0	0	0																	California
4	49	CLE	Bobby Moss	B			0	0	0																	West Virginia	College Stats
Rnd	Pick	Tm	Player	Pos	Age	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	DrAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	College/Univ
5	50	DET	Tom Tracy	HB	22	1964	0	2	4	17	0	89	24	67	854	6	5	808	2912	17	113	1468	14			Tennessee
5	51	RAM	Jim Freeman	E			0	0	0																	Iowa
5	52	PIT	Bill Murakowski	B			0	0	0																	Purdue
5	53	RAM	Herb Nakken	B			0	0	0																	Utah
5	54	PHI	Fuzzy Thurston	G	22	1967	1	0	7	51		116	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Valparaiso
5	55	BAL	Herb Gray	E			0	0	0																	Texas
5	56	GNB	Bob Skoronski	T	22	1968	0	1	9	48	48	146	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Indiana
5	57	NYG	Don Chandler	FB	22	1967	0	1	0	38	23	154	3	3	67	0	0	13	146	0	1	5	0			Florida
5	58	CHI	Willie Galimore	HB	21	1963	0	1	3	21	21	82	0	1	0	0	1	670	2985	26	87	1201	10			Florida A&M
5	59	WAS	Gary Lowe	DB	22	1964	0	0	4	23	0	97	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	2.0	Michigan St.
5	60	RAM	Jesse Whittenton	DB	22	1964	1	2	8	46	0	112	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24		Texas-El Paso
5	61	CLE	Frank Clarke	E	22	1967	1	0	5	52	0	140	0	1	0	0	0	32	231	1	291	5426	50			Colorado	College Stats
Rnd	Pick	Tm	Player	Pos	Age	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	DrAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	College/Univ
6	62	DET	Bob Lusk	C	24	1956	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			William & Mary
6	63	PIT	Ray Taylor	B			0	0	0																	TCU
6	64	SFO	Tony Sardisco	G	23	1962	0	0	3	18	0	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2.0	Tulane
6	65	PHI	Tirrel Burton	B			0	0	0																	Miami (OH)
6	66	CRD	Charlie Dupre	DB	22	1960	0	0	0	3		14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Baylor	College Stats
6	67	BAL	Don Schmidt	B			0	0	0																	Texas Tech
6	68	GNB	Bob Burris	B			0	0	0																	Oklahoma
6	69	NYG	Fred Cason	B			0	0	0																	Florida
6	70	CRD	John Dittrich	G	23	1961	0	0	1	5	0	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Wisconsin
6	71	CLE	Sherman Plunkett	T	23	1967	0	2	7	40		132	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Md-Eastern Shore
6	72	RAM	Eddie Vincent	B			0	0	0																	Iowa
6	73	CLE	Paul Wiggin	DE	21	1967	0	2	10	55	55	146	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	60.5	Stanford
Rnd	Pick	Tm	Player	Pos	Age	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	DrAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	College/Univ
7	74	DET	Gene Cronin	DE	22	1962	0	0	3	9	0	87	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.0	Pacific
7	75	SFO	Larry Barnes	FB	24	1960	0	0	0	0	0	26	1	1	-2	0	0	20	78	0	1	1	0		1.0	Colorado St.	College Stats
7	76	PIT	Dick Gaspari	C			0	0	0																	George Washington
7	77	CRD	Bob Konovsky	G	22	1961	0	0	2	4	0	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.0	Wisconsin
7	78	PHI	John Waedekin	T			0	0	0																	Hardin-Simmons
7	79	BAL	Bill Waters	T			0	0	0																	Austin
7	80	GNB	Hank Gremminger	DB	23	1966	0	0	8	35	32	131	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29		Baylor
7	81	NYG	Ron Nery	DE	21	1963	1	0	3	28		50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		17.5	Kansas St.
7	82	CHI	J.C. Caroline	DB	23	1965	0	1	7	24	24	118	0	0	0	0	0	68	263	2	6	111	1	24		Illinois
7	83	WAS	Donnie Caraway	B			0	0	0																	Houston
7	84	RAM	Jack Morris	DB	24	1961	0	0	2	8	1	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8		Oregon	College Stats
7	85	CLE	Chuck Griffith	E			0	0	0																	USC	College Stats
Rnd	Pick	Tm	Player	Pos	Age	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	DrAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	College/Univ
8	86	DET	Jack Powell	T			0	0	0																	Texas A&M
8	87	PIT	Vere Wellman	G			0	0	0																	Wichita St.
