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1970's-All-Time-Draft

1970 NFL Draft - January 27-28

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Player Round Position College Selection
Mike Reid 1 DT Penn State 7
Ron Carpenter 2 DT North Carolina State 32
Chip Bennett 3 LB Abilebe Christian 60
Joe Stephens 4a G Jackson State 85
Billie Hayes (acquired from Kansas City in trade on 9-8-69) 4b DB San Diego State 104
(sent to N.Y. Jets in trade on 7-28-68) 5 110
Sandy Durko 6 S Southern California 137
Lemar Parrish 7 CB Lincoln University (Mo.) 163
Bill Trout 8 DT Miami (Fla.) 188
Bill Bolden 9 RB UCLA 216
Nick Roman 10 LB Ohio State 241
Sam Wallace 11 LB Grambling 266
Tom Truesdell 12 DE Ohio Wesleyan 294
Paul Dunn 13 RB U.S. International 319
Joe Johnson 14 WR Johnson C. Smith 344
Marvin Weeks 15 DB Alcorn A&M 372
Larry Ely 16 LB Iowa 397
Richard Lee Smith 17 RB Washington 422

1971 NFL Draft - January 28-29

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Player Round Position College Selection
Vernon Holland 1 T Tennessee State 15
Steve Lawson 2 G Kansas 41
Ken Anderson 3 QB Augustana (III.) 67
Fred Willis 4 RB Boston College 93
Arthur May (acquired from N.Y. Jets in trade on 10-26-70) 5 DE Tuskegee 110
(sent to San Diego in trade on 8-4-70) 5 119
(sent to Buffalo in trade on 8-26-70) 6 145
Neal Craig 7 S Fisk 171
Fred Herring 8 CB Tennessee State 197
Gary Gustafson 9 LB Montana State 223
Jack Stambaugh 10 G Oregon 249
Ed Marshall 11 WR Cameron 275
J. Rod Hayden 12 DE Memphis State 301
David Knapman 13 TE Central Washington 327
Irvin Mallory 14 DB Virginia Union 353
Bob Thomas 15 RB Arizona State 379
Mark Debevc 16 LB Ohio State 405
Sam Pearson 17 CB Western Kentucky *432

*NOTE: The Bengals had the No. 431 overall choice in Round 17 but passed, allowing Kansas City to move from No. 432 to 431.

1972 NFL Draft - February 1-2

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Player Round Position College Selection
Sherman White 1 DE California 2
Tommy Casanova 2 DB Louisiana State 29
Jim LeClair 3 LB North Dakota 54
Bernard Jackson 4 DB Washington State 81
Tom DeLeone 5 C Ohio State 106
(sent to Chicago in trade on 9-2-70) 6 133
Steve Conley 7 LB/WR Kansas 158
Dan Kratzer 8 WR Missouri Valley 185
Stan Walters 9 T Syracuse 210
Brian Foster 10 CB Colarado 237
Kent Pederson 11 TE California, Santa Barbara *261
Rick Wegis 12 S Cal Poly-SLO 289
James Hamilton 13 P/QB Arkansas State 314
Steve Porter 14 WR Indiana 341
Hosea Minnieweather 15 DT Jackson State 366
John Wiegmann 16 WR Cal Poly-Pomona 393
Dave Green 17 P/K Ohio 418

*NOTE: Buffalo had the No. 261 overall choice in Round 11 but passed, allowing the Bengals to move from No. 262 to 261.

1973 NFL Draft - January 30-31

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Player Round Position College Selection
Isaac Curtis 1 WR San Diego State 15
Al Chandler 2 TE Oklahoma 43
Tim George 3 WR Carson-Newman 68
(sent to Baltimore in trade on 2-1-72) 4 93
Bob McCall 5 RB Arizona 121
Bob Jones 6 CB Virginia Union 146
Bob Maddox 7 DT/DE Frostburg State 171
Joe Wilson 8 RB Holy Cross 199
John Dampeer 9 G Notre Dame 224
Lenvil Elliott 10 RB Northeast Missouri State 249
William Montgomery 11 DB Morehouse (Ga.) 277
Boobie Clark 12 RB Bethune-Cookman 302
Brooks West 13 DT Texas El-Paso 327
Hurles Scales 14 DB North Texas State 355
Ted McNulty 15 QB Indiana 380
Harry Unger 16 RB Auburn 405
Wayne Estabrook 17 QB Whittier 433

