1971 NFL Draft — All Picks

170 total picks | 26 teams | 7 rounds

Summary

170Total Picks
26Teams
7Rounds
25First Rounders

First Round Picks (25)

RdPick TeamPlayerPosCollege
1 1 NE Jim Plunkett QB Stanford
1 2 NO Archie Manning QB Ole Miss
1 3 TEN Dan Pastorini QB Santa Clara
1 4 BUF J.D. Hill WR Arizona State
1 5 PHI Richard Harris DE Grambling State
1 6 NYJ John Riggins RB Kansas
1 7 ATL Joe Profit RB Louisiana-Monroe
1 8 PIT Frank Lewis WR Grambling State
1 9 GB John Brockington RB Ohio State
1 10 LAR Isiah Robertson LB Southern University
1 11 CHI Joe Moore RB Missouri
1 12 DEN Marv Montgomery OT USC
1 13 SD Leon Burns RB Long Beach State
1 14 CLE Clarence Scott DB Kansas State
1 15 CIN Vern Holland OT Tennessee State
1 16 KC Elmo Wright WR Houston
1 17 ARI Norm Thompson DB Utah
1 18 NYG Rocky Thompson RB West Texas A&M
1 19 OAK Jack Tatum DB Ohio State
1 20 LAR Jack Youngblood DE Florida
1 21 DET Bob Bell DT Cincinnati
1 22 IND Don McCauley RB North Carolina
1 24 MIN Leo Hayden RB Ohio State
1 25 DAL Tody Smith DE USC
1 26 IND Leonard Dunlap DB North Texas

