National Football League - 1966 NFL Draft Picks

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1966 NFL Draft Picks
Draft	Round	Pick	Player	Pos	From	To	Notes



Draft	Round	Pick	Player	Pos	From	To	Notes

1966	1	1	Tommy Nobis	LB	Texas	Atlanta
1966	1	1	Jim Grabowski	RB	Illinois	Miami
1966	1	2	Tom Mack	G	Michigan	Los Angeles
1966	1	3	Dick Leftridge	RB	West Virginia	Pittsburgh
1966	1	4	Randy Beisler	DE	Indiana	Philadelphia
1966	1	5	John Niland	G	Iowa	Dallas
1966	1	6	Charlie Gogolak	K	Princeton	Washington
1966	1	7	Jerry Shary	T	Purdue	Minnesota
1966	1	8	Carl McAdams	LB	Oklahoma	St. Louis
1966	1	9	Jim Grabowski	RB	Illinois	Green Bay
1966	1	10	Francis Peay	T	Missouri	NY Giants
1966	1	11	Stan Hindman	T	Mississippi	San Francisco
1966	1	12	George Rice	DT	LSU	Chicago
1966	1	13	Gale Gillingham	T	Minnesota	Green Bay
1966	1	14	Milt Morin	TE	Massachusetts	Cleveland
1966	1	15	Sam Ball	T	Kentucky	Baltimore
1966	1	16	Randy Johnson	QB	Texas A&I	Atlanta
1966	2	17	Nick Rassas	DB	Notre Dame	Atlanta
1966	2	18	Mike Garrett	RB	USC	Los Angeles
1966	2	19	Larry Gagner	G	Florida	Pittsburgh
1966	2	20	Grary Pettigrew	DE	Stanford	Philadelphia
1966	2	21	Walter Barnes	T	Nebraska	Washington
1966	2	22	Willie Townes	T	Tulsa	Dallas
1966	2	23	Harold Lucas	T	Michigan State	St. Louis
1966	2	24	Nick Eddy	RB	Notre Dame	Detroit
1966	2	25	Don Davis	T	Cal State-Los Angeles	NY Giants
1966	2	26	Bob Windson	TE	Kentucky	San Francisco
1966	2	27	Jim Lindsey	RB	Arkansas	Minnesota
1966	2	28	Charlie Brown	DB	Syracuse	Chicago
1966	2	29	Rick Norton	QB	Kentucky	Cleveland
1966	2	30	Tom Cichowski	T	Maryland	Green Bay
1966	2	31	Butch Allison	T	Missouri	Baltimore
1966	2	32	Jerry Jones	T	Bowling Green	Atlanta
1966	3	33	Mike Dennis	RB	Mississippi	Atlanta
1966	3	34	Dick Tyson	G	Tulsa	Los Angeles
1966	3	35	Pat Killorin	C	Syracuse	Pittsburgh
1966	3	36	Ben Hawkins	WR	Arizona State	Philadelphia
1966	3	37	Al Randolph	RB	Iowa	San Francisco
1966	3	38	Tom Barrington	RB	Ohio State	Washington
1966	3	39	Bill Malinchak	WR	Indiana	Detroit
1966	3	40	Tom Fisher	LB	Tennessee	NY Giants
1966	3	41	Dan Bland	DB	Mississippi State	San Francisco
1966	3	42	Don Hansen	LB	Illinois	Minnesota
1966	3	43	Dave Long	DE	Iowa	St. Louis
1966	3	44	Bob Pickens	T	Nebraska	Chicago
1966	3	45	Fred Heron	T	San Jose State	Green Bay
1966	3	46	Tony Jeter	E	Nebraska	Green Bay
1966	3	47	Rick Kestner	WR	Kentucky	Baltimore
1966	3	48	Phil Sheridan	WR	Notre Dame	Atlanta
1966	4	49	Ken Reaves	DB	Virginia State	Atlanta
1966	4	50	Henry Dyer	RB	Grambling	Los Angeles
1966	4	51	Randy Jackson	T	Florida	Chicago
1966	4	52	Frank Emanuel	LB	Tennessee	Philadelphia
1966	4	53	Bill Clay	DB	Mississippi	Washington
1966	4	54	Rod Sherman	WR	USC	Baltimore
1966	4	55	Doug Van Horn	G	Ohio State	Detroit
1966	4	56	Don Parker	G	Virginia	San Francisco
1966	4	57	Ron Acks	DE	Illinois	Minnesota
1966	4	58	Gary Snook	QB	Iowa	St. Louis
1966	4	59	Willie Walker	WR	Tennessee State	Detroit
1966	4	60	Doug Buffone	LB	Louisville	Chicago
1966	4	61	Pete Duranko	DE	Notre Dame	Cleveland
1966	4	62	John Roderick	WR	Southern Methodist	Green Bay
