The 1966 NFL Draft

110 picks. First overall: Tommy Nobis, linebacker, from Texas, to Atlanta Falcons. Most picks: Iowa 5, Kentucky 5, Notre Dame 5, Texas 3, Michigan 3.

The 1966 NFL Draft ran 20 rounds; this page lists the first seven. Teams appear under the name they had that year. These drafts come from Wikipedia’s draft articles. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Round 1

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
1	Tommy Nobis	LB		Texas	→ Atlanta Falcons
2	Tom Mack	OT		Michigan	→ Los Angeles Rams
3	Dick Leftridge	RB		West Virginia	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
4	Randy Beisler	DE		Indiana	→ Philadelphia Eagles
5	John Niland	OG		Iowa	→ Dallas Cowboys
6	Charlie Gogolak	K		Princeton	→ Washington Redskins
7	Jerry Shay	OT		Purdue	→ Minnesota Vikings
8	Carl McAdams	LB		Oklahoma	→ St. Louis Cardinals
9	Jim Grabowski	RB		Illinois	→ Green Bay Packers
10	Francis Peay	OT		Missouri	→ New York Giants
11	Stan Hindman	DE		Ole ‘Miss	→ San Francisco 49ers
12	George Rice	OT		LSU	→ Chicago Bears
13	Gale Gillingham	OG		Minnesota	→ Green Bay Packers
14	Milt Morin	TE		UMass	→ Cleveland Browns
15	Sam Ball	OT		Kentucky	→ Baltimore Colts
16	Randy Johnson	QB		Texas A&I	→ Atlanta Falcons

Round 2

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
17	Nick Rassas	S		Notre Dame	→ Atlanta Falcons
18	Mike Garrett	RB		USC	→ Los Angeles Rams
19	Larry Gagner	OG		Florida	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
20	Gary Pettigrew	DE		Stanford	→ Philadelphia Eagles
21	Walter Barnes	OT		Nebraska	→ Washington Redskins
22	Willie Townes	OT		Tulsa	→ Dallas Cowboys
23	Harold Lucas	OT		Michigan State	→ St. Louis Cardinals
24	Nick Eddy	RB		Notre Dame	→ Detroit Lions
25	Don Davis	OT		Cal State-Los Angeles	→ New York Giants
26	Bob Windsor	TE		Kentucky	→ San Francisco 49ers
27	Jim Lindsey	RB		Arkansas	→ Minnesota Vikings
28	Charlie Brown	DB		Syracuse	→ Chicago Bears
29	Rick Norton	QB		Kentucky	→ Cleveland Browns
30	Tom Cichowski	OT		Maryland	→ Green Bay Packers
31	Butch Allison	OT		Missouri	→ Baltimore Colts
32	Jerry Jones	OT		Bowling Green	→ Atlanta Falcons

Round 5

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
65	Bill Wolski	RB		Notre Dame	→ Atlanta Falcons
66	Diron Talbert	OT		Texas	→ Los Angeles Rams
67	Bill Cody	LB		Auburn	→ Detroit Lions
68	Dan Berry	RB		California	→ Philadelphia Eagles
69	Mel Phillips	DB		North Carolina A&T	→ San Francisco 49ers
70	Dick LeMay	OT		Vanderbilt	→ Washington Redskins
71	Steve Smith	WR		Michigan	→ San Francisco 49ers
72	Doug Davis	OT		Kentucky	→ Minnesota Vikings
73	Jack Clancy	WR		Michigan	→ St. Louis Cardinals
74	Randy Schultz	RB		Northern Iowa	→ Cleveland Browns
75	Bill Briggs	DE		Iowa	→ New York Giants
76	Bob Hall	DB		Brown	→ Minnesota Vikings
77	Dick Arndt	OT		Idaho	→ Los Angeles Rams
78	Dan Fulford	WR		Auburn	→ Cleveland Browns
79	Walt Garrison	RB		Oklahoma State	→ Dallas Cowboys
80	Martin Kahn	OT		North Texas State	→ Atlanta Falcons

Round 7

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
96	William Johnson	RB		University of the South	→ Atlanta Falcons
97	George Youngblood	DB		Cal State-Los Angeles	→ Los Angeles Rams
98	Emerson Boozer	RB		Maryland-Eastern Shore	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
99	David Lince	OT		North Dakota	→ Philadelphia Eagles
100	Art Robinson	WR		Florida A&M	→ Dallas Cowboys
101	George Patton	OT		Georgia	→ Washington Redskins
102	Charley Arkwright	OT		Georgia	→ St. Louis Cardinals
103	Johnnie Robinson	WR		Tennessee State	→ Detroit Lions
104	Phil Harris	RB		Texas	→ New York Giants
105	Dave Ellis	DE		North Carolina State	→ Baltimore Colts
106	Bob Meers	E		Massachusetts	→ Minnesota Vikings
107	Ron Meyer	QB		South Dakota State	→ Chicago Bears
108	Ray Miller	DE		Idaho	→ Green Bay Packers
109	Leroy Carter	WR		Grambling	→ Cleveland Browns
110	Ray Perkins	WR		Alabama	→ Baltimore Colts