The 1976 National Football League

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

 Expansion draft

Expansion draft

An expansion draft, in professional sports, occurs when a sports league decides to create one or more new expansion teams or franchises. This occurs mainly in North American sports. One of the ways of stocking the new team or teams is an expansion draft...

was held on March 30 – 31, 1976

1976 NFL season

The 1976 NFL season was the 57th regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded to 28 teams with the addition of the Seattle Seahawks and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers...

. The expansion teams, the Seattle Seahawks

Seattle Seahawks

The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team...

 and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West...

, each selected 39 players from the other 26 NFL teams. When one player was chosen from an existing team, that team was then permitted to protect two additional players. The expansion teams continued until three players had been picked from each of the existing teams.

The expansion draft was originally scheduled for January 23-24, but was postponed when the owners of the Seahawks and Buccaneers filed a lawsuit against the players' union with worries that the organization would try to prevent the draft. The court case delayed both the expansion draft and the annual college draft.

Seattle Seahawk selections

Player	|College	Wayne Baker Wayne Baker Dr. Wayne E. Baker is an American author and sociologist on the senior faculty of the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. His teaching and research interests are in the fields of values, American society, social capital, social networks and economic sociology...	Defensive Tackle	BYU Brigham Young University Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...	San Francisco 49ers San Francisco 49ers The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...
Carl Barisich Carl Barisich Carl John Barisich is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns, Seattle Seahawks, Miami Dolphins, and the New York Giants.-Early life:...	Defensive Tackle	Princeton Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....	Cleveland Browns Cleveland Browns The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
Nick Bebout Nick Bebout Nick Bebout , was an American football player who played at offensive tackle for three teams over an 8 year career from 1973 to 1980. Bebout played high school football for Shoshoni, Wyoming, and later went on to play for the University of Wyoming...	Offensive tackle	Wyoming University of Wyoming The University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, situated on Wyoming's high Laramie Plains, at an elevation of 7,200 feet , between the Laramie and Snowy Range mountains. It is known as UW to people close to the university...	Atlanta Falcons Atlanta Falcons The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
Lyle Blackwood Lyle Blackwood Lyle Vernon Blackwood played safety position in the National Football League and is best known for teaming alongside his brother, Glenn Blackwood with the Miami Dolphins as part of the notorious "Killer B's" defense...	Defensive Back Defensive back In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...	TCU Texas Christian University Texas Christian University is a private, coeducational university located in Fort Worth, Texas, United States and founded in 1873. TCU is affiliated with, but not governed by, the Disciples of Christ...	Cincinnati Bengals Cincinnati Bengals The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...
Ed Bradley Ed Bradley (American football) Edward William Bradley, Jr. was a former professional American football player who played in seven National Football League seasons from 1972-1978 for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers. Since 1995, Bradley has served as the color commentator for Wake Forest...	Linebacker Linebacker A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...	Wake Forest Wake Forest University Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational university in the U.S. state of North Carolina, founded in 1834. The university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina, the state capital. The Reynolda Campus, the university's main campus, is...	Pittsburgh Steelers Pittsburgh Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...
Dave Brown	Defensive Back	Michigan University of Michigan The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...	Pittsburgh Steelers
Don Clune Don Clune Donald Andrew Clune is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Pennsylvania where he earned All-American honors in both football and track. He was drafted by the New York Giants in the 1974 NFL Draft...	Wide Receiver Wide receiver A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...	Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...	New York Giants New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
Rondy Colbert	Defensive Back	Lamar Lamar University Lamar University, often referred to as Lamar or LU, is a comprehensive coeducational public research university located in Beaumont, Texas, United States. Lamar confers bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees and is classified as a Doctoral Research University by the Carnegie Commission on Higher...	New York Giants
Dwayne Crump	Defensive Back	Fresno State	St. Louis Cardinals Arizona Cardinals The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