1966	4	63	Hoyle Granger	RB	Mississippi State	Baltimore
1966	4	64	Willie Asbury	RB	Kent State	Atlanta
1966	5	65	Bill Wolski	RB	Notre Dame	Atlanta
1966	5	66	Diron Talbert	T	Texas	Los Angeles
1966	5	67	Bill Cody	LB	Auburn	Detroit
1966	5	68	Dan Berry	RB	California	Philadelphia
1966	5	69	Mel Phillips	DB	North Carolina A&T	San Francisco
1966	5	70	Dick Lemay	T	Vanderbilt	Washington
1966	5	71	Steve Smith	WR	Michigan	San Francisco
1966	5	72	Doug Davis	T	Kentucky	Minnesota
1966	5	73	Jack Clancy	WR	Michigan	St. Louis
1966	5	74	Randy Schultz	RB	Northern Iowa	Cleveland
1966	5	75	Bill Briggs	DE	Iowa	NY Giants
1966	5	76	Bob Hall	DB	Brown	Minnesota
1966	5	77	Dick Ardt	T	Idaho	Los Angeles
1966	5	78	Dan Fulford	WR	Auburn	Cleveland
1966	5	79	Walt Garrison	RB	Oklahoma State	Dallas
1966	5	80	Martin Kahn	T	North Texas State	Atlanta
1966	6	81	Charley Casey	WR	Florida	Atlanta
1966	6	82	Bruce Anderson	T	Willamette	Los Angeles
1966	6	83	Wilbur Aylor	T	Southwest Texas State	Minnesota
1966	6	84	Bob Sherlag	DB	Memphis State	Philadelphia
1966	6	85	Dennis Brewster	T	Brigham Young	Chicago
1966	6	86	Bob Dunlevy	WR	West Virginia	Dallas
1966	6	87	Wayne De Sutter	T	Western Illinois	Detroit
1966	6	88	Tim Van Galder	QB	Iowa State	St. Louis
1966	6	89	Mel Tom	LB	San Jose State	Philadelphia
1966	6	90	Jim Battle	DE	Southern	Cleveland
1966	6	91	Charlie Johnson	DT	Louisville	San Francisco
1966	6	92	Franklin McRae	DT	Tennessee State	Chicago
1966	6	93	Fred Hoaglin	C	Pittsburgh	Cleveland
1966	6	94	Earl Yates	T	Duke	Washington
1966	6	95	Stas Maliszewski	LB	Princeton	Baltimore
1966	7	96	William Johnson	RB	University of the South	Atlanta
1966	7	97	George Youngblood	DB	Cal State-Los Angeles	Los Angeles
1966	7	98	Emerson Boozer	RB	Maryland-Eastern Shore	Pittsburgh
1966	7	99	David Lince	T	North Dakota	Philadelphia
1966	7	100	Arthur Robinson	WR	Florida A&M	Dallas
1966	7	101	George Patton	T	Georgia	Washington
1966	7	102	Charley Arkwright	T	Georgia	St. Louis
1966	7	103	Johnnie Robinson	WR	Tennessee State	Detroit
1966	7	104	Phil Harris	RB	Texas	NY Giants
1966	7	105	Dave Ellis	DE	North Carolina State	Baltimore
1966	7	106	Bob Meers	E	Massachusetts	Minnesota
1966	7	107	Ron Meyer	QB	South Dakota State	Chicago
1966	7	108	Ray Miller	DE	Idaho	Green Bay
1966	7	109	Leroy Carter	WR	Grambling	Cleveland
1966	7	110	Ray Perkins	WR	Alabama	Baltimore
1966	8	111	Bill Goss	LB	Tulane	Atlanta
1966	8	112	Vilnis Ezerins	RB	Wisconsin-Whitewater	Los Angeles
1966	8	113	Charlie Harper	T	Oklahoma State	NY Giants
1966	8	114	John Mason	E	Stanford	Philadelphia
1966	8	115	Stan Mitchell	RB	Tennessee	Washington
1966	8	116	Don Kunit	RB	Penn State	Dallas
1966	8	117	John Pincavage	RB	Virginia	Detroit
1966	8	118	Bill Matan	WR	Kansas State	NY Giants
1966	8	119	Dick Witcher	WR	UCLA	San Francisco
1966	8	120	Jerry Allen	RB	Nebraska-Omaha	Baltimore
1966	8	121	Dan Goich	E	California	St. Louis
1966	8	122	Doug McFalls	DB	Georgia	Chicago
1966	8	123	Tom Talaga	WR	Notre Dame	Cleveland
1966	8	124	Ken McLean	WR	Texas A&M	Green Bay
1966	8	125	Jack White	QB	Penn State	Baltimore
1966	9	126	Bob Sanders	C	North Texas State	Atlanta