8	88	SFO	Charlie Smith	DE	23	1956	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	0			Abilene Christian
8	89	PHI	Elroy Payne	B			0	0	0																	McMurry
8	90	CRD	Dave Lunceford	T	22	1957	0	0	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Baylor
8	91	BAL	Bill Koman	LB	21	1967	0	2	11	54	0	156	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	24.5	North Carolina
8	92	GNB	Russ Dennis	E			0	0	0																	Maryland
8	93	NYG	Don Holleder	E			0	0	0																	Army
8	94	WAS	Dick James	HB	22	1965	0	1	7	22	21	117	1	7	15	0	1	502	1930	19	104	1669	15	12		Oregon
8	95	CHI	Dick Klawitter	C	27	1956	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			South Dakota St.
8	96	RAM	George Boyer	LB			0	0	0																	Florida St.
8	97	CLE	Len Hellyer	B			0	0	0																	Marshall
Rnd	Pick	Tm	Player	Pos	Age	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	DrAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	College/Univ
9	98	DET	Calvin Jones	G			0	0	0																	Iowa	College Stats
9	99	SFO	Jim Cox	E			0	0	0																	Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
9	100	PIT	Wayne Edmonds	G			0	0	0																	Notre Dame
9	101	CRD	Bob Lovely	T			0	0	0																	Tampa
9	102	PHI	John Bredice	E	22	1956	0	0	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	146	1			Boston Univ.
9	103	BAL	John Lewis	E			0	0	0																	Michigan St.
9	104	GNB	Gordy Duvall	B			0	0	0																	USC	College Stats
9	105	NYG	Ken Braden	C			0	0	0																	Texas A&M-Commerce
9	106	CHI	Ken Vargo	C			0	0	0																	Ohio St.
9	107	WAS	Francis (Whitey) Rouviere	B			0	0	0																	Miami (FL)
9	108	RAM	Maury Woolford	T			0	0	0																	Louisville
9	109	CLE	Jack Hecker	E			0	0	0																	Bowling Green
Rnd	Pick	Tm	Player	Pos	Age	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	DrAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	College/Univ
10	110	DET	Joe Silas	DE			0	0	0																	South Carolina
10	111	PIT	Lou Baldacci	HB	21	1956	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	31	140	0	5	62	0			Michigan	College Stats
10	112	SFO	Jerry Zaleski	B			0	0	0																	Colorado St.	College Stats
10	113	PHI	Tom Dimmick	C	25	1960	0	0	1	4	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Houston
10	114	CRD	Willis Towne	E			0	0	0																	Wichita St.
10	115	BAL	Gene Scott	B			0	0	0																	Centre
10	116	GNB	Bob Laughery	B			0	0	0																	Maryland
10	117	NYG	Johnny Hermann	DB	22	1956	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			UCLA
10	118	PIT	Bob Nolan	E			0	0	0																	Miami (FL)
10	119	CHI	Dick Lucas	E	22	1963	0	0	0	4		42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	384	6			Boston Col.
10	120	RAM	Charlie Sticka	B			0	0	0
10	121	CLE	Eddie Rayburn	T			0	0	0																	Rice
Rnd	Pick	Tm	Player	Pos	Age	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	DrAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	College/Univ
11	122	DET	Lew Wacker	B			0	0	0																	Richmond
11	123	SFO	Stew Pell	T			0	0	0																	North Carolina
11	124	DET	Tom Selep	B			0	0	0																	Maryland
11	125	CRD	Fob James	B			0	0	0																	Auburn	College Stats
11	126	PHI	Ken Keller	HB	21	1957	0	0	1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	169	628	4	11	67	0			North Carolina
11	127	BAL	Dennis Shaw	E			0	0	0																	North Texas
11	128	GNB	Mike Hudock	C	21	1967	0	0	5	30		96	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Miami (FL)
11	129	NYG	Dick Moloney	B			0	0	0																	Kentucky
11	130	CHI	John Jankans	E			0	0	0																	Arizona St.
