1962 AFL Draft
Held December 2, 1961 (rounds 1-25) and December 16, 1961 (rounds 26-34)
1961 Draft
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1962 NFL Draft
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1963 Draft
Round
Overall
Team
Player
Pos
College
Notes
1
1
Oakland Raiders
Roman Gabriel
QB
North Carolina State
1
2
Denver Broncos
Merlin Olsen
DT
Utah State
1
3
Dallas Texans
Ronnie Bull
HB
Baylor
1
4
Buffalo Bills
Ernie Davis
HB
Syracuse
1
5
New York Titans
Sandy Stephens
QB
Minnesota
1
6
Boston Patriots
Gary Collins
E
Maryland
1
7
Houston Oilers
Ray Jacobs
T
Howard Payne
1
8
San Diego Chargers
Bob Ferguson
FB
Ohio State
2
9
Oakland Raiders
Lance Alworth
HB
Arkansas
2
10
Denver Broncos
Jerry Hillebrand
E
Colorado
2
11
Dallas Texans
Bill Miller
E
Miami (Florida)
2
12
Buffalo Bills
Glenn Glass
HB
Tennessee
2
13
New York Titans
Alex Kroll
C
Rutgers
2
14
Boston Patriots
Leroy Jackson
HB
Western Illinois
2
15
Houston Oilers
Earl Gros
FB
Louisiana State
2
16
San Diego Chargers
Dick Hudson
T
Memphis
3
17
Oakland Raiders
Ed Pine
C
Utah
3
18
Denver Broncos
Charlie Holmes
FB
Maryland-Eastern Shore
3
19
Dallas Texans
Eddie Wilson
QB
Arizona
3
20
Buffalo Bills
Jack Elwell
E
Purdue
3
21
New York Titans
Fate Echols
T
Northwestern
3
22
Boston Patriots
Sherwyn Thorson
G
Iowa
3
23
Houston Oilers
Pete Case
T
Georgia
3
24
San Diego Chargers
John Hadl
QB
Kansas
4
25
Oakland Raiders
John Meyers
T
Washington
4
26
Denver Broncos
John Furman
QB
Texas-El Paso
4
27
Dallas Texans
Chuck Hinton
T
North Carolina Central
4
28
Dallas Texans
Irv Goode
C
Kentucky
From BUF
4
29
New York Titans
Ed Blaine
G
Missouri
4
30
Houston Oilers
Gary Cutsinger
T
Oklahoma State
From BOS
4
31
San Diego Chargers
Bob Bill
T
Notre Dame
From HOU
4
32
San Diego Chargers
Mack Burton
HB
San Jose State
5
33
Oakland Raiders
Joe Hernandez
HB
Arizona
5
34
San Diego Chargers
Bob Mitinger
E
Penn State
From DEN
5
35
Dallas Texans
Bobby Plummer
T
Texas Christian
5
36
Buffalo Bills
Tom Dellinger
HB
North Carolina State
5
37
New York Titans
Bobby Ply
QB
Baylor
5
38
New York Titans
Bill Hull
E
Wake Forest
5
39
Houston Oilers
Bill Rice
E
Alabama
5
40
San Diego Chargers
John Cornett
T
Rice
6
41
Oakland Raiders
Danny Birdwell
C
Houston
6
42
San Diego Chargers
Roy Winston
G
Louisiana State
From DEN
6
43
Dallas Texans
Al Hinton
E
Iowa
6
44
Buffalo Bills
Dave Viti
E
Boston University
6
45
New York Titans
Mel Melin
QB
Washington State
6
46
Boston Patriots
Billy Neighbors
T
Alabama
6
47
Houston Oilers
Ray Pinion
G
Texas Christian
6
48
San Diego Chargers
Frank Buncom
LB
Southern California
7
49
Oakland Raiders
Jim Norris
T
Houston
7
50
Denver Broncos
John McGeever
HB
Auburn
7
51
San Diego Chargers
Wendell Harris
HB
Louisiana State