1974 NFL Draft - January 29-30

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Player Round Position College Selection
Bill Kollar 1 DT Montana State 23
Charlie Davis 2 RB Colorado 48
Dave Lapham (acquired from New Orleans in trade on 9-7-73) 3a T Syracuse 61
Evan Jolitz 3b LB Cincinnati 73
Mike Boryla (acquired from New England in trade on 8-22-73) 4a QB Stanford 87
Daryl White 4b G Nebraska 98
Richard Williams (acquired from Minnesota in trade on 8-10-73) 4c WR Abilene Christian 103
Haskal Stanback (acquired from New Orleans in trade on 9-7-73) 5a RB Tennessee 114
Richard Bishop 5b DT Louisville 127
Robin Sinclair 6a DB Washington State 152
William Bryant (acquired from New Orleans in trade on 4-10-73) 6b DB Grambling 153
Ken Sawyer 7 DB Syracuse 117
John McDaniel 8 WR Lincoln 202
Ed Johnson 9 DE Southern Methodist 231
Chuck Herd 10 WR Penn State 256
Ed Kezirian 11 T Ucla 281
Rudy McClinon 12 DB Xavier (Ohio) 306
Ted Jornov 13 LB Iowa State 335
Mike Phillips 14 DE Cornell 360
Isaac Jackson 15 RB Kansas State 385
Daryl Bishop 16 DB Kentucky 410
Jim Smith 17 RB North Carolina Central 439
Clint Longley, Jr. 1-s QB Abilene Christian *_

NOTE: The Bengals selected QB Clint Longley Jr. in the first round of the 1974 NFL Supplemental Draft. Longley was later traded to Dallas on 7-3-74.

1975 NFL Draft - January 28-29

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Player Round Position College Selection
Glenn Cameron 1 LB Florida 14
Al Krevis 2 T Boston College 39
Gary Burley (acquired from Atlanta in trade on 8-21-74) 3a DE Pittsburgh 55
Gary Sheide 3b QB Brigham Young 64
Bo Harris (acquired from Minnesota in trade on 8-10-73) 3c LB Louisiana State 77
(sent to Minnesota in trade on 8-10-73) 4 89
Stan Fritts (acquired from Buffalo in trade on 8-28-74) 4 RB North Carolina State 97
Pat McInally 5a P/WR Harvard 120
Jeff West (acquired from Dallas in trade on 7-3-74) 5b P/TE Cincinnati 122
Tom Shuman (acquired from Philadelphia in trade on 3-8-74) 6a QB Penn State 142
Rollen Smith 6b CB Arkansas 145
Chris Devlin 7 LB Penn State 170
Ricky Davis 8 S Alabama 195
Greg Dubinetz 9a G Yale 220
Lofell Williams (acquired from Buffalo in trade on 7-31-74) 9b WR Virginia Union 227
Rocky Felker 10 QB Mississippi State 245
Marvin Cobb 11 CB Southern California 276
Jack Novak 12 TE Wisconsin 301
Ron Rosenberg 13 LB Montana 326
Frank Haywood 14 DT North Carolina State 351
Greg Enright 15 PK Southern Oregon 376
John Tuttle 16 WR Kansas State 401
Elvin Charity 17 CB Yale 432

1976 NFL Draft - April 8-9

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Player Round Position College Selection
Billy Brooks (acquired from Philadelphia in trade on 3-8-74) 1a WR Oklahoma 11
Archie Griffin 1b RB Ohio State 24
Glenn Bujnoch (acquired from Philadelphia in trade on 6-29-75) 2a G Texas A&M 38
Chris Bahr 2b PK Penn State 51
Danny Reece (acquired from Philadelphia in trade on 6-16-75) 3a DB Southern California 69
Reggie Williams 3b LB Dartmouth 82
Tony Davis (acquired from Kansas City in trade on 4-18-75) 4a RB Nebraska 106
Greg Fairchild 4b T/G Tulsa 116
Willie Shelby (acquired from San Francisco in trade on 6-11-75) 5a DB/WR Alabama 138
Scott Perry 5b DB Williams 147
Orlando Nelson 6 TE Utah State 176
Bob Bateman (acquired from New England in trade on 9-8-75) 7a QB Brown 187
Pete Rome (acquired from Green Bay in trade on 9-9-75) 7b DB Miami (Ohio) 192
Ken Kuhn 7c LB Ohio State 205
Ron Hunt 8 T Oregon 232
Lonnie Allgood 9 WR Syracuse 259
Tom Klaban 10 K Ohio State 287
Melvin Morgan 11 DB Mississippi Valley State 314
Joe Dale Harris 12 WR Alabama 340
Randy Walker 13 RB Miami (Ohio) 371
Greg Coleman 14 P/PK Florida A&M 398
Lynn Hieber 15 QB Indiana (Pa.) 425
George Demopoulos 16 C Miami (Fla.) 455
Scott Dannelley 17 T/G Ohio State 482