Mike Curtis Mike Curtis (American football) James Michael "Mike" Curtis is a former professional American football player for the Baltimore Colts, the Seattle Seahawks and the Washington Redskins, who played 14 seasons from 1965 to 1978 in the National Football League. He was a four-time Pro Bowler in 1968, 1970, 1971 and 1974. He was...	Linebacker	Duke Duke University Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...	Baltimore Colts Indianapolis Colts The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
Jerry Davis Jerry Davis Jerome W. "Jerry" Davis was a professional American football defensive back in the National Football League. He played for the Chicago Cardinals and the Dallas Texans ....	Defensive Back	Morris Brown	New York Jets New York Jets The New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
John Demarie John Demarie John Demarie is a former professional American football player who played in 10 NFL season from 1967-1976 for the Cleveland Browns and the Seattle Seahawks....	Offensive Guard	LSU Louisiana State University Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...	Cleveland Browns
Norm Evans Norm Evans Norman Evans is a former American Professional Football offensive tackle who played fourteen seasons, ten of those with the Miami Dolphins, first in the American Football League, later in the NFL. He was selected to two Pro Bowls and played in three Super Bowls.-External links:*...	Offensive Tackle	TCU	Miami Dolphins Miami Dolphins The Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
Ken Geddes Ken Geddes Kenneth Geddes is a former American Football linebacker who played mainly for the Los Angeles Rams in a nine year career that lasted from 1970 to 1978 in the National Football League....	Linebacker	Nebraska	Los Angeles Rams
Neil Graff Neil Graff Neil Graff is a former quarterback in the National Football League. He was drafted in the sixteenth round of the 1972 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings and later played with the New England Patriots for two seasons...	Quarterback Quarterback Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...	Wisconsin	New England Patriots New England Patriots The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...
Don Hansen Don Hansen Donald Ray Hansen, is a former professional American football linebacker in the NFL from 1966 to 1977. He was known as an extremely hard hitter and an underrated as well as overachieving linebacker....	Linebacker	Illinois	Atlanta Falcons
Gary Hayman	Running Back Running back A running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running...	Penn State	Buffalo Bills Buffalo Bills The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
Fred Hoaglin Fred Hoaglin Fred Hoaglin, was a center in the NFL from 1966 to 1976. He was a member of the first Seattle Seahawks team after being acquired from Houston in the expansion draft....	Center Center (American football) Center is a position in American football and Canadian football . The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense...	Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on what was then the American frontier, Pitt is one of the oldest continuously chartered institutions of...	Houston Oilers
Ron Howard Ron Howard (American football) Ronald Ford Howard is a retired U.S. professional American football tight end who played in six seasons in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys , the Seattle Seahawks and the Buffalo Bills .-High school career:Howard played varsity football, basketball and track for Pasco High...	Tight End Tight end The tight end is a position in American football on the offense. The tight end is often seen as a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Like offensive linemen, they are usually lined up on the offensive line and are large enough to be...	Seattle Seattle University Seattle University is a Jesuit Catholic university located in the First Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, USA.SU is the largest independent university in the Northwest US, with over 7,500 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs within eight schools, and is one of 28 member...	Dallas Cowboys Dallas Cowboys The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...
Ken Hutcherson Ken Hutcherson Kenneth Lee Hutcherson is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League who is now the pastor of the Antioch Bible Church in Kirkland, Washington, where he has been since 1985...	Linebacker	Livingston State	Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...
Gordon Jolley Gordon Jolley Gordon Harold Jolley is a former professional American football player who played in 7 NFL seasons from 1971-1977 for the Detroit Lions and the Seattle Seahawks. He was an inaugural member of the Seattle Seahawks...	Offensive Tackle	Utah University of Utah The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...	Detroit Lions Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...
Gary Keithley Gary Keithley Gary Keithley is a former professional American football quarterback in the National Football League. He is best known for achieving a quarterback rating of zero in back-to-back games in December 1973. These games were also his first two career starts....	Quarterback	Texas-El Paso	St. Louis Cardinals
Art Kuehn Art Kuehn Arthur Bert Kuehn is a former American football Center in the National Football League for the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots....	Center	UCLA	Washington Redskins Washington Redskins The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...
