Tim Black

Detroit Lions 179th pick

LB · Baylor · 1977

Draft Details

Year

Round

Round 7

Pick

179th overall

Team

Position

College

Tim Black was the 179th overall pick in the 1977 NFL Draft, selected by the Detroit Lions.

Pick	Player	Pos	Team	College
176	Rell Tipton	OG	Green Bay Packers	Baylor
177	Chris Golub	SAF	Kansas City Chiefs	Kansas
178	Al Dixon	TE	New York Giants	Iowa State
180	Bruce Herron	LB	Miami Dolphins	New Mexico
181	Ron Bush	DB	San Diego Chargers	USC
182	Gerald Butler	WR	Chicago Bears	Nicholls State

Other Detroit Lions picks in 1977 include Walt Williams (DB, round 2), Rick Kane (RB, round 3), Luther Blue (WR, round 4), Ron Crosby (OLB, round 5), Reggie Pinkney (FS, round 6), Tony Daykin (LB, round 11).

Other Baylor players drafted in 1977 include Gary Green, Gary Gregory, Rell Tipton, Cleveland Franklin.

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

Tim Black is a former linebacker out of Baylor, selected by the Detroit Lions with the 179th overall pick (round 7) in the 1977 NFL Draft.

Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1	1	TB	Ricky Bell	RB	USC
1	2	DAL	Tony Dorsett	RB	Pittsburgh
1	3	CIN	Eddie Edwards	DE	Miami; Arizona Western
1	4	NYJ	Marvin Powell	OT	USC
1	5	NYG	Gary Jeter	DE	USC
1	6	ATL	Warren Bryant	OT	Kentucky
1	7	NO	Joe Campbell	DE	Maryland
1	8	CIN	Wilson Whitley	DE	Houston
1	9	GB	Mike Butler	DE	Kansas
1	10	KC	Gary Green	CB	Baylor

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