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Pro Football Draft History: 1976

NFL Draft History
The 1976 NFL Draft - Held April 8-9, 1976
Lee Roy Selmon First Pick: Lee Roy Selmon, LB, Oklahoma
1976-84 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (nine playing seasons)
Played in 123 career games
All-Pro: 3 years
All-Conference: 5 years
Pro Bowls: 6
Elected to Hall of Fame in 1995
1976 Banner
Draft# Team Player Pos College
1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Lee Roy Selmon LB Oklahoma
2 Seattle Seahawks Steve Niehaus DT Notre Dame
3 New Orleans Saints Chuck Muncie RB California
4 San Diego Chargers Joe Washington RB Oklahoma
5 New England Patriots Mike Haynes DB Arizona State
6 New York Jets Richard Todd QB Alabama
7 Cleveland Browns Mike Pruitt RB Purdue
8 Chicago Bears1 Dennis Lick T Wisconsin
9 Atlanta Falcons Bubba Bean RB Texas A&M
10 Detroit Lions2 James Hunter DB Grambling
11 Cincinnati Bengals3 Billy Brooks WR Oklahoma
12 New England Patriots4 Pete Brock C Colorado
13 New York Giants Troy Archer DE Colorado
14 Kansas City Chiefs Wayne Walters G Iowa
15 Denver Broncos Tom Glassic G Virginia
16 Detroit Lions Lawrence Gaines RB Wyoming
17 Miami Dolphins5 Larry Gordon LB Arizona State
18 Buffalo Bills Mario Clark DB Oregon
19 Miami Dolphins Kim Bokamper LB San Jose State
20 Baltimore Colts Ken Novak DT Purdue
21 New England Patriots6 Tim Fox DB Ohio State
22 St. Louis Cardinals Mike Dawson DT Arizona
23 Green Bay Packers7 Mark Koncar T Colorado
24 Cincinnati Bengals Archie Griffin RB Ohio State
25 Minnesota Vikings James White DT Oklahoma State
26 Los Angeles Rams Kevin McClain LB Colorado State
27 Dallas Cowboys Aaron Kyle DB Wyoming
28 Pittsburgh Steelers Bennie Cunningham TE Clemson
Steve Largent

Steve Largent

Bust

Hall of Famers Taken in 1976 NFL Draft
Lee Roy Selmon, LB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers - 1st round (1st overall)
Mike Haynes, DB, New England Patriots - 1st round (5th overall)
Steve Largent, WR, Houston Oilers - 4th round (117th overall)

1 - Acquired from Green Bay thru L.A. Rams and Detroit
2 - Acquired from Chicago Bears
3 - Acquired from Philadelphia Eagles
4 - Acquired from San Francisco 49ers
5 - Acquired from Washington Redskins
6 - Acquired from Houston thru S.F.
7 - Acquired from Oakland Raiders

 1976 NFL Draft by Team 


 

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