1966	9	127	Burton Matthies	RB	Wayne State	Los Angeles
1966	9	128	Dale Stewart	DE	Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh
1966	9	129	Jim Todd	RB	Ball State	Philadelphia
1966	9	130	Darrell Elam	WR	West Virginia Tech	Dallas
1966	9	131	Jack Shinholser	LB	Florida State	Washington
1966	9	132	Freeman White	WR	Nebraska	NY Giants
1966	9	133	Kent Kramer	WR	Minnesota	San Francisco
1966	9	134	Ron Green	WR	North Dakota	Minnesota
1966	9	135	Charlie Bryant	WR	Allen	St. Louis
1966	9	136	Dick Cunningham	G	Arkansas	Detroit
1966	9	137	Fritz Greenlee	WR	Northern Arizona	Chicago
1966	9	138	Ron Rector	RB	Northwestern	Green Bay
1966	9	139	Jack Gergory	DE	Delta State	Cleveland
1966	9	140	Jerry Gross	RB	Auburn	Baltimore
1966	10	141	Mike Bender	G	Arkansas	Atlanta
1966	10	142	Mike Capshaw	T	Abilene Christian	Los Angeles
1966	10	143	Jerry Marion	DB	Wyoming	Pittsburgh
1966	10	144	John Osmond	C	Tulsa	Philadelphia
1966	10	145	Caesar Belser	DB	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	Washington
1966	10	146	Mason Mitchell	RB	Washington	Dallas
1966	10	147	Ron Sbranti	DE	Utah State	San Francisco
1966	10	148	Bruce Yates	T	Auburn	Detroit
1966	10	149	Mike Ringer	RB	Oklahoma	St. Louis
1966	10	150	Tom Brigham	DE	Wisconsin	Detroit
1966	10	151	Jeff Smith	LB	USC	NY Giants
1966	10	152	Bobby Burnett	RB	Arkansas	Chicago
1966	10	153	Monty Ledbetter	WR	Northwestern State (LA)	Cleveland
1966	10	154	Sam Montgomery	DE	Southern	Green Bay
1966	10	155	Claude Brownlee	DE	Benedictine	Baltimore
1966	11	156	Steve Sloan	QB	Alabama	Atlanta
1966	11	157	Darrell Hoover	RB	Arizona	Los Angeles
1966	11	158	Charley Washington	RB	Grambling	Pittsburgh
1966	11	159	Welford Walton	DE	Nevada-Reno	Philadelphia
1966	11	160	Austin Denny	WR	Tennessee	Dallas
1966	11	161	Dick Reding	WR	Northwestern State (LA)	Washington
1966	11	162	Stan Quintana	DB	New Mexico	Minnesota
1966	11	163	Bobby Williams	RB	Central State (OK)	St. Louis
1966	11	164	Jack O'Billovich	LB	Oregon State	Detroit
1966	11	165	Cliff Wilder	WR	Iowa	NY Giants
1966	11	166	Preston Ridlehuber	RB	Georgia	San Francisco
1966	11	167	Terry Owens	WR	Jacksonville State	Chicago
1966	11	168	Ralph Wenzel	G	San Diego State	Green Bay
1966	11	169	Tony Fire	T	Bowling Green	Cleveland
1966	11	170	Eric Crabtree	WR	Pittsburgh	Baltimore
1966	12	171	Ken Hollister	T	Indiana	Atlanta
1966	12	172	George Clayton	DB	Fairmont State	Los Angeles
1966	12	173	Les Shy	DB	Long Beach State	Dallas
1966	12	174	Bruce Van Dyke	G	Missouri	Philadelphia
1966	12	175	John Stipech	LB	Utah	Washington
1966	12	176	Craig Baynham	RB	Georgia Tech	Dallas
1966	12	177	Rickey Johnson	T	Clemson	St. Louis
1966	12	178	Randy Winkler	T	Tarleton State	Detroit
1966	12	179	Ken Avery	LB	Southern Mississippi	NY Giants
1966	12	180	Lyle Loebach	T	Simpson	San Francisco
1966	12	181	Bob Petrella	DB	Tennessee	Minnesota
1966	12	182	Wayne Page	DE	Clemson	Chicago
1966	12	183	Rich Czap	T	Nebraska	Cleveland
1966	12	184	Jim Mankins	RB	Florida State	Green Bay
1966	12	185	Jim Carer	G	Tennessee State	Baltimore
1966	13	186	Bob Collins	T	South Carolina	Atlanta
1966	13	187	Jake David	RB	Lamar	Los Angeles
