The 1973 NFL Draft

182 picks. First overall: John Matuszak, defensive end, from Tampa, to Houston Oilers. Most picks: Purdue 8, USC 7, Oklahoma 7, Michigan State 6, Nebraska 6.

The 1973 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	John Matuszak	DE		Tampa	→ Houston Oilers
2	Bert Jones	QB		LSU	→ Baltimore Colts
3	Jerry Sisemore	OT		Texas	→ Philadelphia Eagles
4	John Hannah	OG		Alabama	→ New England Patriots
5	Dave Butz	DT		Purdue	→ St. Louis Cardinals
6	Charle Young	TE		USC	→ Philadelphia Eagles
7	Paul Seymour	TE		Michigan	→ Buffalo Bills
8	Wally Chambers	DE		Eastern Kentucky	→ Chicago Bears
9	Otis Armstrong	RB		Purdue	→ Denver Broncos
10	Joe Ehrmann	DT		Syracuse	→ Baltimore Colts
11	Sam Cunningham	RB		USC	→ New England Patriots
12	Chuck Foreman	RB		Miami	→ Minnesota Vikings
13	Burgess Owens	DB		Miami	→ New York Jets
14	George Amundson	RB		Iowa State	→ Houston Oilers
15	Isaac Curtis	WR		San Diego State	→ Cincinnati Bengals
16	Steve Holden	WR		Arizona State	→ Cleveland Browns
17	Ernest Price	DE		Texas A&M–Kingsville	→ Detroit Lions
18	Mike Holmes	DB		Texas Southern	→ San Francisco 49ers
19	Darryl Stingley	WR		Purdue	→ New England Patriots
20	Billy Joe DuPree	TE		Michigan State	→ Dallas Cowboys
21	Barry Smith	WR		Florida State	→ Green Bay Packers
22	Pete Adams	OG		USC	→ Cleveland Browns
23	Ray Guy	P		Southern Miss	→ Oakland Raiders
24	J.T. Thomas	DB		Florida State	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
25	Johnny Rodgers	WR		Nebraska	→ San Diego Chargers
26	Joe DeLamielleure	OG		Michigan State	→ Buffalo Bills

Round 2

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
27	Gary Butler	TE		Rice	→ Kansas City Chiefs
28	Guy Morriss	C		TCU	→ Philadelphia Eagles
29	Derland Moore	DE		Oklahoma	→ New Orleans Saints
30	Greg Pruitt	RB		Oklahoma	→ Cleveland Browns
31	Cullen Bryant	DB		Colorado	→ Los Angeles Rams
32	Jeff Winans	DT		USC	→ Buffalo Bills
33	Gary Huff	QB		Florida State	→ Chicago Bears
34	Jackie Wallace	DB		Arizona	→ Minnesota Vikings
35	Mike Barnes	DT		Miami	→ Baltimore Colts
36	Barney Chavous	DE		South Carolina State	→ Denver Broncos
37	Ron Jaworski	QB		Youngstown State	→ Los Angeles Rams
38	Robert Woods	OT		Tennessee State	→ New York Jets
39	Greg Marx	DT		Notre Dame	→ Atlanta Falcons
40	Brad Van Pelt	LB		Michigan State	→ New York Giants
41	Willie Harper	LB		Nebraska	→ San Francisco 49ers
42	Jim Youngblood	LB		Tennessee Tech	→ Los Angeles Rams
43	Al Chandler	TE		Oklahoma	→ Cincinnati Bengals
44	Leon Crosswhite	RB		Oklahoma	→ Detroit Lions
45	Gary Keithley	QB		UTEP	→ St. Louis Cardinals
46	Golden Richards	WR		Hawai’i	→ Dallas Cowboys
47	Jim Stienke	DB		Texas State	→ Cleveland Browns
48	Gary Hrivnak	DT		Purdue	→ Chicago Bears
49	Monte Johnson	LB		Nebraska	→ Oakland Raiders
50	Ken Phares	DB		Mississippi State	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
51	Steve Baumgartner	DE		Purdue	→ New Orleans Saints
52	Chuck Bradley	C		Oregon	→ Miami Dolphins

