1976 NFL Draft

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The 1976 NFL Draft

Contents

[edit] Round 1

Pick # NFL Team Player Position College
1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Lee Roy Selmon Defensive End Oklahoma
2 Seattle Seahawks Steve Niehaus Defensive Tackle Notre Dame
3 New Orleans Saints Chuck Muncie Running Back California
4 San Diego Chargers Joe Washington Running Back Oklahoma
5 New England Patriots Mike Haynes Cornerback Arizona State
6 New York Jets Richard Todd Quarterback Alabama
7 Cleveland Browns Mike Pruitt Running Back Purdue
8 Chicago Bears Dennis Lick Offensive Tackle Wisconsin
9 Atlanta Falcons Bubba Bean Running Back Texas A&M
10 Detroit Lions James Hunter Defensive Back Grambling
11 Cincinnati Bengals Billy Brooks Wide Receiver Oklahoma
12 New England Patriots Pete Brock Center Colorado
13 New York Giants Troy Archer Defensive End Colorado
14 Kansas City Chiefs Wayne Walters Guard Iowa
15 Denver Broncos Tom Glassic Guard Virginia
16 Detroit Lions Lawrence Gaines Running Back Wyoming
17 Miami Dolphins Larry Gordon Linebacker Arizona State
18 Buffalo Bills Mario Clark Defensive Back Oregon
19 Miami Dolphins Kim Bokamper Linebacker San Jose State
20 Baltimore Colts Ken Novak Defensive Tackle Purdue
21 New England Patriots Tim Fox Safety Ohio State
22 St. Louis Cardinals Mike Dawson Defensive Tackle Arizona
23 Green Bay Packers Mark Koncar Offensive Tackle Colorado
24 Cincinnati Bengals Archie Griffin Running Back Ohio State
25 Minnesota Vikings James White Defensive Tackle Oklahoma State
26 Los Angeles Rams Kevin McLain Linebacker Colorado State
27 Dallas Cowboys Aaron Kyle Defensive Back Wyoming
28 Pittsburgh Steelers Bennie Cunningham Tight End Clemson

[edit] Round 2

Pick # NFL Team Player Position College
29 SEA Sammy Green - Florida
30 TAM Jimmy Dubose - Florida
31 SDG Don Macek - Boston College
32 NOR Tony Galbreath - Missouri
33 NYJ Shafer Suggs - Ball State
34 OAK Charles Philyaw - Texas Southern
35 NWE Ike Forte - Arkansas
36 ATL Sonny Collins - Kentucky
37 PIT Ray Pinney - Washington
38 CIN Glenn Bujnoch - Texas A&M
39 LAM Pat Thomas - Texas A&M
40 DAL Jim Jensen - Iowa
41 KAN Cliff Frazier - UCLA
42 SFO Randy Cross - UCLA
43 DEN Kurt Knoff - Kansas
44 DET Ken Long - Purdue
45 BUF Ken Jones - Arkansas State
46 DET David Hill - Texas A&I
47 PIT Mike Kruczek - Boston College
48 HOO Mike Barber - Louisiana Tech
49 MIA Loaird McCreary - Tennessee State
50 OAK Jeb Blount - Tulsa
51 CIN Chris Bahr - Penn State
52 BUF Joe Devlin - Iowa
53 LAM Ron McCartney - Tennessee
54 MIN Sammy White - Grambling
55 DAL Jim Eidson - Mississippi State
56 PIT James Files - McNeese State
57 SFO Eddie Lewis - Kansas
58 SEA Sherman Smith - Miami (OH)
59 SEA Steve Raible - Georgia Tech
60 TAM Dewey Selmon - Oklahoma