From DAL
7
52
Buffalo Bills
Jim LeCompte
G
North Carolina
7
53
New York Titans
George Mans
E
Michigan
7
54
Boston Patriots
Jon Schopf
T
Michigan
7
55
Houston Oilers
Gus Gonzales
G
Tulane
7
56
San Diego Chargers
Bobby Jackson
FB
New Mexico State
8
57
Oakland Raiders
Ferrell Yarbrough
E
Northwestern State (Louisiana)
8
58
Denver Broncos
Elbert Harris
HB
Southeastern Louisiana
8
59
Dallas Texans
Larry Bowie
T
Purdue
8
60
Buffalo Bills
Paul White
HB
Florida
8
61
New York Titans
John Lomakoski
T
Western Michigan
8
62
Boston Patriots
Bennie McRae
HB
Michigan
8
63
Houston Oilers
Clyde Brock
T
Utah State
8
64
San Diego Chargers
Jerry Robinson
HB
Grambling State
9
65
Oakland Raiders
Jim Dillard
HB
Oklahoma State
9
66
Denver Broncos
Larry Jepson
C
Furman
9
67
Dallas Texans
Marshall Shirk
T
UCLA
9
68
Buffalo Bills
Bill Saul
C
Penn State
9
69
New York Titans
Gary Barnes
E
Clemson
9
70
Boston Patriots
Bill Triplett
FB
Miami (Ohio)
9
71
Houston Oilers
Larry Onesti
C
Northwestern
9
72
San Diego Chargers
Tommy Minter
HB
Baylor
10
73
Oakland Raiders
Hank Rivera
HB
Oregon State
10
74
Denver Broncos
Gale Weidner
QB
Colorado
10
75
Dallas Texans
Jimmy Saxton
HB
Texas
10
76
Buffalo Bills
Amos Bullocks
HB
Southern Illinois
10
77
New York Titans
Ted Stute
T
Ohio University
10
78
Boston Patriots
John Knight
HB
Valparaiso
10
79
Houston Oilers
Bob Moses
E
Texas
10
80
San Diego Chargers
Dan Sullivan
T
Boston College
11
81
Dallas Texans
Bobby Hunt
QB
Auburn
From OAK
11
82
Denver Broncos
Mike Kline
G
Oregon State
11
83
Dallas Texans
Guy Reese
T
Southern Methodist
11
84
Buffalo Bills
Jerry Croft
G
Bowling Green State
11
85
New York Titans
Curtis Miranda
C
Florida A&M
11
86
Buffalo Bills
Tom Pennington
E
Georgia
From BOS
11
87
Houston Oilers
John Thomas
G
McMurry
11
88
San Diego Chargers
Sonny Bishop
OT
Fresno State
12
89
Oakland Raiders
Jimmie Skaggs
G
Washington
12
90
New York Titans
Bill Winter
T
West Virginia
From DEN
12
91
Dallas Texans
Bobby Thompson
HB
Arizona
12
92
Oakland Raiders
Gary Schwertfeger
LB
Montana
From BUF
12
93
San Diego Chargers
Ralph Smith
E
Mississippi
From NY
12
94
Oakland Raiders
Oscar Donahue
E
San Jose State
From BOS
12
95
Houston Oilers
Jack Collins
HB
Texas
12
96
San Diego Chargers
George Andrie
E
Marquette
13
97
Oakland Raiders
George Pierovich
FB
California
13
98
Denver Broncos
Bob Cegelski
C
Montana State
13
99
Buffalo Bills
Ron Gassert
T
Virginia
From DAL
13
100
Buffalo Bills
Mike Stratton
E
Tennessee
13
101
New York Titans
Wilburn Hollis
QB
Iowa
13
102
Boston Patriots
Nick Buoniconti
G
Notre Dame
13
103
Houston Oilers
Royce Cassell
E
New Mexico State
13
104
San Diego Chargers
Chuck Bryant
E
Ohio State
14
105
Oakland Raiders
Bert Coan
HB
Kansas
14
106
Denver Broncos