1966	13	188	Benjy Dial	QB	Eastern New Mexico	Pittsburgh
1966	13	189	Jim Bohl	RB	New Mexico State	Philadelphia
1966	13	190	Ron Lamb	RB	South Carolina	Dallas
1966	13	191	Heath Wingate	C	Bowling Green	Washington
1966	13	192	Bill Masselter	T	Wisconsin	Detroit
1966	13	193	Jim Fulgham	T	Minnesota	NY Giants
1966	13	194	Jim Jackson	RB	Western Illinois	San Francisco
1966	13	195	Larry Martin	T	San Diego State	Minnesota
1966	13	196	Jim Brown	G	Nebraska	St. Louis
1966	13	197	Wayne Becker	T	Montana	Chicago
1966	13	198	Ed King	LB	USC	Green Bay
1966	13	199	Jim Boudreaux	T	Louisiana Tech	Cleveland
1966	13	200	Bob Hadrick	WR	Purdue	Baltimore
1966	14	201	Steve Ecker	K	Shippensburg	Atlanta
1966	14	202	Terry Parks	T	Cal State-Los Angeles	Los Angeles
1966	14	203	Joe Novogratz	LB	Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh
1966	14	204	Ron Medved	RB	Washington	Philadelphia
1966	14	205	Jerry Lovelace	RB	Texas Tech	Washington
1966	14	206	Lewis Turner	RB	Norfolk State	Dallas
1966	14	207	Howard McCard	G	Syracuse	NY Giants
1966	14	208	Elmer Collett	C	Cal State-San Francisco	San Francisco
1966	14	209	Howard Twilley	WR	Tulsa	Minnesota
1966	14	210	LaVerle Pratt	LB	Idaho	St. Louis
1966	14	211	Denis Moore	T	USC	Detroit
1966	14	212	Mike Buckner	DB	Northwestern	Chicago
1966	14	213	Pete Lammons	E	Texas	Cleveland
1966	14	214	Ron Hanson	WR	North Dakota State	Green Bay
1966	14	215	Jim Ward	QB	Gettysburg	Baltimore
1966	15	216	Tom Tolleson	WR	Alabama	Atlanta
1966	15	217	Mike Sullivan	WR	Oregon State	Los Angeles
1966	15	218	Joe Dobson	T	Idaho	Pittsburgh
1966	15	219	Harry Day	T	Memphis State	Philadelphia
1966	15	220	Mark Gartung	T	Oregon State	Dallas
1966	15	221	Hal Seymour	RB	Florida	Washington
1966	15	222	Saint Saffold	WR	San Jose State	San Francisco
1966	15	223	Hugh Wright	RB	Adams State	Minnesota
1966	15	224	Darryl Alleman	WR	Wyoming	St. Louis
1966	15	225	Bill Sullivan	DE	West Virginia	Detroit
1966	15	226	Steve Bowman	RB	Alabama	NY Giants
1966	15	227	Jim Kollman	G	Oregon	Chicago
1966	15	228	Grady Bolton	T	Mississippi State	Green Bay
1966	15	229	Bob Ellis	DE	Massachusetts	Cleveland
1966	15	230	Lee Garner	LB	Mississippi	Baltimore
1966	16	231	Jim Vining	G	Rice	Atlanta
1966	16	232	Joe O'Brien	WR	Texas-Arlington	Los Angeles
1966	16	233	Jim Long	WR	Purdue	Pittsburgh
1966	16	234	Arunas Vasys	LB	Notre Dame	Philadelphia
1966	16	235	Hal Wantland	RB	Tennessee	Washington
1966	16	236	Tom Piggee	RB	Cal State-San Francisco	Dallas
1966	16	237	Jim Williams	DE	Arkansas	Minnesota
1966	16	238	Dick Kasperek	C	Iowa State	St. Louis
1966	16	239	Jerry Gendron	WR	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	Detroit
1966	16	240	Sam Price	RB	Illinois	NY Giants
1966	16	241	Jim LeClair	QB	C.W. Post	San Francisco
1966	16	242	Lynn Senkbeil	LB	Nebraska	Chicago
1966	16	243	David Ray	E	Alabama	Cleveland
1966	16	244	Bob Schultz	DE	Wisconsin-Stevens Point	Green Bay
1966	16	245	Rod Stewart	E	Duke	Baltimore
1966	17	246	Lurley Archambeau	C	Toledo	Atlanta
1966	17	247	Dan Gilbert	T	Arkansas Tech	Los Angeles
1966	17	248	Mike Brundage	QB	Oregon	Pittsburgh
1966	17	249	Ike Kelley	LB	Ohio State	Philadelphia