All 1971 Draft Picks

RdPick TeamPlayerPosCollege
1 1 NE Jim Plunkett QB Stanford
1 2 NO Archie Manning QB Ole Miss
1 3 TEN Dan Pastorini QB Santa Clara
1 4 BUF J.D. Hill WR Arizona State
1 5 PHI Richard Harris DE Grambling State
1 6 NYJ John Riggins RB Kansas
1 7 ATL Joe Profit RB Louisiana-Monroe
1 8 PIT Frank Lewis WR Grambling State
1 9 GB John Brockington RB Ohio State
1 10 LAR Isiah Robertson LB Southern University
1 11 CHI Joe Moore RB Missouri
1 12 DEN Marv Montgomery OT USC
1 13 SD Leon Burns RB Long Beach State
1 14 CLE Clarence Scott DB Kansas State
1 15 CIN Vern Holland OT Tennessee State
1 16 KC Elmo Wright WR Houston
1 17 ARI Norm Thompson DB Utah
1 18 NYG Rocky Thompson RB West Texas A&M
1 19 OAK Jack Tatum DB Ohio State
1 20 LAR Jack Youngblood DE Florida
1 21 DET Bob Bell DT Cincinnati
1 22 IND Don McCauley RB North Carolina
1 24 MIN Leo Hayden RB Ohio State
1 25 DAL Tody Smith DE USC
1 26 IND Leonard Dunlap DB North Texas
2 27 NE Julius Adams DE Texas Southern
2 28 CHI James Harrison RB Missouri
2 29 BUF Jan White TE Ohio State
2 30 DET David Thompson NA Clemson
2 31 NO Sam Holden OG Grambling State
2 32 NYJ John Mooring OT Tampa
2 33 ATL Ken Burrow WR San Diego State
2 34 PIT Jack Ham LB Penn State
2 35 DEN Dwight Harrison WR Texas A&M-Kingsville
2 36 CHI Charles Ford DB Houston
2 37 SF Ernie Janet OG Washington
2 38 WSH Cotton Speyrer WR Texas
2 39 KC Wilbur Young DT William Penn
2 40 CLE Bo Cornell RB Washington
2 41 CIN Steve Lawson OG Kansas
2 42 KC Scott Lewis DE Grambling State
2 43 ARI Dan Dierdorf OT Michigan
2 44 NYG Wayne Walton OT Abilene Christian
2 45 OAK Phil Villapiano LB Bowling Green
2 46 GB Virgil Robinson RB Grambling State
2 47 MIA Otto Stowe WR Iowa State
2 48 DET Charlie Weaver LB USC
2 49 SF Joe Orduna RB Nebraska
2 50 PHI Henry Allison OG San Diego State
2 51 DAL Isaac Thomas DB NA
2 52 IND Bill Atessis DE Texas
3 53 BUF Bruce Jarvis NA Washington
3 54 NO Bivian Lee DB Prairie View A&M
3 55 SF Sam Dickerson WR USC
3 56 TEN Lynn Dickey QB Kansas State
3 57 BUF Jim Braxton RB West Virginia
3 58 NYJ Chris Farasopoulos DB BYU
3 59 ATL Leo Hart QB Duke
3 60 PIT Steve Davis RB Delaware State
3 61 ARI Jim Livesay WR Richmond
3 62 GB Charles Hall DB Pittsburgh
3 63 LAR Dave Elmendorf DB Texas A&M
3 66 CLE Paul Staroba WR Michigan
3 67 CIN Ken Anderson QB Augustana (IL)
3 69 DAL Sam Scarber RB New Mexico
3 70 NYG Ron Hornsby LB Southeastern Louisiana
3 71 CHI Bob Newton OT Nebraska
3 72 DET Al Clark DB Eastern Michigan
3 73 OAK Warren Koegel NA Penn State
3 74 MIA Dale Farley LB West Virginia
3 76 MIN Eddie Hackett WR Alcorn State
3 77 DAL Bill Gregory DT Wisconsin
3 78 IND Karl Douglas QB Texas A&M-Kingsville
4 79 DEN Lyle Alzado DE NA
4 81 TEN Larron Jackson OT Missouri
4 82 NO Carlos Bell RB Houston
4 83 PHI Happy Feller PK Texas
4 84 NYJ Bill Zapalac LB Texas
4 85 ATL Mike Potchad DT Pittsburg State
4 86 PIT Gerry Mullins OG USC
4 87 DEN Cleo Johnson DB Alcorn State
4 88 NO Wimpy Winther NA Ole Miss
4 89 CHI Jerry Moore DB Arkansas
4 90 LAR Steve Worster RB Texas
4 91 NO D'Artagnan Martin DB Kentucky State
4 92 CLE Robert "Bubba" Pena OG Massachusetts
4 93 CIN Fred Willis RB Boston College
4 94 KC David Robinson TE Jacksonville State
4 95 ARI Larry Willingham DB Auburn
4 96 NYG David Tipton DT Stanford
4 97 OAK Clarence Davis RB USC
4 98 NO Don Morrison OT Texas-Arlington
4 99 MIA Joe Theismann QB Notre Dame
4 100 DET Larry Woods DT Tennessee State
4 101 SF Tony Harris RB Toledo
4 102 MIN Vince Clements RB Connecticut
4 103 DAL Buddy Mitchell OT Ole Miss
4 104 PIT Dwight White DE Texas A&M-Commerce
5 105 NE Tim Kelly LB Notre Dame
5 107 BUF Don Green OT Purdue
5 108 PHI Tom Shellabarger OT San Diego State
5 109 TEN Willie Armstrong RB Grambling State
5 110 CIN Arthur May DE Tuskegee
5 111 ATL Ray Jarvis WR Norfolk State
5 112 PIT Melvin Holmes OT North Carolina A&T
5 113 BUF Tim Beamer DB Johnson Smith
5 114 SF Dean Shaternick OT Kansas State
5 115 SD Bryant Salter DB Pittsburgh
5 116 GB Donnell Smith DE Southern University
5 117 SD Ray White LB Syracuse
5 118 CLE Stanley Brown WR Purdue
5 119 SD Phil Asack DE Duke
5 120 KC Mike Adamle RB Northwestern
5 121 ARI Rocky Wallace LB Missouri
5 122 SF George Wells LB New Mexico State
5 123 OAK Bob Moore TE Stanford
5 124 GB Jim Stillwagon LB Ohio State
5 125 DET Pete Newell OG Michigan
5 126 PIT Ralph Anderson DB West Texas A&M
5 127 SF Marty Huff LB Michigan
5 128 PIT Fred Brister LB Ole Miss
5 129 DAL Ron Kadziel LB Stanford
5 130 IND John Andrews TE Indiana
6 131 NE David Hardt TE Kentucky
6 132 NO Don Moorhead RB Michigan
6 133 PHI Jack Smith DB Troy
6 134 TEN Willie Alexander DB Alcorn State
6 136 NYJ Phil Wise DB Nebraska-Omaha
6 137 ATL Tom Hayes DB San Diego State
6 138 PIT Craig Hanneman OT Oregon State
6 139 DEN Harold Phillips DB Michigan State
6 140 GB Scott Hunter QB Alabama
6 141 WSH Conway Hayman OG Delaware
6 142 CLE Doug Dieken OT Illinois
6 143 SD Jacob Mayes RB Tennessee State
6 144 CLE Jay Dixon DE Boston University
6 145 BUF Bill McKinley DE Arizona
6 146 KC Kerry Reardon DB Iowa
6 149 OAK Greg Slough LB USC
6 150 DET Frank Harris QB Boston College
6 151 MIA Dennis Coleman LB Ole Miss
6 152 DET Herman Franklin WR USC
6 153 SF Al Bresler WR Auburn
6 154 PHI Wyck Neely DB Ole Miss
6 155 DAL Steve Maier WR Northern Arizona
6 156 IND Ken Frith DT Louisiana-Monroe
7 158 NO Larry DiNardo OG Notre Dame
7 159 TEN Phil Croyle LB California
7 160 BUF Bob Chandler WR USC
7 161 PHI Harold Carmichael WR Southern University
7 162 NYJ Scott Palmer DT Texas
7 163 ATL Wes Chesson WR Duke
7 164 PIT Worthy McClure OT Ole Miss
7 165 DEN Doug Adams LB Ohio State
7 166 WSH Willie Germany DB Morgan State
7 167 CHI Buddy Lee QB LSU
7 168 GB David Davis WR Tennessee State
7 169 SD Chuck Dicus WR Arkansas
7 170 CLE Bob Jacobs PK Wyoming
7 171 CIN Neal Craig DB Fisk University
7 172 NO Bob Newland WR Oregon
7 173 ARI Jim Cooch DB Colorado
7 174 TEN Larry Watson OT Morgan State
7 176 CHI Dennis Ferris RB Pittsburgh
7 177 DET Brownie Wheless OT Rice
7 178 MIA Ron Dickerson DB Kansas State
7 179 SF John Watson OT Oklahoma
7 180 MIN Gene Mack LB UTEP
7 181 DAL Bill Griffin OT Catawba
7 182 IND Gordon Bowdell WR Michigan State
Round-by-Round Breakdown