11	131	WAS	Tom Powell	G			0	0	0																	Colgate
11	132	RAM	Jim Decker	B			0	0	0																	UCLA
11	133	CLE	Bill Underdonk	T			0	0	0																	West Virginia
Rnd	Pick	Tm	Player	Pos	Age	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	DrAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	College/Univ
12	134	DET	R.B. Nunnery	T	22	1960	0	0	0	3		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			LSU
12	135	PIT	Phil Tarasovic	E			0	0	0																	Yale
12	136	SFO	Roger Swedberg	T			0	0	0																	Iowa
12	137	PHI	Tommy Harkins	E			0	0	0																	Vanderbilt
12	138	CRD	Jerry Walker	T			0	0	0																	Texas Tech
12	139	BAL	Steve Myhra	G	22	1961	0	0	0	6	6	62	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0			North Dakota
12	140	GNB	Max Burnett	B			0	0	0																	Arizona
12	141	WAS	Jerry Planutis	HB	26	1956	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	1	5	0			Michigan St.
12	142	WAS	Gil Moreno	T			0	0	0																	UCLA
12	143	CHI	Buddy Cruze	E			0	0	0																	Tennessee	College Stats
12	144	RAM	Em Lindbeck	QB			0	0	0																	Illinois
12	145	CLE	Harry Javernick	T			0	0	0																	Colorado
Rnd	Pick	Tm	Player	Pos	Age	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	DrAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	College/Univ
13	146	DET	O.K. Ferguson	B			0	0	0																	LSU	College Stats
13	147	SFO	Ralph Moody	B			0	0	0																	Kansas
13	148	PIT	Weldon Holley	B			0	0	0																	Baylor
13	149	CRD	Bo Bolinger	G			0	0	0																	Oklahoma	College Stats
13	150	PHI	James Sides	B			0	0	0																	Texas Tech
13	151	BAL	Jack Hill	WR	23	1961	0	0	0	1		14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	33	0			Utah St.
13	152	GNB	Jim Mense	C			0	0	0																	Notre Dame
13	153	NYG	Ed Crawford	DB	22	1957	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	40	0	1		Mississippi	College Stats
13	154	CHI	Dick Grogg	G			0	0	0																	Minnesota
13	155	WAS	Jerry Ward	G			0	0	0																	Dayton
13	156	RAM	Mike Norcia	B			0	0	0																	Kent St.
13	157	CLE	Jim Furey	LB	23	1961	0	0	0	3		9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Kansas St.
Rnd	Pick	Tm	Player	Pos	Age	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	DrAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	College/Univ
14	158	DET	Ronnie Falls	LB			0	0	0																	Duke
14	159	PIT	Jim Emmons	T			0	0	0																	Alabama
14	160	SFO	R.C. Owens	HB	21	1964	0	0	4	21	19	90	0	0	0	0	0	1	23	1	206	3285	22			Col. of Idaho
14	161	PHI	Frank Reich	C			0	0	0																	Penn St.
14	162	CRD	Carnell Neuman	B			0	0	0																	Illinois
14	163	BAL	Ted Schwanger	B			0	0	0																	Tennessee Tech
14	164	GNB	Charlie Thomas	B			0	0	0																	Wisconsin
14	165	NYG	John McMullan	G	23	1961	0	0	2	13		28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Notre Dame
14	166	WAS	Pat Uebel	B			0	0	0																	Army
14	167	CHI	Milt Graham	T	22	1963	0	0	2	13		28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Colgate
14	168	RAM	Tommy Runnels	HB	22	1957	0	0	1	0		21	2	4	69	0	0	116	386	0	7	60	1			North Texas
14	169	CLE	Charlie Sidwell	B			0	0	0																	William & Mary
Rnd	Pick	Tm	Player	Pos	Age	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	DrAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	College/Univ
15	170	DET	Horace (Buzzy) Allert	DE			0	0	0																	Texas St.
15	171	SFO	Reed Henderson	T			0	0	0																	Utah St.
