1971 NFL Draft — All Picks

170 selections listed across 7 rounds

Summary

170Selections Listed

7Rounds

The 1971 NFL Draft opened with Jim Plunkett, a QB out of Stanford, taken first overall. USC led all programs with 9 players selected. 11 quarterbacks were drafted.

First Round Picks

Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
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

Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
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		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
2	52	IND	Bill Atessis	DE	Texas
3	53	BUF	Bruce Jarvis		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		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
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		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