Kerry Marbury	Running Back	West Virginia West Virginia University West Virginia University is a public research university in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. Other campuses include: West Virginia University at Parkersburg in Parkersburg; West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Montgomery; Potomac State College of West Virginia University in Keyser;...	New England Patriots
Al Matthews Al Matthews (American football) Alvin Leon Matthews is a former professional American football defensive back who played in eight National Football League seasons from 1970-1977 for the Green Bay Packers, the Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers.-External links:*...	Defensive Back	Texas A&I	Green Bay Packers
Sam McCullum Sam McCullum Samuel Charles McCullum is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for 10 seasons for the Seattle Seahawks and Minnesota Vikings from 1974 through 1983. McCullum was raised in Kalispell, Montana.-References:...	Wide Receiver	Montana State	Minnesota Vikings Minnesota Vikings The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...
John McMakin John McMakin For the 1902 Brooklyn Superbas baseball pitcher, see John McMakin John Garvin McMakin is a former professional American football player who played in 5 NFL seasons from 1972-1976 for the Pittsburgh Steelers, was a member of the Steelers first World Championship, Super Bowl IX, Detroit Lions and...	Tight End	Clemson	Detroit Lions
Eddie McMillan Eddie McMillan Edward Alexander McMillan is a former professional American football player who played in seven National Football League seasons from 1973-1979 for the Los Angeles Rams, the Seattle Seahawks and the Buffalo Bills. He played college football at Florida State University....	Defensive Back	Florida State	Los Angeles Rams
Bill Olds Bill Olds William Henry "Bill" Olds is a former professional football player, a running back in the NFL for four seasons for the Baltimore Colts, the Seattle Seahawks, and the Philadelphia Eagles...	Running Back	Nebraska	Baltimore Colts
Jesse O'Neal	Defensive End Defensive end Defensive end is the name of a defensive position in the sport of American and Canadian football.This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formations have substantially changed how the position is played over the years...	Grambling	Houston Oilers
Joe Owens Joe Owens Joseph T. Owens is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the 9th round of the 1969 NFL Draft. He played college football at Alcorn State University.Owens also played for the San Diego Chargers and Houston Oilers....	Defensive End	Alcorn State	New Orleans Saints New Orleans Saints The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They are members of the South Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League ....
Bob Penchion Bob Penchion Robert Earl Penchion was a former professional American football player who played in five National Football League seasons from 1972-1976 for the Buffalo Bills, the San Francisco 49ers and the Seattle Seahawks. He played college football at Alcorn State University....	Offensive Guard	Alcorn State	San Francisco 49ers
Bob Picard	Wide Receiver	Eastern Washington State	Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
Rocky Rasley Rocky Rasley Rocky Rasley is a former American football guard in the National Football League from 1969–1970, 1972-1976. He attended Bakersfield's South High School and Bakersfield College before enrolling at Oregon State University where he played college football under Dee Andros during the "Giant Killers"...	Offensive Guard	Oregon State	Kansas City Chiefs Kansas City Chiefs The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...
Steve Taylor Steve Taylor Roland Stephen Taylor , is an American Christian singer, songwriter, record producer and film director.-Early life:Taylor, the eldest of three children, was born in Brawley, California. Taylor's father, Roland Taylor, was a Baptist minister. When Taylor was six years old, the family relocated to...	Defensive Back	Kansas University of Kansas The University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The...	Denver Broncos Denver Broncos The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
Dave Tipton Dave Tipton David Lance Tipton is a former professional American football player who played in six NFL seasons from 1971-1976 for the New York Giants, the San Diego Chargers and the Seattle Seahawks....	Defensive End	Stanford	San Diego Chargers San Diego Chargers The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
Charles Waddell	Tight End	North Carolina University of North Carolina Chartered in 1789, the University of North Carolina was one of the first public universities in the United States and the only one to graduate students in the eighteenth century...	San Diego Chargers
Larry Woods Larry Woods Larry Dobie Woods is a former professional American football player who played in six NFL seasons from 1971-1976 for the four different teams. He currently lives in Houston with his wife, Rose and has two children, a son named LeVar and a daughter named Yoshina.-External links:*...	Defensive Tackle	Tennessee State	New York Jets
Rolly Woolsey Roland Woolsey Roland Bert Woolsey was a former professional American football player who played in four NFL seasons from 1975-1978 for four different teams....	Defensive Back	Boise State	Dallas Cowboys