[edit] Round 3

Pick # NFL Team Player Position College
61 TAM Steve Young - Colorado
62 SEA Jeff Lloyd - West Texas State
63 KAN Keith Simons - Minnesota
64 SDG Larry Dorsey - Tennessee State
65 CLE Dave Logan - Colorado
66 CHI Brian Baschnagel - Ohio State
67 NYJ Greg Buttle - Penn State
68 DET Russ Bolinger - Long Beach State
69 CIN Danny Reece - USC
70 PIT Ron Coder - Penn State
71 ATL Dave Scott - Kansas
72 GNB Mike McCoy - Colorado
73 DAL Duke Ferguson - San Diego State
74 KAN Gary Barbaro - Nicholls State
75 DAL John Smith - Boise State
76 DET John Woodcock - Hawaii
77 NOR Bob Simmons - Texas
78 BUF Ben Williams - Mississippi
79 KAN Henry Marshall - Missouri
80 MIA Duriel Harris - New Mexico State
81 BLC Ed Simonini - Texas A&M
82 CIN Reggie Williams - Dartmouth
83 SLC Brad Oates - Brigham Young
84 OAK Rik Bonness - Nebraska
85 MIN Wes Hamilton - Tulsa
86 LAM Jackie Slater - Jackson State
87 DAL Butch Johnson - California-Riverside
88 PIT Ernest Pough - Texas Southern
89 SEA Rick Engles - Tulsa
90 BLC Ron Lee - West Virginia
91 TAM Steve Maughan - Utah State
92 SEA Don Bitterlich - Temple


[edit] Round 4

Pick # NFL Team Player Position College
93 SEA Steve Myer - New Mexico
94 LAM Gerald Taylor - Texas A&I
95 SDG Bob Horn - Oregon State
96 NOR Tinker Owens - Oklahoma
97 CLE Gene Swick - Toledo
98 MIA Melvin Mitchell - Tennessee State
99 CLE Richard St. Clair - Grambling
100 SFO Steve Rivera - California
101 GNB Tom Perko - Pittsburgh
102 ATL Walt Brett - Montana
103 CHI John Sciarra - UCLA
104 NYG Gordon Bell - Michigan
105 NYG Harry Carson - South Carolina State
106 CIN Tony Davis - Nebraska
107 DEN Craig Penrose - San Diego State
108 CHI Wayne Rhodes - Alabama
109 BUF Dan Jilek - Michigan
110 OAK Herb McMath - Morningside
111 PHI Mike Smith - Florida
112 PIT Wonder Monds - Nebraska
113 SDG Ron Singleton - Grambling
114 SLC Pat Tilley - Louisiana Tech
115 SDG Artie Owens - West Virginia
116 CIN Greg Fairchild - Tulsa
117 HOO Steve Largent - Tulsa
118 MIN Leonard Willis - Ohio State
119 DAL Tom Rafferty - Penn State
120 PIT Theo Bell - Arizona
121 TAM Richard Appleby - Georgia
122 SEA Randy Johnson - Georgia
123 SEA Andrew Bolton - Fisk
124 TAM Everett Little - Houston

[edit] Round 5

Pick # NFL Team Player Position College
125 TAM Michael Kelson - West Texas State
126 SEA Don Dufek - Michigan
127 NOR Scott Parrish - Utah State
128 LAM Carl Ekern - San Jose State
129 NYJ Steve King - Michigan
130 CLE Henry Sheppard - Southern Methodist
131 SDG Woodrow Lowe - Alabama
132 GNB Aundra Thompson - East Texas State
133 MIN Steve Wagner - Wisconsin
134 BLC Sanders Shiver - Carson-Newman
135 PHI Greg Johnson - Florida State
136 NYG Melvin Wilson - Cal State-Northridge
137 KAN Willie Lee - Bethune-Cookman
138 CIN Willie Shelby - Alabama
139 DEN Lonnie Perrin - Illinois
140 SFO Tony Leonard - Virginia Union
141 SLC Wayne Morris - Southern Methodist
142 BUF Fred Coleman - N.E. Louisiana
143 BLC Mike Kirkland - Arkansas
144 KAN Jimbo Elrod - Oklahoma
145 DET Steadman Scavella - Miami (FL)
146 OAK Fred Steinfort - Boston College
147 CIN Scott Perry - Williams
148 WAS Mike Hughes - Baylor
149 MIN Keith Barnette - Boston College
150 LAM Ken Bordelon - Louisiana State
151 DAL Wally Pesuit - Kentucky
152 PIT Rodney Norton - Rice
153 SEA Ernie Jones - Miami (FL)
154 TAM Steve Wilson - Georgia
155 LAM Dwight Scales - Grambling
156 SEA Larry Bates - Miami (FL)

