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1970's-All-Time-Draft

1970 NFL Draft - January 27-28

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PlayerRoundPositionCollegeSelection
Mike Reid1DTPenn State7
Ron Carpenter2DTNorth Carolina State32
Chip Bennett3LBAbilebe Christian60
Joe Stephens4aGJackson State85
Billie Hayes (acquired from Kansas City in trade on 9-8-69)4bDBSan Diego State104
(sent to N.Y. Jets in trade on 7-28-68)5110
Sandy Durko6SSouthern California137
Lemar Parrish7CBLincoln University (Mo.)163
Bill Trout8DTMiami (Fla.)188
Bill Bolden9RBUCLA216
Nick Roman10LBOhio State241
Sam Wallace11LBGrambling266
Tom Truesdell12DEOhio Wesleyan294
Paul Dunn13RBU.S. International319
Joe Johnson14WRJohnson C. Smith344
Marvin Weeks15DBAlcorn A&M372
Larry Ely16LBIowa397
Richard Lee Smith17RBWashington422

1971 NFL Draft - January 28-29

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PlayerRoundPositionCollegeSelection
Vernon Holland1TTennessee State15
Steve Lawson2GKansas41
Ken Anderson3QBAugustana (III.)67
Fred Willis4RBBoston College93
Arthur May (acquired from N.Y. Jets in trade on 10-26-70)5DETuskegee110
(sent to San Diego in trade on 8-4-70)5119
(sent to Buffalo in trade on 8-26-70)6145
Neal Craig7SFisk171
Fred Herring8CBTennessee State197
Gary Gustafson9LBMontana State223
Jack Stambaugh10GOregon249
Ed Marshall11WRCameron275
J. Rod Hayden12DEMemphis State301
David Knapman13TECentral Washington327
Irvin Mallory14DBVirginia Union353
Bob Thomas15RBArizona State379
Mark Debevc16LBOhio State405
Sam Pearson17CBWestern 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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PlayerRoundPositionCollegeSelection
Sherman White1DECalifornia2
Tommy Casanova2DBLouisiana State29
Jim LeClair3LBNorth Dakota54
Bernard Jackson4DBWashington State81
Tom DeLeone5COhio State106
(sent to Chicago in trade on 9-2-70)6133
Steve Conley7LB/WRKansas158
Dan Kratzer8WRMissouri Valley185
Stan Walters9TSyracuse210
Brian Foster10CBColarado237
Kent Pederson11TECalifornia, Santa Barbara*261
Rick Wegis12SCal Poly-SLO289
James Hamilton13P/QBArkansas State314
Steve Porter14WRIndiana341
Hosea Minnieweather15DTJackson State366
John Wiegmann16WRCal Poly-Pomona393
Dave Green17P/KOhio418

*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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PlayerRoundPositionCollegeSelection
Isaac Curtis1WRSan Diego State15
Al Chandler2TEOklahoma43
Tim George3WRCarson-Newman68
(sent to Baltimore in trade on 2-1-72)493
Bob McCall5RBArizona121
Bob Jones6CBVirginia Union146
Bob Maddox7DT/DEFrostburg State171
Joe Wilson8RBHoly Cross199
John Dampeer9GNotre Dame224
Lenvil Elliott10RBNortheast Missouri State249
William Montgomery11DBMorehouse (Ga.)277
Boobie Clark12RBBethune-Cookman302
Brooks West13DTTexas El-Paso327
Hurles Scales14DBNorth Texas State355
Ted McNulty15QBIndiana380
Harry Unger16RBAuburn405
Wayne Estabrook17QBWhittier433

1974 NFL Draft - January 29-30

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PlayerRoundPositionCollegeSelection
Bill Kollar1DTMontana State23
Charlie Davis2RBColorado48
Dave Lapham (acquired from New Orleans in trade on 9-7-73)3aTSyracuse61
Evan Jolitz3bLBCincinnati73
Mike Boryla (acquired from New England in trade on 8-22-73)4aQBStanford87
Daryl White4bGNebraska98
Richard Williams (acquired from Minnesota in trade on 8-10-73)4cWRAbilene Christian103
Haskal Stanback (acquired from New Orleans in trade on 9-7-73)5aRBTennessee114
Richard Bishop5bDTLouisville127
Robin Sinclair6aDBWashington State152
William Bryant (acquired from New Orleans in trade on 4-10-73)6bDBGrambling153
Ken Sawyer7DBSyracuse117
John McDaniel8WRLincoln202
Ed Johnson9DESouthern Methodist231
Chuck Herd10WRPenn State256
Ed Kezirian11TUcla281
Rudy McClinon12DBXavier (Ohio)306
Ted Jornov13LBIowa State335
Mike Phillips14DECornell360
Isaac Jackson15RBKansas State385
Daryl Bishop16DBKentucky410
Jim Smith17RBNorth Carolina Central439
Clint Longley, Jr.1-sQBAbilene 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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PlayerRoundPositionCollegeSelection
Glenn Cameron1LBFlorida14
Al Krevis2TBoston College39
Gary Burley (acquired from Atlanta in trade on 8-21-74)3aDEPittsburgh55
Gary Sheide3bQBBrigham Young64
Bo Harris (acquired from Minnesota in trade on 8-10-73)3cLBLouisiana State77
(sent to Minnesota in trade on 8-10-73)489
Stan Fritts (acquired from Buffalo in trade on 8-28-74)4RBNorth Carolina State97
Pat McInally5aP/WRHarvard120
Jeff West (acquired from Dallas in trade on 7-3-74)5bP/TECincinnati122
Tom Shuman (acquired from Philadelphia in trade on 3-8-74)6aQBPenn State142
Rollen Smith6bCBArkansas145
Chris Devlin7LBPenn State170
Ricky Davis8SAlabama195
Greg Dubinetz9aGYale220
Lofell Williams (acquired from Buffalo in trade on 7-31-74)9bWRVirginia Union227
Rocky Felker10QBMississippi State245
Marvin Cobb11CBSouthern California276
Jack Novak12TEWisconsin301
Ron Rosenberg13LBMontana326
Frank Haywood14DTNorth Carolina State351
Greg Enright15PKSouthern Oregon376
John Tuttle16WRKansas State401
Elvin Charity17CBYale432