15	172	SFO	Gene Boyd	B			0	0	0																	Abilene Christian
15	173	CRD	Charlie Anderson	DE	23	1956	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Louisiana Tech
15	174	PHI	Don Brant	B			0	0	0																	Montana
15	175	BAL	John Polzer	QB			0	0	0																	Virginia
15	176	GNB	Buddy Alliston	LB	22	1960	0	0	0	3		11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		Mississippi
15	177	NYG	Ron Melnik	T			0	0	0																	Army
15	178	CHI	Dick Fitzgerald	B			0	0	0																	Notre Dame	College Stats
15	179	CRD	Tom Spiers	QB			0	0	0																	Arkansas St.
15	180	RAM	Dick Shatto	B			0	0	0																	Kentucky
15	181	CLE	Willie Davis HOF	DE	22	1969	5	5	10	103	0	162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	99.5	Grambling St.
Rnd	Pick	Tm	Player	Pos	Age	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	DrAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	College/Univ
16	182	DET	Len Zyzda	DE			0	0	0																	Purdue
16	183	PIT	Lionel Reed	B			0	0	0																	Central Oklahoma
16	184	SFO	George Herring	QB	23	1961	0	0	0	0		28	102	233	1297	5	23	15	74	2	0	0	0			Southern Miss
16	185	PHI	Billy Hix	T			0	0	0																	Middle Tenn. St.
16	186	CRD	George Welsh	QB			0	0	0																	Navy	College Stats
16	187	BAL	Gene (Moose) Hendrix	B			0	0	0																	Drake
16	188	GNB	Curtis Lynch	T			0	0	0																	Alabama
16	189	NYG	Al Portney	T			0	0	0																	Missouri
16	190	WAS	Wells Gray	G			0	0	0																	Wisconsin
16	191	CHI	Ray Brown	B			0	0	0																	Florida
16	192	RAM	Arnie Pelluer	E			0	0	0																	Washington St.
16	193	CLE	Thurlow Cooper	TE	23	1962	0	0	3	5		41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	491	8			Maine
Rnd	Pick	Tm	Player	Pos	Age	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	DrAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	College/Univ
17	194	DET	Ken Wind	E			0	0	0																	Houston
17	195	SFO	Dick Weiss	T			0	0	0																	Mississippi
17	196	PIT	Bill Schmitt	G			0	0	0																	Pittsburgh
17	197	CRD	Ron Beagle	E			0	0	0																	Navy	College Stats
17	198	PHI	Joe Mastrogiovanni	B			0	0	0																	Wyoming
17	199	BAL	Bill Danenhauer	DE	22	1960	0	0	0	4		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Emporia St.
17	200	GNB	Bart Starr HOF	QB	22	1971	1	4	13	91	91	196	1808	3149	24718	152	138	247	1308	15	0	0	0			Alabama	College Stats
17	201	NYG	Tom Mooney	T			0	0	0																	Miami (OH)
17	202	CHI	Tom Adams	E			0	0	0																	UCLA
17	203	WAS	Eagle Day	QB	23	1960	0	0	0	3	3	16	15	32	194	0	2	6	28	0	0	0	0			Mississippi
17	204	RAM	Jack Butler	T			0	0	0																	Kentucky
17	205	CLE	Eddie West	QB			0	0	0																	North Carolina St.
Rnd	Pick	Tm	Player	Pos	Age	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	DrAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	College/Univ
18	206	DET	Emidio Petrarca	B			0	0	0																	Boston Col.
18	207	PIT	John Stephans	QB			0	0	0																	Holy Cross
18	208	SFO	Bill Yelverton	DE	23	1960	0	0	1	5		10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6.0	Mississippi
18	209	PHI	Nick Consoles	B			0	0	0																	Wake Forest
18	210	CRD	Jim Brown	G			0	0	0																	UCLA
18	211	BAL	Earl Looman	G			0	0	0																	Stetson
18	212	GNB	Stan Intihar	E			0	0	0																	Cornell
18	213	NYG	Matt Boone	B			0	0	0																	North Carolina Central
18	214	WAS	Jim Pyburn	E			0	0	0																	Auburn
18	215	CHI	Earl Payton	B			0	0	0																	Prairie View A&M
18	216	RAM	Jack Klotz	T	23	1964	0	0	3	20		55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0			Widener
18	217	CLE	Hal (Candy) Carroll	B			0	0	0																	Case Western Reserve
Rnd	Pick	Tm	Player	Pos	Age	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	DrAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	College/Univ
19	218	DET	Dale Vaughn	B			0	0	0																	VMI
19	219	SFO	Pete Arrigoni	B			0	0	0																	Arizona
19	220	PIT	Jerry Jacobs	G			0	0	0																	Florida St.