[edit] Round 6

Pick # NFL Team Player Position College
157 SEA Alvis Darby - Florida
158 TAM Curtis Jordan - Texas Tech
159 PIT Gary Dunn - Miami (FL)
160 NOR Terry Stieve - Wisconsin
161 CHI Dan Jiggetts - Harvard
162 NYG Dan Lloyd - Washington
163 NYJ Bob Martin - Nebraska
164 BUF Leslie Benson - Baylor
165 PHI Kirk Johnson - Howard Payne
166 KAN Steve Taylor - Kansas
167 KAN Bob Gregolunas - Northern Illinois
168 SFO Robert Pennywell - Grambling
169 ATL Stan Varner - Brigham Young
170 NWE Greg Boyd - San Diego State
171 BUF Scott Piper - Arizona
172 KAN Calvin Harper - Illinois State
173 HOO Todd Simonsen - South Dakota State
174 MIA Gary Davis - Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
175 BUF Darnell Powell - Tennessee-Chattanooga
176 CIN Orlando Nelson - Utah State
177 SFO Scott Bull - Arkansas
178 SDG Calvin Lane - Fresno State
179 WAS Tom Marvaso - Cincinnati
180 MIN Terry Egerdahl - Minnesota-Duluth
181 DAL Greg McGuire - Indiana
182 PIT Jack Deloplaine - Salem

[edit] Round 7

Pick # NFL Team Player Position College
183 TAM Parnell Dickinson - Mississippi Valley State
184 SEA Dick Dixon - Arkansas State
185 MIA Joe ingersoll - UNLV
186 DAL Greg Schaum - Michigan State
187 CIN Bob Bateman - Brown
188 NYJ Abdul (Larry) Salaam - (Faulk) Kent State
189 CLE Steve Cassidy - Louisiana State
190 CHI Jerry Muckenstrum - Arkansas State
191 PHI Carl Hairston - Maryland-Eastern Shore
192 CIN Carmen Rome - Miami (OH)
193 ATL Karl Farmer - Pittsburgh
194 SFO Jay Chesley - Vanderbilt
195 BUF Jackie Williams - Texas A&M
196 KAN Rod Wellington - Iowa
197 HOO Larry Harris - Oklahoma State
198 DET Garth Ten Napel - Texas A&M
199 NYJ James Richards - Florida
200 MIA John Owens - Tennessee State
201 NOR Ed Bauer - Notre Dame
202 NWE Perry Brooks - Southern
203 SLC Phil Rogers - Virginia Tech
204 OAK Clarence Chapman - Eastern Michigan
205 CIN Ken Kuhn - Ohio State
206 MIN Larry Brune - Rice
207 LAM Larry Buie - Mississippi State
208 DAL David Williams - Colorado
209 PIT Barry Burton - Vanderbilt

[edit] Round 8

Pick # NFL Team Player Position College
210 SEA Larry Shipp - Louisiana State
211 NYJ Joe Davis - USC
212 SDG Tony DiRienzo - Oklahoma
213 NOR Craig Cassady - Ohio State
214 NYJ Louie Giammona - Utah State
215 BUF Scott Gardner - Virginia
216 PHI Richard LaFargue - Arkansas
217 DET Rich Sorenson - Chico State
218 GNB Jim Burrow - Nebraska
219 ATL Frank Reed - Washington
220 OAK Jerome Dove - Colorado State
221 NYG John Jordan - Indiana
222 KAN Orrin Olsen - Brigham Young
223 SFO John Ayers - West Texas State
224 DEN James Betterson - North Carolina
225 DET Charles Braswell - West Virginia
226 BUF Bobby Joe - Easter Middle Tennessee State
227 BUF Art Meadowcroft - Minnesota
228 BLC Ricky Thompson - Baylor
229 HOO Bobby Simon - Grambling
230 MIA Bob Simpson - Colorado
231 OAK Terry Kunz - Colorado
232 CIN Ron Hunt - Oregon
233 SLC Randall Burks - SE Oklahoma State
234 WAS Bryan Fryer - Alberta
235 NWE Stu Betts - Northern Michigan
236 DAL Henry Laws - South Carolina
237 PIT Ed McAleney - Massachusetts