Tampa Bay selections

Player	|College	Larry Ball Larry Ball Larry Lavern Ball is a retired American football linebacker.Ball was drafted out of University of Louisville in the 1972 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins. He also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Detroit Lions. During his National Football League career, he participated in 79 games...	Linebacker	Louisville University of Louisville The University of Louisville is a public university in Louisville, Kentucky. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of the first universities chartered west of the Allegheny Mountains. The university is mandated by the Kentucky General...	Detroit Lions
Joe Blahak Joe Blahak Joseph Philip "Joe" Blahak is a former professional football player, a defensive back for several NFL teams in the mid 1970s. He played college football at Nebraska under head coach Bob Devaney, and was a member of the 1970 and 1971 undefeated national championship teams...	Defensive Back	Nebraska	Minnesota Vikings
Bubba Bridges	Defensive Tackle	Colorado University of Colorado at Boulder The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...	Denver Broncos
Bubba Broussard	Linebacker	Houston University of Houston The University of Houston is a state research university, and is the flagship institution of the University of Houston System. Founded in 1927, it is Texas's third-largest university with nearly 40,000 students. Its campus spans 667 acres in southeast Houston, and was known as University of...	Chicago Bears Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
Louis Carter Louis Carter Louis Edward Carter is a former running back in the National Football League. He played for the Oakland Raiders and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers....	Running Back	Maryland University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...	Oakland Raiders Oakland Raiders The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
Steve Colavito	Linebacker	Wake Forest	Philadelphia Eagles
Mark Cotney Mark Cotney Mark Cotney , is a former professional American football player who played in 10 NFL seasons from 1975-1984 for the Houston Oilers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Selected by the Buccaneers in the 1976 NFL Expansion Draft, he was a member of the original winless 1976 team and the 1979 team that played in...	Defensive Back	Cameron State	Houston Oilers
Mike Current Mike Current Michael Current was a college and professional offensive lineman in the 1960s and '70s.Current played left tackle for the Ohio State Buckeyes under head coach Woody Hayes. After backing up All American Jim Davidson as a sophomore, Current became a starter as junior in 1965...	Offensive Tackle	Ohio State	Denver Broncos
Anthony Davis	Running Back	USC University of Southern California The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...	New York Jets
Ricky Davis	Defensive Back	Alabama University of Alabama The University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States....	Miami Dolphins
Earl Douthitt	Defensive Back	Iowa University of Iowa The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...	Chicago Bears
Bruce Elia Bruce Elia Bruce Louis Elia is a former college and professional American football player. In college, Elia played on both the offensive and defensive teams for the Ohio State Buckeyes...	Linebacker	Ohio State	Miami Dolphins
Larry Ely	Linebacker	Iowa	Chicago Bears
Howard Fest Howard Fest Howard Arthur Fest is a former American football offensive lineman who played in the American Football League and in the National Football League . He was an original member of the AFL Cincinnati Bengals, playing with them for 9 years. He began his career at tackle, but later moved to guard. He...	Offensive Guard	Texas	Cincinnati Bengals
Ira Gordon Ira Gordon Ira Lawrence Gordon is a former professional American football player who played offensive tackle for six seasons for the San Diego Chargers. He was a starter for the last two. Left unprotected in the 1976 NFL Expansion Draft, he was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers...	Offensive Guard	Kansas State	San Diego Chargers
Jimmy Gunn Jimmy Gunn Jimmy Gunn is a retired American football linebacker in the National Football League.-Professional career:Gunn played for the Chicago Bears, New York Giants and Tampa Bay Buccaneers between 1970 and 1976....	Linebacker	USC	New York Giants
Harold Hart	Running Back	Texas Southern Texas Southern University Texas Southern University is a historically black university located in Houston, Texas, United States....	Oakland Raiders
Durwood Keeton	Defensive Back	Oklahoma University of Oklahoma The University of Oklahoma is a coeducational public research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. the university had 29,931 students enrolled, most located at its...	New England Patriots
Vince Kendrick Vince Kendrick Vincent Kendrick is a former American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League for two seasons during the 1970s...	Running Back	Florida University of Florida The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...	Atlanta Falcons
