The 1967 NFL Draft

185 picks. First overall: Bubba Smith, defensive end, from Michigan State, to Baltimore Colts. Most picks: Notre Dame 7, San Diego State 7, Michigan State 5, Michigan 5, Northwestern 4.

The 1967 NFL Draft ran 17 rounds; this page lists the first seven. Teams appear under the name they had that year. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Round 1

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
1	Bubba Smith	DE		Michigan State	→ Baltimore Colts
2	Clinton Jones	RB		Michigan State	→ Minnesota Vikings
3	Steve Spurrier	QB		Florida	→ San Francisco 49ers
4	Bob Griese	QB		Purdue	→ Miami Dolphins
5	George Webster	LB		Michigan State	→ Houston Oilers
6	Floyd Little	RB		Syracuse	→ Denver Broncos
7	Mel Farr	RB		UCLA	→ Detroit Lions
8	Gene Washington	WR		Michigan State	→ Minnesota Vikings
9	Bob Hyland	C		Boston College	→ Green Bay Packers
10	Loyd Phillips	DE		Arkansas	→ Chicago Bears
11	Casimir Banaszek	TE		Northwestern	→ San Francisco 49ers
12	Paul Seiler	OT		Notre Dame	→ New York Jets
13	Ray McDonald	RB		Idaho	→ Washington Redskins
14	Ron Billingsley	DT		Wyoming	→ San Diego Chargers
15	Alan Page	DT		Notre Dame	→ Minnesota Vikings
16	Dave Williams	WR		Washington	→ St. Louis Cardinals
17	Gene Upshaw	OG		Texas A&M–Kingsville	→ Oakland Raiders
18	Bob Matheson	LB		Duke	→ Cleveland Browns
19	Harry Jones	RB		Arkansas	→ Philadelphia Eagles
20	Jim Detwiler	RB		Michigan	→ Baltimore Colts
21	John Charles	DB		Purdue	→ Boston Patriots
22	John Pitts	DB		Arizona State	→ Buffalo Bills
23	Tom Regner	OG		Notre Dame	→ Houston Oilers
24	Gene Trosch	DE		Miami	→ Kansas City Chiefs
25	Don Horn	QB		San Diego State	→ Green Bay Packers
26	Les Kelley	LB		Alabama	→ New Orleans Saints

Round 2

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
27	Bo Burris	QB		Houston	→ New Orleans Saints
28	Bob Grim	WR		Oregon State	→ Minnesota Vikings
29	Jim Riley	DT		Oklahoma	→ Miami Dolphins
30	Bob Davis	QB		Virginia	→ Houston Oilers
31	Leo Carroll	DE		San Diego State	→ Atlanta Falcons
32	Thomas Beer	TE		Houston	→ Denver Broncos
33	Willie Ellison	RB		Texas Southern	→ Los Angeles Rams
34	Lem Barney	DB		Jackson State	→ Detroit Lions
35	Don Shy	RB		San Diego State	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
36	Bob Jones	WR		San Diego State	→ Chicago Bears
37	Rich Sheron	TE		Washington State	→ New York Jets
38	Spain Musgrove	DT		Utah State	→ Washington Redskins
39	Thomas Holzer	OT		Louisville	→ San Francisco 49ers
40	Ronald McCall	LB		Weber State	→ San Diego Chargers
41	Dave Dunaway	WR		Duke	→ Green Bay Packers
42	Jim LeMoine	TE		Utah State	→ Buffalo Bills
43	Bob Rowe	DT		Western Michigan	→ St. Louis Cardinals
44	John Brooks	OG		Kent State	→ Philadelphia Eagles
45	Richard Volk	DB		Michigan	→ Baltimore Colts
46	Larry Conjar	RB		Notre Dame	→ Cleveland Browns
47	Jim Lynch	LB		Notre Dame	→ Kansas City Chiefs
48	Bob Howard	DB		San Diego State	→ San Diego Chargers
49	Roy Hopkins	RB		Texas Southern	→ Houston Oilers
50	Willie Lanier	LB		Morgan State	→ Kansas City Chiefs
51	Jim Flanigan	LB		Pittsburgh	→ Green Bay Packers
52	John Gilliam	WR		South Carolina State	→ New Orleans Saints
53	David Rowe	DT		Penn State	→ New Orleans Saints