Round 1 (25 picks)

RdPick TeamPlayerPosCollege
1 1 NE Jim Plunkett QB Stanford
1 2 NO Archie Manning QB Ole Miss
1 3 TEN Dan Pastorini QB Santa Clara
1 4 BUF J.D. Hill WR Arizona State
1 5 PHI Richard Harris DE Grambling State
1 6 NYJ John Riggins RB Kansas
1 7 ATL Joe Profit RB Louisiana-Monroe
1 8 PIT Frank Lewis WR Grambling State
1 9 GB John Brockington RB Ohio State
1 10 LAR Isiah Robertson LB Southern University
1 11 CHI Joe Moore RB Missouri
1 12 DEN Marv Montgomery OT USC
1 13 SD Leon Burns RB Long Beach State
1 14 CLE Clarence Scott DB Kansas State
1 15 CIN Vern Holland OT Tennessee State
1 16 KC Elmo Wright WR Houston
1 17 ARI Norm Thompson DB Utah
1 18 NYG Rocky Thompson RB West Texas A&M
1 19 OAK Jack Tatum DB Ohio State
1 20 LAR Jack Youngblood DE Florida
1 21 DET Bob Bell DT Cincinnati
1 22 IND Don McCauley RB North Carolina
1 24 MIN Leo Hayden RB Ohio State
1 25 DAL Tody Smith DE USC
1 26 IND Leonard Dunlap DB North Texas

Round 2 (26 picks)

