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              Pick (OVR)PlayerSchoolPOS
              • 1 (1)
                Billy SimsOklahoma
                RB
              • 2 (2)
                Johnny "Lam" JonesTexas
                WR
              • 3 (3)
                Anthony MunozUSC
                OT
              • 4 (4)
                Bruce ClarkPenn State
                DT
              • 5 (5)
                Curtis DickeyTexas A&M
                RB
              • 6 (6)
                Curtis GreerMichigan
                DE
              • 7 (7)
                Junior MillerNebraska
                TE
              • 8 (8)
                Mark HaynesColorado
                DB
              • 9 (9)
                Doug MartinWashington
                DE
              • 10 (10)
                Jacob GreenTexas A&M
                DE
              • 11 (11)
                Brad BuddeUSC
              • 12 (12)
                Stan BrockColorado
                OT
              • 13 (13)
                Earl CooperRice
                RB
              • 14 (14)
                Roland JamesTennessee
                DB
              • 15 (15)
                Marc WilsonBYU
                QB
              • 16 (16)
                Jim RitcherNC State
              • 17 (17)
                Johnnie JohnsonTexas
                DB
              • 18 (18)
                Art MonkSyracuse
                WR
              • 19 (19)
                Otis WilsonLouisville
                LB
              • 20 (20)
                Jim StuckeyClemson
                DE
              • 21 (21)
                Don McNealAlabama
                DB
              • 22 (22)
                Ray SnellWisconsin
                OG
              • 23 (23)
                Roynell YoungAlcorn State
                DB
              • 24 (24)
                Derrick HatchettTexas
                DB
              • 25 (25)
                Vagas FergusonNotre Dame
                RB
              • 26 (26)
                George CumbyOklahoma
                LB
              • 27 (27)
                Charles WhiteUSC
                RB
              • 28 (28)
                Mark MaloneArizona State
                QB

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