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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 Detroit Wheels 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 Detroit Wheels

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Team/League
1	6	Mike Taylor	LB	NY Jets, NFL
2	19	Joe O'Donnell	OG	Buffalo, NFL
3	30	Paul Costa	OL	Buffalo, NFL
4	43	Jon Henderson	WR	Calgary, CFL
5	54	Dale Livingston	K	Detroit, NFL
6	67	Cliff Burnett	DT	Edmonton, CFL
7	78	Hubie Bryant	WR	Green Bay, NFL
8	91	Lee Fobbs	RB	Ottawa, CFL
9	102	Carl Taibi	DE	Washington, NFL
10	115	Steve Owens	RB	Detroit, NFL
11	126	Ed Flanagan	C	Detroit, NFL
12	139	Eldridge Dickey	WR	Oakland, NFL
13	150	George Goeddeke	C	Denver, NFL
14	163	Frank Nunley	LB	San Francisco, NFL
15	174	Earl Thomas	TE	Chicago, NFL
16	187	Bud Magrum	DE	British Columbia, CFL
17	198	John Tarver	RB	New England, NFL
18	211	Mike Walker	LB	British Columbia, CFL
19	222	Bruce Smith	DT	Hamilton, CFL
20	235	Rocky Bleier	RB	Pittsburgh, NFL
21	246	George Saimes	DB	Denver, NFL
22	259	Jerome Gantt	OT	Hamilton, CFL
23	270	Tuufuli Upresa	OG	Winnipeg, CFL
24	283	Elmo Wright	WR	Kansas City, NFL
25	294	Mickey Zofko	RB	Detroit, NFL
26	307	Bill Laskey	LB	Denver, NFL
27	318	Mike Weger	DB	Detroit, NFL
28	331	Gary Nowak	DE	Houston, NFL
29	342	Jesse Mims	RB	Calgary, CFL
30	355	Bill Adams	OG	Buffalo, NFL
31	366	Dick Enderle	OG	NY Giants, NFL
32	379	George Webster	LB	Pittsburgh, NFL
33	390	Wally Hilgenberg	LB	Minnesota, NFL
34	403	Art Malone	RB	Atlanta, NFL
35	414	Frank Gallagher	OG	Green Bay, NFL
36	427	Dave Osborne	RB	Minnesota, NFL
37	438	Steve Smith	OT	Philadelphia, NFL
38	451	Josh Ashton	RB	New England, NFL
39	462	Greg Marx	DT	Atlanta, NFL
40	475	Eddie Jenkins	RB	Miami, NFL

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