The 1976 NFL Draft

209 picks. First overall: Lee Roy Selmon, defensive end, from Oklahoma, to Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Most picks: Colorado 7, Oklahoma 6, Texas A&M 6, Grambling 6, Ohio State 5.

The 1976 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	Lee Roy Selmon	DE		Oklahoma	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2	Steve Niehaus	DT		Notre Dame	→ Seattle Seahawks
3	Chuck Muncie	RB		California	→ New Orleans Saints
4	Joe Washington	RB		Oklahoma	→ San Diego Chargers
5	Mike Haynes	DB		Arizona State	→ New England Patriots
6	Richard Todd	QB		Alabama	→ New York Jets
7	Mike Pruitt	RB		Purdue	→ Cleveland Browns
8	Dennis Lick	OT		Wisconsin	→ Chicago Bears
9	Bubba Bean	RB		Texas A&M	→ Atlanta Falcons
10	James Hunter	DB		Grambling	→ Detroit Lions
11	William Brooks	WR		Oklahoma	→ Cincinnati Bengals
12	Pete Brock	C		Colorado	→ New England Patriots
13	Troy Archer	DT		Colorado	→ New York Giants
14	Rod Walters	OG		Iowa	→ Kansas City Chiefs
15	Tom Glassic	OG		Virginia	→ Denver Broncos
16	Lawrence Gaines	RB		Wyoming	→ Detroit Lions
17	Larry Gordon	LB		Arizona State	→ Miami Dolphins
18	Mario Clark	DB		Oregon	→ Buffalo Bills
19	Kim Bokamper	DE		San José State	→ Miami Dolphins
20	Ken Novak	DT		Purdue	→ Baltimore Colts
21	Tim Fox	DB		Ohio State	→ New England Patriots
22	Mike Dawson	DT		Arizona	→ St. Louis Cardinals
23	Mark Koncar	OT		Colorado	→ Green Bay Packers
24	Archie Griffin	RB		Ohio State	→ Cincinnati Bengals
25	James White	DT		Oklahoma State	→ Minnesota Vikings
26	Kevin McLain	LB		Colorado State	→ Los Angeles Rams
27	Aaron Kyle	DB		Wyoming	→ Dallas Cowboys
28	Bennie Cunningham	TE		Clemson	→ Pittsburgh Steelers

Round 2

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
29	Sammy Green	LB		Florida	→ Seattle Seahawks
30	Jimmy DuBose	RB		Florida	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
31	Don Macek	OG		Boston College	→ San Diego Chargers
32	Tony Galbreath	RB		Missouri	→ New Orleans Saints
33	Shafer Suggs	DB		Ball State	→ New York Jets
34	Charles Philyaw	DT		Texas Southern	→ Oakland Raiders
35	Ike Forte	RB		Arkansas	→ New England Patriots
36	Sonny Collins	RB		Kentucky	→ Atlanta Falcons
37	Ray Pinney	C		Washington	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
38	Glenn Bujnoch	OG		Texas A&M	→ Cincinnati Bengals
39	Pat Thomas	DB		Texas A&M	→ Los Angeles Rams
40	Jim Jensen	RB		Iowa	→ Dallas Cowboys
41	Cliff Frazier	DT		UCLA	→ Kansas City Chiefs
42	Randy Cross	C		UCLA	→ San Francisco 49ers
43	Kurt Knoff	DB		Kansas	→ Denver Broncos
44	Ken Long	OG		Purdue	→ Detroit Lions
45	Ken Jones	OG		Arkansas State	→ Buffalo Bills
46	David Hill	TE		Texas A&M–Kingsville	→ Detroit Lions
47	Mike Kruczek	QB		Boston College	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
48	Mike Barber	TE		Louisiana Tech	→ Houston Oilers
49	Loaird McCreary	TE		Tennessee State	→ Miami Dolphins
50	Jeb Blount	QB		Tulsa	→ Oakland Raiders
51	Chris Bahr	K		Penn State	→ Cincinnati Bengals
52	Joe Devlin	OT		Iowa	→ Buffalo Bills
53	Ron McCartney	LB		Tennessee	→ Los Angeles Rams
54	Sammy White	WR		Grambling	→ Minnesota Vikings
55	Jim Eidson	OG		Mississippi State	→ Dallas Cowboys
56	James Files	C		McNeese	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
57	Eddie Lewis	DB		Kansas	→ San Francisco 49ers
58	Sherman Smith	RB		Miami (OH)	→ Seattle Seahawks
59	Steve Raible	WR		Georgia Tech	→ Seattle Seahawks
60	Dewey Selmon	DT		Oklahoma	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Round 3