[edit] Round 9

Pick # NFL Team Player Position College
238 TAM Bruce Welch - Texas A&M
239 SEA Bob Bos - Iowa State
240 NOR Warren Peiffer - Iowa
241 BUF Jeff Turner - Kansas
242 CLE James Reed - Mississippi
243 NWE Doug Beaudoin - Minnesota
244 NYJ Ronnie Moore - Virginia Military Inst
245 GNB Jim Gueno - Tulane
246 ATL Phil McKinnely - UCLA
247 PHI Mike Hogan - Tennessee-Chattanooga
248 PHI Richad Osborne - Texas A&M
249 KAN Tim Collier - East Texas State
250 SFO Ken Harrison - Southern Methodist
251 SDG Glynn Harrison - Georgia
252 DEN Jim Czirr - Michigan
253 DET Leanell Jones - Long Beach State
254 WAS Curtis Akins - Hawaii
255 BUF Bob Kotzur - Southwest Texas State
256 HOO Art Stringer - Ball State
257 MIA Norris Thomas - Southern Mississippi
258 BLC Stu Levenick - Illinois
259 CIN Lonnie Allgood WR Syracuse
260 DEN Jim Lisko - Arkansas State
261 CLE Craig Nagel - Purdue
262 MIN Isaac Hagins - Southern
263 LAM Jeb Church - Stanford
264 DAL Beasley Reece - North Texas State
265 PIT Wentford Gaines - Cincinnati

[edit] Round 10

Pick # NFL Team Player Position College
266 SEA Randy Coffield - Florida State
267 TAM Sid Smith - Brigham Young
268 SDG Jeff Perlinger LT Michigan
269 NOR Junior Hardin - Eastern Kentucky
270 NWE Ricky Feacher - Mississippi Valley State
271 CLE Doug Kleber - Illinois
272 WAS Paul Strohmeier - Washington
273 PHI Herb Lusk - Long Beach State
274 GNB Jessie Green - Tulsa
275 SFO Robin Ross - Washington State
276 NYG John Thomas - Valley City (ND)
277 KAN Whitney Paul - Colorado
278 DEN Art Gilliam - Grambling
279 DET Bill Bowerman - New Mexico State
280 BUF Keith Moody - Syracuse
281 MIA Gary Fencik - Yale
282 MIA Don Testerman - Clemson
283 BLC Tim Baylor - Morgan State
284 HOO Steve Kincannon - Humboldt State
285 SLC Randy Walker - Bethune-Cookman
286 OAK Dwight Lewis - Purdue
287 CIN Tom Klaban - Ohio State
288 LAM Freeman Johns - Southern Methodist
289 MIN Bill Salmon - Northern Iowa
290 DAL Leroy Cook - Alabama
291 PIT Gary Campbell - Colorado

[edit] Round 11

Pick # NFL Team Player Position College
292 TAM Melvin Washington - Colorado State
293 SEA Keith Muehr - Southwestern Louisiana
294 NOR Greg Kokal - Kent State
295 SDG Ray Preston - Syracuse
296 NYJ Lawrence Pillers - Alcorn State
297 CLE Chuck Celek - Kent State
298 NWE Donnie Thomas - Indiana
299 CHI Norman Andersen - UCLA
300 PHI Mike Gilbert - San Diego State
301 GNB Curtis Leak - Johnson C. Smith
302 ATL Chuck Brislin - Mississippi State
303 NYG Craig Brantley - Clemson
304 KAN Bob Squires - Hastings
305 SFO Paul Hofer - Mississippi
306 DEN Greg Pittman - Iowa State
307 DET Gary Shugrue - Villanova
308 WAS Dean Gissler - Nebraska
309 BUF Forry Smith - Iowa State
310 BLC Rick Gibney - Georgia Tech
311 HOO Skip Walker - Texas A&M
312 MIA Dexter Pride - Minnesota
313 OAK Rich Jennings - Maryland
314 CIN Melvin Morgan - Mississippi Valley State
315 SLC Marty Akins - Texas
316 MIN Steve Kracher - Montana State
317 LAM Brian Nemeth - South Carolina
318 DAL Cornelius Greene - Ohio State
319 PIT Rolland Fuchs - Arkansas

