The 1969 NFL Draft

182 picks. First overall: O.J. Simpson, running back, from USC, to Buffalo Bills. Most picks: Notre Dame 6, Arizona State 5, USC 4, Florida State 4, Penn State 4.

The 1969 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	O.J. Simpson	RB		USC	→ Buffalo Bills
2	George Kunz	OT		Notre Dame	→ Atlanta Falcons
3	Leroy Keyes	RB		Purdue	→ Philadelphia Eagles
4	Joe Greene	DT		North Texas	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
5	Greg Cook	QB		Cincinnati	→ Cincinnati Bengals
6	Ron Sellers	WR		Florida State	→ Boston Patriots
7	Ted Kwalick	TE		Penn State	→ San Francisco 49ers
8	Larry Smith	RB		Florida	→ Los Angeles Rams
9	Marty Domres	QB		Columbia	→ San Diego Chargers
10	Jim Seymour	WR		Notre Dame	→ Los Angeles Rams
11	Bill Stanfill	DE		Georgia	→ Miami Dolphins
12	Rich Moore	DT		Villanova	→ Green Bay Packers
13	Fred Dryer	DE		San Diego State	→ New York Giants
14	Rufus Mayes	OT		Ohio State	→ Chicago Bears
15	Ron Pritchard	LB		Arizona State	→ Houston Oilers
16	Gene Washington	WR		Stanford	→ San Francisco 49ers
17	John Shinners	OG		Xavier	→ New Orleans Saints
18	Bob Babich	LB		Miami (OH)	→ San Diego Chargers
19	Roger Wehrli	DB		Missouri	→ St. Louis Cardinals
20	Ron Johnson	RB		Michigan	→ Cleveland Browns
21	Bob Klein	TE		USC	→ Los Angeles Rams
22	Art Thoms	DT		Syracuse	→ Oakland Raiders
23	Jim Marsalis	DB		Tennessee State	→ Kansas City Chiefs
24	Calvin Hill	RB		Yale	→ Dallas Cowboys
25	Eddie Hinton	WR		Oklahoma	→ Baltimore Colts
26	Dave Foley	OT		Ohio State	→ New York Jets

Round 2

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
27	Bill Enyart	RB		Oregon State	→ Buffalo Bills
28	Ernest Calloway	LB		Texas Southern	→ Philadelphia Eagles
29	Paul Gipson	RB		Houston	→ Atlanta Falcons
30	Terry Hanratty	QB		Notre Dame	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
31	Bill Bergey	LB		Arkansas State	→ Cincinnati Bengals
32	Mike Montler	OG		Colorado	→ Boston Patriots
33	Ted Hendricks	LB		Miami	→ Baltimore Colts
34	Altie Taylor	RB		Utah State	→ Detroit Lions
35	Rolf Krueger	DT		Texas A&M	→ St. Louis Cardinals
36	Grady Cavness	DB		UTEP	→ Denver Broncos
37	Bob Heinz	OT		Pacific	→ Miami Dolphins
38	Dave Bradley	OT		Penn State	→ Green Bay Packers
39	Ed White	OG		California	→ Minnesota Vikings
40	Jerry LeVias	WR		SMU	→ Houston Oilers
41	Bobby Douglass	QB		Kansas	→ Chicago Bears
42	Warren Bankston	RB		Tulane	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
43	Volly Murphy	WR		UTEP	→ Minnesota Vikings
44	Ron Sayers	RB		Nebraska–Omaha	→ San Diego Chargers
45	Richard Neal	DE		Southern	→ New Orleans Saints
46	Eugene Epps	DB		UTEP	→ Washington Redskins
47	Jim Yarbrough	TE		Florida	→ Detroit Lions
48	Ed Podolak	RB		Iowa	→ Kansas City Chiefs
49	Richmond Flowers	WR		Tennessee	→ Dallas Cowboys
50	George Buehler	OG		Stanford	→ Oakland Raiders
51	Tom Maxwell	DB		Texas A&M	→ Baltimore Colts
52	Al Woodall	QB		Duke	→ New York Jets