1976 NFL Draft - April 8-9

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PlayerRoundPositionCollegeSelection
Billy Brooks (acquired from Philadelphia in trade on 3-8-74)1aWROklahoma11
Archie Griffin1bRBOhio State24
Glenn Bujnoch (acquired from Philadelphia in trade on 6-29-75)2aGTexas A&M38
Chris Bahr2bPKPenn State51
Danny Reece (acquired from Philadelphia in trade on 6-16-75)3aDBSouthern California69
Reggie Williams3bLBDartmouth82
Tony Davis (acquired from Kansas City in trade on 4-18-75)4aRBNebraska106
Greg Fairchild4bT/GTulsa116
Willie Shelby (acquired from San Francisco in trade on 6-11-75)5aDB/WRAlabama138
Scott Perry5bDBWilliams147
Orlando Nelson6TEUtah State176
Bob Bateman (acquired from New England in trade on 9-8-75)7aQBBrown187
Pete Rome (acquired from Green Bay in trade on 9-9-75)7bDBMiami (Ohio)192
Ken Kuhn7cLBOhio State205
Ron Hunt8TOregon232
Lonnie Allgood9WRSyracuse259
Tom Klaban10KOhio State287
Melvin Morgan11DBMississippi Valley State314
Joe Dale Harris12WRAlabama340
Randy Walker13RBMiami (Ohio)371
Greg Coleman14P/PKFlorida A&M398
Lynn Hieber15QBIndiana (Pa.)425
George Demopoulos16CMiami (Fla.)455
Scott Dannelley17T/GOhio State482

1977 NFL Draft - May 3-4

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PlayerRoundPositionCollegeSelection
Eddie Edwards (acquired from Buffalo in trade on 6-23-76)1aDTMiami (Fla.)3
Wilson Whitley (acquired from Philadelphia in trade on 7-10-74)1bDTHouston8
Mike Cobb1cTEMichigan State22
Pete Johnson2RBOhio State49
Mike Voight3RBNorth Carolina76
Rick Walker (acquired from Tampa Bay in trade on 9-7-76)4aTEUCLA85
Mike Wilson4bTGeorgia103
Jerry Anderson (acquired from St. Louis in trade on 6-21-76)4cCBOklahoma105
Ray Phillis5LBNebraska133
Tom Duniven6QBTexas Tech160
Louis Breeden7aDBNorth Carolina Central187
Jim Corbett (acquired from Minnesota in trade on 6-3-76)7bTEPittsburgh194
Jose Saint-Victor8GSyracuse214
Willie Zachary9WRCentral State (Ohio)245
Bob Bialik10PHillsdale (Mich.)272
Joel Parrish (acquired from San Diego in trade on 3-1-77)11aGGeorgia292
Carl Allen11bDBSouthern Mississippi299
Alex Perciva12WRMorehouse (GA.)326

1978 NFL Draft - May 2-3

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PlayerRoundPositionCollegeSelection
Ross Browner (acquired from Philadelphia in trade on 7-10-74)1aDLNotre Dame8
Blair Bush1bCWashington16
Ray Griffin (acquired from Philadelphia in trade on 7-10-74)2aCBOhio State35
Deacon Turner2bRBSan Diego State45
Ted Vincent3aDTWichita State72
Don Bass (acquired from Denver in trade on 3-16-77)3bWRHouston83
Dennis Law4WREast Tennessee State99
Tom Dinkel5aLBKansas126
Rob Hertel (acquired from Chicago in trade on 5-11-76)5bQBSouthern California131
Steve Geise6RBPenn State155
Joe Branson7aSLivingstone (N.C.)182
Danny Bass (acquired from Denver in trade on 3-16-77)7bTElon (N.C.)193
Bill Miller8TWestern Illinois211
Ron Shumon9LBWichita State238
Tom DePaso10LBPenn State267
Calvin Prince (acquired from St. Louis in trade on 8-30-77)11aRBLouisville293
Mark Donahue11bGMichigan294
Kim Featsent12WRKent State323

1979 NFL Draft - May 3-4

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PlayerRoundPositionCollegeSelection
Jack Thompson1aQBWashington State3
Charles Alexander (acquired from Washington in trade on 6-26-78)1bRBLouisiana State12
Dan Ross2TENortheastern30
Barney Cotton3GNebraska59
James White4aDTAlbany State84
Vaughn Lusby (acquired from Chicago in trade on 8-22-78)4bCBArkansas91
Casey Merrill5DECalifornia, Davis113
Steve Kreider6WRLehigh139
Max Montoya7TUCLA168
Howie Kurnick8LBCincinnati194
Scott Burk9SOklahoma State223
Nathan Poole10RBLouisville250
Ken Bungarda11DEMissouri278
Jim Browner12SNotre Dame304

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