19	221	CRD	Ray Zagar	B			0	0	0																	Marquette
19	222	PHI	Delano Womack	B			0	0	0																	Texas	College Stats
19	223	BAL	Bob Fyvie	T			0	0	0																	Lafayette
19	224	GNB	Ken Vakey	E			0	0	0																	Texas Tech
19	225	NYG	Ray Detring	B			0	0	0																	Missouri
19	226	CHI	John Smith	B			0	0	0																	UCLA
19	227	WAS	Ray Lemek	T	22	1965	0	1	8	30	9	117	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Notre Dame
19	228	RAM	Charlie Dees	T			0	0	0																	McNeese St.
19	229	CLE	John Sebest	E			0	0	0																	East. Kentucky
Rnd	Pick	Tm	Player	Pos	Age	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	DrAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	College/Univ
20	230	DET	Joe Stephenson	E			0	0	0																	Vanderbilt
20	231	PIT	Fred Glatz	E	23	1956	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Pittsburgh	College Stats
20	232	SFO	Bob Scarbrough	C			0	0	0																	Auburn
20	233	PHI	Darrell Glover	T			0	0	0																	Md-Eastern Shore
20	234	CRD	Dickie Mattison	B			0	0	0																	Georgia Tech	College Stats
20	235	BAL	Bob Hill	B			0	0	0																	Jackson St.
20	236	GNB	Clyde Letbetter	T			0	0	0																	Baylor
20	237	NYG	Mike Falls	G	22	1961	0	0	1	9		25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Minnesota
20	238	WAS	Vince Gonzales	B			0	0	0																	LSU
20	239	CHI	Charley Maxime	G			0	0	0																	Auburn
20	240	RAM	John Coyne	T			0	0	0																	West Chester
20	241	CLE	Joe Mobra	E			0	0	0																	Oklahoma	College Stats
Rnd	Pick	Tm	Player	Pos	Age	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	DrAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	College/Univ
21	242	DET	Bob Blechen	C			0	0	0																	Whittier
21	243	SFO	L.C. Joyner	HB	23	1960	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Contra Costa JC
21	244	PIT	Gene Martell	T			0	0	0																	Notre Dame
21	245	CRD	Ronnie Herr	B			0	0	0																	Texas Tech
21	246	PHI	Jack Adams	T			0	0	0																	San Jose St.
21	247	BAL	Jim Harness	DB	22	1956	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Mississippi St.
21	248	GNB	Hal O'Brien	B			0	0	0																	SMU
21	249	NYG	Don McComb	DE	22	1960	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Villanova
21	250	CHI	Jimmy Waddell	B			0	0	0
21	251	WAS	Howard Schnellenberger	E			0	0	0																	Kentucky
21	252	RAM	Milt Robichaux	E			0	0	0
21	253	CLE	Gene Kapish	E			0	0	0																	Notre Dame	College Stats
Rnd	Pick	Tm	Player	Pos	Age	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	DrAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	College/Univ
22	254	DET	Dick Marazza	T			0	0	0																	Clemson
22	255	PIT	Ray DiPasquale	B			0	0	0																	Pittsburgh	College Stats
22	256	SFO	Clarence Wessman	E			0	0	0																	San Jose St.
22	257	PHI	Joe Miller	B			0	0	0																	Cincinnati
22	258	CRD	Jim Murphy	T			0	0	0																	S.F. Austin
22	259	BAL	Pat Del Vicario	G			0	0	0																	Southern Miss
22	260	GNB	Johnny Popson	B			0	0	0																	Furman
22	261	NYG	Jerry Harkrader	B			0	0	0																	Ohio St.	College Stats
22	262	WAS	George Nicula	T			0	0	0																	Notre Dame
22	263	CHI	Joe Billings	T			0	0	0																	Memphis
22	264	RAM	Dick Fouts	E			0	0	0																	Missouri
22	265	CLE	Sam (First Down) Brown	B			0	0	0																	UCLA
Rnd	Pick	Tm	Player	Pos	Age	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	DrAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	College/Univ
23	266	DET	Bob Garrard	B			0	0	0																	Georgia	College Stats
23	267	SFO	Mike Monroe	B			0	0	0																	Washington
23	268	PIT	Pete Neft	QB			0	0	0																	Pittsburgh	College Stats
23	269	CRD	Tony Branoff	B			0	0	0																	Michigan	College Stats
23	270	PHI	Chet Spencer	E			0	0	0																	Oklahoma St.
