Al Cowlings
Photo: LAPD, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive end, USC, 1968–⁠69

Al Cowlings

Lettered 1968–⁠69 (school media guide)

Born
Jun 16, 1947, in San Francisco, California

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Al Cowlings played defensive end at USC (1968–⁠69). The Buffalo Bills took Cowlings in the first round, No. 5 overall in the 1970 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1969
First-team All-Pacific Coast
Drafted
No. 5
Overall, 1970 NFL Draft (Buffalo Bills)

Honors

Team titles: Pac-8 champions, 1968 and 1969

All-America: NEA first team 1969; AP second team 1969; Sporting News 1969; The Football News 1969; Time 1969

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
1978CFLMontreal Alouettes

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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