[edit] Round 12

Pick # NFL Team Player Position College
320 SEA Ron Barnett - Texas-Arlington
321 TAM George Ragsdale - North Carolina A&T
322 SDG Ron Lee - Oregon
323 NOR Milton Butts - North Carolina Central
324 HOO Larry Bell - East Texas State
325 NWE Nathaniel Bell - Tulane
326 NYJ Don Buckey - North Carolina State
327 NYJ Dave Buckey - North Carolina State
328 GNB Mel Jackson - USC
329 ATL Pat Bolton - Montana State
330 CHI John O'Leary - Nebraska
331 KAN Harold Porter - Southwestern Louisiana
332 SFO Gerald Loper - Florida
333 NYG Jerry Golsteyn - Northern Illinois
334 DEN Randy Moore - Arizona State
335 DET Mike McCabe - South Carolina
336 BUF Joe Lowery - Jackson State
337 WAS Walter Tullis - Delaware State
338 SDG Herman Harris - Mississippi Valley State
339 MIA Randy Young - Iowa State
340 BLC Frank Stavroff - Indiana
341 CIN Joe Dale Harris - Alabama
342 MIA Darryl Brandford - Northwestern
343 OAK Cedric Brown - Kent State
344 LAM Jim Jodat - Carthage
345 MIN Robert Sparks - San Francisco State
346 DAL Charles McShane - California-Lutheran
347 PIT Bill Carroll - East Texas State

[edit] Round 13

Pick # NFL Team Player Position College
348 TAM Brad Jenkins - Nebraska
349 SEA Andy Reid - Georgia
350 NOR Kenny Downing - Missouri
351 SDG John Lee - Nebraska
352 NWE James Jones - Central Michigan
353 PHI Terry Tautolo - UCLA
354 CLE Brian Murray - Arizona
355 GNB Bradley Bowman - Southern Mississippi
356 ATL Mike Williams - Florida
357 CHI Dale Kasowski - North Dakota
358 PHI Steve Ebbecke - Villanova
359 SFO Larry Brumfield - Indiana State
360 NYG Rick Caswell - Western Kentucky
361 KAN Joe Bruner - N.E. Louisiana
362 DEN Donnie McGraw - Houston
363 DET Mel Jacobs - San Diego State
364 WAS Waymon Britt - Michigan
365 BUF Will Wilcox - Texas
366 MIA Bernie Head - Tulsa
367 OAK Craig Crnick - Idaho
368 HOO Dan O'Rourke - Colorado State
369 SLC Greg Brewton - Michigan State
370 OAK Mark Young - Washington State
371 CIN Randy Walker - Miami (OH)
372 MIN Gary Paulson - Colorado State
373 LAM Steve Hamilton - Emporia State
374 DAL Mark Driscoll - Colorado State
375 PIT Larry Kain - Ohio State

[edit] Round 14

Pick # NFL Team Player Position College
376 SEA Jarvis Blinks - Northwest Louisiana
377 TAM Carl Roaches - Texas A&M
378 SDG Ed Jones - Cincinnati
379 NOR Rich Hucke - Western Montana
380 NYJ Al Gluchoski - West Virginia
381 CLE Joe Smalzer - Illinois
382 NWE David Quehl - Holy Cross
383 ATL Mark Husfloen - Washington State
384 CHI Ron Cuie - Oregon State
385 PHI Melvin Shy - Tennessee State
386 GNB John Henson - Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
387 NYG Jerry Mullane - Lehigh
388 KAN Rick Thurman - Texas
389 SFO Johnny Miller - Livingstone College
390 DEN Larry Evans - Mississippi College
391 DET Leonard Elston - Kentucky State
392 BUF Tony Williams - Middle Tennessee State
393 WAS Quinn Buckner - Indiana
394 BLC Jeremiah Cummings - Albany State
395 HOO John Reimer - Wisconsin
396 MIA Bob Gissler - South Dakota State
397 OAK Calvin Young - Fresno State
398 CIN Greg Coleman - Florida A&M
399 SLC Raymond Crosier - Abilene Christian
400 LAM Al Burleson - Washington
401 MIN Jeff Stapleton - Purdue
402 DAL Larry Mushinskie - Nebraska
403 PIT Wayne Field - Florida