Round 3

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
53	Julian Nunamaker	DE		UT Martin	→ Buffalo Bills
54	Malcolm Snider	OT		Stanford	→ Atlanta Falcons
55	Al Jenkins	OG		Tulsa	→ Cleveland Browns
56	Jon Kolb	C		Oklahoma State	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
57	Louis Thomas	WR		Utah	→ Cincinnati Bengals
58	Carl Garrett	RB		New Mexico Highlands	→ Boston Patriots
59	Larry Walton	WR		Arizona State	→ Detroit Lions
60	Vernon Vanoy	DE		Kansas	→ New York Giants
61	William Thompson	DB		Maryland-Eastern Shore	→ Denver Broncos
62	Ed Cross	RB		Arkansas–Pine Bluff	→ Washington Redskins
63	Eugene Morris	RB		West Texas	→ Miami Dolphins
64	John Spilis	WR		Northern Illinois	→ Green Bay Packers
65	Elbert Drungo	OT		Tennessee State	→ Houston Oilers
66	Ross Montgomery	RB		TCU	→ Chicago Bears
67	Jon Sandstrom	OG		Oregon State	→ Atlanta Falcons
68	Tom Stincic	LB		Michigan	→ Dallas Cowboys
69	Bill Bradley	DB		Texas	→ Philadelphia Eagles
70	Eugene Ferguson	OT		Norfolk State	→ San Diego Chargers
71	Chip Healy	LB		Vanderbilt	→ St. Louis Cardinals
72	Charles Glass	TE		Florida State	→ Cleveland Browns
73	Terry Brown	DB		Oklahoma State	→ St. Louis Cardinals
74	Halvor Hagen	DT		Weber State	→ Dallas Cowboys
75	Lloyd Edwards	TE		San Diego State	→ Oakland Raiders
76	Morris Stroud	OT		Clark Atlanta	→ Kansas City Chiefs
77	Dennis Nelson	OT		Illinois State	→ Baltimore Colts
78	Rich Johnson	RB		Illinois	→ Houston Oilers

Round 4

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
79	Mike Richey	OT		North Carolina	→ Buffalo Bills
80	Bob Kuechenberg	OG		Notre Dame	→ Philadelphia Eagles
81	James Mitchell	TE		Prairie View A&M	→ Atlanta Falcons
82	Bob Campbell	RB		Penn State	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
83	Clem Turner	RB		Cincinnati	→ Cincinnati Bengals
84	Mike Schnitker	LB		Colorado	→ Denver Broncos
85	Dennis Hale	DB		Minnesota	→ New Orleans Saints
86	Jim Sniadecki	LB		Indiana	→ San Francisco 49ers
87	Jacky Stewart	RB		Texas Tech	→ Baltimore Colts
88	Edward Hayes	DB		Morgan State	→ Denver Broncos
89	Norman McBride	LB		Utah	→ Miami Dolphins
90	Perry Williams	RB		Purdue	→ Green Bay Packers
91	Rudy Redmond	DB		Pacific	→ Chicago Bears
92	Rich Houston	WR		East Texas A&M	→ New York Giants
93	Charles Joiner	WR		Grambling	→ Houston Oilers
94	Gene Moore	RB		Occidental	→ San Francisco 49ers
95	Mike McCaffrey	LB		California	→ Minnesota Vikings
96	Roy Gerela	K		New Mexico State	→ Houston Oilers
97	Bill Rhodes	OG		Florida State	→ St. Louis Cardinals
98	Fred Summers	DB		Wake Forest	→ Cleveland Browns
99	John Zook	DE		Kansas	→ Los Angeles Rams
100	Ruby Jackson	OT		New Mexico State	→ Oakland Raiders
101	Jack Rudnay	C		Northwestern	→ Kansas City Chiefs
102	Bob Hudspeth	OT		Southern Illinois	→ New Orleans Saints
103	Dicky Lyons	DB		Kentucky	→ Atlanta Falcons
104	Ezell Jones	OT		Minnesota	→ New York Jets

Round 5

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
105	Ben Mayes	DT		Drake	→ Buffalo Bills
106	Jim Barnes	OG		Arkansas	→ Minnesota Vikings
107	Jim Anderson	OG		Missouri	→ Philadelphia Eagles
108	Walter Shockley	RB		San José State	→ St. Louis Cardinals
109	Guy Dennis	OG		Florida	→ Cincinnati Bengals
110	Onree Jackson	QB		Alabama A&M	→ Boston Patriots
111	Anthony Kyasky	DB		Syracuse	→ New Orleans Saints
112	Mike O’Shea	WR		Utah State	→ Minnesota Vikings
113	Frank Quayle	RB		Virginia	→ Denver Broncos
114	Bill Kishman	DB		Colorado State	→ Washington Redskins
115	Willie Pearson	DB		North Carolina A&T	→ Miami Dolphins
116	Bill Hayhoe	DT		USC	→ Green Bay Packers
117	Keith Christensen	OT		Kansas	→ New Orleans Saints
118	John Peacock	DB		Houston	→ Houston Oilers
119	Jim Winegardner	TE		Notre Dame	→ Chicago Bears
120	Earl Edwards	DT		Wichita State	→ San Francisco 49ers
121	Corny Davis	RB		Kansas State	→ Minnesota Vikings
122	Harry Orszulak	WR		Pittsburgh	→ San Diego Chargers
123	Gene Huey	WR		Wyoming	→ St. Louis Cardinals
124	Fair Hooker	WR		Arizona State	→ Cleveland Browns
125	Chuck Kyle	LB		Purdue	→ Dallas Cowboys
126	Bob Stein	LB		Minnesota	→ Kansas City Chiefs
127	Tony Pleviak	DE		Illinois	→ Atlanta Falcons
128	Karl Kremser	K		Tennessee	→ Miami Dolphins
129	Keith Dunlap	DT		Tennessee State	→ Baltimore Colts
130	Chris Gilbert	RB		Texas	→ New York Jets

