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College Draft - Rounds 1-9
The first six-rounds of the inaugural World Football League College Draft were held January 22, 1974. The final thirty rounds were held February 5, 1974. The entire draft consisted of 36 rounds and as a result, 432 players were drafted by WFL teams. Here is a round-by-round breakdown of the draft. The draft list has been broken down into four separate pages. This page will show the draft picks from the first nine rounds.
WFL Commissioner Gary L. Davidson opens up the 1974 College Draft.
1974 WFL College Draft
FIRST ROUND TEAM PICK PLAYER POSITION COLLEGE HOUSTON 1 DAVID JAYNES QB KANSAS NEW YORK 2 GARY MARANGI QB BOSTON COLLEGE JACKSONVILLE 3 WOODY GREEN(*) RB ARIZONA STATE TORONTO 4 BO MATTHEWS RB COLORADO BIRMINGHAM 5 WILBUR JACKSON RB ALABAMA PORTLAND 6 MIKE BORYLA QB STANFORD SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 7 JAMES McALLISTER RB UCLA PHILADELPHIA 8 JOHN CAPPELLETTI RB PENN STATE HONOLULU 9 FRED McNEILL LB UCLA CHICAGO 10 BILL KOLLAR DE MONTANA STATE WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE 11 BARTY SMITH RB RICHMOND DETROIT 12 PAUL SEAL TE MICHIGAN
SECOND ROUND TEAM PICK PLAYER POSITION COLLEGE DETROIT 13 RICHARD MIDDLETON LB OHIO STATE JACKSONVILLE 14 JOHN HICKS OT OHIO STATE CHICAGO 15 DANNY WHITE QB ARIZONA STATE HONOLULU 16 ROD McNEILL RB USC PHILADELPHIA 17 JOE PISARCIK QB NEW MEXICO STATE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 18 KERMIT JOHNSON RB UCLA PORTLAND 19 ED O'NEILL LB PENN STATE WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE 20 WAYMOND BRYANT LB TENNESSEE STATE TORONTO 21 KIM McQUILKEN QB LEHIGH BIRMINGHAM 22 DENNY DURON QB LOUISIANA TECH NEW YORK 23 CARL BARZILAUSKAS DT INDIANA HOUSTON 24 LYNN SWANN WR USC
THIRD ROUND TEAM PICK PLAYER POSITION COLLEGE HOUSTON 25 FRED COOK DE SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI NEW YORK 26 RANDY GRADISHAR LB OHIO STATE JACKSONVILLE 27 JOHN DUTTON DE NEBRASKA TORONTO 28 NORRIS WEESE QB MISSISSIPPI BIRMINGHAM 29 DON REESE DE JACKSON STATE PORTLAND 30 CARLESTER CRUMPLER RB EAST CAROLINA SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 31 BOOKER BROWN OG USC PHILADELPHIA 32 JOHN STALLWORTH WR ALABAMA A&M HONOLULU 33 AL OLIVER OT UCLA CHICAGO 34 DAVE CASPER TE NOTRE DAME WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE 35 PAUL VELLANO DT MARYLAND DETROIT 36 ED JONES DE TENNESSEE STATE
Southern California Sun owner Larry Hatfield, front row center signing collegiate stars Kermit Johnson, James McAlister and Booker Brown.
FOURTH ROUND TEAM PICK PLAYER POSITION COLLEGE DETROIT 37 ED SHUTTLESWORTH RB MICHIGAN TORONTO 38 GORDON BROWNE OT BOSTON COLLEGE CHICAGO 39 STEVE CRAIG TE NORTHWESTERN HONOLULU 40 JON KEYWORTH RB COLORADO PHILADELPHIA 41 MARK MARKOVICH OG PENN STATE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 42 JESSE FREITAS QB SAN DIEGO STATE PORTLAND 43 DARYL WHITE OG NEBRASKA BIRMINGHAM 44 JIM CAGLE DE GEORGIA TORONTO 45 STEVE ODOM WR UTAH JACKSONVILLE 46 WAYNE WHEELER WR ALABAMA NEW YORK 47 DAVE GALLAGHER DE MICHIGAN HOUSTON 48 HASKEL STANBACK RB TENNESSEE
FIFTH ROUND TEAM PICK PLAYER POSITION COLLEGE HOUSTON 49 CLIFTON TAYLOR RB MEMPHIS STATE NEW YORK 50 KEITH FAHNHORST OT MINNESOTA JACKSONVILLE 51 NAT MOORE WR FLORIDA TORONTO 52 BEN MALONE RB ARIZONA STATE BIRMINGHAM 53 ROGER CARR WR LOUISIANA TECH PORTLAND 54 J. V. CAIN TE COLORADO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 55 BILL SANDIFER DT UCLA PHILADELPHIA 56 MARTY WOOLBRIGHT TE SOUTH CAROLINA HONOLULU 57 JOHN KELSEY TE MISSOURI CHICAGO 58 CHARLES GETTY OT PENN STATE WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE 59 BILL WYMAN C TEXAS DETROIT 60 NEIL PENNINGTON QB MASSACHUSETTS
Sandy Gregory, a secretary at the World Football League headquarters, keeps up-to-date boards which showed how the WFL collegiate draft was going.