[edit] Round 15

Pick # NFL Team Player Position College
404 TAM Bob Dzierzak - Utah State
405 SEA Dan Smith - Washington State
406 NOR Steve Seminoff - Wichita State
407 SDG Jack Hoffman - Indiana
408 CLE Luther Philyaw - Loyola (CA)
409 NWE Bernard Coleman - Bethune-Cookman
410 NYJ Rick Faulk - San Francisco State
411 CHI Jerry Meyers - Northern Illinois
412 PHI Brett White - UCLA
413 GNB Jerry Dandridge - Memphis State
414 ATL Ron Olson - Washington
415 KAN Dave Rozumek - New Hampshire
416 SFO Howard Stidham - Tennessee Tech
417 NYG Eddie Morgan - Arkansas State
418 DEN Wilbur Summers - Louisville
419 DET Trent Smock - Indiana
420 SLC Lee Nelson - Florida State
421 BUF Arnold Robinson - Bethune-Cookman
422 HOO Bobby Byars - Cheyney (PA)
423 MIA Ron Holmes - Utah State
424 BLC Gary Alexander - Clemson
425 CIN Lynn Hieber - Indiana (PA)
426 WAS John Monroe - Bluefield State
427 OAK Carl Hargrave - Upper Iowa
428 MIN Ron Groce - Macalester
429 LAM Malcolm Campbell - Cal State-Los Angeles
430 DAL Dale Curry - UCLA
431 PIT Mel Davis - North Texas State

[edit] Round 16

Pick # NFL Team Player Position College
432 SEA Jeff Urczyk - Georgia Tech
433 TAM Tommy West - Tennessee
434 SDG Jack Harrison - California
435 NOR Gene Jones - Bowling Green
436 NWE Clifford Brown - Tuskegee
437 NYJ James Godwin - Fayetteville
438 CLE Chris Lorenzen - Arizona State
439 PHI Steve Campassi - Kentucky
440 GNB Mike Timmermans - Northern Iowa
441 ATL Pat Curto - Ohio State
442 CHI Ronald Parker - Texas Christian
443 SFO Reggie Lewis - San Diego State
444 NYG David Lawson - Air Force
445 KAN Dennis Anderson - Arizona
446 DEN John Huddleston - Utah
447 DET Craig McCurdy - William & Mary
448 BUF Gary Gorrell - Boise State
449 BLC Mike Fuhrman - Memphis State
450 MIA Mike Green - Ohio
451 BLC Steve Ludwig - Miami (FL)
452 HOO Claude Johnson - Florida A&M
453 SLC Cecil Beaird - Fisk
454 OAK Doug Hogan - USC
455 CIN George Demopoulis - Miami (FL)
456 LAM Rick Gage - Arkansas Tech
457 MIN Randy Hickel - Montana State
458 DAL Rick Costanzo - Nebraska
459 PIT Randy Butts - Kearney State

[edit] Round 17

Pick # NFL Team Player Position College
460 TAM Jack Berry - Washington & Lee
461 SEA Chris Rowland - Washington
462 NOR Scott MacDonald - West Virginia
463 SDG Clarence Sanders - Cincinnati
464 NYJ Darwin Willie - Tulane
465 CLE Tom Fleming - Dartmouth
466 NWE Todd Anderson - Stanford
467 GNB Ray Hall - Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
468 ATL Tony Green - Texas Tech
469 CHI Mike Malham - Arkansas State
470 PHI Anthony Terry - California-Davis
471 NYG Steve Curnutte - Vanderbilt
472 KAN Pat McNeil - Baylor
473 SFO Darryl Jenkins - San Jose State
474 DEN Randy Cozens - Pittsburgh
475 DET Jim Meeks - Boise State
476 WAS Chuck Wills - Oregon
477 BUF Bob Berg - New Mexico
478 OAK Buddy Tate - Tulsa
479 HOO Allen Misher - Louisiana State
480 MIA Jeff Grantz - South Carolina
481 OAK Nate Beasley - Delaware
482 CIN Scott Dannelley - Ohio State
483 SLC Dan Myers - Georgia Tech
484 MIN Dick Lukowski - West Virginia
485 LAM Gary Shaw - Brigham Young
486 DAL Stan Woodfill - Oregon
487 PIT Kelvin Kirk - Dayton

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Preceded by
1975 NFL Draft
NFL Draft
1976
Succeeded by
1977 NFL Draft