23	271	BAL	Al (Bear) Stephenson	T			0	0	0																	Idaho St.
23	272	GNB	Jesse Birchfield	G			0	0	0																	Duke
23	273	NYG	Bob (Slick) McCool	B			0	0	0																	Mississippi
23	274	CHI	Lou Holt	E			0	0	0																	Howard Payne
23	275	WAS	Don St. John	B			0	0	0
23	276	RAM	Al Paulson	B			0	0	0																	Washington St.
23	277	CLE	Don Althouse	E			0	0	0																	Syracuse	College Stats
Rnd	Pick	Tm	Player	Pos	Age	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	DrAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	College/Univ
24	278	DET	Jarv Walz	E			0	0	0																	Central Michigan
24	279	PIT	Bryan Engram	E			0	0	0																	TCU
24	280	SFO	Ed Wallace	T			0	0	0																	San Diego City Coll
24	281	PHI	John Parham	B			0	0	0																	Wake Forest
24	282	CRD	Orville Trask	DT	21	1962	0	0	2	17		35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.5	Rice
24	283	BAL	Bobby Fox	QB			0	0	0																	Texas A&M-Commerce
24	284	GNB	Don Wilson	C			0	0	0																	Rice
24	285	NYG	Jerry Huth	G	23	1963	0	0	6	24	0	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Wake Forest
24	286	WAS	Johnny Tatum	C			0	0	0																	Texas
24	287	CHI	Jesse Castete	DB	23	1957	0	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		McNeese St.
24	288	RAM	Sam Williams	DE	25	1967	0	0	6	42	0	119	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	0	1	34.5	Michigan St.	College Stats
24	289	CLE	Jim Hughes	G			0	0	0																	San Jose St.
Rnd	Pick	Tm	Player	Pos	Age	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	DrAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	College/Univ
25	290	DET	Jerry Hall	B			0	0	0																	Rice
25	291	SFO	Paul Goad	FB	22	1956	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Abilene Christian
25	292	PIT	Bill O'Dell	B			0	0	0																	Clemson
25	293	CRD	Bill Wheeler	T			0	0	0																	Kentucky
25	294	PHI	Johnny Grogan	T			0	0	0																	Dayton
25	295	BAL	Brad Mills	B			0	0	0																	Kentucky
25	296	GNB	Franz Koeneke	E			0	0	0																	Minnesota
25	297	NYG	Harry Spears	B			0	0	0																	Florida
25	298	CHI	Jerry Hentschel	T			0	0	0																	Sam Houston St.
25	299	WAS	Franklin Brooks	G			0	0	0																	Georgia Tech
25	300	RAM	Glen Tunning	G			0	0	0																	Pittsburgh
25	301	CLE	Bob Davenport	B			0	0	0																	UCLA
Rnd	Pick	Tm	Player	Pos	Age	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	DrAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	College/Univ
26	302	DET	Joe Walden	B			0	0	0																	West Texas A&M
26	303	PIT	Frank Sweeney	G			0	0	0
26	304	SFO	Rommie Loudd	LB	23	1962	0	0	1	16		41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7.0	UCLA
26	305	PHI	Earl Lunsford	B			0	0	0																	Oklahoma St.
26	306	CRD	Chuck Zickefoose	E			0	0	0																	Kansas St.
