1962 American Football League draft
1962 American Football League draft | |
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General information | |
Date(s) | December 2, 1961 |
Overview | |
272 total selections in 34 rounds | |
League | AFL |
First selection | Roman Gabriel, QB Oakland Raiders |
Mr. Irrelevant | Phil Lohman, C San Diego Chargers |
Hall of Famers | 3 |
= Pro Bowler [1] | = AFL All-Star[2] | = Hall of Famer |
Boston Patriots draft picks (selected sixth)[]
Round | Player | Position | College |
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1 | Gary Collins | End | Maryland |
2 | Halfback | Western Illinois | |
3 | Sherwyn Thorson | Guard | Iowa |
4 | Pick traded to Houston | ||
5 | Pick traded to Dallas | ||
6 | Billy Neighbors | Tackle | Alabama |
7 | Tackle | Michigan | |
8 | Bennie McRae | Halfback | Michigan |
9 | Bill Triplett | Fullback | Miami (Ohio) |
10 | Halfback | Valparaiso | |
11 | Pick traded to Buffalo | ||
12 | Pick traded to Oakland | ||
13 | Nick Buoniconti | Guard | Notre Dame |
14 | * | Tackle | Penn State |
15 | Guard | Northern Michigan | |
16 | Ken Byers | Guard | Cincinnati |
17 | End | Michigan | |
18 | Tackle | Florida A&M | |
19 | End | Villanova | |
20 | Halfback | LSU | |
21 | Halfback | VMI | |
22 | Tackle | Columbia | |
23 | Halfback | Penn Military | |
24 | Center | Richmond | |
25 | Center | Syracuse | |
26 | * | Quarterback | LSU |
27 | Al Gursky* | Halfback | Penn State |
28 | * | Tackle | Illinois |
29 | * | Tackle | McNeese State |
30 | John Finn* | Tackle | Louisville |
31 | * | Guard | Ohio State |
32 | * | Halfback | Mississippi |
33 | Steve Jastrzembski* | End | Pittsburgh |
34 | * | Tackle | Miami (Florida) |
Buffalo Bills draft picks (selected fourth)[]
Round | Player | Position | College |
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1 | Ernie Davis | Halfback | Syracuse |
2 | Glenn Glass | Halfback | Tennessee |
3 | John Elwell | End | Purdue |
4 | Pick traded to Dallas | ||
5 | Halfback | North Carolina State | |
6 | Dave Viti | End | Boston University |
7 | Guard | North Carolina | |
8 | Paul White | Halfback | Florida |
9 | Bill Saul | Center | Penn State |
10 | Amos Bullocks | Halfback | Southern Illinois |
11 | Guard | Bowling Green | |
11 | Tom Pennington (from Boston) | End | Georgia |
12 | Pick traded to Oakland | ||
13 | Ron Gassert (from Dallas) | Tackle | Virginia |
13 | Mike Stratton | End | Tennessee |
14 | * | Tackle | Purdue |
15 | Roger Kochman* | Halfback | Penn State |
16 | Tackle | Southern Illinois | |
17 | Tom Sestak | End | McNeese State |
18 | End | Virginia (VOIDED) Carolina | |
19 | Bill Johnson | Linebacker | Southeast Louisiana |
20 | End | Ohio State | |
21 | Carey Henley | Halfback | Chattanooga |
22 | Tom Hall | End | Minnesota |
23 | Ray Abruzzese | Halfback | Alabama |
24 | Stan Sczurek | Guard | Purdue |
25 | * | End | Kentucky |
26 | Ed Reynolds* | Tackle | Tulane |
27 | Claude Crabb* | Halfback | Colorado |
28 | * | Fullback | Purdue |
29 | * | Guard | Florida |
30 | * | Center | Vanderbilt |
31 | Jim Collier* | End | Arkansas |
32 | * | End | Syracuse |
33 | * | Guard | Illinois |
34 | * | Quarterback | USC |
Dallas Texans draft picks (selected third)[]
Round | Player | Position | College |
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1 | Ronnie Bull | Halfback | Baylor |
