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Pro Football Draft History: 1969

NFL Draft History
The 1969 NFL Draft - January 28-29, 1969
O.J. Simpson First Pick: O.J. Simpson, RB, USC
1969-77 Buffalo Bills
1978-79 San Francisco 49ers (11 total playing seasons)
Rushing: 11,236 yards, 61 TDs
Receiving: 2,142 yards, 203 receptions, 14 TDs
All-Pro: 5 years
All-Conference: 5 years
Pro Bowls: 6
Elected to Hall of Fame in 1985
1969 Banner
Draft# Team Player Pos College
1 Buffalo Bills O.J. Simpson RB USC
2 Atlanta Falcons George Kunz T Notre Dame
3 Philadelphia Eagles Leroy Keyes RB Purdue
4 Pittsburgh Steelers Joe Greene DT North Texas State
5 Cincinnati Bengals Greg Cook QB Cincinnati
6 Boston Patriots Ron Sellers SE Florida State
7 San Francisco 49ers1 Ted Kwalick TE Penn State
8 Los Angeles Rams2 Larry Smith RB Florida
9 San Diego Chargers3 Marty Domres QB Columbia
10 Los Angeles Rams4 Jim Seymour SE Notre Dame
11 Miami Dolphins Bill Stanfill DE Georgia
12 Green Bay Packers Rich Moore DT Villanova
13 New York Giants Fred Dryer DE San Diego State
14 Chicago Bears Rufus Mays T Ohio State
15 Houston Oilers Ron Pritchard LB Arizona State
16 San Francisco 49ers Gene Washington FL Stanford
17 New Orleans Saints5 John Shinners G Xavier
18 San Diego Chargers Bob Babich LB Miami
19 St. Louis Cardinals Roger Wehrli DB Missouri
20 Cleveland Browns Ron Johnson RB Michigan
21 Los Angeles Rams Bob Klein TE USC
22 Oakland Raiders Art Thomas DT Syracuse
23 Kansas City Chiefs Jim Marsalis DB Tennessee State
24 Dallas Cowboys Calvin Hill RB Yale
25 Baltimore Colts Eddie Hinton FL Oklahoma
26 New York Jets Dave Foley T Ohio State

"Mean" Joe Greene

Hall of Famers Taken in 1969 NFL Draft
O.J. Simpson, RB, Buffalo Bills- 1st round (1st overall)
Joe Greene, DT, Pittsburgh Steelers - 1st round (4th overall)
Roger Wehrli, CB, St. Louis Cardinals - 1st round (19th overall)
Ted Hendricks, LB, Baltimore Colts - 2nd round (33rd overall)
Charley Joiner, WR, Houston Oilers - 4th round (93rd overall)

1 - Pick acquired from the New Orleans Saints
2 - Pick acquired from the Detroit Lions
3 - Pick acquired from the Denver Broncos
4 - Pick acquired from the Washington Redskins
5 - Pick acquired from the Minnesota Vikings

 1969 NFL/AFL Draft by Team

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