1972 NFL Draft — All Picks

175 total picks | 25 teams | 7 rounds

Summary

175Total Picks
25Teams
7Rounds
25First Rounders

First Round Picks (25)

RdPick TeamPlayerPosCollege
1 1 BUF Walt Patulski DE Notre Dame
1 2 CIN Sherman White DE California
1 3 CHI Lionel Antoine OT Southern Illinois
1 4 ARI Ahmad Rashad WR Oregon
1 5 DEN Riley Odoms TE Houston
1 6 TEN Greg Sampson DE Stanford
1 7 GB Willie Buchanon DB San Diego State
1 8 NO Royce Smith OG Georgia
1 9 NYJ Jerome Barkum TE Jackson State
1 10 MIN Jeff Siemon LB Stanford
1 11 GB Jerry Tagge QB Nebraska
1 12 CHI Craig Clemons DB Iowa
1 13 PIT Franco Harris RB Penn State
1 14 PHI John Reaves QB Florida
1 15 ATL Clarence Ellis DB Notre Dame
1 16 DET Herb Orvis DE Colorado
1 17 NYG Eldridge Small DB Texas A&M-Kingsville
1 18 CLE Thom Darden DB Michigan
1 19 SF Terry Beasley WR Auburn
1 21 OAK Mike Siani WR Villanova
1 22 IND Tom Drougas OT Oregon
1 23 KC Jeff Kinney RB Nebraska
1 24 NYG Larry Jacobson DT Nebraska
1 25 MIA Mike Kadish DT Notre Dame
1 26 DAL Bill Thomas RB Boston College

