| Year | Draft | Round | Pick | Player | Pos | From | Notes | ROY | HOF | Allstar | Heismann |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 1971 | 1 | 1 | Jim McDaniels | Western Kentucky | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 1 | 2 | Elmore Smith | Kentucky State (redshirt) | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 1 | 3 | Howard Porter | Villanova | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 1 | 4 | Ralph Simpson | Michigan State | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 1 | 5 | Ken Durrett | LaSalle | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 1 | 6 | Cliff Meeley | Colorado | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 1 | 7 | Randy Denton | Duke | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 1 | 8 | Willie Sojourner | Weber State | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 1 | 9 | Artis Gilmore | Jacksonville | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 1 | 10 | Stan Love | Oregon | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 1 | 11 | Dana Lewis | Tulsa (redshirt) | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 2 | 12 | Sidney Wicks | UCLA | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 2 | 13 | Levi Wyatt | Alcorn A&M | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 2 | 14 | Rich Yunkus | Georgia Tech | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 2 | 15 | Marv Roberts | Utah State | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 2 | 16 | Willie Long | New Mexico | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 2 | 17 | Charles Davis | Wake Forest | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 2 | 18 | Bob Kissane | Holy Cross | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 2 | 19 | Darnell Hillman | San Jose State | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 2 | 20 | Jim Rose | Western Kentucky | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 2 | 21 | Roger Brown | Kansas | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 2 | 22 | Garry Nelson | Duquesne | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 3 | 23 | Gregg Northington | Alabama State | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 3 | 24 | Austin Carr | Notre Dame | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 3 | 25 | John Mengelt | Auburn | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 3 | 26 | John Roche | South Carolina | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 3 | 27 | Mike Newlin | Utah | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 3 | 28 | Jim OBrien | Boston College | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 3 | 29 | Walt Szczerbiak | George Washington | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 3 | 30 | Thorpe Weber | Vanderbilt | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 3 | 31 | Ted McClain | Tennessee State | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 3 | 32 | Rick Fisher | Colorado State (redshirt) | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 3 | 33 | Marvin Stewart | Nebraska | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 4 | 34 | Gene Phillips | Southern Methodist | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 4 | 35 | Al Smith | Bradley | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 4 | 36 | Bill Smith | Syracuse | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 4 | 37 | Tom Owens | South Carolina | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 4 | 38 | Bubba Jones | Ashland | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 4 | 39 | Amos Thomas | Southwest Oklahoma | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 4 | 40 | Dick Gibbs | Texas-El Paso | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 4 | 41 | Fred Brown | Iowa | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 4 | 42 | Dana Pagett | Southern California | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 4 | 43 | Jim Cleamons | Ohio State | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 4 | 44 | Dennis Layton | Southern California | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 5 | 45 | Collis Jones | Notre Dame | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 5 | 46 | Dave Robisch | Kansas | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 5 | 47 | Luke Adams | Lamar Tech | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 5 | 48 | Gregg Starrick | Southern Illinois | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 5 | 49 | Mike Jordan | Savannah State | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 5 | 50 | Ken McIntosh | Eastern Michigan | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 5 | 51 | Glen Summers | Gannon | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 5 | 52 | Mike Gale | Elizabeth City (NC) | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 5 | 53 | Clifford Ray | Oklahoma: | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 5 | 54 | Clarence Glover | Western Kentucky | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 5 | 55 | Lee Dedmon | North Carolina | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 6 | 56 | George Trapp | Long Beach State | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 6 | 57 | William Graham | Kentucky State | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 6 | 58 | Ron Rippicoe | David Lipscomb | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 6 | 59 | Tom Lee | Arizona | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 6 | 60 | Barry Nelson | Duquesne | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 6 | 61 | Fred Hilton | Grambling | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 6 | 62 | Mike Necaise | William Carey | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 6 | 63 | James Welch | Houston | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 6 | 64 | Bill Gerry | Virginia | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 6 | 65 | Jeff Halliburton | Drake | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 6 | 66 | Bobby Fields | LaSalle | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 7 | 67 | Sterling Quant | Central State (Ohio) | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 7 | 68 | Ken Gardner | Utah | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 7 | 69 | Ed Kemp | Adams State | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 7 | 70 | Rich Rinaldi | St. Peters (NJ) | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 7 | 71 | John Sutter | Tulane | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 7 | 72 | Loyd King | Virginia Tech | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 7 | 73 | Odis Allison | UNLV | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 7 | 74 | Larry Steele | Kentucky | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 7 | 75 | Gilbert McGregor | Wake Forest | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 7 | 76 | Dean Meminger | Marquette | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 7 | 77 | Erwin (Chip) Johnson | Augusta | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 8 | 78 | Curtis Rowe | UCLA | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 8 | 79 | Tyrone Marioneaux | Loyola (LA) | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 8 | 80 | Kenny Davis | Georgetown (KY) | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 8 | 81 | Jim Haderlein | Loyola (CA) | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 8 | 82 | Charles Yelverton | Fordham | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 8 | 83 | James Douglas | Memphis State | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 8 | 84 | John Duncan | Kentucky Wesleyan | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 8 | 85 | Clarence Sherrod | Wisconsin | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 8 | 86 | Hector Blondet | Murray State | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 8 | 87 | Ken Booker | UCLA | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 8 | 88 | Jim Day | Morehead State | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 9 | 89 | Jimmy Guymon | E. New Mexico State | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 9 | 90 | Mike Childress | Colorado State | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 9 | 91 | Dave Wohl | Pennsylvania | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 9 | 92 | Larry Holliday | Oregon | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 9 | 93 | Vincent White | Savannah State | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 9 | 94 | Henry Smith | Missouri | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 9 | 95 | Jarrett Durham | Duquesne | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 9 | 96 | Mike OBrien | St. Leo College (FL) | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 9 | 97 | Lou Grillo | Mt. St. Mary's | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 9 | 98 | Tom Crosswhite | Dayton | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 9 | 99 | Willy Humes | Idaho State | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 10 | 100 | Gene Knolle | Texas Tech | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 10 | 101 | George Faerber | Purdue | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 10 | 102 | Kendall Mayfield | Tuskegee | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 10 | 103 | Doug Rex | Santa Barbara | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 10 | 104 | James Flemming | Alcorn A&M | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 10 | 105 | Eric Hill | Minnesota | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 10 | 106 | Jim Gregory | E. Carolina | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 10 | 107 | Larry Sanders | Duke | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 10 | 108 | Larry Weatherford | Purdue | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 10 | 109 | Jake Jones | Assumption (MA) | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 11 | 110 | Al Shumate | No. Texas State | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 11 | 111 | John Ribock | South Carolina | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 11 | 112 | Robert McKenney | Pepperdine | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 11 | 113 | Gerald Lockett | Arkansas AM&N | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 11 | 114 | Rayford McCambray | Miles | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 11 | 115 | Danny Davis | Henderson | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 11 | 116 | Bill Warner | Arizona | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 11 | 117 | Sid Catlett | Notre Dame | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 11 | 118 | James England | Tennessee | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 12 | 119 | Willie Hart | Grambling | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 12 | 120 | Gary Brell | Marquette | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 12 | 121 | Gregg Love | Ohio University | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 12 | 122 | Willie Allen | Miami (FL) | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 12 | 123 | Bunny Wilson | Baltimore | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 12 | 124 | Gary Reist | Rice | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 12 | 125 | Blain Henry | Marshall | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 12 | 126 | James Dinwiddle | Kentucky | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 12 | 127 | Jeff Smith | New Mexico State | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 13 | 128 | Eugene Kennedy | Texas Christian | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 13 | 129 | Glen Richels | Wisconsin | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 13 | 130 | Bob Wenzel | Rutgers | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 13 | 131 | Jackie Ridgle | California | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 13 | 132 | Ray Green | Cal State (PA) | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 13 | 133 | Edward Hoskins | Lemoyne | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 13 | 134 | Don Ward | Colgate | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 13 | 135 | Pierre Russell | Kansas | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 13 | 136 | Rick Katherman | Duke | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 14 | 137 | Bill Brickhouse | Montana State | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 14 | 138 | Jerry Hyder | East New Mexico | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 14 | 139 | Ron Dorsey | Tennessee State | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 14 | 140 | Pembroke Burrows | Jacksonville | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 14 | 141 | Gene Mumford | Scranton | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 14 | 142 | Ken Riley | Middle Tennessee State | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 14 | 143 | Skip Young | Florida State | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 14 | 144 | Jerome Perry | Western Kentucky | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 14 | 145 | Clarence Smith | Villanova | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 15 | 146 | William Chatman | Baylor | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 15 | 147 | Richard Dixon | Loyola (CA) | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 15 | 148 | Hank Commodore | Northwest Oklahoma | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 15 | 149 | Ken May | Dayton | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 15 | 150 | Lee McCullough | Indiana State (PA) | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 15 | 151 | Rod Behrens | Stanford | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 15 | 152 | George Sisk | Georgia Southern | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 15 | 153 | Willie Cherry | Denver | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 15 | 154 | Rich Walker | Bowling Green | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 16 | 155 | Harry Taylor | Los Angeles Baptist | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 16 | 156 | David Walls | Jackson State | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 16 | 157 | Frank Lorthridge | Pan American | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 16 | 158 | Wayman Terrell | Oklahoma Baptist | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 16 | 159 | Russell Golden | Jackson State (redshirt) | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 16 | 160 | Don Johnson | Tennessee | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 16 | 161 | Brian Mahoney | Manhattan | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 16 | 162 | Tom Bush | Drake | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 17 | 163 | Dan McGhee | Howard Payne | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 17 | 164 | Paul Botts | Central Michigan | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 17 | 165 | Dan Fife | Michigan | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 17 | 166 | Bill Drozdiak | Oregon | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 17 | 167 | Harry James | Montclair State | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 17 | 168 | Haywood Hill | Oral Roberts | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 17 | 169 | Ollie Sherman | Minnesota | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 17 | 170 | Jim Irving | St. Louis | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 18 | 171 | Ron Smith | Wichita | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 18 | 172 | Cliff Harris | Hardin-Simmons | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 18 | 173 | Eddie Meyers | Arizona | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 18 | 174 | Stan Novey | Mt. St. Mary's. | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 18 | 175 | Reggie Wood | Steubenville | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 18 | 176 | Bobby Doyle | Texas-El Paso | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 18 | 177 | Bob Bissant | Loyola (LA) | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 19 | 178 | Bobby Jones | Drake | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 19 | 179 | Steve Bilsky | Pennsylvania | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 19 | 180 | Steve Sims | Pepperdine | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 19 | 181 | Billy Barnes | Southern State | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 19 | 182 | Calvin Oliver | Pan American | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 19 | 183 | Rudy Benjamin | Michigan State | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 20 | 184 | Pat Biber | Tampa | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 20 | 185 | Alan Dalton | Suffolk (MA) | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 20 | 186 | Greg Cluess | St. John's (redshirt) | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 20 | 187 | Slick Pinkham | DePauw (redshirt) | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 21 | 188 | Mickey Davis | Duquesne | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 21 | 189 | Phil Chenier | California | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 21 | 190 | Ed Leftwich | North Carolina State | ||||||
RetroSeasons
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