Round 6

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
131	Wandy Williams	RB		Hofstra	→ Denver Broncos
132	Richard Barnhorst	TE		Xavier	→ Philadelphia Eagles
133	A.Z. Drones	OT		West Texas	→ Los Angeles Rams
134	Ron Jones	TE		UTEP	→ Green Bay Packers
135	Ken Riley	DB		Florida A&M	→ Cincinnati Bengals
136	Ken Newfield	RB		LSU	→ Oakland Raiders
137	Wally Oyler	DB		Louisville	→ Atlanta Falcons
138	Bob Miller	TE		USC	→ New Orleans Saints
139	Harold McLinton	LB		Southern	→ Washington Redskins
140	Mike Coleman	RB		Tampa	→ Denver Broncos
141	Ed Tuck	OG		Notre Dame	→ Miami Dolphins
142	Ken Vinyard	K		Texas Tech	→ Green Bay Packers
143	Willie Grate	WR		South Carolina State	→ Houston Oilers
144	Bill Nicholson	DE		Stanford	→ Chicago Bears
145	Larry Adams	DT		TCU	→ Cleveland Browns
146	Jim Thomas	RB		Texas–Arlington	→ San Francisco 49ers
147	Terry Swarn	WR		Colorado State	→ San Diego Chargers
148	Marion Bates	DB		Texas Southern	→ Minnesota Vikings
149	Amos Van Pelt	RB		Ball State	→ St. Louis Cardinals
150	Joe Righetti	DT		Waynesburg	→ Cleveland Browns
151	Pat Curran	LB		Lakeland	→ Los Angeles Rams
152	Rick Shaw	WR		Arizona State	→ Dallas Cowboys
153	Jackie Allen	DB		Baylor	→ Oakland Raiders
154	Bill Fortier	OT		LSU	→ Baltimore Colts
155	John Pleasant	RB		Alabama State	→ Kansas City Chiefs
156	Jimmy Jones	LB		Wichita State	→ New York Jets

Round 7

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
157	John Helton	DE		Arizona State	→ Buffalo Bills
158	Richard Enderle	OG		Minnesota	→ Atlanta Falcons
159	Mike Schmeising	RB		St. Olaf	→ Philadelphia Eagles
160	Charles Beatty	DB		North Texas	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
161	Royce Berry	DE		Houston	→ Cincinnati Bengals
162	Rick Hackley	OT		New Mexico State	→ Boston Patriots
163	Gary Fleming	DE		Samford	→ Baltimore Colts
164	Theo Cottrell	LB		Delaware Valley	→ Atlanta Falcons
165	Al Giffin	TE		Auburn	→ Denver Broncos
166	Jeff Anderson	RB		Virginia	→ Washington Redskins
167	John Egan	C		Boston College	→ Miami Dolphins
168	Larry Agajanian	DT		UCLA	→ Green Bay Packers
169	Ron Copeland	WR		UCLA	→ Chicago Bears
170	Al Brenner	DB		Michigan State	→ New York Giants
171	Mike Richardson	RB		SMU	→ Houston Oilers
172	Steve Van Sinderen	OT		Washington State	→ San Francisco 49ers
173	John Didion	C		Oregon State	→ Washington Redskins
174	John Kulka	OG		Penn State	→ Miami Dolphins
175	Chadwick Brown	OT		East Texas A&M	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
176	Walt Sumner	DB		Florida State	→ Cleveland Browns
177	James Hawkins	DB		Nebraska	→ Los Angeles Rams
178	Finnis Taylor	DB		Prairie View A&M	→ Oakland Raiders
179	Tom Nettles	WR		San Diego State	→ Kansas City Chiefs
180	Larry Bales	WR		Emory & Henry	→ Dallas Cowboys
181	Roland Moss	RB		Toledo	→ Baltimore Colts
182	Cliff Larson	DE		Houston	→ New York Jets