RdPick TeamPlayerPosCollege
2 27 NE Julius Adams DE Texas Southern
2 28 CHI James Harrison RB Missouri
2 29 BUF Jan White TE Ohio State
2 30 DET David Thompson NA Clemson
2 31 NO Sam Holden OG Grambling State
2 32 NYJ John Mooring OT Tampa
2 33 ATL Ken Burrow WR San Diego State
2 34 PIT Jack Ham LB Penn State
2 35 DEN Dwight Harrison WR Texas A&M-Kingsville
2 36 CHI Charles Ford DB Houston
2 37 SF Ernie Janet OG Washington
2 38 WSH Cotton Speyrer WR Texas
2 39 KC Wilbur Young DT William Penn
2 40 CLE Bo Cornell RB Washington
2 41 CIN Steve Lawson OG Kansas
2 42 KC Scott Lewis DE Grambling State
2 43 ARI Dan Dierdorf OT Michigan
2 44 NYG Wayne Walton OT Abilene Christian
2 45 OAK Phil Villapiano LB Bowling Green
2 46 GB Virgil Robinson RB Grambling State
2 47 MIA Otto Stowe WR Iowa State
2 48 DET Charlie Weaver LB USC
2 49 SF Joe Orduna RB Nebraska
2 50 PHI Henry Allison OG San Diego State
2 51 DAL Isaac Thomas DB NA
2 52 IND Bill Atessis DE Texas

Round 3 (22 picks)

RdPick TeamPlayerPosCollege
3 53 BUF Bruce Jarvis NA Washington
3 54 NO Bivian Lee DB Prairie View A&M
3 55 SF Sam Dickerson WR USC
3 56 TEN Lynn Dickey QB Kansas State
3 57 BUF Jim Braxton RB West Virginia
3 58 NYJ Chris Farasopoulos DB BYU
3 59 ATL Leo Hart QB Duke
3 60 PIT Steve Davis RB Delaware State
3 61 ARI Jim Livesay WR Richmond
3 62 GB Charles Hall DB Pittsburgh
3 63 LAR Dave Elmendorf DB Texas A&M
3 66 CLE Paul Staroba WR Michigan
3 67 CIN Ken Anderson QB Augustana (IL)
3 69 DAL Sam Scarber RB New Mexico
3 70 NYG Ron Hornsby LB Southeastern Louisiana
3 71 CHI Bob Newton OT Nebraska
3 72 DET Al Clark DB Eastern Michigan
3 73 OAK Warren Koegel NA Penn State
3 74 MIA Dale Farley LB West Virginia
3 76 MIN Eddie Hackett WR Alcorn State
3 77 DAL Bill Gregory DT Wisconsin
3 78 IND Karl Douglas QB Texas A&M-Kingsville

Round 4 (25 picks)

RdPick TeamPlayerPosCollege
4 79 DEN Lyle Alzado DE NA
4 81 TEN Larron Jackson OT Missouri
4 82 NO Carlos Bell RB Houston
4 83 PHI Happy Feller PK Texas
4 84 NYJ Bill Zapalac LB Texas
4 85 ATL Mike Potchad DT Pittsburg State
4 86 PIT Gerry Mullins OG USC
4 87 DEN Cleo Johnson DB Alcorn State
4 88 NO Wimpy Winther NA Ole Miss
4 89 CHI Jerry Moore DB Arkansas
4 90 LAR Steve Worster RB Texas
4 91 NO D'Artagnan Martin DB Kentucky State
4 92 CLE Robert "Bubba" Pena OG Massachusetts
4 93 CIN Fred Willis RB Boston College
4 94 KC David Robinson TE Jacksonville State
4 95 ARI Larry Willingham DB Auburn
4 96 NYG David Tipton DT Stanford
4 97 OAK Clarence Davis RB USC
4 98 NO Don Morrison OT Texas-Arlington
4 99 MIA Joe Theismann QB Notre Dame
4 100 DET Larry Woods DT Tennessee State
4 101 SF Tony Harris RB Toledo
4 102 MIN Vince Clements RB Connecticut
4 103 DAL Buddy Mitchell OT Ole Miss
4 104 PIT Dwight White DE Texas A&M-Commerce