1966	17	250	George Allen	T	West Texas State	Dallas
1966	17	251	Mitch Zalnasky	WR	Pittsburgh	Washington
1966	17	252	Benny Russell	QB	Louisville	St. Louis
1966	17	253	Ralph Dunlap	DE	Baylor	Detroit
1966	17	254	Gary Eickman	T	Illinois	NY Giants
1966	17	255	Jim Breeland	C	Georgia Tech	San Francisco
1966	17	256	Monroe Beard	RB	Virginia Union	Minnesota
1966	17	257	Curtis Gentry	DB	Maryland-Eastern Shore	Chicago
1966	17	258	David Hathcock	DB	Memphis State	Green Bay
1966	17	259	Gene Modzelewski	T	New Mexico State	Cleveland
1966	17	260	Randy Matson	T	Texas A&M	Baltimore
1966	18	261	Doug Korver	C	Northern Iowa	Atlanta
1966	18	262	Ray Johnson	LB	Whitworth	Los Angeles
1966	18	263	Ken Lucas	QB	Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh
1966	18	264	Bill Moorer	C	Georgia Tech	Philadelphia
1966	18	265	Joe Burson	RB	Georgia	Washington
1966	18	266	Steve Orr	T	Washington	Dallas
1966	18	267	Bill Johnson	WR	Livingston	Detroit
1966	18	268	Kai Anderson	C	Illinois	NY Giants
1966	18	269	Ron Parson	WR	Austin Peay	San Francisco
1966	18	270	Dale Greco	DT	Illinois	Minnesota
1966	18	271	Willie Jones	DE	Kansas State	St. Louis
1966	18	272	Charley Kines	T	Michigan	Chicago
1966	18	273	Charley Harraway	RB	San Jose State	Cleveland
1966	18	274	Jim Jones	DE	Nebraska-Omaha	Green Bay
1966	18	275	Ed Toner	T	Massachusetts	Baltimore
1966	19	276	Walt Mainer	DB	Xavier	Atlanta
1966	19	277	Homer Williams	WR	USC	Los Angeles
1966	19	278	Dave Neilson	QB	Albion	Pittsburgh
1966	19	279	Taft Reed	DB	Jackson State	Philadelphia
1966	19	280	Byron Johnson	T	Central Washington	Dallas
1966	19	281	Andre White	WR	Florida A&M	Washington
1966	19	282	Bobby Crockett	WR	Arkansas	NY Giants
1966	19	283	Dick Fitzgerald	T	Nebraska	San Francisco
1966	19	284	Jessie Stokes	RB	Corpus Christi State	Minnesota
1966	19	285	Tony Golmont	DB	North Carolina State	St. Louis
1966	19	286	Bob Baier	T	Simpson	Detroit
1966	19	287	Roger Haberer	RB	Eastern Illinois	Chicago
1966	19	288	Dave Moton	WR	USC	Green Bay
1966	19	289	Karl Singer	T	Purdue	Cleveland
1966	19	290	Ken Duke	RB	Morgan State	Baltimore
1966	20	291	Bob Riggle	DB	Penn State	Atlanta
1966	20	292	Bud Harrington	RB	Tulsa	Los Angeles
1966	20	293	Ron Springer	T	Albion	Pittsburgh
1966	20	294	Bill Risio	T	Boston College	Philadelphia
1966	20	295	John Kelly	C	Florida A&M	Washington
1966	20	296	Lou Hudson	WR	Minnesota	Dallas
1966	20	297	Willie Walker	WR	Baylor	San Francisco
1966	20	298	Gerald Circo	K	Cal State-Chico	Philadelphia
1966	20	299	Tom Gallagher	DE	Indiana	St. Louis
1966	20	300	Allen Smith	RB	Findlay	Detroit
1966	20	301	Randy Minniear	RB	Purdue	NY Giants
1966	20	302	Goldie Sellers	WR	Grambling	Chicago
1966	20	303	Joe Petro	DB	Temple	Cleveland
1966	20	304	Ed Maras	WR	South Dakota State	Green Bay
1966	20	305	Tom Carr	T	Morgan State	Baltimore

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Larry Wayne Scofield says:

February 28, 2022 at 6:43 am

I sincerely appreciate the research work, and the information being shared. It is important and interesting history.

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