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
61	Steve Young	OT		Colorado	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
62	Jeff Lloyd	DE		West Texas	→ Seattle Seahawks
63	Keith Simons	DT		Minnesota	→ Kansas City Chiefs
64	Larry Dorsey	WR		Tennessee State	→ San Diego Chargers
65	Dave Logan	WR		Colorado	→ Cleveland Browns
66	Brian Baschnagel	WR		Ohio State	→ Chicago Bears
67	Greg Buttle	LB		Penn State	→ New York Jets
68	Russ Bolinger	OT		Long Beach State	→ Detroit Lions
69	Danny Reece	DB		USC	→ Cincinnati Bengals
70	Ron Coder	DT		Penn State	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
71	Dave Scott	OT		Kansas	→ Atlanta Falcons
72	Mike McCoy	DB		Colorado	→ Green Bay Packers
73	Duke Fergerson	WR		San Diego State	→ Dallas Cowboys
74	Gary Barbaro	DB		Nicholls	→ Kansas City Chiefs
75	John Smith	RB		Boise State	→ Dallas Cowboys
76	John Woodcock	DT		Hawai’i	→ Detroit Lions
77	Bob Simmons	OT		Texas	→ New Orleans Saints
78	Ben Williams	DT		Ole Miss	→ Buffalo Bills
79	Henry Marshall	WR		Missouri	→ Kansas City Chiefs
80	Duriel Harris	WR		New Mexico State	→ Miami Dolphins
81	Ed Simonini	LB		Texas A&M	→ Baltimore Colts
82	Reggie Williams	LB		Dartmouth	→ Cincinnati Bengals
83	Brad Oates	OT		BYU	→ St. Louis Cardinals
84	Rik Bonness	LB		Nebraska	→ Oakland Raiders
85	Wes Hamilton	OG		Tulsa	→ Minnesota Vikings
86	Jackie Slater	OG		Jackson State	→ Los Angeles Rams
87	Butch Johnson	WR		UC Riverside	→ Dallas Cowboys
88	Ernest Pough	WR		Texas Southern	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
89	Rick Engles	P		Tulsa	→ Seattle Seahawks
90	Ron Lee	RB		West Virginia	→ Baltimore Colts
91	Steve Maughan	LB		Utah State	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
92	Don Bitterlich	K		Temple	→ Seattle Seahawks

