Ron Sellers
Photo: Tallahassee Democrat collection, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Florida State, to 1968

Ron Sellers

Lettered 1966–⁠68 (school media guide)

Born
Feb 5, 1947

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Ron Sellers played receiver at Florida State (to 1968). He finished 10th in the 1968 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 1967. The Boston Patriots took Sellers in the first round, No. 6 overall in the 1969 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988.

At a glance

Best season
1967
Consensus All-American and National leader in receiving yards (1228)
National rank
No. 1
In the nation in receiving yards, 1967
Drafted
No. 6
Overall, 1969 NFL Draft (Boston Patriots)

Honors

All-America: consensus 1967; AP first team 1968; AFCA 1968; Central Press second team 1968; NEA second team 1968; UPI second team 1968; Sporting News first team 1968; The Football News 1968; Time 1968

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

AFL All-Star Game: 1969

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

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
1969AFLBoston / New England Patriots

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

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