All 1972 Draft Picks

RdPick TeamPlayerPosCollege
1 1 BUF Walt Patulski DE Notre Dame
1 2 CIN Sherman White DE California
1 3 CHI Lionel Antoine OT Southern Illinois
1 4 ARI Ahmad Rashad WR Oregon
1 5 DEN Riley Odoms TE Houston
1 6 TEN Greg Sampson DE Stanford
1 7 GB Willie Buchanon DB San Diego State
1 8 NO Royce Smith OG Georgia
1 9 NYJ Jerome Barkum TE Jackson State
1 10 MIN Jeff Siemon LB Stanford
1 11 GB Jerry Tagge QB Nebraska
1 12 CHI Craig Clemons DB Iowa
1 13 PIT Franco Harris RB Penn State
1 14 PHI John Reaves QB Florida
1 15 ATL Clarence Ellis DB Notre Dame
1 16 DET Herb Orvis DE Colorado
1 17 NYG Eldridge Small DB Texas A&M-Kingsville
1 18 CLE Thom Darden DB Michigan
1 19 SF Terry Beasley WR Auburn
1 21 OAK Mike Siani WR Villanova
1 22 IND Tom Drougas OT Oregon
1 23 KC Jeff Kinney RB Nebraska
1 24 NYG Larry Jacobson DT Nebraska
1 25 MIA Mike Kadish DT Notre Dame
1 26 DAL Bill Thomas RB Boston College
2 28 SF Ralph McGill DB Tulsa
2 29 CIN Tommy Casanova DB LSU
2 30 LAR Jim Bertelsen RB Texas
2 31 NO Willie Hall LB USC
2 32 ARI Mark Arneson LB Arizona
2 33 OAK Kelvin Korver OT Northwestern (IA)
2 34 GB Chester Marcol PK Hillsdale
2 35 DAL Robert Newhouse RB Houston
2 36 SD Pete Lazetich DE Stanford
2 37 PHI Dan Yochum OT Syracuse
2 38 PIT Gordon Gravelle OT BYU
2 39 DAL John Babinecz LB Villanova
2 40 ATL Pat Sullivan QB Auburn
2 41 ATL Steve Okoniewski OT Montana
2 42 ATL Roosevelt Manning DT Northeastern State
2 43 OAK John Vella OT USC
2 44 SF Jean Barrett OT Tulsa
2 45 CLE Clifford Brooks DB Tennessee State
2 46 IND Jack Mildren DB Oklahoma
2 47 IND Glenn Doughty WR Michigan
2 48 IND Lydell Mitchell RB Penn State
2 49 NE Tom Reynolds WR San Diego State
2 50 MIN Ed Marinaro RB Cornell
2 51 CLE Lester Sims DE Alabama State
2 52 DAL Charles McKee WR Arizona
3 53 BUF Fred Swendsen DE Notre Dame
3 54 CIN Jim LeClair LB North Dakota
3 55 NYG John Mendenhall DT Grambling State
3 56 TEN Lewis Jolley RB North Carolina
3 57 ARI Tom Beckman DE Michigan
3 58 DEN Bill Phillips LB Arkansas State
3 59 MIN Bart Buetow OT Minnesota
3 60 NO Robert Kuziel NA Pittsburgh
3 61 SD Bill McClard PK Arkansas
3 62 CHI Johnny Musso RB Alabama
3 63 PIT John McMakin TE Clemson
3 64 DAL Mike Keller LB Michigan
3 65 DET Ken Sanders DE Howard Payne
3 66 NYJ Gary Hammond WR SMU
3 67 ATL Les Goodman RB NA
3 68 PHI Tom Luken OG Purdue
3 69 NYG Tommy Mozisek RB Houston
3 70 LAR Lawrence McCutcheon RB Colorado State
3 71 SF Allen Dunbar WR Southern University
3 72 OAK Mel Lunsford DT Central State
3 73 NE Jim White DE Colorado State
3 74 NO Tom Myers DB Syracuse
3 75 TEN Solomon Freelon OG Grambling State
3 76 PHI Bobby Majors DB Tennessee
3 77 MIA Gary Kosins RB Dayton
3 78 DAL Marv Bateman P Utah
4 79 BUF Randy Jackson RB Wichita State
4 80 PIT Lorenzo Brinkley DB Missouri
4 81 CIN Bernard Jackson DB Washington State
4 82 ARI Jeff Lyman LB BYU
4 83 DAL Tim Kearney LB Northern Michigan
4 84 ARI Martin Imhof DT San Diego State
4 85 NO Mike Crangle DE Tennessee-Martin
4 86 GB Eric Patton LB Notre Dame
4 87 LAR John Saunders DB Toledo
4 88 PIT Ed Bradley LB Wake Forest
4 89 NYJ Ed Galigher DE UCLA
4 90 DAL Robert West WR San Diego State
4 91 MIA Larry Ball DE Louisville
4 92 PHI Ron James RB New Mexico State
4 93 DAL Charles Zapiec LB Penn State
4 94 ATL Andy Howard DT Grambling State
4 95 LAR Eddie Phillips DB Texas
4 96 SF Windlan Hall DB Arizona State
4 97 KC Andy Hamilton WR LSU
4 98 OAK Cliff Branch WR Colorado
4 99 NO Joe Federspiel LB Kentucky
4 100 OAK Dave Dalby NA UCLA
4 102 DEN Tom Graham LB Oregon
4 103 MIA Al Benton OT Ohio
5 105 BUF Leon Garror DB Alcorn State
5 106 CIN Tom DeLeone NA Ohio State
5 107 NYG Tom Gatewood WR Notre Dame
5 108 BUF Bob Penchion OG Alcorn State
5 109 ATL Bill Taylor RB Michigan
5 110 ARI Conrad Dobler OG Wyoming
5 111 NO Bill Butler RB Kansas State
5 112 NO Carl Johnson OT Nebraska
5 113 PIT Steve Furness DE Rhode Island
5 114 NYJ Dickie Harris DB South Carolina
5 115 IND Don Croft DT UTEP
5 116 SD Jim Bishop TE Tennessee Tech
5 117 CHI Bob Parsons P Penn State
5 118 DEN Jim Krieg WR Washington
5 119 ATL Ralph Cindrich LB Pittsburgh
5 120 LAR Bob Childs OG Kansas
5 121 NYG Larry Edwards LB Texas A&M-Kingsville
5 122 CLE George Hunt PK Tennessee
5 123 SF Mike Greene LB Georgia
5 124 NE Ron Bolton DB Norfolk State
5 125 LAR Bob Christiansen TE UCLA
5 126 NO Bo Davies DB South Carolina
5 127 KC Milt Davis LB Texas-Arlington
5 128 CLE Greg Kucera RB Northern Colorado
5 129 MIA Charles Babb DB Memphis
5 130 SD Harry Gooden DE Alcorn State
6 131 OAK Dan Medlin DT North Carolina State
6 132 NYG John Hill NA Lehigh
6 133 CHI Bob Pifferini LB UCLA
6 134 TEN Joe Bullard DB Tulane
6 135 ARI Don Heater RB Montana Tech
6 136 TEN Elmer Allen LB Ole Miss
6 137 NO Wayne Dorton OG Arkansas State
6 138 GB Nate Ross DB Bethune-Cookman
6 140 ATL Mike Perfetti DB Minnesota
6 141 SD Bruce Ward OG San Diego State
6 142 GB Dave Pureifory DE Eastern Michigan
6 143 PIT Dennis Meyer DB Arkansas State
6 144 PHI Vern Winfield OG Minnesota
6 145 DET Charles Potts DB Purdue
6 146 ATL Fred Riley WR Idaho
6 147 GB Bob Hudson RB Northeastern State
6 149 CLE Leonard Forey OG Texas A&M
6 150 NO Curt Watson RB Tennessee
6 151 LAR Edward Hebert DT Texas Southern
6 152 IND Bruce Laird DB American International
6 153 KC John Kahler DE Long Beach State
6 154 MIN Amos Martin LB Louisville
6 155 MIA Ray Nettles LB Tennessee
6 156 DAL Charles Bolden DB Iowa
7 157 BUF Ralph Stepaniak DB Notre Dame
7 159 PIT Joe Colquitt DE Kansas State
7 160 ARI Council Rudolph DE Kentucky State
7 161 MIA Bill Adams OG Holy Cross
7 162 TEN Eric Hutchinson DB Northwestern
7 163 GB Bill Bushong DT Kentucky
7 164 NO Ernie Jackson DB Duke
7 165 NE Clark Hoss TE Oregon State
7 166 NE John Tarver RB Colorado
7 167 CHI Jim Fassel QB Long Beach State
7 168 PIT Robert Kelly DB Jackson State
7 169 IND John Sykes RB Morgan State
7 170 PHI Will Foster LB Eastern Michigan
7 171 ATL Lance Moon RB Wisconsin
7 172 DET Charles Stoudamire WR Portland State
7 173 OAK Ray Jamieson RB Memphis
7 174 CLE Don Wesley OT Maryland-Eastern Shore
7 175 SF Edgar Hardy OG Jackson State
7 176 OAK Alonzo Thomas DB USC
7 177 NYG Mike Zikas DT Notre Dame
7 178 OAK Dennis Pete DB San Francisco State
7 179 KC Dean Carlson QB Iowa State
7 180 MIA Calvin Harrell RB Arkansas State
7 181 MIN Bill Slater DE Western Michigan
7 182 CHI James Osborne DT Southern University
Round-by-Round Breakdown

