Ira Dean

Detroit Lions 227th pick

DB · Baylor · 1973

Ira Dean is a former defensive back out of Baylor, selected by the Detroit Lions with the 227th overall pick (round 9) in the 1973 NFL Draft.

Draft Details

Year

Round

Round 9

Pick

227th overall

Team

Position

College

Ira Dean was the 227th overall pick in the 1973 NFL Draft, selected by the Detroit Lions.

Pick	Player	Pos	Team	College
224	John Dampeer	G	Cincinnati Bengals	Notre Dame
225	Ty Paine	QB	New York Giants	Washington State
226	Roger Praetorius	RB	San Francisco 49ers	Syracuse
228	Curtis Wester	G	Cleveland Browns	East Texas State
229	Mike White	DB	Dallas Cowboys	Minnesota
230	Rick Brown	LB	Green Bay Packers	South Carolina

Other Detroit Lions picks in 1973 include Ernest Price (DE, round 1), Leon Crosswhite (RB, round 2), John Brady (TE, round 3), Jim Laslavic (LB, round 3), Levi Johnson (DB, round 3), Mike Hennigan (LB, round 4), Dick Jauron (DB, round 4), Jim Hooks (RB, round 4), John "Tiny" Andrews (DT, round 7), Prentice McCray (S, round 8), John Bledsoe (RB, round 8), Ray Bonner (DB, round 10).

Other Baylor players drafted in 1973 include Roger Goree.

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

Rd	Pick	Player	Pos	College
1	17	Ernest Price	DE	Texas A&M-Kingsville
2	44	Leon Crosswhite	RB	Oklahoma
3	58	John Brady	TE	Washington
3	71	Jim Laslavic	LB	Penn State
3	75	Levi Johnson	DB	Texas A&M-Kingsville
4	81	Mike Hennigan	LB	Tennessee Tech
4	91	Dick Jauron	DB	Yale
4	96	Jim Hooks	RB	Central Oklahoma
7	175	John "Tiny" Andrews	DT	Morgan State
8	200	Prentice McCray	S	Arizona State
8	203	John Bledsoe	RB	Ohio State
10	252	Ray Bonner	DB	Middle Tennessee
11	279	Scott Freeman	WR	Wyoming
12	304	Tom Scott	WR	Washington
13	331	John Moss	LB	Pittsburgh
14	356	Jay Corey	OT	Santa Clara
16	408	Larry Nickels	WR	Dayton
17	435	Earl Belgrave	OT	Ohio State