Sonny Gibbs
QB
Texas Christian
14
107
Dallas Texans
Bookie Bolin
G
Mississippi
14
108
Buffalo Bills
Ron Skufca
T
Purdue
14
109
New York Titans
Bert Wilder
T
North Carolina State
14
110
Boston Patriots
Chuck Sieminski
T
Penn State
14
111
Houston Oilers
Glynn Griffing
QB
Mississippi
14
112
San Diego Chargers
Jim Bates
HB
Southern California
15
113
Oakland Raiders
Floyd Dean
E
Florida
15
114
Denver Broncos
Bill Louden
G
Benedict
15
115
Dallas Texans
Dave Graham
T
Virginia
15
116
Buffalo Bills
Roger Kochman
HB
Penn State
15
117
New York Titans
Sam Mudie
HB
Rutgers
15
118
Boston Patriots
Jerry Goerlitz
C
Northern Michigan
15
119
Houston Oilers
Ken Shaffer
T
Marquette
15
120
San Diego Chargers
Fred Moore
T
Memphis
16
121
Oakland Raiders
Pat Russ
T
Purdue
16
122
Denver Broncos
Gary Ballman
HB
Michigan State
16
123
Dallas Texans
Pettis Norman
E
Johnson C. Smith
16
124
Buffalo Bills
Frank Imperiale
T
Southern Illinois
16
125
New York Titans
Jim Smith
T
Penn State
16
126
Boston Patriots
Ken Byers
G
Cincinnati
16
127
Houston Oilers
Billy Ray Adams
FB
Mississippi
16
128
San Diego Chargers
George Gross
T
Auburn
17
129
Oakland Raiders
Larry Ferguson
B
Iowa
17
130
Denver Broncos
Jerry Tarr
E
Oregon
17
131
Dallas Texans
Tommy Brooker
E
Alabama
17
132
Buffalo Bills
Tom Sestak
E
McNeese State
17
133
New York Titans
Allen Miller
G
Ohio University
17
134
Boston Patriots
Scott Maentz
E
Michigan
17
135
Houston Oilers
Bill Miller
T
New Mexico Highlands
17
136
San Diego Chargers
Frank Gardner
T
North Carolina Central
18
137
Oakland Raiders
Jim Vollenweider
FB
Miami (Florida)
18
138
Denver Broncos
Pete Schenck
E
Washington State
18
139
Dallas Texans
Joe Carollo
T
Notre Dame
18
140
Buffalo Bills
Joe Kehoe
E
Virginia
18
141
New York Titans
Buddy Iles
E
Texas Christian
18
142
Boston Patriots
Tommy Chandler
T
Florida A&M
18
143
Houston Oilers
Art Perkins
FB
North Texas
18
144
San Diego Chargers
Denny Biodrowski
E
Memphis
19
145
Oakland Raiders
Dennis Spurlock
QB
Whitworth
19
146
Oakland Raiders
Kent Horne
T
Brigham Young
19
147
Dallas Texans
Lee Welch
HB
Mississippi State
19
148
Buffalo Bills
Bill Johnson
LB
Southeastern Louisiana
19
149
New York Titans
Reed Bohovich
T
Lehigh
19
150
Boston Patriots
Ronnie Meyers
E
Villanova
19
151
Houston Oilers
Bobby Jancik
HB
Lamar
19
152
San Diego Chargers
Mike Lind
FB
Notre Dame
20
153
Oakland Raiders
John Sutro
G
San Jose State
20
154
Denver Broncos
Mike Martin
E
Washington State
20
155
Dallas Texans
Mike Semcheski
G
Lehigh
20
156
Buffalo Bills
Sam Tidmore
E
Ohio State
20
157
New York Titans
Judge Dickson
FB
Minnesota
20
158
Boston Patriots
Tommy Neck
HB
Louisiana State
20
159
Houston Oilers
Joe Bob Isbell
G
Houston
20
160
San Diego Chargers
Ron Hermann
QB
Bradley
21