Round 1 (25 picks)

RdPick TeamPlayerPosCollege
1 1 BUF Walt Patulski DE Notre Dame
1 2 CIN Sherman White DE California
1 3 CHI Lionel Antoine OT Southern Illinois
1 4 ARI Ahmad Rashad WR Oregon
1 5 DEN Riley Odoms TE Houston
1 6 TEN Greg Sampson DE Stanford
1 7 GB Willie Buchanon DB San Diego State
1 8 NO Royce Smith OG Georgia
1 9 NYJ Jerome Barkum TE Jackson State
1 10 MIN Jeff Siemon LB Stanford
1 11 GB Jerry Tagge QB Nebraska
1 12 CHI Craig Clemons DB Iowa
1 13 PIT Franco Harris RB Penn State
1 14 PHI John Reaves QB Florida
1 15 ATL Clarence Ellis DB Notre Dame
1 16 DET Herb Orvis DE Colorado
1 17 NYG Eldridge Small DB Texas A&M-Kingsville
1 18 CLE Thom Darden DB Michigan
1 19 SF Terry Beasley WR Auburn
1 21 OAK Mike Siani WR Villanova
1 22 IND Tom Drougas OT Oregon
1 23 KC Jeff Kinney RB Nebraska
1 24 NYG Larry Jacobson DT Nebraska
1 25 MIA Mike Kadish DT Notre Dame
1 26 DAL Bill Thomas RB Boston College

Round 2 (25 picks)