Round 3

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
53	Harvey Martin	DE		East Texas A&M	→ Dallas Cowboys
54	Paul Howard	OG		BYU	→ Denver Broncos
55	Randy Logan	DB		Michigan	→ Philadelphia Eagles
56	Brad Dusek	DB		Texas A&M	→ New England Patriots
57	Joe Ferguson	QB		Arkansas	→ Buffalo Bills
58	John Brady	TE		Washington	→ Detroit Lions
59	Fred Sturt	OG		Bowling Green	→ St. Louis Cardinals
60	Tim Stokes	OT		Oregon	→ Los Angeles Rams
61	Bill Olds	RB		Nebraska	→ Baltimore Colts
62	Jamie Rotella	LB		Tennessee	→ Baltimore Colts
63	Terry Metcalf	RB		Long Beach State	→ St. Louis Cardinals
64	Dan Fouts	QB		Oregon	→ San Diego Chargers
65	Jim Lash	WR		Northwestern	→ Minnesota Vikings
66	Pete Van Valkenburg	RB		BYU	→ New Orleans Saints
67	Bob Crum	DE		Arizona	→ Cleveland Browns
68	Tim George	WR		Carson Newman	→ Cincinnati Bengals
69	Rich Glover	DT		Nebraska	→ New York Giants
70	John Wood	DT		LSU	→ Denver Broncos
71	Jim Laslavic	LB		Penn State	→ Detroit Lions
72	Paul Krause	OT		Central Michigan	→ Kansas City Chiefs
73	Charles Davis	RB		Alcorn State	→ New England Patriots
74	Tom MacLeod	LB		Minnesota	→ Green Bay Packers
75	Levi Johnson	DB		Texas A&M–Kingsville	→ Detroit Lions
76	Roger Bernhardt	OG		Kansas	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
77	Bob Kampa	DT		California	→ Buffalo Bills
78	Leon Gray	OT		Jackson State	→ Miami Dolphins

Round 4

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
79	Gregg Bingham	LB		Purdue	→ Houston Oilers
80	Mike Wells	QB		Illinois	→ Minnesota Vikings
81	Mike Hennigan	LB		Tennessee Tech	→ Detroit Lions
82	Allen Gallaher	OT		USC	→ New England Patriots
83	Gery Palmer	OT		Kansas	→ Baltimore Colts
84	James Thaxton	TE		Tennessee State	→ San Diego Chargers
85	Ollie Smith	WR		Tennessee State	→ Baltimore Colts
86	Jim Merlo	LB		Stanford	→ New Orleans Saints
87	Donnie Walker	DB		Central State	→ Buffalo Bills
88	Tom Jackson	LB		Louisville	→ Denver Broncos
89	John Lohmeyer	DE		Emporia State	→ Kansas City Chiefs
90	Bill Ferguson	LB		San Diego State	→ New York Jets
91	Dick Jauron	DB		Yale	→ Detroit Lions
92	Perry Smith	DB		Colorado State	→ Oakland Raiders
93	Andy Dorris	LB		New Mexico State	→ Cleveland Browns
94	Tom Geredine	WR		Truman State	→ Atlanta Falcons
95	Eddie McMillan	DB		Florida State	→ Los Angeles Rams
96	Jim Hooks	RB		Central Oklahoma	→ Detroit Lions
97	Bill Singletary	LB		Temple	→ San Diego Chargers
98	Drane Scrivener	DB		Tulsa	→ Dallas Cowboys
99	Terry Nelson	TE		Arkansas–Pine Bluff	→ Los Angeles Rams
100	Randy Mattingly	QB		Evansville	→ Cleveland Browns
101	Joe Wylie	WR		Oklahoma	→ Oakland Raiders
102	Gail Clark	LB		Michigan State	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
103	Jeff Yeates	DT		Boston College	→ Buffalo Bills
104	Bo Rather	WR		Michigan	→ Miami Dolphins