1977 NFL Draft - May 3-4

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Player Round Position College Selection
Eddie Edwards (acquired from Buffalo in trade on 6-23-76) 1a DT Miami (Fla.) 3
Wilson Whitley (acquired from Philadelphia in trade on 7-10-74) 1b DT Houston 8
Mike Cobb 1c TE Michigan State 22
Pete Johnson 2 RB Ohio State 49
Mike Voight 3 RB North Carolina 76
Rick Walker (acquired from Tampa Bay in trade on 9-7-76) 4a TE UCLA 85
Mike Wilson 4b T Georgia 103
Jerry Anderson (acquired from St. Louis in trade on 6-21-76) 4c CB Oklahoma 105
Ray Phillis 5 LB Nebraska 133
Tom Duniven 6 QB Texas Tech 160
Louis Breeden 7a DB North Carolina Central 187
Jim Corbett (acquired from Minnesota in trade on 6-3-76) 7b TE Pittsburgh 194
Jose Saint-Victor 8 G Syracuse 214
Willie Zachary 9 WR Central State (Ohio) 245
Bob Bialik 10 P Hillsdale (Mich.) 272
Joel Parrish (acquired from San Diego in trade on 3-1-77) 11a G Georgia 292
Carl Allen 11b DB Southern Mississippi 299
Alex Perciva 12 WR Morehouse (GA.) 326

1978 NFL Draft - May 2-3

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Player Round Position College Selection
Ross Browner (acquired from Philadelphia in trade on 7-10-74) 1a DL Notre Dame 8
Blair Bush 1b C Washington 16
Ray Griffin (acquired from Philadelphia in trade on 7-10-74) 2a CB Ohio State 35
Deacon Turner 2b RB San Diego State 45
Ted Vincent 3a DT Wichita State 72
Don Bass (acquired from Denver in trade on 3-16-77) 3b WR Houston 83
Dennis Law 4 WR East Tennessee State 99
Tom Dinkel 5a LB Kansas 126
Rob Hertel (acquired from Chicago in trade on 5-11-76) 5b QB Southern California 131
Steve Geise 6 RB Penn State 155
Joe Branson 7a S Livingstone (N.C.) 182
Danny Bass (acquired from Denver in trade on 3-16-77) 7b T Elon (N.C.) 193
Bill Miller 8 T Western Illinois 211
Ron Shumon 9 LB Wichita State 238
Tom DePaso 10 LB Penn State 267
Calvin Prince (acquired from St. Louis in trade on 8-30-77) 11a RB Louisville 293
Mark Donahue 11b G Michigan 294
Kim Featsent 12 WR Kent State 323

1979 NFL Draft - May 3-4

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Player Round Position College Selection
Jack Thompson 1a QB Washington State 3
Charles Alexander (acquired from Washington in trade on 6-26-78) 1b RB Louisiana State 12
Dan Ross 2 TE Northeastern 30
Barney Cotton 3 G Nebraska 59
James White 4a DT Albany State 84
Vaughn Lusby (acquired from Chicago in trade on 8-22-78) 4b CB Arkansas 91
Casey Merrill 5 DE California, Davis 113
Steve Kreider 6 WR Lehigh 139
Max Montoya 7 T UCLA 168
Howie Kurnick 8 LB Cincinnati 194
Scott Burk 9 S Oklahoma State 223
Nathan Poole 10 RB Louisville 250
Ken Bungarda 11 DE Missouri 278
Jim Browner 12 S Notre Dame 304

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