The 1971 NFL Draft

182 picks. First overall: Jim Plunkett, quarterback, from Stanford, to New England Patriots. Most picks: USC 9, Ole Miss 7, Grambling 7, Ohio State 7, Texas 6.

The 1971 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	Jim Plunkett	QB		Stanford	→ New England Patriots
2	Archie Manning	QB		Ole Miss	→ New Orleans Saints
3	Dan Pastorini	QB		Santa Clara	→ Houston Oilers
4	J.D. Hill	WR		Arizona State	→ Buffalo Bills
5	Richard Harris	DE		Grambling	→ Philadelphia Eagles
6	John Riggins	RB		Kansas	→ New York Jets
7	Joe Profit	RB		UL Monroe	→ Atlanta Falcons
8	Frank Lewis	WR		Grambling	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
9	John Brockington	RB		Ohio State	→ Green Bay Packers
10	Isiah Robertson	LB		Southern	→ Los Angeles Rams
11	Joe Moore	RB		Missouri	→ Chicago Bears
12	Marv Montgomery	OT		USC	→ Denver Broncos
13	Leon Burns	RB		Long Beach State	→ San Diego Chargers
14	Clarence Scott	DB		Kansas State	→ Cleveland Browns
15	Vern Holland	OT		Tennessee State	→ Cincinnati Bengals
16	Elmo Wright	WR		Houston	→ Kansas City Chiefs
17	Norm Thompson	DB		Utah	→ St. Louis Cardinals
18	Rocky Thompson	RB		West Texas	→ New York Giants
19	Jack Tatum	DB		Ohio State	→ Oakland Raiders
20	Jack Youngblood	DE		Florida	→ Los Angeles Rams
21	Bob Bell	DT		Cincinnati	→ Detroit Lions
22	Don McCauley	RB		North Carolina	→ Baltimore Colts
23	Tim Anderson	DB		Ohio State	→ San Francisco 49ers
24	Leo Hayden	RB		Ohio State	→ Minnesota Vikings
25	Tody Smith	DE		USC	→ Dallas Cowboys
26	Leonard Dunlap	DB		North Texas	→ Baltimore Colts

Round 2

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
27	Julius Adams	DE		Texas Southern	→ New England Patriots
28	James Harrison	RB		Missouri	→ Chicago Bears
29	Jan White	TE		Ohio State	→ Buffalo Bills
30	David Thompson	C		Clemson	→ Detroit Lions
31	Sam Holden	OG		Grambling	→ New Orleans Saints
32	John Mooring	OT		Tampa	→ New York Jets
33	Ken Burrow	WR		San Diego State	→ Atlanta Falcons
34	Jack Ham	LB		Penn State	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
35	Dwight Harrison	WR		Texas A&M–Kingsville	→ Denver Broncos
36	Charles Ford	DB		Houston	→ Chicago Bears
37	Ernie Janet	OG		Washington	→ San Francisco 49ers
38	Cotton Speyrer	WR		Texas	→ Washington Redskins
39	Wilbur Young	DT		William Penn	→ Kansas City Chiefs
40	Bo Cornell	RB		Washington	→ Cleveland Browns
41	Steve Lawson	OG		Kansas	→ Cincinnati Bengals
42	Scott Lewis	DE		Grambling	→ Kansas City Chiefs
43	Dan Dierdorf	OT		Michigan	→ St. Louis Cardinals
44	Wayne Walton	OT		Abilene Christian	→ New York Giants
45	Phil Villapiano	LB		Bowling Green	→ Oakland Raiders
46	Virgil Robinson	RB		Grambling	→ Green Bay Packers
47	Otto Stowe	WR		Iowa State	→ Miami Dolphins
48	Charlie Weaver	LB		USC	→ Detroit Lions
49	Joe Orduna	RB		Nebraska	→ San Francisco 49ers
50	Henry Allison	OG		San Diego State	→ Philadelphia Eagles
51	Isaac Thomas	DB		Birmingham-Southern	→ Dallas Cowboys
52	Bill Atessis	DE		Texas	→ Baltimore Colts

