1971 NFL Draft

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The 1971 NFL Draft was held on January 28-29, 1971

1 Round One
2 Hall of Famers
3 Other notable players drafted
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Round One

Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
1	Boston Patriots	Jim Plunkett	Quarterback	Stanford
2	New Orleans Saints	Archie Manning	Quarterback	Mississippi
3	Houston Oilers	Dan Pastorini	Quarterback	Santa Clara
4	Buffalo Bills	J.D. Hill	Wide Receiver	Arizona State
5	Philadelphia Eagles	Richard Harris	Defensive End	Grambling
6	New York Jets	John Riggins	Running Back	Kansas
7	Atlanta Falcons	Joe Profit	Running Back	NE Louisiana
8	Pittsburgh Steelers	Frank Lewis	Wide Receiver	Grambling
9	Green Bay Packers ¹	John Brockington	Running Back	Ohio State
10	Los Angeles Rams ²	Isiah Robertson	Linebacker	Southern
11	Chicago Bears	Joe Moore	Running Back	Missouri
12	Denver Broncos ³	Marv Montgomery	Offensive Tackle	USC
13	San Diego Chargers	Leon Burns	Running Back	Long Beach State
14	Cleveland Browns	Clarence Scott	Defensive Back	Kansas State
15	Cincinnati Bengals	Vernon Holland	Offensive Tackle	Tennessee State
16	Kansas City Chiefs	Elmo Wright	Wide Receiver	Houston
17	St. Louis Cardinals	Norm Thompson	Defensive Back	Utah
18	New York Giants	Rocky Thompson	Wide Receiver	West Texas State
19	Oakland Raiders	Jack Tatum	Defensive Back	Ohio State
20	Los Angeles Rams	Jack Youngblood	Defensive End	Florida
21	Detroit Lions	Bob Bell	Defensive Tackle	Cincinnati
22	Baltimore Colts ⁴	Don McCauley	Running Back	North Carolina
23	San Francisco 49ers	William Tim Anderson	Defensive Back	Ohio State
24	Minnesota Vikings	Leo Hayden	Running Back	Ohio State
25	Dallas Cowboys	Tody Smith	Defensive End	USC
26	Baltimore Colts	Leonard Dunlap	Defensive Back	North Texas State

1: From Denver Broncos
2: From Washington Redskins
3: From Green Bay Packers
4: From Miami Dolphins

[edit] Hall of Famers

John Riggins, RB, Kansas - taken 1st round, 6th overall by the New York Jets. Inducted in 1992.
Jack Youngblood, DE, Florida - taken 1st round, 20th overall by the Los Angeles Rams. Inducted in 2001.
Jack Ham, LB, Penn State - taken 2nd round, 34th overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Inducted in 1988.
Dan Dierdorf, OT, Michigan - taken 2nd round, 43rd overall by the St. Louis Cardinals. Inducted in 1996.

[edit] Other notable players drafted

Julius Adams, DT, Texas Southern - taken 2nd round, 27th overall by the Boston Patriots.
Lyle Alzado, DT, Yankton - taken 4th round, 79th overall by the Denver Broncos.
Ken Anderson, QB, Augustana - taken 3rd round, 67th overall by the Cincinnati Bengals.
Larry Brown, TE, Kansas - taken 5th round, 106th overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Ray Brown, DB, West Texas A&M - taken 6th round, 148th overall by the Atlanta Falcons.
Bob Chandler, WR, USC - taken 6th round, 180th overall by the Buffalo Bills.
Clarence Davis, RB, USC - taken 4th round, 97th overall by the Oakland Raiders.
Lynn Dickey, QB, Kansas State - taken 3rd round, 56th overall by the Houston Oilers.
Doug Dieken, OT, Illinois - taken 6th round, 142nd overall by the Cleveland Browns.
Rex Kern, QB, Ohio State - taken 10th round, 260th overall by the Baltimore Colts.
Tony McGee, DE, Bishop College - taken 3rd round, 64th overall by the Chicago Bears.
Gerry Mullins, G, USC - taken 4th round, 86th overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Don Nottingham, RB, Kent State - taken 17th round, 441st overall by the Baltimore Colts.
Bob Pollard, DL, Weber State - taken 11th round, 262nd overall by the New Orleans Saints.
Jim Stillwagon, DT, Ohio State - taken 5th round, 124th overall by the Green Bay Packers.
Joe Theismann, QB, Notre Dame - taken 4th round, 99th overall by the Miami Dolphins.
Charlie Weaver, LB, USC - taken 2nd round, 48th overall by the Detroit Lions.
Steve Worster, FB, Texas - taken 4th round, 90th overall by the Los Angeles Rams.

[edit] See also

List of professional football drafts

[edit] External links

Preceded by 1970 NFL Draft	NFL Draft 1971	Succeeded by 1972 NFL Draft

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