2 | Bill Miller | End | Miami (Florida) |
3 | Eddie Wilson | Quarterback | Arizona |
4 | Tackle | North Carolina College | |
4 | Irv Goode (from Buffalo) | Center | Kentucky |
5 | Bobby Plummer | Tackle | TCU |
5 | Bobby Ply (from New York) | Quarterback | Baylor |
5 | Bill Hull (from Boston) | End | Wake Forest |
6 | End | Iowa | |
7 | Pick traded to San Diego | ||
8 | Larry Bowie | Tackle | Purdue |
9 | Tackle | Pittsburgh | |
10 | Jimmy Saxton | Halfback | Texas |
11 | Bobby Hunt (from Oakland) | Defensive back | Auburn |
11 | Guy Reese | Tackle | SMU |
12 | Bobby Thompson | Halfback | Arizona |
13 | Pick traded to Buffalo | ||
14 | Bookie Bolin* | Guard | Mississippi |
15 | Dave Graham* | Tackle | Virginia |
16 | Pettis Norman | End | John Smith |
17 | Tommy Brooker | End | Alabama |
18 | Joe Carollo | Tackle | Notre Dame |
19 | Halfback | Mississippi State | |
20 | Guard | Lehigh | |
21 | * | Tackle | Wake Forest |
22 | Tackle | Linfield | |
23 | Tackle | Georgia Tech | |
24 | Pat Trammell | Quarterback | Alabama |
25 | John Burrell | End | Rice |
26 | * | Quarterback | Duke |
27 | Scott Tyler* | Halfback | Miami (Ohio) |
28 | * | Tackle | Xavier |
29 | Ed Ryan* | Halfback | Michigan State |
30 | Don Goodman* | Halfback | Florida |
31 | * | Tackle | East Texas State |
32 | * | Halfback | Duke |
33 | Jack Wilson* | Halfback | Duke |
34 | * | Center | Maryland |
Denver Broncos draft picks (selected second)[]
Round | Player | Position | College |
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1 | Merlin Olsen | Tackle | Utah State |
2 | Jerry Hillebrand | End | Colorado |
3 | Fullback | Maryland State | |
4 | John Furman | Quarterback | Texas Western |
5 | Pick traded to San Diego | ||
6 | Pick traded to San Diego | ||
7 | John McGeever | Halfback | Auburn |
8 | Halfback | Southeast Louisiana | |
9 | Center | Furman | |
10 | Quarterback | Colorado | |
11 | Guard | Oregon State | |
12 | Pick traded to New York | ||
13 | Center | Montana State | |
14 | Sonny Gibbs* | Quarterback | TCU |
15 | Bill Louden | Guard | Benedict College |
16 | Gary Ballman | Halfback | Michigan State |
17 | Jerry Tarr | End | Oregon |
18 | End | Washington State | |
20 | Mike Martin | End | Washington State |
21 | Tackle | Colorado | |
22 | Halfback | Oregon State | |
23 | Halfback | Michigan | |
24 | Neil Thomas | Guard | Hillsdale |
25 | Dave Edwards | End | Auburn |
26 | * | Tackle | Mississippi |
27 | * | Center | UCLA |
28 | * | Tackle | Georgia |
29 | Lynn Hoyem* | Center | Long Beach State |
30 | * | Halfback | Arizona |
31 | * | Tackle | Bakersfield JC |
32 | * | Tackle | Humboldt State |
33 | Duane Allen* | End | Mount St. Andrew's College |
34 | Steve Stonebreaker* | End | Detroit |
Houston Oilers draft picks (selected seventh)[]
Round | Player | Position | College | Released/Career Ending |
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1 | Running back | Cincinnati | 272 Yards In The Senior Bowl At Soldier Field | |
2 | Earl Gros | Fullback | Louisiana State | |
3 | Pete Case | Tackle | Georgia | Injured in pre-season vs Patriots |
4 | Gary Cutsinger (from Boston) | Defensive end | Oklahoma State | |
4 | Pick traded to San Diego | |||
5 | Bill Rice | End | Alabama | |
6 | Guard | Texas Christian | ||
7 | Guard | Tulane | ||