Round 3

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
54	Norman Davis	OT		Grambling	→ Baltimore Colts
55	Don Cockroft	K		Adams State	→ Cleveland Browns
56	Larry Carwell	DB		Iowa State	→ Houston Oilers
57	Jim Jordan	RB		Florida	→ Atlanta Falcons
58	Mike Current	OT		Ohio State	→ Denver Broncos
59	George Goeddeke	C		Notre Dame	→ Denver Broncos
60	Paul Naumoff	LB		Tennessee	→ Detroit Lions
61	Earl Denny	WR		Missouri	→ Minnesota Vikings
62	Frank Nunley	LB		Michigan	→ San Francisco 49ers
63	Gary Lyle	RB		George Washington	→ Chicago Bears
64	Curg Belcher	DB		BYU	→ Washington Redskins
65	Bill Tucker	RB		Tennessee State	→ San Francisco 49ers
66	Dennis Randall	DE		Oklahoma State	→ New York Jets
67	Harold Akin	OT		Oklahoma State	→ San Diego Chargers
68	Harry Wilson	RB		Nebraska	→ Philadelphia Eagles
69	Vidal Carlin	QB		North Texas	→ St. Louis Cardinals
70	Tom Rhoads	DE		Notre Dame	→ Buffalo Bills
71	Leon Ward	LB		Oklahoma State	→ Baltimore Colts
72	Eppie Barney	WR		Iowa State	→ Cleveland Browns
73	Rockne Freitas	C		Oregon State	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
74	Henry King	DB		Utah State	→ New York Jets
75	Bill Fairband	LB		Colorado	→ Oakland Raiders
76	Phil Clark	DB		Northwestern	→ Dallas Cowboys
77	Billy Masters	TE		LSU	→ Kansas City Chiefs
78	John Rowser	DB		Michigan	→ Green Bay Packers
79	Del Williams	C		Florida State	→ New Orleans Saints
80	Ben Hart	RB		Oklahoma	→ New Orleans Saints

Round 4

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
81	Ron Widby	K		Tennessee	→ New Orleans Saints
82	Louis Thompson	DT		Alabama	→ New York Giants
83	Carl Ward	RB		Michigan	→ Cleveland Browns
84	Robert Greenlee	DT		Yale	→ Miami Dolphins
85	Carl Cunningham	DE		Houston	→ Denver Broncos
86	Carel Stith	DT		Nebraska	→ Houston Oilers
87	Alvin Coleman	DB		Tennessee State	→ Minnesota Vikings
88	Lew Kamanu	DE		Weber State	→ Detroit Lions
89	Ray May	LB		USC	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
90	Al Dodd	DB		Northwestern State	→ Chicago Bears
91	Wayne Trimble	DB		Alabama	→ San Francisco 49ers
92	Julian Gray	DB		Grambling	→ New York Jets
93	Travis Williams	RB		Arizona State	→ Green Bay Packers
94	Dick Post	RB		Houston	→ San Diego Chargers
95	Tom Greenlee	DB		Washington	→ Chicago Bears
96	James Roy Jackson	WR		Oklahoma	→ Oakland Raiders
97	Mike Barnes	DB		Texas–Arlington	→ St. Louis Cardinals
98	Joe Taffoni	OT		UT Martin	→ Cleveland Browns
99	Chuck Hughes	WR		UTEP	→ Philadelphia Eagles
100	Charles Stukes	RB		Maryland-Eastern Shore	→ Baltimore Colts
101	Ed Philpott	DE		Miami (OH)	→ Boston Patriots
102	Gary Bugenhagen	OT		Syracuse	→ Buffalo Bills
103	Curtis Marker	OT		Northern Michigan	→ Dallas Cowboys
104	Ron Zwernemann	OG		East Texas A&M	→ Kansas City Chiefs
105	Andy Bowling	LB		Virginia Tech	→ St. Louis Cardinals
106	Bill Carr	C		Florida	→ New Orleans Saints
107	Tom Stangle	OT		Dayton	→ New Orleans Saints