Morris LaGrand	Running Back	Tampa University of Tampa The University of Tampa , is a private, co-educational university in Downtown Tampa, Florida, United States. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. In 2006, the University celebrated its 75th anniversary...	New Orleans Saints
Willie McGee	Wide Receiver	Alcorn State	Oakland Raiders
John (J.K.) McKay	Wide Receiver	USC	Cleveland Browns
Bob Moore Bob Moore (American football) Robert Moore is a former American football tight end, who played eight seasons in the National Football League. He played college football at Stanford University....	Tight End	Stanford	Oakland Raiders
Manfred Moore Manfred Moore Manfred Moore is a former professional American football running back and, briefly, rugby league football player of the 1970s.-Early years:...	Running Back	USC	San Francisco 49ers
Frank Oliver	Defensive Back	Kentucky State	Buffalo Bills
Dave Pear Dave Pear David Pear is a retired American football defensive tackle. He was the first Tampa Bay Buccaneers player to be selected to the Pro Bowl and played in Super Bowl XV for the winning Oakland Raiders....	Defensive Tackle	Washington University of Washington University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...	Baltimore Colts
Cal Peterson Cal Peterson Calvin Elston "Cal" Peterson is a former professional American football linebacker in the National Football League. He played seven seasons for the Dallas Cowboys, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Raiders....	Linebacker	UCLA	Dallas Cowboys
Dave Reavis Dave Reavis David Craig Reavis was a National Football League offensive lineman from 1974 through 1983....	Offensive Tackle	Arkansas University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas is a public, co-educational, land-grant, space-grant, research university. It is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with very high research activity. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in...	Pittsburgh Steelers
Council Rudolph Council Rudolph Council Rudolph, Jr. is a former professional American football player.-Career:Rudolph played defensive end for six seasons for the Houston Oilers, the St. Louis Cardinals, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Council attended Kentucky State University, where he is in the Hall of Fame...	Defensive End	Kentucky State	St. Louis Cardinals
Dan Ryczek Dan Ryczek Daniel Stanley Ryczek is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the Los Angeles Rams. He played college football at the University of Virginia and was drafted in the thirteenth round of the 1971 NFL...	Center	Virginia University of Virginia The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...	Washington Redskins
Barry Smith Barry Smith (American football) Barrett Benjamin Smith is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League who played 42 games for the Green Bay Packers. In 1973, the Green Bay Packers used the 21st pick in the 1st round of the 1973 NFL Draft to sign Smith out of the Florida State University. Smith went...	Wide Receiver	Florida State	Green Bay Packers
Ken Stone	Defensive Back	Vanderbilt Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, the university is named for shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the...	Washington Redskins
Doug Swift Doug Swift Doug Swift is a former American football linebacker who played six seasons in the National Football League for the Miami Dolphins. Swift moved into the starting lineup as a rookie and held the strongside linebacker position for the next six seasons, including the Dolphins' Super Bowl victories...	Linebacker	Amherst Amherst College Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009...	Miami Dolphins
Dave Thompson	Offensive Tackle-Center	Clemson	New Orleans Saints
Pat Toomay Pat Toomay Patrick Jay Toomay was an American football defensive end who played 10 years in the National Football League for four different teams: the Dallas Cowboys, the Buffalo Bills, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the Oakland Raiders...	Defensive End	Vanderbilt	Buffalo Bills
John Ward John Ward (American football) John Henry Ward is a former National Football League lineman who played from 1970 to 1976 for the Minnesota Vikings, the Chicago Bears and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers...	Center-Offensive Guard	Oklahoma State	Minnesota Vikings
Lawrence Williams	Wide Receiver	Texas Tech Texas Tech University Texas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech or TTU, is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and originally known as Texas Technological College, it is the leading institution of the Texas Tech University System and has the...	Kansas City Chiefs
Dan Yochum Dan Yochum Dan Yochum is a former offensive lineman for the Montreal Alouettes from 1972–1980 and the Edmonton Eskimos in 1980 of the Canadian Football League...	Offensive Tackle	Syracuse Syracuse University Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...	Philadelphia Eagles