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The Top Ranked Football Players by Rookie Year-1948
Notes: This is a list of the greatest football players to start their pro career in the year listed.
| Rnk | Athlete | POS | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Joe Perry | RB | 137 |
| 2 | Y.A. Tittle | QB | 171 |
| 3 | Arnie Weinmeister | DL | 233 |
| 4 | George Connor | OL | 266 |
| 5 | Charlie Conerly | QB | 328 |
| 6 | Len Ford | DL | 339 |
| 7 | Bobby Layne | QB | 606 |
| 8 | Emlen Tunnell | DB | 752 |
| 9 | Tom Fears | E | 852 |
| 10 | Jerry Shipkey | LB | 864 |
| 11 | Larry Brink | DL | 1041 |
| 12 | Bill L. Johnson | OL | 1262 |
| 13 | Jim Cason | DB | 1263 |
| 14 | Tom Keane | DB | 1608 |
| 15 | Les Bingaman | DL | 1716 |
| 16 | Harry Gilmer | QB | 1762 |
| 17 | Dan Edwards | E | 2061 |
| 18 | Jug Girard | E | 2425 |
| 19 | Jack Simmons | OL | 2467 |
| 20 | Jim Parmer | RB | 2670 |
| 21 | Emlen Tunnell (PR) | PR | 2930 |
| 22 | John Rapacz | OL | 3006 |
| 23 | Dick Flanagan | LB | 3044 |
| 24 | John Kissell | DL | 3131 |
| 25 | John Wozniak | OL | 3195 |
| 26 | John Magee | OL | 3387 |
| 27 | Knox Ramsey | OL | 3526 |
| 28 | Jug Girard (P) | P | 3814 |
| 29 | Fred Enke | QB | 3853 |
| 30 | Bob Mann | E | 3895 |
| 31 | Joe Scott | RB | 4015 |
| 32 | J.R. Boone | E | 4144 |
| 33 | Otto Schnellbacher | DB | 4487 |
| 34 | Verl Lillywhite | RB | 4797 |
| 35 | Ollie Cline | RB | 4885 |
| 36 | Joe Signaigo | OL | 4986 |
| 37 | Bill Swiacki | E | 5015 |
| 38 | Rex Bumgardner | RB | 5560 |
| 39 | J.R. Boone (PR) | PR | 5715 |
| 40 | Jay Rhodemyre | OL | 6307 |
| 41 | Ab Wimberly | DL | 6415 |
| 42 | Jim Cason (PR) | PR | 6578 |
| 43 | Howard Hartley | DB | 6589 |
| 44 | Dan Sandifer (PR) | PR | 7009 |
| 45 | Art Statuto | OL | 7029 |
| 46 | Jerry Nuzum | RB | 7082 |
| 47 | Dan Sandifer | DB | 7133 |
| 48 | Jerry Davis | DB | 7214 |
| 49 | Bobby Layne (K) | K | 7585 |
| 50 | Howie Brown | OL | 7638 |
| 51 | Ed Quirk | RB | 7768 |
| 52 | Wash Serini | OL | 8345 |
| 53 | Pete Layden | QB | 8435 |
| 54 | Rex Grossman Jr. (K) | K | 8560 |
| 55 | Jack Myers | RB | 8996 |
| 56 | Joel H. Williams | OL | 9022 |
| 57 | Hal Shoener | E | 9086 |
| 58 | Bob Pfohl | RB | 9279 |
| 59 | Bob Chappuis | QB | 9321 |
| 60 | Chick Maggioli | DB | 9430 |
| 61 | John North | E | 9728 |
| 62 | Ziggy Czarobski | OL | 9772 |
| 63 | George Papach | RB | 9822 |
| 64 | Herm Wedemeyer | RB | 9885 |
| 65 | Ed King | LB | 9918 |
| 66 | Vinnie Yablonski (K) | K | 9926 |
| 67 | Joe Scott (KR) | KR | 10006 |
| 68 | John Nolan Jr. | OL | 10025 |
| 69 | Carl Schuette | LB | 10043 |
| 70 | Mario Giannelli | OL | 10157 |
| 71 | Ray Evans | QB | 10165 |
| 72 | Emlen Tunnell (KR) | KR | 10183 |
| 73 | Herm Wedemeyer (PR) | PR | 10184 |
| 74 | Bill O'Connor | E | 10294 |
| 75 | Dan Sandifer (KR) | KR | 10306 |
| 76 | Bob Jensen | E | 10503 |
| 77 | Jim Spruill | OL | 10550 |
| 78 | Dub Garrett | OL | 10689 |
| 79 | Nelson Greene | OL | 10695 |
| 80 | Herb St. John | OL | 10708 |
| 81 | Joe Perry (KR) | KR | 10710 |
| 82 | Ralph Earhart (PR) | PR | 10715 |
| 83 | Joe Spencer | OL | 10762 |
| 84 | Herm Wedemeyer (KR) | KR | 10930 |
| 85 | Vinnie Yablonski | RB | 11136 |
| 86 | John Clowes | OL | 11177 |
| 87 | Rex Grossman Jr. | LB | 11289 |
| 88 | Jim Still (P) | P | 11299 |
| 89 | Clarence McGeary | DL | 11378 |
| 90 | Steve Suhey | OL | 11440 |
