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The WFL held a Pro Draft of players from the CFL and NFL on March 18, 1974. Below is a list of pro players the Birmingham Americans chose in the draft. The first number is the round that the player was selected, and the second number is the overall order in which the player was selected.

1974 Birmingham Americans

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Team/League
1	7	Johnny Musso	RB	British Columbia , CFL
2	18	Craig Morton	QB	Dallas, NFL
3	31	Paul Robinson	RB	Houston, NFL
4	42	Jim Mandich	TE	Miami , NFL
5	55	Ron Jessie	WR	Detroit , NFL
6	61	Levert Carr	OT	Houston, NFL
7	79	Claude Humphrey	DE	Atlanta, NFL
8	90	Jim Mitchell	TE	Atlanta, NFL
9	103	Larry Willingham	DB	St. Louis, NFL
10	114	Ken Stabler	QB	Oakland, NFL
11	127	William Martin	OL	Edmonton, CFL
12	138	Ken Reaves	DB	Atlanta, NFL
13	151	Bill Butler	RB	New Orleans, NFL
14	162	Curtis Webster	OL	British Columbia, CFL
15	175	Frank Pitts	WR	Cleveland, NFL
16	186	Joe Profit	RB	New Orleans, NFL
17	199	Tim Foley	DB	Miami, NFL
18	210	John Demarie	OG	Cleveland, NFL
19	223	Woody Peoples	OT	San Francisco , NFL
20	234	Larry Woods	DL	Detroit , NFL
21	247	George McGowan	DB	Edmonton , CFL
22	258	Dickie Harris	DB	Montreal , CFL
23	271	John Matlock	C	Chicago, NFL
24	282	Ralph Coleman	LB	Dallas, NFL
25	295	Wayne Matherne	DB	Ottawa , CFL
26	306	Chuck Zapiez	LB	Montreal , CFL
27	319	Walter Francis	WR	Buffalo , NFL
28	330	Oliver Ross	RB	Denver , NFL
29	343	Louis Porter	DB	Hamilton, CFL
30	354	Tom Smith	RB	Miami , NFL
31	367	Jim Yarbrough	OL	Cleveland, NFL
32	378	Dave Cutler	K	Edmonton , CFL
33	391	John Hannah	OT	New England , NFL
34	402	Tom Banks	C	St. Louis, NFL
35	415	Horace Jones	DL	Oakland , NFL
36	426	Dan Pastorini	QB	Houston, NFL
37	439	Mike Kolen	LB	Miami , NFL
38	450	Clarence Ellis	DB	Atlanta , NFL
39	463	Tommy Casanova	DB	Cincinnati , NFL
40	474	Rayfield Wright	OT	Dallas, NFL

The Americans Pro Draft was researched and compiled by Tod Maher and Mark Speck. Used with permission from the World Football League Encyclopedia.