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1972 NFL Draft

1972 NFL Standings and Stats

Please note that only round and not overall pick information is given.
Results only include players to appear in a pro game, so some players will not be listed.

Drafted Players

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Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Tm Pos To AP PB G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD College/Univ
1 ATL Clarence Ellis DB 1974 0 0 41 Notre Dame
1 BUF Walt Patulski DE 1977 0 0 70 Notre Dame
1 CHI Lionel Antoine T 1978 1 0 68 South Illinois
1 CHI Craig Clemons DB 1977 0 0 82 Iowa
1 CIN Sherman White DE 1983 0 0 158 California
1 CLE Thom Darden DB 1981 3 1 128 Michigan
1 BAL Tom Drougas T-G 1976 0 0 65 Oregon
1 STL Ahmad Rashad WR 1982 5 4 139 10 52 0 495 6831 44 Oregon
1 DAL Bill Thomas RB 1974 0 0 27 13 36 0 1 4 0 Boston College
1 DEN Riley Odoms TE 1983 5 4 153 25 211 2 396 5755 41 Houston
1 DET Herb Orvis DT-DE 1981 1 0 122 Colorado
1 GNB Willie Buchanon DB 1982 1 3 137 San Diego State
1 GNB Jerry Tagge QB 1974 0 0 18 136 281 1583 3 17 41 117 3 Nebraska
1 KAN Jeff Kinney RB 1976 0 0 62 353 1285 5 68 502 1 Nebraska
1 MIA Mike Kadish DT-NT 1981 0 0 127 Notre Dame
1 MIN Jeff Siemon LB 1982 5 4 156 1 0 0 Stanford
1 NOR Royce Smith G 1976 0 0 62 Georgia
1 NYG Larry Jacobson DT-DE 1974 0 0 33 Nebraska
1 NYG Eldridge Small DB 1974 0 0 34 Texas A&M-Kingsville;
1 NYJ Jerome Barkum TE-WR 1983 0 1 158 3 -3 0 326 4789 40 Jackson State
1 NYJ Michael Taylor LB 1973 0 0 22 Michigan
1 HOU Greg Sampson T-DT-DE 1978 1 0 93 1 -4 0 Stanford
1 PHI John Reaves QB 1987 0 0 51 286 616 3617 17 34 44 195 3 Florida
1 PIT Franco Harris HOF RB 1984 7 9 173 0 1 0 0 0 2949 12120 91 307 2287 9 Penn State
1 OAK Mike Siani WR 1980 0 0 101 158 2618 17 Villanova
1 SFO Terry Beasley WR 1975 0 0 29 2 2 0 38 570 3 Auburn
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Tm Pos To AP PB G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD College/Univ
2 ATL Rosie Manning DT 1975 0 0 24 Northeast State (OK)
2 ATL Steve Okoniewski DT-DE 1977 0 0 52 Montana,Washington
2 ATL Pat Sullivan QB 1975 0 0 30 93 220 1155 5 16 14 55 0 Auburn
2 BUF Reggie McKenzie G 1984 5 0 171 Michigan
2 CIN Tommy Casanova DB 1977 4 3 71 1 20 0 LSU
2 CLE Cliff Brooks DB 1976 0 0 58 Tennessee State
2 BAL Glenn Doughty WR 1979 0 0 103 26 202 0 219 3547 24 Michigan
2 BAL Jack Mildren DB 1974 0 0 42 0 1 0 0 0 5 22 0 Oklahoma
2 BAL Lydell Mitchell RB 1980 3 3 111 1675 6534 30 376 3203 17 Penn State
2 STL Mark Arneson LB 1980 0 0 127 Arizona
2 DAL John Babinecz LB 1975 0 0 40 Villanova
2 DAL Robert Newhouse RB 1983 0 0 168 1 2 46 1 0 1160 4784 31 120 956 5 Houston
2 GNB Chester Marcol K 1980 2 2 103 Hillsdale
2 MIN Ed Marinaro RB 1977 0 0 58 383 1319 6 146 1176 7 Cornell
2 NOR Willie Hall LB 1978 0 0 67 USC
2 NWE Tom Reynolds WR 1973 0 0 21 15 279 2 San Diego State
2 PIT Gordon Gravelle T 1979 0 0 96 BYU
2 OAK Kelvin Korver DT 1975 0 0 24 Northwestern College (IA),Texas A&M;
2 OAK John Vella T 1980 0 0 92 USC
2 RAM Jim Bertelsen RB 1976 0 1 68 614 2466 16 88 1014 2 Texas
2 SDG Pete Lazetich DE-LB-DT-NT 1977 0 0 62 Stanford
2 SFO Jean Barrett T-G-C 1980 0 0 93 Tulsa
2 SFO Ralph McGill DB 1979 0 0 99 Tulsa