RdPick TeamPlayerPosCollege
2 28 SF Ralph McGill DB Tulsa
2 29 CIN Tommy Casanova DB LSU
2 30 LAR Jim Bertelsen RB Texas
2 31 NO Willie Hall LB USC
2 32 ARI Mark Arneson LB Arizona
2 33 OAK Kelvin Korver OT Northwestern (IA)
2 34 GB Chester Marcol PK Hillsdale
2 35 DAL Robert Newhouse RB Houston
2 36 SD Pete Lazetich DE Stanford
2 37 PHI Dan Yochum OT Syracuse
2 38 PIT Gordon Gravelle OT BYU
2 39 DAL John Babinecz LB Villanova
2 40 ATL Pat Sullivan QB Auburn
2 41 ATL Steve Okoniewski OT Montana
2 42 ATL Roosevelt Manning DT Northeastern State
2 43 OAK John Vella OT USC
2 44 SF Jean Barrett OT Tulsa
2 45 CLE Clifford Brooks DB Tennessee State
2 46 IND Jack Mildren DB Oklahoma
2 47 IND Glenn Doughty WR Michigan
2 48 IND Lydell Mitchell RB Penn State
2 49 NE Tom Reynolds WR San Diego State
2 50 MIN Ed Marinaro RB Cornell
2 51 CLE Lester Sims DE Alabama State
2 52 DAL Charles McKee WR Arizona

Round 3 (26 picks)

RdPick TeamPlayerPosCollege
3 53 BUF Fred Swendsen DE Notre Dame
3 54 CIN Jim LeClair LB North Dakota
3 55 NYG John Mendenhall DT Grambling State
3 56 TEN Lewis Jolley RB North Carolina
3 57 ARI Tom Beckman DE Michigan
3 58 DEN Bill Phillips LB Arkansas State
3 59 MIN Bart Buetow OT Minnesota
3 60 NO Robert Kuziel NA Pittsburgh
3 61 SD Bill McClard PK Arkansas
3 62 CHI Johnny Musso RB Alabama
3 63 PIT John McMakin TE Clemson
3 64 DAL Mike Keller LB Michigan
3 65 DET Ken Sanders DE Howard Payne
3 66 NYJ Gary Hammond WR SMU
3 67 ATL Les Goodman RB NA
3 68 PHI Tom Luken OG Purdue
3 69 NYG Tommy Mozisek RB Houston
3 70 LAR Lawrence McCutcheon RB Colorado State
3 71 SF Allen Dunbar WR Southern University
3 72 OAK Mel Lunsford DT Central State
3 73 NE Jim White DE Colorado State
3 74 NO Tom Myers DB Syracuse
3 75 TEN Solomon Freelon OG Grambling State
3 76 PHI Bobby Majors DB Tennessee
3 77 MIA Gary Kosins RB Dayton
3 78 DAL Marv Bateman P Utah

Round 4 (24 picks)

RdPick TeamPlayerPosCollege
4 79 BUF Randy Jackson RB Wichita State
4 80 PIT Lorenzo Brinkley DB Missouri
4 81 CIN Bernard Jackson DB Washington State
4 82 ARI Jeff Lyman LB BYU
4 83 DAL Tim Kearney LB Northern Michigan
4 84 ARI Martin Imhof DT San Diego State
4 85 NO Mike Crangle DE Tennessee-Martin
4 86 GB Eric Patton LB Notre Dame
4 87 LAR John Saunders DB Toledo
4 88 PIT Ed Bradley LB Wake Forest
4 89 NYJ Ed Galigher DE UCLA
4 90 DAL Robert West WR San Diego State
4 91 MIA Larry Ball DE Louisville
4 92 PHI Ron James RB New Mexico State
4 93 DAL Charles Zapiec LB Penn State
4 94 ATL Andy Howard DT Grambling State
4 95 LAR Eddie Phillips DB Texas
4 96 SF Windlan Hall DB Arizona State
4 97 KC Andy Hamilton WR LSU
4 98 OAK Cliff Branch WR Colorado
4 99 NO Joe Federspiel LB Kentucky
4 100 OAK Dave Dalby NA UCLA
4 102 DEN Tom Graham LB Oregon
4 103 MIA Al Benton OT Ohio

Round 5 (26 picks)