Round 5 (25 picks)

RdPick TeamPlayerPosCollege
5 105 NE Tim Kelly LB Notre Dame
5 107 BUF Don Green OT Purdue
5 108 PHI Tom Shellabarger OT San Diego State
5 109 TEN Willie Armstrong RB Grambling State
5 110 CIN Arthur May DE Tuskegee
5 111 ATL Ray Jarvis WR Norfolk State
5 112 PIT Melvin Holmes OT North Carolina A&T
5 113 BUF Tim Beamer DB Johnson Smith
5 114 SF Dean Shaternick OT Kansas State
5 115 SD Bryant Salter DB Pittsburgh
5 116 GB Donnell Smith DE Southern University
5 117 SD Ray White LB Syracuse
5 118 CLE Stanley Brown WR Purdue
5 119 SD Phil Asack DE Duke
5 120 KC Mike Adamle RB Northwestern
5 121 ARI Rocky Wallace LB Missouri
5 122 SF George Wells LB New Mexico State
5 123 OAK Bob Moore TE Stanford
5 124 GB Jim Stillwagon LB Ohio State
5 125 DET Pete Newell OG Michigan
5 126 PIT Ralph Anderson DB West Texas A&M
5 127 SF Marty Huff LB Michigan
5 128 PIT Fred Brister LB Ole Miss
5 129 DAL Ron Kadziel LB Stanford
5 130 IND John Andrews TE Indiana

Round 6 (23 picks)

RdPick TeamPlayerPosCollege
6 131 NE David Hardt TE Kentucky
6 132 NO Don Moorhead RB Michigan
6 133 PHI Jack Smith DB Troy
6 134 TEN Willie Alexander DB Alcorn State
6 136 NYJ Phil Wise DB Nebraska-Omaha
6 137 ATL Tom Hayes DB San Diego State
6 138 PIT Craig Hanneman OT Oregon State
6 139 DEN Harold Phillips DB Michigan State
6 140 GB Scott Hunter QB Alabama
6 141 WSH Conway Hayman OG Delaware
6 142 CLE Doug Dieken OT Illinois
6 143 SD Jacob Mayes RB Tennessee State
6 144 CLE Jay Dixon DE Boston University
6 145 BUF Bill McKinley DE Arizona
6 146 KC Kerry Reardon DB Iowa
6 149 OAK Greg Slough LB USC
6 150 DET Frank Harris QB Boston College
6 151 MIA Dennis Coleman LB Ole Miss
6 152 DET Herman Franklin WR USC
6 153 SF Al Bresler WR Auburn
6 154 PHI Wyck Neely DB Ole Miss
6 155 DAL Steve Maier WR Northern Arizona
6 156 IND Ken Frith DT Louisiana-Monroe

Round 7 (24 picks)

RdPick TeamPlayerPosCollege
7 158 NO Larry DiNardo OG Notre Dame
7 159 TEN Phil Croyle LB California
7 160 BUF Bob Chandler WR USC
7 161 PHI Harold Carmichael WR Southern University
7 162 NYJ Scott Palmer DT Texas
7 163 ATL Wes Chesson WR Duke
7 164 PIT Worthy McClure OT Ole Miss
7 165 DEN Doug Adams LB Ohio State
7 166 WSH Willie Germany DB Morgan State
7 167 CHI Buddy Lee QB LSU
7 168 GB David Davis WR Tennessee State
7 169 SD Chuck Dicus WR Arkansas
7 170 CLE Bob Jacobs PK Wyoming
7 171 CIN Neal Craig DB Fisk University
7 172 NO Bob Newland WR Oregon
7 173 ARI Jim Cooch DB Colorado
7 174 TEN Larry Watson OT Morgan State
7 176 CHI Dennis Ferris RB Pittsburgh
7 177 DET Brownie Wheless OT Rice
7 178 MIA Ron Dickerson DB Kansas State
7 179 SF John Watson OT Oklahoma
7 180 MIN Gene Mack LB UTEP
7 181 DAL Bill Griffin OT Catawba
7 182 IND Gordon Bowdell WR Michigan State