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Tm Pos To AP PB G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD College/Univ
3 ATL Les Goodman RB 1974 0 0 19 38 189 1 7 38 0 Yankton
3 CHI Johnny Musso RB 1977 0 0 30 100 365 6 7 39 0 Alabama
3 CIN Jim LeClair LB 1983 1 1 158 North Dakota
3 STL Tom Beckman DE 1972 0 0 2 Michigan
3 DAL Marv Bateman P 1977 1 0 81 1 0 0 Utah
3 DAL Mike Keller LB 1972 0 0 5 Michigan
3 DET Ken Sanders DE 1981 0 0 100 Howard Payne
3 MIA Gary Kosins RB 1974 0 0 40 35 100 1 7 26 1 Dayton
3 MIN Bart Buetow T 1976 0 0 9 Minnesota
3 NOR Bob Kuziel C-T 1980 0 0 90 Pittsburgh
3 NOR Tom Myers DB 1981 1 1 136 1 2 8 1 0 3 5 0 Syracuse
3 NWE Jim White DE 1976 0 0 48 Colorado State
3 NYG John Mendenhall DT-NT 1980 1 0 116 Grambling State
3 NYJ Gary Hammond WR-RB 1976 0 0 49 1 2 81 0 0 7 24 0 9 64 0 SMU
3 HOU Solomon Freelon G 1974 0 0 39 Grambling State
3 HOU Lewis Jolley RB 1973 0 0 17 7 6 0 3 56 0 North Carolina
3 PHI Tom Luken G 1978 0 0 64 Purdue
3 PHI Bobby Majors DB 1972 0 0 9 Tennessee
3 PIT John McMakin TE 1976 0 0 60 1 0 0 45 673 4 Clemson
3 OAK Mel Lunsford DE-DT-NT 1980 0 0 92 Central State (OH)
3 RAM Lawrence McCutcheon RB 1981 5 5 109 1 4 12 0 0 1521 6578 26 198 1799 13 Colorado State
3 SDG Bill McClard K 1975 0 0 34 0 1 0 0 1 Arkansas
3 SFO Jubilee Dunbar WR 1974 0 0 19 3 3 0 29 521 4 Southern
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Tm Pos To AP PB G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD College/Univ
4 BUF Randy Jackson RB 1974 0 0 21 30 70 0 5 58 1 Wichita State
4 CIN Bernard Jackson DB 1980 0 0 118 1 22 0 Washington State
4 STL Martin Imhof DE-DT 1976 0 0 32 San Diego State
4 STL Jeff Lyman LB 1972 0 0 3 BYU
4 DAL Tim Kearney LB 1981 0 0 106 North Michigan
4 DAL Robert West WR 1974 0 0 29 2 2 0 13 230 2 San Diego State
4 DEN Tom Graham LB 1978 0 0 88 Oregon
4 KAN Andy Hamilton WR 1975 0 0 24 16 270 0 LSU
4 MIA Larry Ball LB 1978 0 0 79 Louisville
4 NOR Mike Crangle DE 1972 0 0 13 Cincinnati,Tennessee-Martin
4 NOR Joe Federspiel LB 1981 0 0 141 Kentucky
4 NYJ Ed Galigher DT-DE 1978 0 0 87 UCLA
4 PHI Po James RB 1975 0 0 49 328 1215 4 102 747 2 New Mexico State
4 PIT Ed Bradley LB 1978 0 0 93 Wake Forest
4 OAK Cliff Branch WR 1985 4 4 183 11 70 0 501 8685 67 Colorado
4 OAK Dave Dalby C 1985 0 1 205 1 1 0 UCLA
4 RAM John Saunders DB 1975 0 0 9 Toledo
4 SFO Windlan Hall DB 1977 0 0 81 Arizona State
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Tm Pos To AP PB G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD College/Univ
5 ATL Ralph Cindrich LB 1975 0 0 36 Pittsburgh
5 BUF Leon Garror DB 1973 0 0 16 Alcorn State
5 BUF Bob Penchion G-C 1976 0 0 48 Alcorn State
5 CHI Bob Parsons TE-P 1983 1 0 170 7 13 131 0 0 9 29 0 19 231 4 Penn State
5 CIN Tom DeLeone C 1984 1 2 176 Ohio State
5 CLE George Hunt K 1975 0 0 28 Tennessee
5 BAL Don Croft DT 1976 0 0 34 Texas-El Paso
5 STL Conrad Dobler G 1981 4 3 129 Wyoming
5 DEN Jim Krieg WR 1972 0 0 6 1 63 0 4 99 0 Washington
5 MIA Charlie Babb DB 1979 0 0 97 Memphis
5 NOR Bill Butler RB 1974 0 0 41 162 655 1 46 354 4 Kansas State
5 NOR Carl Johnson T-G 1973 0 0 28 Nebraska
5 NWE Ron Bolton DB 1982 0 0 145 Norfolk State
5 NYG Tom Gatewood TE-WR 1973 0 0 17 Notre Dame
5 PIT Steve Furness DT-DE 1981 0 0 106 Rhode Island
