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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 Portland Storm 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 Portland Storm

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Team/League
1	4	Jim Plunkett	QB	New England, NFL
2	21	Alan Page	DT	Minnesota, NFL
3	28	Rick Eber	WR	Saskatchewan, CFL
4	45	George Wells	DE	Toronto, CFL
5	52	Ron Curl	DT	Toronto, CFL
6	69	Ken Matthews	WR	Toronto, CFL
7	76	Rufus Ferguson	RB	Free Agent
8	93	Larry Breen	LB	Hamilton, CFL
9	100	Jim Nance	RB	NY Jets, NFL
10	117	Pete Wysocki	LB	Saskatchewan, CFL
11	124	Ted Gerela	K	British Columbia, CFL
12	141	Manny Fernandez	DT	Miami, NFL
13	148	Pete Athas	DB	NY Giants, NFL
14	165	George Kunz	OT	Atlanta, NFL
15	172	Jim Ward	QB	Philadelphia, NFL
16	189	Jim Evenson	RB	Ottawa, CFL
17	196	Del Williams	OG	New Orleans, NFL
18	213	Tom Blanchard	QB	NY Giants, NFL
19	220	Jerry Smith	TE	Washington, NFL
20	237	John Jacqua	DB	Washington, NFL
21	244	Tom Neville	OT	New England, NFL
22	261	Steve Preece	DB	Los Angeles, NFL
23	268	Mike Lucci	LB	Detroit, NFL
24	285	Tom Oberg	DB	Winnipeg, CFL
25	292	Paul Brothers	QB	Ottawa, CFL
26	309	John Helton	DT	Saskatchewan, CFL
27	316	Bob Stein	LB	Los Angeles, NFL
28	333	Otto Brown	DB	Dallas, NFL
29	340	Billy Truax	TE	Dallas, NFL
30	357	Mark Nordquist	C	Philadelphia, NFL
31	364	Gary Inskeep	DE	Hamilton, CFL
32	381	Jake Kupp	OG	New Orleans, NFL
33	388	Steve DeLong	DE	Chicago, NFL
34	405	Nate Ramsey	DB	Philadelphia, NFL
35	412	Mike Taylor	OT	St. Louis, NFL
36	429	Ed Mooney	LB	Washington, NFL
37	436	Rick Volk	DB	Baltimore, NFL
38	453	Blaine Nye	OG	Dallas, NFL
39	460	Don Shy	RB	Chicago, NFL
40	477	Leroy Keyes	DB	Kansas City, NFL

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