161
Oakland Raiders
Bill Tunnicliff
FB
Michigan
21
162
Denver Broncos
Jim Perkins
T
Colorado
21
163
Dallas Texans
Kent Martin
T
Wake Forest
21
164
Buffalo Bills
Carey Henley
HB
Tennessee-Chattanooga
21
165
New York Titans
Ron Hatcher
FB
Michigan State
21
166
Boston Patriots
John Traynham
HB
Virginia Military Institute
21
167
Houston Oilers
Roland Jackson
FB
Rice
21
168
San Diego Chargers
J.R. Williams
C
Fresno State
22
169
Oakland Raiders
Jim Cadile
E
San Jose State
22
170
Denver Broncos
Don Kasso
HB
Oregon State
22
171
Dallas Texans
Jim Bernhardt
T
Linfield
22
172
Buffalo Bills
Tom Hall
E
Minnesota
22
173
New York Titans
Tom Nolan
T
Widener
22
174
Boston Patriots
Bob Asack
T
Columbia
22
175
Houston Oilers
Kenny Bolin
HB
Houston
22
176
San Diego Chargers
Jim Thibert
E
Toledo
23
177
Oakland Raiders
Elvin Basham
G
Kansas
23
178
Denver Broncos
Ken Tureaud
HB
Michigan
23
179
Dallas Texans
Russ Foret
T
Georgia Tech
23
180
Buffalo Bills
Ray Abruzzese
HB
Alabama
23
181
New York Titans
John Kuprok
E
Pittsburgh
23
182
Boston Patriots
Walt Crate
HB
Widener
23
183
Houston Oilers
Bill Van Buren
C
Iowa
23
184
San Diego Chargers
Dick Farris
G
North Texas
24
185
Oakland Raiders
Mickey Bruce
HB
Oregon
24
186
Denver Broncos
Neil Thomas
G
Hillsdale
24
187
Dallas Texans
Pat Trammell
QB
Alabama
24
188
Buffalo Bills
Stan Sczurek
G
Purdue
24
189
New York Titans
Johnny Counts
HB
Illinois
24
190
Boston Patriots
Don Christman
C
Richmond
24
191
Houston Oilers
Boyd Melvin
T
Northwestern
24
192
San Diego Chargers
Homer Jones
HB
Texas Southern
25
193
Oakland Raiders
Terry Cagaanan
HB
Utah State
25
194
Denver Broncos
Dave Edwards
E
Auburn
25
195
Dallas Texans
Johnny Burrell
E
Rice
25
196
Buffalo Bills
Dave Gash
E
Kentucky
25
197
New York Titans
Russ Warren
HB
Columbia
25
198
Boston Patriots
Bob Stem
C
Syracuse
25
199
Houston Oilers
Bob Johnston
T
Rice
25
200
San Diego Chargers
Sam Gruneisen
E
Villanova
26
201
Oakland Raiders
Fred Miller
T
Louisiana State
26
202
Denver Broncos
Jim Roberts
T
Mississippi
26
203
Dallas Texans
Walt Rappold
QB
Duke
26
204
Buffalo Bills
Ed Reynolds
T
Tulane
26
205
New York Titans
Chuck Morris
HB
Mississippi
26
206
Boston Patriots
Jimmy Field
QB
Louisiana State
26
207
Houston Oilers
Harold Hays
G
Southern Mississippi
26
208
San Diego Chargers
Mike Woulfe
G
Colorado
27
209
Oakland Raiders
Keith Luhnow
FB
Santa Ana JC
27
210
Denver Broncos
Andy Von Sonn
C
UCLA
27
211
Dallas Texans
Scott Tyler
HB
Miami (Ohio)
27
212
Buffalo Bills
Claude Crabb
HB
Colorado
27
213
New York Titans
Jerry Archer
C
Pittsburg State
27
214
Boston Patriots
Al Gursky
HB
Penn State
27
215
Houston Oilers
Rodger McFarland
HB
Kansas
27
216
San Diego Chargers
Mel Rideout
QB
Richmond
28
217
Oakland Raiders