26	307	BAL	Jim Lohr	T			0	0	0																	Missouri State
26	308	GNB	Dick Goehe	T			0	0	0																	Mississippi
26	309	NYG	Bev Buller	B			0	0	0																	Kansas
26	310	WAS	Dave Burnham	B			0	0	0																	Wheaton
26	311	CHI	Don Orr	B			0	0	0																	Vanderbilt
26	312	RAM	Hardiman Cureton	T			0	0	0																	UCLA	College Stats
26	313	CLE	Jack Kammerman	E			0	0	0																	Utah
Rnd	Pick	Tm	Player	Pos	Age	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	DrAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	College/Univ
27	314	DET	Bryan Burnthorne	G			0	0	0																	Tulane
27	315	SFO	Jerry Gustafson	QB			0	0	0																	Stanford
27	316	PIT	Buddy Benson	B			0	0	0																	Arkansas	College Stats
27	317	CRD	Jack Hutchinson	T			0	0	0																	Oklahoma St.
27	318	PHI	Al Ellett	T			0	0	0																	Alabama
27	319	BAL	Herb Hartwell	B			0	0	0																	Virginia
27	320	GNB	Dick Kolian	E			0	0	0																	Wisconsin
27	321	NYG	Gerry Nesbitt	B			0	0	0																	Arkansas	College Stats
27	322	CHI	Waylon Buchannon	E			0	0	0																	Texas A&M-Commerce
27	323	WAS	Royce Flippin	B			0	0	0																	Princeton
27	324	RAM	Roger Siesel	T			0	0	0																	Miami (OH)
27	325	CLE	Ed Dwyer	E			0	0	0																	Purdue
Rnd	Pick	Tm	Player	Pos	Age	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	DrAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	College/Univ
28	326	DET	John Smith	G			0	0	0																	Northwestern
28	327	PIT	Bill DeGraaf	B			0	0	0																	Cornell
28	328	SFO	Jerry Drew	B			0	0	0																	California
28	329	PHI	Bill Strawn	LB			0	0	0																	Western Kentucky
28	330	CRD	Jim Miller	QB			0	0	0																	Wisconsin
28	331	BAL	John Shearer	QB			0	0	0																	Shepherd
28	332	GNB	Bobby Lance	QB			0	0	0																	Florida
28	333	NYG	Bill Fuller	T			0	0	0																	Arkansas
28	334	WAS	Billy Hicks	B			0	0	0																	North Alabama
28	335	CHI	Bob Alexander	B			0	0	0
28	336	RAM	John Morrow	C	23	1966	0	2	9	52	0	125	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Michigan
28	337	CLE	Ollie Sparks	G			0	0	0																	Iowa St.
Rnd	Pick	Tm	Player	Pos	Age	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	DrAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	College/Univ
29	338	DET	Doug Peters	B			0	0	0																	UCLA
29	339	SFO	Dean Benson	G			0	0	0																	Willamette
29	340	PIT	Wes Thompson	T			0	0	0																	Alabama
29	341	CRD	Jim Troglio	B			0	0	0																	Northwestern
29	342	PHI	Bob Hughes	B			0	0	0																	Southern Miss
29	343	BAL	Jim Rusher	E			0	0	0																	Kansas St.
29	344	GNB	Vester Newcomb	C			0	0	0																	Southwest JC (MS)
29	345	NYG	Jim Nelson	G			0	0	0																	Duke
29	346	CHI	Billy Krietemeyer	B			0	0	0																	Vanderbilt
29	347	WAS	Pat Bisceglia	G			0	0	0																	Notre Dame
29	348	RAM	Mickey Bates	B			0	0	0																	Illinois
29	349	CLE	John Battos	E			0	0	0																	Vanderbilt
Rnd	Pick	Tm	Player	Pos	Age	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	DrAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	College/Univ
30	350	DET	John Gibbens	T			0	0	0																	Texas St.
30	351	SFO	Bob Mitchell	T			0	0	0																	Puget Sound
30	352	PHI	Joe Ulm	B			0	0	0																	San Jose St.
30	353	CRD	Bill Kucera	T			0	0	0																	Colorado
30	354	BAL	Terry Sweeney	B			0	0	0																	Middle Tenn. St.
30	355	GNB	Rod Hermes	QB			0	0	0																	Beloit
30	356	NYG	Wayne Williams	E			0	0	0																	Southern Illinois
30	357	WAS	Buck Nystrom	G			0	0	0																	Michigan St.
30	358	CHI	Jim Buckler	G			0	0	0																	Alabama
30	359	RAM	Dick Kackmeister	C			0	0	0																	Central Michigan
30	360	CLE	Bob Bartholomew	T			0	0	0																	Wake Forest

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