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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 Memphis Southmen 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 Memphis Southmen

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Team/League
1	2	Larry Csonka	RB	Miami, NFL
2	23	Paul Warfield	WR	Miami, NFL
3	26	Jim Kiick	RB	Miami, NFL
4	47	Pete Richardson	DB	Buffalo, NFL
5	50	Bruce Bergey	DE	Toronto, CFL
6	71	Festus Cotton	DT	Cleveland, NFL
7	74	Jerry Organ	K	Ottawa, CFL
8	95	Charlie Brandon	DT	Ottawa, CFL
9	98	Bob Asher	OT	Chicago, NFL
10	119	Ron Mikolajczyk	OL	Toronto, CFL
11	122	Paul Laavig	OG	Washington, NFL
12	143	Ernie Janet	OL	Chicago, NFL
13	146	Jerry Campbell	LB	Ottawa, CFL
14	167	Mike Wagner	DB	Pittsburgh, NFL
15	170	Jim Duke	DE	Winnipeg, CFL
16	191	Andy Hopkins	RB	Hamilton, CFL
17	194	Wayne Smith	DE	Ottawa, CFL
18	215	Rhome Nixon	WR	Ottawa, CFL
19	218	Gene Mack	LB	Toronto, CFL
20	234	Bill Lankaitis	OL	New England, NFL
21	242	Tony McGee	DE	Chicago, NFL
22	263	Phil Villapiano	LB	Oakland, NFL
23	266	Jim Young	WR	British Columbia, CFL
24	287	Eddie Ray	RB	Atlanta, NFL
25	290	Curt Knight	K	Washington, NFL
26	311	Cal Withrow	C	Green Bay, NFL
27	314	Vic Washington	RB	San Francisco, NFL
28	335	Boobie Clark	RB	Cincinnati, NFL
29	338	Dick Jauron	DB	Detroit, NFL
30	359	Joey Jackson	DT	Saskatchewan, CFL
31	362	Ron Johnson	RB	NY Giants, NFL
32	383	Al Brenner	DB	Hamilton, CFL
33	386	Darryl Stingley	WR	NY Jets, NFL
34	407	Dave Rowe	DT	New England, NFL
35	410	Alan Aldrich	C	Cleveland, NFL
36	431	Leon McQuay	RB	Calgary, CFL
37	434	Kent Kramer	TE	Philadelphia, NFL
38	455	James Bailey	DT	Baltimore, NFL
39	458	Ken Houston	DB	Washington, NFL
40	479	Tom Butler	OL	Cleveland, NFL

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