RdPick TeamPlayerPosCollege
5 105 BUF Leon Garror DB Alcorn State
5 106 CIN Tom DeLeone NA Ohio State
5 107 NYG Tom Gatewood WR Notre Dame
5 108 BUF Bob Penchion OG Alcorn State
5 109 ATL Bill Taylor RB Michigan
5 110 ARI Conrad Dobler OG Wyoming
5 111 NO Bill Butler RB Kansas State
5 112 NO Carl Johnson OT Nebraska
5 113 PIT Steve Furness DE Rhode Island
5 114 NYJ Dickie Harris DB South Carolina
5 115 IND Don Croft DT UTEP
5 116 SD Jim Bishop TE Tennessee Tech
5 117 CHI Bob Parsons P Penn State
5 118 DEN Jim Krieg WR Washington
5 119 ATL Ralph Cindrich LB Pittsburgh
5 120 LAR Bob Childs OG Kansas
5 121 NYG Larry Edwards LB Texas A&M-Kingsville
5 122 CLE George Hunt PK Tennessee
5 123 SF Mike Greene LB Georgia
5 124 NE Ron Bolton DB Norfolk State
5 125 LAR Bob Christiansen TE UCLA
5 126 NO Bo Davies DB South Carolina
5 127 KC Milt Davis LB Texas-Arlington
5 128 CLE Greg Kucera RB Northern Colorado
5 129 MIA Charles Babb DB Memphis
5 130 SD Harry Gooden DE Alcorn State

Round 6 (24 picks)

RdPick TeamPlayerPosCollege
6 131 OAK Dan Medlin DT North Carolina State
6 132 NYG John Hill NA Lehigh
6 133 CHI Bob Pifferini LB UCLA
6 134 TEN Joe Bullard DB Tulane
6 135 ARI Don Heater RB Montana Tech
6 136 TEN Elmer Allen LB Ole Miss
6 137 NO Wayne Dorton OG Arkansas State
6 138 GB Nate Ross DB Bethune-Cookman
6 140 ATL Mike Perfetti DB Minnesota
6 141 SD Bruce Ward OG San Diego State
6 142 GB Dave Pureifory DE Eastern Michigan
6 143 PIT Dennis Meyer DB Arkansas State
6 144 PHI Vern Winfield OG Minnesota
6 145 DET Charles Potts DB Purdue
6 146 ATL Fred Riley WR Idaho
6 147 GB Bob Hudson RB Northeastern State
6 149 CLE Leonard Forey OG Texas A&M
6 150 NO Curt Watson RB Tennessee
6 151 LAR Edward Hebert DT Texas Southern
6 152 IND Bruce Laird DB American International
6 153 KC John Kahler DE Long Beach State
6 154 MIN Amos Martin LB Louisville
6 155 MIA Ray Nettles LB Tennessee
6 156 DAL Charles Bolden DB Iowa

Round 7 (25 picks)

RdPick TeamPlayerPosCollege
7 157 BUF Ralph Stepaniak DB Notre Dame
7 159 PIT Joe Colquitt DE Kansas State
7 160 ARI Council Rudolph DE Kentucky State
7 161 MIA Bill Adams OG Holy Cross
7 162 TEN Eric Hutchinson DB Northwestern
7 163 GB Bill Bushong DT Kentucky
7 164 NO Ernie Jackson DB Duke
7 165 NE Clark Hoss TE Oregon State
7 166 NE John Tarver RB Colorado
7 167 CHI Jim Fassel QB Long Beach State
7 168 PIT Robert Kelly DB Jackson State
7 169 IND John Sykes RB Morgan State
7 170 PHI Will Foster LB Eastern Michigan
7 171 ATL Lance Moon RB Wisconsin
7 172 DET Charles Stoudamire WR Portland State
7 173 OAK Ray Jamieson RB Memphis
7 174 CLE Don Wesley OT Maryland-Eastern Shore
7 175 SF Edgar Hardy OG Jackson State
7 176 OAK Alonzo Thomas DB USC
7 177 NYG Mike Zikas DT Notre Dame
7 178 OAK Dennis Pete DB San Francisco State
7 179 KC Dean Carlson QB Iowa State
7 180 MIA Calvin Harrell RB Arkansas State
7 181 MIN Bill Slater DE Western Michigan
7 182 CHI James Osborne DT Southern University