Marv Marinovich
T
Southern California
28
218
Denver Broncos
Paul Holmes
T
Georgia
28
219
Dallas Texans
Jim Thrush
T
Xavier (Ohio)
28
220
Buffalo Bills
Roy Walker
FB
Purdue
28
221
New York Titans
Pete Nikirk
T
Houston
28
222
Boston Patriots
Chuck Dickerson
T
Illinois
28
223
Houston Oilers
Gary Henson
E
Colorado
28
224
San Diego Chargers
Ben Wilson
FB
Southern California
29
225
Oakland Raiders
Leon Donohue
E
San Jose State
29
226
Denver Broncos
Lynn Hoyem
C
Long Beach State
29
227
Dallas Texans
Ed Ryan
HB
Michigan State
29
228
Buffalo Bills
Jim Beaver
G
Florida
29
229
New York Titans
Frank Parker
T
Oklahoma State
29
230
Boston Patriots
Gus Fincke
T
McNeese State
29
231
Houston Oilers
Ronnie Osborne
T
Clemson
29
232
San Diego Chargers
Paul Dudley
HB
Arkansas
30
233
Oakland Raiders
Pete Nicklas
T
Baylor
30
234
Denver Broncos
Walt Mince
HB
Arizona
30
235
Dallas Texans
Don Goodman
HB
Florida
30
236
Buffalo Bills
Cody Binkley
C
Vanderbilt
30
237
New York Titans
Mike McClellan
HB
Oklahoma
30
238
Boston Patriots
John Finn
T
Louisville
30
239
Houston Oilers
Bob Clemens
HB
Pittsburgh
30
240
San Diego Chargers
John Denvir
T
Colorado
31
241
Oakland Raiders
Bob Elliott
FB
North Carolina
31
242
Denver Broncos
Bill Williamson
T
Utah State
31
243
Dallas Texans
Everisto Nino
T
Texas A&M-Commerce
31
244
Buffalo Bills
Jim Collier
E
Arkansas
31
245
New York Titans
L.E. Hicks
T
Florida
31
246
Boston Patriots
Mike Ingram
G
Ohio State
31
247
Houston Oilers
Al Kimbrough
HB
Northwestern
31
248
San Diego Chargers
Doug Elmore
HB
Mississippi
32
249
Oakland Raiders
Bobby Richards
T
Louisiana State
32
250
Denver Broncos
Vester Flanagan
T
Humboldt State
32
251
Dallas Texans
Joel Arrington
B
Duke
32
252
Buffalo Bills
Ken Ericson
E
Syracuse
32
253
New York Titans
Don Jonas
HB
Penn State
32
254
Boston Patriots
Charley Taylor
HB
Mississippi
32
255
Houston Oilers
Bernie Wyatt
HB
Iowa
32
256
San Diego Chargers
Wayne Frazier
C
Auburn
33
257
Oakland Raiders
Gene White
HB
Florida A&M
33
258
Denver Broncos
Duane Allen
E
Santa Ana JC
33
259
Dallas Texans
Jack Wilson
HB
Duke
33
260
Buffalo Bills
Tony Parrilli
G
Illinois
33
261
New York Titans
Nick Maravich
T
North Carolina State
33
262
Boston Patriots
Steve Jastrzembski
E
Pittsburgh
33
263
Houston Oilers
Al Lederle
E
Georgia Tech
33
264
San Diego Chargers
Jacque MacKinnon
HB
Colgate
34
265
Oakland Raiders
Billy Worrell
T
Georgia
34
266
Denver Broncos
Steve Stonebreaker
E
Detroit Mercy
34
267
Dallas Texans
Roger Shoals
C
Maryland
34
267
New York Titans
Dick Wilson
C
Penn State
34
268
Buffalo Bills
Ben Charles
QB
Southern California
34
270
Boston Patriots
Ray Lardani
T
Miami (Florida)
34
271
Houston Oilers
Don Talbert
T
Texas
34
272
San Diego Chargers
Phil Lohmann
C
Oklahoma