Roland Merritt

Washington Redskins 173rd pick

WR · Maryland · 1970

Draft Details

Year

1970

Round

Round 7

Pick

173rd overall

Team

Washington Redskins

Position

College

Maryland

Roland Merritt Draft Context

Roland Merritt was the 173rd overall pick in the 1970 NFL Draft, selected by the Washington Redskins.

Picks Around Roland Merritt

Pick	Player	Pos	Team	College
170	Charles Olson	DB	Houston Oilers	Concordia College (MN)
171	Jim Fabish	DB	San Diego Chargers	UTEP
172	Cleo Walker		Green Bay Packers	Louisville
174	Gordon Slade	QB	Baltimore Colts	Davidson
175	Ken Geddes	LB	Detroit Lions	Nebraska

Washington Redskins 1970 Draft Class

Other Washington Redskins picks in 1970 include Bill Brundige (DE, round 2), Paul Laaveg (OT, round 4), Manny Sistrunk (DT, round 5), Danny Pierce (RB, round 5), James Harris (DT, round 7).

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

Roland Merritt is a former wide receiver out of Maryland, selected by the Washington Redskins with the 173rd overall pick (round 7) in the 1970 NFL Draft.

More from the 1970 Draft

Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1	1	PIT	Terry Bradshaw	QB	Louisiana Tech
1	3	CLE	Mike Phipps	QB	Purdue
1	4	NE	Phil Olsen	DT	Utah State
1	5	BUF	Al Cowlings	DE	USC
1	6	PHI	Steve Zabel	LB	Oklahoma
1	8	ARI	Larry Stegent	RB	Texas A&M
1	9	SF	Cedrick Hardman	DE	North Texas
1	10	NO	Ken Burrough	WR	Texas Southern
1	11	DEN	Bobby Anderson	RB	Colorado
1	12	ATL	John Small	DT	Citadel

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