SIXTH ROUND TEAM PICK PLAYER POSITION COLLEGE DETROIT 61 CLINT HASELRIG WR MICHIGAN WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE 62 GERALD TINKER WR KENT STATE CHICAGO 63 CHARLES DAVIS RB COLORADO HONOLULU 64 LEVI STANLEY DT HAWAII PHILADELPHIA 65 JACK LAMBERT LB KENT STATE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 66 JERIS WHITE DB HAWAII PORTLAND 67 CARL CAPRIA DB PURDUE BIRMINGHAM 68 GREG GANTT K ALABAMA TORONTO 69 LUCIOUS SELMON DT OKLAHOMA JACKSONVILLE 70 MIKE TOWNSEND DB NOTRE DAME NEW YORK 71 STEVE CORBETT C BOSTON COLLEGE HOUSTON 72 BUTCH VEAZEY TE MISSISSIPPI
SEVENTH ROUND TEAM PICK PLAYER POSITION COLLEGE JACKSONVILLE(*) 73 HENRY LAWRENCE OT FLORIDA A&M NEW YORK 74 JIMMY ALLEN DB UCLA JACKSONVILLE 75 ANDY JOHNSON RB GEORGIA TORONTO 76 CLYDE POWERS DB OKLAHOMA BIRMINGHAM 77 STEVE TAYLOR C AUBURN PORTLAND 78 MONTE DORIS DE USC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 79 DURWOOD KEETON DB OKLAHOMA PHILADELPHIA 80 ALAN CHADWICK RB EAST TENNESSEE STATE HONOLULU 81 GREG HORTON OT COLORADO CHICAGO 82 MARK KELLAR RB COLORADO WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE 83 BART PURVIS OT MARYLAND DETROIT 84 BILL SIMPSON DB MICHIGAN STATE
EIGHTH ROUND TEAM PICK PLAYER POSITION COLLEGE DETROIT 85 TONY BELL DB BOWLING GREEN WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE 86 BILLY YOEST OG NORTH CAROLINA STATE CHICAGO 87 GLENN ROBINSON DE OKLAHOMA STATE HONOLULU 88 GARY BACCUS LB OKLAHOMA PHILADELPHIA 89 EZIL BIBBS DE GRAMBLING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 90 MIKE RAINES DT ALABAMA PORTLAND 91 RICHARD BISHOP DT LOUISVILLE BIRMINGHAM 92 ROSCOE WARD CB JACKSON STATE TORONTO 93 HAROLD HART RB TEXAS SOUTHERN JACKSONVILLE 94 KEITH KREPFLE TE IOWA STATE NEW YORK 95 STEVE NEIL LB MINNESOTA JACKSONVILLE(*) 96 WAYNE JONES RB MISSISSIPPI STATE
NINTH ROUND TEAM PICK PLAYER POSITION COLLEGE HOUSTON 97 GREG HARE RB OHIO STATE NEW YORK 98 MATT HERKENHOFF OT MINNESOTA JACKSONVILLE 99 HENRY CHILDS TE KANSAS STATE TORONTO 100 BOB LALLY LB CORNELL BIRMINGHAM 101 JIM KREGEL OG OHIO STATE PORTLAND 102 BILL HOWARD DT ALCORN A&M SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 103 CALVIN PETERSON LB UCLA PHILADELPHIA 104 TIM GUY OT OREGON HONOLULU 105 LARRY BAILEY DT PACIFIC CHICAGO 106 ISAAC JACKSON RB KANSAS STATE WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE 107 CARL SUMMERELL QB EAST CAROLINA DETROIT 108 JIM PIETRZAK C EASTERN MICHIGAN
*Acquired the picks from Houston in exchange for the rights to RB Woody Green.
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