The 1968 NFL Draft

192 picks. First overall: Ron Yary, offensive tackle, from USC, to Minnesota Vikings. Most picks: USC 8, Ole Miss 7, UTEP 6, Wyoming 5, Tennessee 4.

The 1968 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	Ron Yary	OT		USC	→ Minnesota Vikings
2	Bob Johnson	C		Tennessee	→ Cincinnati Bengals
3	Claude Humphrey	DE		Tennessee State	→ Atlanta Falcons
4	Russ Washington	OT		Missouri	→ San Diego Chargers
5	Fred Carr	LB		UTEP	→ Green Bay Packers
6	Dennis Byrd	DE		NC State	→ Boston Patriots
7	Kevin Hardy	DT		Notre Dame	→ New Orleans Saints
8	Larry Csonka	RB		Syracuse	→ Miami Dolphins
9	Haven Moses	WR		San Diego State	→ Buffalo Bills
10	Mike Taylor	OT		USC	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
11	Greg Landry	QB		Massachusetts	→ Detroit Lions
12	Jim Smith	DB		Oregon	→ Washington Redskins
13	MacArthur Lane	RB		Utah State	→ St. Louis Cardinals
14	Tim Rossovich	LB		USC	→ Philadelphia Eagles
15	Forrest Blue	C		Auburn	→ San Francisco 49ers
16	Mike Hull	RB		USC	→ Chicago Bears
17	Lee White	RB		Weber State	→ New York Jets
18	Jimmy Hill	DB		Texas A&M–Kingsville	→ San Diego Chargers
19	Mo Moorman	OG		Texas A&M	→ Kansas City Chiefs
20	Dennis Homan	WR		Alabama	→ Dallas Cowboys
21	Marvin Upshaw	DE		Trinity (TX)	→ Cleveland Browns
22	George Daney	OG		UTEP	→ Kansas City Chiefs
23	John Williams	OT		Minnesota	→ Baltimore Colts
24	Earl McCullouch	WR		USC	→ Detroit Lions
25	Eldridge Dickey	WR		Tennessee State	→ Oakland Raiders
26	Bill Lueck	OG		Arizona	→ Green Bay Packers
27	Doug Crusan	OT		Indiana	→ Miami Dolphins

Round 2

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
28	Bill Staley	DE		Utah State	→ Cincinnati Bengals
29	Carlton Dabney	DE		Morgan State	→ Atlanta Falcons
30	Gary Beban	QB		UCLA	→ Los Angeles Rams
31	Curley Culp	DE		Arizona State	→ Denver Broncos
32	Tom Funchess	OT		Jackson State	→ Boston Patriots
33	Charles West	DB		UTEP	→ Minnesota Vikings
34	Bob Tatarek	DT		Miami	→ Buffalo Bills
35	James Keyes	LB		Ole Miss	→ Miami Dolphins
36	Ernest Ruple	OT		Arkansas	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
37	Jerry DePoyster	K		Wyoming	→ Detroit Lions
38	Tom Roussel	LB		Southern Miss	→ Washington Redskins
39	Cyril Pinder	RB		Illinois	→ Philadelphia Eagles
40	Fred Hyatt	WR		Auburn	→ St. Louis Cardinals
41	Richard Buzin	OT		Penn State	→ New York Giants
42	Robert Atkins	DB		Grambling	→ St. Louis Cardinals
43	William Lenkaitis	C		Penn State	→ San Diego Chargers
44	Steve Thompson	DE		Washington	→ New York Jets
45	David McDaniels	WR		Mississippi Valley State	→ Dallas Cowboys
46	Robert Wallace	WR		UTEP	→ Chicago Bears
47	John Garlington	LB		LSU	→ Cleveland Browns
48	Mike Livingston	QB		SMU	→ Kansas City Chiefs
49	Mac Haik	WR		Ole Miss	→ Houston Oilers
50	Bob Grant	LB		Wake Forest	→ Baltimore Colts
51	Mike LaHood	OG		Wyoming	→ Los Angeles Rams
52	Ken Stabler	QB		Alabama	→ Oakland Raiders
53	John Wright	WR		Illinois	→ Atlanta Falcons
54	James Cox	TE		Miami	→ Miami Dolphins
55	Tom Smiley	RB		Lamar	→ Cincinnati Bengals