Round 4

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
93	Steve Myer	QB		New Mexico	→ Seattle Seahawks
94	Bob Horn	LB		Oregon State	→ San Diego Chargers
95	Tinker Owens	WR		Oklahoma	→ New Orleans Saints
96	Gerald Taylor	WR		Texas A&M–Kingsville	→ Los Angeles Rams
97	Gene Swick	QB		Toledo	→ Cleveland Browns
98	Melvin Mitchell	OG		Tennessee State	→ Miami Dolphins
99	Richard St. Clair	DE		Grambling	→ Cleveland Browns
100	Steve Rivera	WR		California	→ San Francisco 49ers
101	Tom Perko	LB		Pittsburgh	→ Green Bay Packers
102	Walt Brett	DE		Montana	→ Atlanta Falcons
103	John Sciarra	DB		UCLA	→ Chicago Bears
104	Gordon Bell	RB		Michigan	→ New York Giants
105	Harry Carson	LB		South Carolina State	→ New York Giants
106	Tony Davis	RB		Nebraska	→ Cincinnati Bengals
107	Craig Penrose	QB		San Diego State	→ Denver Broncos
108	Wayne Rhodes	DB		Alabama	→ Chicago Bears
109	Dan Jilek	LB		Michigan	→ Buffalo Bills
110	Herb McMath	LB		Morningside	→ Oakland Raiders
111	Mike Smith	DE		Florida	→ Philadelphia Eagles
112	Wonder Monds	DB		Nebraska	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
113	Ron Singleton	TE		Grambling	→ San Diego Chargers
114	Pat Tilley	WR		Louisiana Tech	→ St. Louis Cardinals
115	Artie Owens	WR		West Virginia	→ San Diego Chargers
116	Greg Fairchild	OG		Tulsa	→ Cincinnati Bengals
117	Steve Largent	WR		Tulsa	→ Houston Oilers
118	Leonard Willis	WR		Ohio State	→ Minnesota Vikings
119	Tom Rafferty	OG		Penn State	→ Dallas Cowboys
120	Theo Bell	WR		Arizona	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
121	Richard Appleby	WR		Georgia	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
122	Randy Johnson	OG		Georgia	→ Seattle Seahawks
123	Andrew Bolton	RB		Fisk University	→ Seattle Seahawks
124	Everett Little	OG		Houston	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Round 5

Pick	Player	Position		College	NFL team
125	Mishael Kelson	DB		West Texas	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
126	Don Dufek	DB		Michigan	→ Seattle Seahawks
127	Scott Parrish	OT		Utah State	→ New Orleans Saints
128	Carl Ekern	LB		San José State	→ Los Angeles Rams
129	Steve King	OT		Michigan	→ New York Jets
130	Henry Sheppard	OT		SMU	→ Cleveland Browns
131	Woodrow Lowe	LB		Alabama	→ San Diego Chargers
132	Aundra Thompson	RB		East Texas A&M	→ Green Bay Packers
133	Steve Wagner	DB		Wisconsin	→ Minnesota Vikings
134	Sanders Shiver	LB		Carson Newman	→ Baltimore Colts
135	Greg Johnson	DT		Florida State	→ Philadelphia Eagles
136	Melvin Wilson	DB		Cal State Northridge	→ New York Giants
137	Willie Lee	DT		Bethune-Cookman	→ Kansas City Chiefs
138	Willie Shelby	RB		Alabama	→ Cincinnati Bengals
139	Lonnie Perrin	RB		Illinois	→ Denver Broncos
140	Tony Leonard	DB		Virginia Union	→ San Francisco 49ers
141	Wayne Morris	RB		SMU	→ St. Louis Cardinals
142	Fred Coleman	TE		UL Monroe	→ Buffalo Bills
143	Mike Kirkland	QB		Arkansas	→ Baltimore Colts
144	Jimbo Elrod	LB		Oklahoma	→ Kansas City Chiefs
145	Steadman Scavella	LB		Miami	→ Detroit Lions
146	Fred Steinfort	K		Boston College	→ Oakland Raiders
147	Scott Perry	DB		Williams	→ Cincinnati Bengals
148	Mike Hughes	OG		Baylor	→ Washington Redskins
149	Ken Bordelon	DE		LSU	→ Los Angeles Rams
150	Keith Barnette	RB		Boston College	→ Minnesota Vikings
151	Wally Pesuit	OT		Kentucky	→ Dallas Cowboys
152	Rodney Norton	LB		Rice	→ Pittsburgh Steelers
153	Ernie Jones	DB		Miami	→ Seattle Seahawks
154	Steve Wilson	OT		Georgia	→ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
155	Dwight Scales	WR		Grambling	→ Los Angeles Rams
156	Larry Bates	RB		Miami	→ Seattle Seahawks