Round 5

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
108	Don McCall	RB		USC	→ New Orleans Saints
109	Dave Lewis	RB		Stanford	→ New York Giants
110	Fran Lynch	RB		Hofstra	→ Denver Broncos
111	Peter Johns	DB		Tulane	→ Houston Oilers
112	Bill Delaney	TE		American International	→ Atlanta Falcons
113	John Huard	LB		Maine	→ Denver Broncos
114	Bob Van Pelt	C		Indiana	→ Philadelphia Eagles
115	Ken Last	WR		Minnesota	→ Minnesota Vikings
116	Dwight Hood	DT		Baylor	→ Green Bay Packers
117	Louis Jackson	DB		Grambling	→ New York Jets
118	Willie Parker	DT		Arkansas–Pine Bluff	→ Houston Oilers
119	Bruce Alford	K		TCU	→ Chicago Bears
120	Randy Matson	DT		Texas A&M	→ Atlanta Falcons
121	Bernard Erickson	LB		Abilene Christian	→ San Diego Chargers
122	Nate Shaw	DB		USC	→ Los Angeles Rams
123	Jamie Rivers	TE		Bowling Green	→ St. Louis Cardinals
124	Gerald Warfield	RB		Ole Miss	→ Oakland Raiders
125	Richard Absher	TE		Maryland	→ Philadelphia Eagles
126	Ron Porter	LB		Idaho	→ Baltimore Colts
127	Ezekial Moore	DB		Lincoln (MO)	→ Houston Oilers
128	Melvin Witt	DE		Texas–Arlington	→ Boston Patriots
129	Gary Tucker	RB		Chattanooga	→ Miami Dolphins
130	Richard Tate	DB		Utah	→ Green Bay Packers
131	Mike Hibler	LB		Stanford	→ Oakland Raiders
132	Jay Bachman	C		Cincinnati	→ Green Bay Packers
133	John Douglas	DB		Texas Southern	→ New Orleans Saints

Round 7

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
160	Gary Hertzog	OG		Willamette	→ New Orleans Saints
161	Bob Ziolkowski	OT		Iowa	→ Green Bay Packers
162	Corey Colehour	QB		North Dakota	→ Atlanta Falcons
163	Larry Seiple	RB		Kentucky	→ Miami Dolphins
164	Ed Carrington	TE		Virginia	→ Houston Oilers
165	Frank Richter	OG		Georgia	→ Denver Broncos
166	Ted Tuinstra	OT		Iowa State	→ Detroit Lions
167	Bob Bryant	DB		South Carolina	→ Minnesota Vikings
168	Bruce Matte	QB		Miami (OH)	→ Washington Redskins
169	John Truitt	WR		Indiana State	→ Chicago Bears
170	Milt Jackson	DB		Tulsa	→ San Francisco 49ers
171	John Elliott	OG		Texas	→ New York Jets
172	John Love	WR		North Texas	→ Washington Redskins
173	David Conway	K		Texas	→ San Diego Chargers
174	John Williams	DB		San Diego State	→ Philadelphia Eagles
175	Joe Randall	K		Brown	→ St. Louis Cardinals
176	Ron Lewellen	DT		UT Martin	→ Oakland Raiders
177	Bill House	OT		Youngstown State	→ Cleveland Browns
178	Bob Crenshaw	OG		New Mexico State	→ Philadelphia Eagles
179	Bo Rein	WR		Ohio State	→ Baltimore Colts
180	Robert Leo	RB		Harvard	→ Boston Patriots
181	George Gaiser	OT		SMU	→ Buffalo Bills
182	Rayfield Wright	OT		Fort Valley State	→ Dallas Cowboys
183	Richard Erickson	C		Wisc. Stout	→ Kansas City Chiefs
184	William Powell	LB		Missouri	→ Green Bay Packers
185	Bob McKelvey	RB		Northwestern	→ New Orleans Saints