8 | Clyde Brock | Defensive tackle | Utah State | |
9 | Larry Onesti | Linebacker | Northwestern | Released |
10 | End | Texas-Austin | ||
11 | John Thomas | Guard | McMurry | |
12 | Halfback | Texas-Austin | ||
13 | End | New Mexico State | Injured In 1962 Rose Bowl | |
14 | Glynn Griffing* | Quarterback | Mississippi | |
15 | Tackle | Marquette | ||
16 | Fullback | Mississippi | Released | |
17 | Defensive tackle | New Mexico Highlands | ||
18 | Art Perkins | Halfback | North Texas State | |
19 | Bobby Jancik | Defensive back | Lamar Tech | |
20 | Joe Bob Isbell | Guard | Houston | |
21 | Fullback | Rice | ||
22 | Halfback | Houston | ||
23 | Center | Iowa | ||
24 | Tackle | Northwestern | Released | |
25 | Bob Johnson | Tackle | Rice | |
26 | Harold Hays* | Guard | Mississippi Southern | |
27 | * | Halfback | Kansas | |
28 | * | End | Colorado | |
29 | * | Tackle | Clemson | |
30 | * | Halfback | Pittsburgh | |
31 | * | Halfback | Northwestern | |
32 | * | Halfback | Iowa | |
33 | * | End | Georgia Tech | |
34 | Don Talbert* | Tackle | Texas | Placed On |
New York Titans draft picks[]
New York Titans (selected fifth) |
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1) Sandy Stephens, QB, Minnesota 2) Alex Kroll, C, Rutge 3) Fate Echols, T, Northwestern 4) Ed Blaine, G, Missouri 5) Pick traded to Dallas 6) Mel Mellin, QB, Washington State 7) George Mans, E, Michigan 8) John Lomakoski, T, Western Michigan 9) Gary Barnes, E, Clemson 10) Ted Stute, LB, Ohio University 11) Curtis Miranda, C, Florida A&M 12) Bill Winter, T, West Virginia (from Denver) 12) Pick traded to San Diego 13) Wilburn Hollis, QB, Iowa 14) Bert Wilder*, T, North Carolina State 15) Sam Madie, HB, Rutgers 16) Jim Smith, T, Penn State 17) Allen Miller, G, Ohio University 18) Buddy Iles, E, TCU 19) Reed Bohovich, T, Lehigh 20) Judge Dickson, FB, Minnesota 21) Ron Hatcher, FB, Michigan State 22) Tom Nolan, T, Penn Military 23) John Kuprok, E, Pittsburgh 24) John Counts, HB, Illinois 25) Russ Warren, HB, Columbia 26) Chuck Morris*, HB, Mississippi 27) Jerry Archer*, C, Pittsburg State 28) Walter Nikirk*, T, Houston 29) Frank Parker*, T, Oklahoma State 30) Mike McClellan*, HB, Oklahoma 31) L. E. Hicks*, T, Florida 32) Don Jonas*, HB, Penn State 33) Nick Maravich*, T, North Carolina State 34) Dick Wilson*, C, Penn State |
San Diego Chargers draft picks (selected eighth)[]
Round # | Pick # | Player | Position | College |
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1 | 8 | Bob Ferguson | Fullback | Ohio State |
2 | 9 | Lance Alworth (from Oakland) | Flanker | Arkansas |
2 | 16 | Dick Hudson | Tackle | Memphis |
3 | 24 | John Hadl | Quarterback | Kansas |
4 | 31 | Bob Bill (from Houston) | Tackle | Notre Dame |
4 | 32 | Mack Burton | Halfback | San Jose State |
5 | 34 | Bob Mitinger (from Denver) | Linebacker | Penn State |
5 | 40 | John Cornett | Tackle | Rice |
6 | 42 | Roy Winston (from Denver) | Linebacker | Louisiana State |
6 | 48 | Frank Buncom | Linebacker | USC |
7 | 51 | Wendell Harris (from Dallas) | Defensive Back | Louisiana State |
7 | 56 | Bobby Jackson | Fullback | New Mexico State |
8 | 64 | Jerry Robinson | Flanker | Grambling State |
9 | 72 | Tom Minter | Defensive Back | Baylor |
10 | 80 | Dan Sullivan | Guard | Boston College |
11 | 88 | Sonny Bishop | Guard | Fresno State |
