Cal Rossi was an American football running back who played at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the only football player to be selected twice in the NFL Draft. He was first drafted in the first round (ninth overall) of the 1946 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins.[1] This is considered to be one of the biggest blunders in NFL Draft history because Rossi was a junior, and was not draft eligible.[2] He was again chosen in the first round of the 1947 NFL Draft by the Redskins,[1] but he never played football professionally.[2]
In 1945 Cal Rossi was the second leading rusher in the nation before being transferred to the Naval Corps Supply School at Harvard University on November 1 as part of his military service requirements. In the five games Rossi played in 1945 he gained 679 yards and averaged 7.15 yards per carry. His 169 yards against the University of Oregon stood as a UCLA rushing record until 1961.
Rossi was inducted into the UCLA Bruins Hall of Fame in 1997.[3]
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