Earl Gant

Kansas City Chiefs 112th pick

RB · Missouri · 1979–1980

Draft Details

Year

Round

Round 5

Pick

112th overall

Team

Position

College

Earl Gant was the 112th overall pick in the 1979 NFL Draft, selected by the Kansas City Chiefs.

Pick	Player	Pos	Team	College
109	Ralph DeLoach	DE	Dallas Cowboys	California
110	Calvin Sweeney	WR	Pittsburgh Steelers	USC; California Riverside, Univ; Riverside Community College
111	Tom Seabron	LB	San Francisco 49ers	Michigan
113	Casey Merrill	DE	Cincinnati Bengals	UC Davis
114	Rod Kush	DB	Buffalo Bills	Nebraska-Omaha
115	Larry Braziel	DB	Baltimore Ravens	USC; Compton Community College

Other Kansas City Chiefs picks in 1979 include Mike Bell (DE, round 1), Steve Fuller (QB, round 1), Frank Manumaleuga (ILB, round 4), Robert Gaines (WR, round 6), Ken Kremer (NT, round 7), Gerald Jackson (S, round 10), Stan Rome (WR, round 11).

No NFL career statistics are available for Earl Gant in our sources (nflverse, Wikipedia).

Earl Gant is a former running back out of Missouri, selected by the Kansas City Chiefs with the 112th overall pick (round 5) in the 1979 NFL Draft.

Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1	1	BUF	Tom Cousineau	LB	Ohio State
1	2	KC	Mike Bell	DE	Colorado State
1	3	CIN	Jack Thompson	QB	Washington State
1	4	CHI	Dan Hampton	DT	Arkansas
1	5	BUF	Jerry Butler	WR	Clemson
1	6	BAL	Barry Krauss	LB	Alabama
1	7	NYG	Phil Simms	QB	Morehead State University
1	8	LA	Ottis Anderson	RB	Miami
1	9	CHI	Al Harris	LB	Arizona State
1	10	DET	Keith Dorney	G	Penn State

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