12 | 93 | Ralph Smith (from New York) | Tight End | Mississippi |
12 | 96 | George Andrie | Defensive End | Marquette |
13 | 104 | Chuck Bryant | End | Ohio State |
14 | 112 | Jim Bates* | Halfback | USC |
15 | 120 | Fred Moore* | Defensive Tackle | Memphis |
16 | 128 | George Gross* | Defensive Tackle | Auburn |
17 | 136 | Frank Gardner | Tackle | North Carolina Central |
18 | 144 | Dennis Biodrowski* | Guard | Memphis |
19 | 152 | Mike Lind* | Fullback | Notre Dame |
20 | 160 | Ron Herman | Quarterback | Bradley |
21 | 168 | Jesse Williams* | Center | Fresno State |
22 | 176 | Jim Thibert* | Linebacker | Toledo |
23 | 184 | Dick Farris* | Guard | North Texas |
24 | 192 | Homer Jones | Halfback | Texas Southern |
25 | 200 | Sam Gruneisen | Center | Villanova |
26 | 208 | Mike Woulfe* | Linebacker | Colorado |
27 | 216 | Mel Rideout* | Quarterback | Richmond |
28 | 224 | Ben Wilson* | Fullback | USC |
29 | 232 | Paul Dudley | Halfback | Arkansas |
30 | 240 | John Denvir | Guard | Colorado |
31 | 248 | Doug Elmore* | Halfback | Mississippi |
32 | 256 | Wayne Frazier* | Center | Auburn |
33 | 264 | Jacque MacKinnon | Halfback | Colgate |
34 | 272 | Phil Lohmann | Center | Oklahoma |
* This pick was considered a "Future" selection.
Oakland Raiders draft picks[]
Oakland Raiders (selected first) |
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1) Roman Gabriel, QB, North Carolina State 2) Pick traded to San Diego 3) Ed Pine, C, Utah 4) John Meyers, T, Washington 5) Joe Hernandez, HB, Arizona 6) Danny Birdwell, C, Houston 7) Jim Norris, T, Houston 8) Ferrell Yarborough, E, Northwest Louisiana 9) Jim Dillard, HB, Oklahoma State 10) Henry Rivera, HB, Oregon State 11) Pick traded to Dallas 12) Jim Skaggs, G, Washington Gary Schwertfeger, LB, Montana (from Buffalo) Oscar Donahue, E, San Jose State (from Boston) 13) George Pierovich, FB, California 14) Bert Coan*, HB, Kansas 15) Floyd Dean*, E, Florida 16) Pat Russ, T, Purdue 17) Larry Ferguson*, HB, Iowa 18) Jim Vollenweider, FB, Miami (Florida) 19) Dennis Spurlock, QB, Whitworth Kent Horne, T, BYU (from Denver) 20) John Sutro, G, San Jose State 21) Bill Tunnicliff, FB, Michigan 22) Jim Cadile, E, San Jose State 23) Alvin Basham, G, Kansas 24) Mickey Brunce, HB, Oregon 25) Tom Cagaanan*, HB, Utah State 26) Fred Miller*, T, LSU 27) Keith Luhnow*, FB, Santa Ana JC 28) Marv Marinovich*, T, USC 29) Leon Donahue*, E, San Jose State 30) Pete Nicklas*, T, Baylor 31) Bob Elliott*, FB, North Carolina 32) Bob Richards*, T, LSU 33) Eugene White*, HB, Florida A&M 34) Bill Worrell*, T, Georgia |
Notable undrafted players[]
† | = Pro Bowler |
Original NFL team | Player | Pos. | College | Conf. | Notes |
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Buffalo Bills | Booker Edgerson † | CB | Western Illinois | IIAC | |
Houston Oilers | Charley Frazier † | WR | Texas Southern | SWAC | |
Oakland Raiders | Charlie Rieves | LB | Houston | Ind. | |
San Diego Chargers | Gerry McDougall | RB | UCLA | AAWU | Former CFL All-Star |
See also[]
- List of American Football League players
- History of American Football League draft
- List of professional American football drafts
References[]
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Categories:
- American Football League draft
- 1962 American Football League season