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Mel Renfro, 1962
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Running back, Oregon, to 1963

Mel Renfro

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Mel Renfro played running back at Oregon (to 1963). He was a consensus All‑American in 1962. The Dallas Cowboys took Renfro in round 2, No. 17 overall in the 1964 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1986.

Best season
1962
Consensus All-American and First-team All-Pacific Coast
Drafted
No. 17
Round 2, 1964 NFL Draft (Dallas Cowboys)

Honors

All-America: consensus 1962; AFCA second team 1963; NEA second team 1963; UPI third team 1963; Time 1963

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.

In the NFL

Pro Bowls: 10 (1964–⁠73) · First-team All-Pro: 3 (1969, 1971, 1973) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 4 (1964–⁠65, 1972–⁠73)

All-Pro teams: AP second team 1964–⁠65, 1972–⁠73; Pro Football Writers first team 1973; Pro Football Writers second team 1971–⁠72; Sporting News first team 1969; NEA first team 1969, 1971, 1973; Pro Football Weekly first team 1969, 1973; and 1 more.

Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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