Round 3

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
53	Bruce Jarvis	C		Washington	→ Buffalo Bills
54	Bivian Lee	DB		Prairie View A&M	→ New Orleans Saints
55	Sam Dickerson	WR		USC	→ San Francisco 49ers
56	Lynn Dickey	QB		Kansas State	→ Houston Oilers
57	Jim Braxton	RB		West Virginia	→ Buffalo Bills
58	Chris Farasopoulos	DB		BYU	→ New York Jets
59	Leo Hart	QB		Duke	→ Atlanta Falcons
60	Steve Davis	RB		Delaware State	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
61	Jim Livesay	WR		Richmond	→ St. Louis Cardinals
62	Charles Hall	DB		Pittsburgh	→ Green Bay Packers
63	Dave Elmendorf	DB		Texas A&M	→ Los Angeles Rams
64	Tony McGee	DE		Birmingham-Southern	→ Chicago Bears
65	Mike Montgomery	RB		Kansas State	→ San Diego Chargers
66	Paul Staroba	WR		Michigan	→ Cleveland Browns
67	Ken Anderson	QB		Augustana (IL)	→ Cincinnati Bengals
68	Charles Hall	LB		Houston	→ Cleveland Browns
69	Sam Scarber	RB		New Mexico	→ Dallas Cowboys
70	Ron Hornsby	LB		SE Louisiana	→ New York Giants
71	Bob Newton	OT		Nebraska	→ Chicago Bears
72	Al Clark	DB		Eastern Michigan	→ Detroit Lions
73	Warren Koegel	C		Penn State	→ Oakland Raiders
74	Dale Farley	LB		West Virginia	→ Miami Dolphins
75	Willie Parker	C		North Texas	→ San Francisco 49ers
76	Eddie Hackett	WR		Alcorn State	→ Minnesota Vikings
77	Bill Gregory	DT		Wisconsin	→ Dallas Cowboys
78	Karl Douglas	QB		Texas A&M–Kingsville	→ Baltimore Colts

Round 4

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
79	Lyle Alzado	DE		Birmingham-Southern	→ Denver Broncos
80	Joe Carter	TE		Grambling	→ Dallas Cowboys
81	Larron Jackson	OT		Missouri	→ Houston Oilers
82	Carlos Bell	RB		Houston	→ New Orleans Saints
83	Happy Feller	K		Texas	→ Philadelphia Eagles
84	Bill Zapalac	LB		Texas	→ New York Jets
85	Mike Potchad	DT		Pittsburg State	→ Atlanta Falcons
86	Gerry Mullins	OG		USC	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
87	Cleo Johnson	DB		Alcorn State	→ Denver Broncos
88	Wimpy Winther	C		Ole Miss	→ New Orleans Saints
89	Jerry Moore	DB		Arkansas	→ Chicago Bears
90	Steve Worster	RB		Texas	→ Los Angeles Rams
91	D’Artagnan Martin	DB		Kentucky State	→ New Orleans Saints
92	Robert “Bubba” Pena	OG		Massachusetts	→ Cleveland Browns
93	Fred Willis	RB		Boston College	→ Cincinnati Bengals
94	David Robinson	TE		Jacksonville State	→ Kansas City Chiefs
95	Larry Willingham	DB		Auburn	→ St. Louis Cardinals
96	David Tipton	DT		Stanford	→ New York Giants
97	Clarence Davis	RB		USC	→ Oakland Raiders
98	Don Morrison	OT		Texas–Arlington	→ New Orleans Saints
99	Joe Theismann	QB		Notre Dame	→ Miami Dolphins
100	Larry Woods	DT		Tennessee State	→ Detroit Lions
101	Tony Harris	RB		Toledo	→ San Francisco 49ers
102	Vince Clements	RB		UConn	→ Minnesota Vikings
103	Buddy Mitchell	OT		Ole Miss	→ Dallas Cowboys
104	Dwight White	DE		East Texas A&M	→ Pittsburgh Steelers

Round 5

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
105	Tim Kelly	LB		Notre Dame	→ New England Patriots
106	Larry Brown	TE		Kansas	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
107	Don Green	OT		Purdue	→ Buffalo Bills
108	Tom Shellabarger	OT		San Diego State	→ Philadelphia Eagles
109	Willie Armstrong	RB		Grambling	→ Houston Oilers
110	Arthur May	DE		Tuskegee	→ Cincinnati Bengals
111	Ray Jarvis	WR		Norfolk State	→ Atlanta Falcons
112	Melvin Holmes	OT		North Carolina A&T	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
113	Tim Beamer	DB		Johnson C. Smith	→ Buffalo Bills
114	Dean Shaternick	OT		Kansas State	→ San Francisco 49ers
115	Bryant Salter	DB		Pittsburgh	→ San Diego Chargers
116	Donnell Smith	DE		Southern	→ Green Bay Packers
117	Ray White	LB		Syracuse	→ San Diego Chargers
118	Stanley Brown	WR		Purdue	→ Cleveland Browns
119	Phil Asack	DE		Duke	→ San Diego Chargers
120	Mike Adamle	RB		Northwestern	→ Kansas City Chiefs
121	Rocky Wallace	LB		Missouri	→ St. Louis Cardinals
122	George Wells	LB		New Mexico State	→ San Francisco 49ers
123	Bob Moore	TE		Stanford	→ Oakland Raiders
124	Jim Stillwagon	LB		Ohio State	→ Green Bay Packers
125	Pete Newell	OG		Michigan	→ Detroit Lions
126	Ralph Anderson	DB		West Texas	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
127	Marty Huff	LB		Michigan	→ San Francisco 49ers
128	Fred Brister	LB		Ole Miss	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
129	Ron Kadziel	LB		Stanford	→ Dallas Cowboys
130	John Andrews	TE		Indiana	→ Baltimore Colts