Round 3

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
56	Gary Davis	QB		Vanderbilt	→ Cincinnati Bengals
57	Major Hazelton	DB		Florida A&M	→ Chicago Bears
58	Garrett Ford	RB		West Virginia	→ Denver Broncos
59	Dave Szymakowski	WR		West Texas	→ New Orleans Saints
60	Aaron Marsh	WR		Eastern Kentucky	→ Boston Patriots
61	Jon Henderson	DB		Colorado State	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
62	Jim Urbanek	OT		Ole Miss	→ Miami Dolphins
63	Richard Trapp	WR		Florida	→ Buffalo Bills
64	Harry Olszewski	OG		Clemson	→ Cleveland Browns
65	Lance Olssen	OT		Purdue	→ San Francisco 49ers
66	Reece Morrison	RB		Texas State	→ Cleveland Browns
67	Billy Stevens	QB		UTEP	→ Green Bay Packers
68	Adrian Young	LB		USC	→ Philadelphia Eagles
69	Skip Vanderbundt	LB		Oregon State	→ San Francisco 49ers
70	Bob Duhon	RB		Tulane	→ New York Giants
71	Ed Harmon	LB		Louisville	→ Dallas Cowboys
72	Sam Walton	OT		East Texas A&M	→ New York Jets
73	Dick Anderson	DB		Colorado	→ Miami Dolphins
74	Charles Sanders	TE		Minnesota	→ Detroit Lions
75	Robert Vaughn	OT		Ole Miss	→ Denver Broncos
76	Mike McGill	LB		Notre Dame	→ Minnesota Vikings
77	Elvin Bethea	DE		North Carolina A&T	→ Houston Oilers
78	Rich O’Hara	WR		Northern Arizona	→ Baltimore Colts
79	Ken Hebert	WR		Houston	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
80	Arthur Shell	OT		Maryland-Eastern Shore	→ Oakland Raiders
81	Richard Himes	OT		Ohio State	→ Green Bay Packers
82	Paul Robinson	RB		Arizona	→ Cincinnati Bengals
83	Dale Livingston	K		Western Michigan	→ Cincinnati Bengals

Round 4

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
84	Jess Phillips	DB		Michigan State	→ Cincinnati Bengals
85	Willie Crittendon	DT		Tulsa	→ New Orleans Saints
86	Edgar Chandler	K		Georgia	→ Buffalo Bills
87	Don Fitzgerald	RB		Kent State	→ St. Louis Cardinals
88	R.C. Gamble	RB		South Carolina State	→ Boston Patriots
89	Mike Freeman	DB		Fresno State	→ Minnesota Vikings
90	Mickey McCarty	TE		TCU	→ Kansas City Chiefs
91	Gordon Lambert	LB		UT Martin	→ Denver Broncos
92	Brendan McCarthy	RB		Boston College	→ Green Bay Packers
93	Ed Mooney	LB		Texas Tech	→ Detroit Lions
94	Dennis Crane	DT		USC	→ Washington Redskins
95	Len McNeil	OG		Fresno State	→ Philadelphia Eagles
96	Joe Schniesing	LB		New Mexico State	→ St. Louis Cardinals
97	John Douglas	LB		Missouri	→ Dallas Cowboys
98	John Fuller	WR		Lamar	→ San Francisco 49ers
99	Wayne Mass	OT		Clemson	→ Chicago Bears
100	Ken Dyer	WR		Arizona State	→ San Diego Chargers
101	Gary Magner	DT		USC	→ New York Jets
102	Drake Garrett	DB		Michigan State	→ Denver Broncos
103	Dan Sartin	OT		Ole Miss	→ New Orleans Saints
104	Wayne Meylan	LB		Nebraska	→ Cleveland Browns
105	Jim Beirne	WR		Purdue	→ Houston Oilers
106	Alan Bush	OG		Ole Miss	→ Chicago Bears
107	James Duncan	RB		Maryland-Eastern Shore	→ Baltimore Colts
108	John Robinson	WR		Tennessee State	→ Green Bay Packers
109	Warren McVea	RB		Houston	→ Cincinnati Bengals
110	Charles Smith	RB		Utah	→ Oakland Raiders
111	Gus Hollomon	DB		Houston	→ Denver Broncos