5 RAM Bob Christiansen DT 1972 0 0 4 UCLA
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Tm Pos To AP PB G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD College/Univ
6 CHI Bob Pifferini LB 1977 0 0 57 UCLA
6 BAL Bruce Laird DB 1983 1 1 164 American International College
6 STL Don Heater RB 1972 0 0 2 Montana Tech
6 DET Charlie Potts DB 1972 0 0 10 Purdue
6 GNB Bob Hudson RB 1974 0 0 40 20 77 0 1 9 0 Northeast State (OK)
6 GNB Dave Pureifory DE-DT 1982 0 0 148 Eastern Michigan
6 MIN Amos Martin LB 1977 0 0 54 Louisville
6 NYG John Hill C-T 1985 0 0 177 Lehigh
6 NYJ Joey Jackson DE-DT 1977 0 0 20 New Mexico State
6 PHI Vernon Winfield G 1973 0 0 14 Minnesota
6 PIT Dennis Meyer DB 1973 0 0 11 Arkansas State
6 OAK Dan Medlin G 1979 0 0 76 North Carolina State
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Tm Pos To AP PB G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD College/Univ
7 CHI Jim Osborne DT 1984 0 0 186 Southern
7 CIN Steve Conley LB-RB 1972 0 0 8 3 8 0 Kansas
7 BAL John Sykes WR 1972 0 0 2 Morgan State
7 STL Council Rudolph DE 1977 0 0 72 Kentucky State
7 KAN Dean Carlson QB 1974 0 0 1 7 15 116 0 1 2 17 0 Iowa State
7 MIA Bill Adams G-T 1978 0 0 46 Holy Cross
7 NOR Ernie Jackson DB 1979 0 0 89 Duke
7 NWE Clark Hoss TE 1972 0 0 4 Oregon State
7 NWE John Tarver RB 1975 0 0 39 162 574 7 34 214 1 Colorado
7 PHI Will Foster LB 1974 0 0 21 Eastern Michigan
7 OAK Skip Thomas DB 1977 0 0 82 USC
7 SFO Ed Hardy G 1973 0 0 3 Jackson State
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Tm Pos To AP PB G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD College/Univ
8 BUF Paul Gibson WR 1972 0 0 1 Texas-El Paso
8 CIN Dan Kratzer WR 1973 0 0 1 Missouri Valley,North Arizona
8 CLE Hugh McKinnis RB 1976 0 0 52 269 960 10 65 572 0 Arizona State
8 STL Bob Wicks WR 1974 0 0 15 1 8 0 Utah State
8 DAL Ralph Coleman LB 1972 0 0 1 North Carolina A&T;
8 DET Henry Stuckey DB 1976 0 0 27 Missouri
8 GNB Leland Glass WR 1973 0 0 26 2 13 0 26 380 1 Oregon
8 MIN Calvin Demery WR 1972 0 0 5 Arizona State
8 HOU Guy Roberts LB 1977 0 0 67 Maryland
8 SFO Tom Wittum P 1977 2 2 70 1 3 15 0 0 3 66 0 2 29 0 North Illinois
8 WAS Moses Denson RB 1975 0 0 26 159 586 0 39 255 2 Md-Eastern Shore
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Tm Pos To AP PB G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD College/Univ
9 ATL Ray Easterling DB 1979 0 0 83 Richmond
9 CHI Larry Horton DE-DT 1972 0 0 10 Iowa
9 CIN Stan Walters T 1983 3 2 153 Syracuse
9 CLE Billy Lefear RB-WR 1975 0 0 43 35 143 0 10 73 0 Henderson State
9 MIN Charles Goodrum G-T 1979 0 0 95 Florida A&M;
9 NOR Kent Branstetter T 1973 0 0 9 Houston
9 PHI Pat Gibbs DB 1972 0 0 2 Lamar
9 RAM Harry Howard DB 1976 0 0 1 Ohio State
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Tm Pos To AP PB G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD College/Univ
10 BUF Maurice Tyler DB 1978 0 0 86 Morgan State
10 STL Eric Washington DB 1973 0 0 15 Texas-El Paso
10 DAL Richard Amman DE-DT 1973 0 0 28 Florida State
10 DET Jim Teal LB 1973 0 0 14 Purdue
10 GNB Keith Wortman T-G-C 1981 0 0 96 Nebraska
10 NYJ Rocky Turner DB-WR 1973 0 0 22 Tennessee-Chattanooga
10 HOU Rhett Dawson WR 1973 0 0 16 8 102 1 Florida State
10 PHI John Bunting LB 1982 0 0 132 North Carolina