Round 6

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
131	David Hardt	TE		Kentucky	→ New England Patriots
132	Don Moorhead	RB		Michigan	→ New Orleans Saints
133	Jack Smith	DB		Troy	→ Philadelphia Eagles
134	Willie Alexander	DB		Alcorn State	→ Houston Oilers
135	Earl Thomas	TE		Houston	→ Chicago Bears
136	Phil Wise	DB		Nebraska–Omaha	→ New York Jets
137	Tom Hayes	DB		San Diego State	→ Atlanta Falcons
138	Craig Hanneman	OT		Oregon State	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
139	Harold Phillips	DB		Michigan State	→ Denver Broncos
140	Scott Hunter	QB		Alabama	→ Green Bay Packers
141	Conway Hayman	OG		Delaware	→ Washington Redskins
142	Doug Dieken	OT		Illinois	→ Cleveland Browns
143	Jacob Mayes	RB		Tennessee State	→ San Diego Chargers
144	Jay Dixon	DE		Boston University	→ Cleveland Browns
145	Bill McKinley	DE		Arizona	→ Buffalo Bills
146	Kerry Reardon	DB		Iowa	→ Kansas City Chiefs
147	Mel Gray	WR		Missouri	→ St. Louis Cardinals
148	Ray Brown	DB		West Texas	→ Atlanta Falcons
149	Greg Slough	LB		USC	→ Oakland Raiders
150	Frank Harris	QB		Boston College	→ Detroit Lions
151	Dennis Coleman	LB		Ole Miss	→ Miami Dolphins
152	Herman Franklin	WR		USC	→ Detroit Lions
153	Al Bresler	WR		Auburn	→ San Francisco 49ers
154	Wyck Neely	DB		Ole Miss	→ Philadelphia Eagles
155	Steve Maier	WR		Northern Arizona	→ Dallas Cowboys
156	Ken Frith	DT		UL Monroe	→ Baltimore Colts

Round 7

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
157	Don Martin	DB		Yale	→ Oakland Raiders
158	Larry DiNardo	OG		Notre Dame	→ New Orleans Saints
159	Phil Croyle	LB		California	→ Houston Oilers
160	Bob Chandler	WR		USC	→ Buffalo Bills
161	Harold Carmichael	WR		Southern	→ Philadelphia Eagles
162	Scott Palmer	DT		Texas	→ New York Jets
163	Wes Chesson	WR		Duke	→ Atlanta Falcons
164	Worthy McClure	OT		Ole Miss	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
165	Doug Adams	LB		Ohio State	→ Denver Broncos
166	Willie Germany	DB		Morgan State	→ Washington Redskins
167	Buddy Lee	QB		LSU	→ Chicago Bears
168	David Davis	WR		Tennessee State	→ Green Bay Packers
169	Chuck Dicus	WR		Arkansas	→ San Diego Chargers
170	Bob Jacobs	K		Wyoming	→ Cleveland Browns
171	Neal Craig	DB		Fisk University	→ Cincinnati Bengals
172	Bob Newland	WR		Oregon	→ New Orleans Saints
173	Jim Cooch	DB		Colorado	→ St. Louis Cardinals
174	Larry Watson	OT		Morgan State	→ Houston Oilers
175	James Johnson	WR		Birmingham-Southern	→ Green Bay Packers
176	Dennis Ferris	RB		Pittsburgh	→ Chicago Bears
177	Brownie Wheless	OT		Rice	→ Detroit Lions
178	Ron Dickerson	DB		Kansas State	→ Miami Dolphins
179	John Watson	OT		Oklahoma	→ San Francisco 49ers
180	Gene Mack	LB		UTEP	→ Minnesota Vikings
181	Bill Griffin	OT		Catawba	→ Dallas Cowboys
182	Gordon Bowdell	WR		Michigan State	→ Baltimore Colts