Round 5

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
112	Dave Middendorf	OG		Washington State	→ Cincinnati Bengals
113	Ken Barefoot	TE		Virginia Tech	→ Washington Redskins
114	Ben Gregory	RB		Nebraska	→ Buffalo Bills
115	Ronnie South	QB		Arkansas	→ New Orleans Saints
116	Jim Smithberger	DB		Notre Dame	→ Boston Patriots
117	Mike Bragg	K		Richmond	→ Washington Redskins
118	Jim Kiick	RB		Wyoming	→ Miami Dolphins
119	Mike McBath	DE		Penn State	→ Buffalo Bills
120	Phil Odle	WR		BYU	→ Detroit Lions
121	Steve Duich	OT		San Diego State	→ Green Bay Packers
122	Mike Dirks	OT		Wyoming	→ Philadelphia Eagles
123	Rocky Rosema	LB		Michigan	→ St. Louis Cardinals
124	Mark Nordquist	OT		Pacific	→ Philadelphia Eagles
125	Dwight Lee	RB		Michigan State	→ San Francisco 49ers
126	Paul Elzey	LB		Toledo	→ Baltimore Colts
127	Cecil Turner	WR		Cal Poly	→ Chicago Bears
128	Lee Jacobsen	LB		Nebraska Kearney	→ New York Jets
129	William Perry	TE		Kent State	→ San Diego Chargers
130	Blaine Nye	OT		Stanford	→ Dallas Cowboys
131	Mike Wempe	OT		Missouri	→ Cleveland Browns
132	Max Anderson	RB		Arizona State	→ Buffalo Bills
133	Bob Longo	TE		Pittsburgh	→ Houston Oilers
134	Jackie Jackson	RB		Clemson	→ Cleveland Browns
135	Don Martin	K		Washington	→ Los Angeles Rams
136	John Naponic	OT		Virginia	→ Oakland Raiders
137	Francis Winkler	DE		Memphis	→ Green Bay Packers
138	Alfred Beauchamp	LB		Southern	→ Cincinnati Bengals

Round 6

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
139	Howard Fest	OT		Texas	→ Cincinnati Bengals
140	Jim Hagle	RB		SMU	→ Atlanta Falcons
141	Leo Johnson	WR		Tennessee State	→ San Francisco 49ers
142	Kim Hammond	QB		Florida State	→ Miami Dolphins
143	William Kendricks	OT		Alabama A&M	→ Cincinnati Bengals
144	Bob Goodridge	WR		Vanderbilt	→ Minnesota Vikings
145	John Neidert	LB		Louisville	→ Cincinnati Bengals
146	James Hines	WR		Texas Southern	→ Miami Dolphins
147	Joe Wynns	DB		South Carolina State	→ Atlanta Falcons
148	Mike Spitzer	DE		San José State	→ Detroit Lions
149	Willie Banks	OG		Alcorn State	→ Washington Redskins
150	Thurman Randle	OT		UTEP	→ Philadelphia Eagles
151	Frank Lane	LB		Stephen F. Austin	→ St. Louis Cardinals
152	Nathan James	DB		Florida A&M	→ Cleveland Browns
153	Bill Belk	DE		Maryland-Eastern Shore	→ San Francisco 49ers
154	Jim Schmedding	C		Weber State	→ Chicago Bears
155	Dewey Warren	QB		Tennessee	→ Cincinnati Bengals
156	Essex Johnson	DB		Grambling	→ Cincinnati Bengals
157	Dave Martin	DB		Notre Dame	→ Philadelphia Eagles
158	Elmo Maple	WR		Southern	→ Cincinnati Bengals
159	D.D. Lewis	LB		Mississippi State	→ Dallas Cowboys
160	Sidney Ellis	DB		Jackson State	→ Cincinnati Bengals
161	Bobby Webb	C		Southern Miss	→ Los Angeles Rams
162	Rick Eber	WR		Tulsa	→ Atlanta Falcons
163	Charles Williams	RB		Arkansas–Pine Bluff	→ Cincinnati Bengals
164	Walt Chadwick	RB		Tennessee	→ Green Bay Packers
165	James Johnson	DB		South Carolina State	→ Cincinnati Bengals