Round 5

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
105	Edesel Garrison	WR		USC	→ Houston Oilers
106	David Reavis	DE		Arkansas	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
107	Allan Ellis	DB		UCLA	→ Chicago Bears
108	Doug Dumler	C		Nebraska	→ New England Patriots
109	Tom Brahaney	C		Oklahoma	→ St. Louis Cardinals
110	Wallace Francis	WR		Arkansas–Pine Bluff	→ Buffalo Bills
111	Don Strock	QB		Virginia Tech	→ Miami Dolphins
112	Mike Fulk	LB		Indiana	→ San Francisco 49ers
113	Charles McTorry	DB		Tennessee State	→ Denver Broncos
114	David Taylor	OG		Catawba	→ Baltimore Colts
115	Steve Jones	RB		Duke	→ Los Angeles Rams
116	Bruce Bannon	LB		Penn State	→ New York Jets
117	Charles Cantrell	OG		Lamar	→ Washington Redskins
118	Brent McClanahan	RB		Arizona State	→ Minnesota Vikings
119	Leon McQuay	RB		Tampa	→ New York Giants
120	Fred Grambau	DE		Michigan	→ Kansas City Chiefs
121	Bob McCall	RB		Arizona	→ Cincinnati Bengals
122	Ed Beverly	WR		Arizona State	→ San Francisco 49ers
123	Willie McGee	WR		Alcorn State	→ San Diego Chargers
124	Louis Neal	WR		Prairie View A&M	→ Oakland Raiders
125	Jon Knoble	LB		Weber State	→ San Diego Chargers
126	Bruce Walton	OT		UCLA	→ Dallas Cowboys
127	Ron Mikolajczyk	OT		Tampa	→ Oakland Raiders
128	Larry Clark	LB		Northern Illinois	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
129	Cody Jones	DE		San José State	→ Los Angeles Rams
130	Dave McCurry	DB		Iowa State	→ Miami Dolphins

Round 7

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
157	Shelby Jordan	OT		Washington St. Louis	→ Houston Oilers
158	Billy Cahill	DB		Washington	→ New Orleans Saints
159	William Wynn	DE		Tennessee State	→ Philadelphia Eagles
160	Kevin Reilly	LB		Villanova	→ Miami Dolphins
161	Steve Brown	LB		Oregon State	→ Los Angeles Rams
162	Brian McConnell	LB		Michigan State	→ Buffalo Bills
163	Ben Shepherd	RB		Arkansas Tech	→ Miami Dolphins
164	Ken Jones	OT		Oklahoma	→ St. Louis Cardinals
165	Mike Askea	OT		Stanford	→ Denver Broncos
166	John Grant	DE		USC	→ Denver Broncos
167	Bill Dulac	OG		Eastern Michigan	→ Los Angeles Rams
168	Josh Brown	RB		Texas State	→ Minnesota Vikings
169	Mike Haggard	WR		South Carolina	→ New York Jets
170	George Campbell	DB		Iowa State	→ Atlanta Falcons
171	Bob Maddox	DE		Frostburg State	→ Cincinnati Bengals
172	Rod Freeman	TE		Vanderbilt	→ New York Giants
173	Donn Smith	OT		Purdue	→ Kansas City Chiefs
174	John Mitchell	LB		Alabama	→ San Francisco 49ers
175	John Andrews	DT		Morgan State	→ Detroit Lions
176	Rodrigo Barnes	LB		Rice	→ Dallas Cowboys
177	John Muller	OT		Iowa	→ Green Bay Packers
178	Willie Hatter	WR		Northern Illinois	→ Miami Dolphins
179	Gary Weaver	LB		Fresno State	→ Oakland Raiders
180	Nate Dorsey	DE		Mississippi Valley State	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
181	John Ford	TE		Henderson State	→ Buffalo Bills
182	Tom Smith	RB		Miami	→ Miami Dolphins