10 RAM Jim Massey DB 1975 0 0 15 Linfield
10 SFO Steve Williams DE 1974 0 0 12 Western Carolina
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Tm Pos To AP PB G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD College/Univ
11 CLE Mel Long LB 1974 0 0 42 Toledo
11 BAL Fred DeBernardi DE 1974 0 0 7 Texas-El Paso
11 DEN Larry Brunson WR 1980 0 0 79 12 63 0 104 1787 6 Colorado,Mesa
11 MIA Ed Jenkins RB 1974 0 0 14 1 12 0 Holy Cross
11 PIT Joe Gilliam QB 1975 0 0 20 147 331 2103 9 17 22 64 1 Tennessee State
11 OAK Joe Carroll LB 1973 0 0 22 Pittsburgh
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Tm Pos To AP PB G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD College/Univ
12 ATL Larry Mialik TE 1976 0 0 49 2 30 0 Wisconsin
12 NYJ Hank Bjorklund RB 1974 0 0 30 60 171 0 8 84 0 Princeton
12 HOU Willie Rodgers RB 1975 0 0 42 211 672 8 30 214 0 Kentucky State
12 PHI Don Zimmerman WR 1976 0 0 41 1 3 0 53 601 5 Ark-Pine Bluff,La-Monroe
12 OAK Kent Gaydos WR 1975 0 0 4 Florida State
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Tm Pos To AP PB G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD College/Univ
13 BUF Eddie Moss RB 1977 0 0 35 22 66 1 Southeast Missouri State
13 CLE Brian Sipe QB 1983 2 1 125 1944 3439 23713 154 149 223 762 11 San Diego State
13 DAL Jean Fugett TE 1979 1 1 103 7 38 0 156 2270 28 Amherst
13 NOR Cephus Weatherspoon WR 1972 0 0 1 Fort Lewis
13 HOU Willie Roberts DB 1973 0 0 4 Houston
13 SDG Andy Selfridge LB 1977 0 0 53 Virginia
13 WAS Frank Grant WR 1978 1 0 85 5 27 0 149 2486 18 South Colorado
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Tm Pos To AP PB G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD College/Univ
14 GNB Larry Hefner LB 1975 0 0 34 Clemson
14 MIN Marv Owens WR 1974 0 0 10 San Diego State
14 PHI Bill Overmyer LB 1972 0 0 6 Ashland
14 OAK Dennis Cambal TE 1973 0 0 8 William & Mary
14 RAM Larry Brooks DT 1982 6 5 131 Virginia State
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Tm Pos To AP PB G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD College/Univ
15 CHI Roger Lawson RB 1973 0 0 22 57 176 1 17 180 0 Western Michigan
15 KAN Larry Marshall DB 1978 0 0 75 Maryland
15 PHI Tom Sullivan RB 1978 0 0 84 876 3142 17 162 1286 5 Miami (FL)
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Tm Pos To AP PB G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD College/Univ
16 CHI Bill McKinney LB 1972 0 0 8 West Texas A&M;
16 DET Leon Jenkins DB 1972 0 0 4 West Virginia
16 MIN Neil Graff QB 1977 0 0 29 25 48 288 2 3 7 5 0 Wisconsin
16 HOU Guy Murdock C 1972 0 0 14 Michigan
16 PIT Nate Hawkins WR 1975 0 0 11 1 32 0 UNLV
16 SFO Ron Davis G 1973 0 0 2 Virginia State
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Tm Pos To AP PB G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD College/Univ
17 CIN Dave Green P 1978 0 0 76 5 8 106 0 0 3 0 0 1 9 0 Ohio
17 BAL Stan White LB 1982 1 0 153 1 3 0 Ohio State
17 STL Kent Carter LB 1974 0 0 2 USC
17 KAN Ted Washington LB 1982 0 0 128 Miss. Valley State
17 SDG Oscar Dragon RB 1972 0 0 13 9 30 0 Arizona State
2007 stats may be missing or incomplete for lineman, defensive players, kickers, punters and rookies. We expect to have a complete update soon after the regular season is over.