Welcome to the World Football League Website

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 Jacksonville Sharks 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 Jacksonville Sharks


Round Pick Player Pos. Team/League
1 5 Virgil Robinson RB New Orleans, NFL
2 20 Bubba Smith DE Oakland, NFL
3 29 Dave Leffers OT Oakland, NFL
4 44 Dave Roller DT Toronto, CFL
5 53 Ray Nettles LB British Columbia, CFL
6 68 Ed George OL Montreal, CFL
7 77 Dave Braggins OG Free Agent
8 92 Steve Davis RB Pittsburgh, NFL
9 101 Bill Lefear RB Cleveland, NFL
10 116 Paul Seiler OT Oakland, NFL
11 125 Jack Tatum DB Oakland, NFL
12 140 Bruce Taylor DB San Francisco, NFL
13 149 Randy Jackson OG Chicago, NFL
14 164 Wayne Benson LB Atlanta, NFL
15 173 Greg Sampson DE Houston, NFL
16 188 Doug Buffone LB Chicago, NFL
17 197 Hubert Ginn RB Baltimore, NFL
18 212 Glen Holloway OG Chicago, NFL
19 221 Bob Hayes WR Dallas, NFL
20 236 Dan Fouts QB San Diego, NFL
21 245 Clarence Davis RB Oakland, NFL
22 260 Pete Lazetich LB Cleveland, NFL
23 269 Larry Ball LB Miami, NFL
24 284 Doug Adams LB Cincinnati, NFL
25 293 Carl Garrett RB Chicago, NFL
26 308 Roger Lawson RB Chicago, NFL
27 317 Chip Glass TE Cleveland, NFL
28 332 Guy Dennis OG Detroit, NFL
29 341 Tony Plummer DB Atlanta, NFL
30 356 Bill Gregory DE Dallas, NFL
31 365 Jim Gunn LB Chicago, NFL
32 380 Ron Berger DE Miami, NFL
33 389 Eddie Hinton WR Houston, NFL
34 404 Charles Goodwin OL Minnesota, NFL
35 413 Carleton Oats DT Green Bay, NFL
36 428 Dan Ryczek C Washington, NFL
37 437 Mirro Roder K Chicago, NFL
38 452 Leon Crosswhite RB Detroit, NFL
39 461 George Buehler OG Oakland, NFL
40 476 Jerry Moore DB New Orleans, NFL

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