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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 Houston Texans 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 Houston Texans

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Team/League
1	10	Pete Beathard	QB	Kansas City, NFL
2	15	Pete Lammons	TE	NY Jets, NFL
3	34	Rick Arrington	QB	Philadelphia, NFL
4	39	Joe Reed	QB	San Francisco, NFL
5	58	Daryle Lamonica	QB	Oakland, NFL
6	63	Rick Cassata	QB	Ottawa, CFL
7	82	Bob Creech	LB	Philadelphia, NFL
8	87	Tommy Maxwell	DB	Oakland, NFL
9	106	John Eason	WR	Montreal, CFL
10	111	Steve Ramsey	QB	Denver, NFL
11	130	Mike Livingston	QB	Kansas City, NFL
12	135	Walt Garrison	RB	Dallas, NFL
13	154	Ron Hornsby	LB	NY Giants, NFL
14	159	Bill Stanfill	DE	Miami, NFL
15	178	Fletcher Smith	WR	Free Agent
16	183	Sam Holden	OT	New Orleans, NFL
17	202	James Harrison	RB	Chicago, NFL
18	207	Royce Smith	OG	New Orleans, NFL
19	226	Bob McKay	OT	Cleveland, NFL
20	231	Eldridge Small	DB	NY Giants, NFL
21	250	Don Nottingham	RB	Miami, NFL
22	255	Ron Saul	OG	Houston, NFL
23	274	Dave Tipton	DE	NY Giants, NFL
24	279	Steve Spurrier	QB	San Francisco, NFL
25	298	Rex Kern	DB	Baltimore, NFL
26	303	Cliff Harris	DB	Dallas, NFL
27	322	Dave Edwards	LB	Dallas, NFL
28	327	Ralph Cindrich	LB	Houston, NFL
29	346	Pete Banaszak	RB	Oakland, NFL
30	351	Dean Carlson	QB	Kansas City, NFL
31	370	Tom Gatewood	TE	NY Giants, NFL
32	375	Larry Jacobson	DE	NY Giants, NFL
33	394	Bob Young	OG	St. Louis, NFL
34	399	Jon Kolb	OT	Pittsburgh, NFL
35	418	Doug Swift	LB	Detroit, NFL
36	423	Mac Percival	K	Chicago, NFL
37	442	Howard Twilley	WR	Miami, NFL
38	447	Pat Holmes	DT	Kansas City, NFL
39	466	Francis Peay	OT	Green Bay, NFL
40	471	Don Horn	QB	Cleveland, NFL

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