| 91 | Don Ettinger | OL | 11587 |
| 92 | Jerry Davis (PR) | PR | 11613 |
| 93 | Rex Bumgardner (PR) | PR | 11614 |
| 94 | Charlie Conerly (P) | P | 11630 |
| 95 | Shorty McWilliams | DB | 11759 |
| 96 | Pete Layden (KR) | KR | 11897 |
| 97 | Jerry Davis (KR) | KR | 12013 |
| 98 | Phil Slosburg (PR) | PR | 12287 |
| 99 | Walt L. Barnes | OL | 12389 |
| 100 | Ray Evans (PR) | PR | 12429 |
| 101 | Ralph Earhart | RB | 12479 |
| 102 | Joe Smith | E | 12538 |
| 103 | George Grimes | P | 12573 |
| 104 | Verl Lillywhite (P) | P | 12574 |
| 105 | Ed Smith Jr. (KR) | KR | 12701 |
| 106 | Shorty McWilliams (PR) | PR | 12702 |
| 107 | Hank Foldberg | E | 12724 |
| 108 | Ray Coates | RB | 12738 |
| 109 | Jim Spavital | RB | 12761 |
| 110 | Ed Royston | OL | 12771 |
| 111 | Joe C. Johnson | E | 12836 |
| 112 | Howard Hartley (PR) | PR | 12991 |
| 113 | Bob Pfohl (KR) | KR | 13126 |
| 114 | Jug Girard (KR) | KR | 13127 |
| 115 | Paul Crowe | RB | 13220 |
| 116 | Fred Provo (PR) | PR | 13273 |
| 117 | Rex Grossman Jr. (P) | P | 13428 |
| 118 | Lu Gambino | RB | 13434 |
| 119 | Jeff Durkota (KR) | KR | 13559 |
| 120 | Carl Samuelson | OL | 13618 |
| 121 | Fred Provo (KR) | KR | 13684 |
| 122 | Jim Cason (KR) | KR | 13685 |
| 123 | Bob Mike | OL | 13843 |
| 124 | Pete Layden (PR) | PR | 13943 |
| 125 | George Petrovich | OL | 13972 |
| 126 | Rex Bumgardner (KR) | KR | 14098 |
| 127 | Ned Maloney | E | 14221 |
| 128 | Mike Katrishen | OL | 14293 |
| 129 | Lowell Tew | RB | 14379 |
| 130 | Paul Cleary | E | 14504 |
| 131 | George Strohmeyer | OL | 14572 |
| 132 | Jug Girard (PR) | PR | 14620 |
| 133 | Skippy Minisi | RB | 14621 |
| 134 | Bruce Gehrke | E | 14742 |
| 135 | Bob Ravensberg | E | 15015 |
| 136 | Gil Johnson | QB | 15310 |
| 137 | Perry Moss | QB | 15311 |
| 138 | Frank Muehlheuser | RB | 15450 |
| 139 | Ray Yagiello | OL | 15634 |
| 140 | George Kisiday | E | 15830 |
| 141 | Jim Tyree | E | 15831 |
| 142 | Clarence Howell | E | 16097 |
| 143 | Bill Erickson | OL | 16220 |
| 144 | Bob Greenhalgh | RB | 16453 |
| 145 | Joyce Pipkin | E | 16826 |
| 146 | Al Sparkman | OL | 16942 |
| 147 | Floyd Simmons | RB | 16943 |
| 148 | Frank Perantoni | OL | 16990 |
| 149 | Mike Perrotti | OL | 17078 |
| 150 | Ed Smith Jr. | RB | 17079 |
| 151 | Ara Parseghian | RB | 17293 |
| 152 | Paul Briggs | OL | 17433 |
| 153 | Carl Butkus | OL | 17496 |
| 154 | Jim Cox (OL) | OL | 17564 |
| 155 | Bill Gompers | RB | 17675 |
| 156 | Don Clark | OL | 17748 |
| 157 | Larry Olsonoski | OL | 17866 |
| 158 | Jack Flagerman | OL | 18068 |
| 159 | John Atwood | RB | 18206 |
| 160 | Bob Sullivan | RB | 18435 |
| 161 | Joe Gasparella | RB | 18741 |
| 162 | John Hollar | RB | 18780 |
| 163 | Bill G. Smith | OL | 19085 |
| 164 | Bill Chambers | OL | 19183 |
| 165 | Floyd Collier | OL | 19335 |
| 166 | Bob Agler | RB | 20188 |
| 167 | Walter McCormick | OL | 20289 |
| 168 | Bob Hanlon | RB | 20694 |
| 169 | Farnham Johnson | OL | 20769 |
| 170 | Phil Slosburg | RB | 20770 |
| 171 | Mike Graham | RB | 20983 |
| 172 | Bob T. Davis | OL | 21180 |
| 173 | Vaughn Mancha | OL | 21181 |
| 174 | Dean Sensanbaugher | RB | 21480 |
| 175 | Jim Still | RB | 21684 |
| 176 | Al Lawler | RB | 21741 |
| 177 | Marion Shirley | OL | 21891 |
| 178 | Fred Provo | RB | 21926 |
| 179 | Frank Nelson | RB | 21997 |
| 180 | Lloyd Baxter | OL | 21998 |
| 181 | Jeff Durkota | RB | 22174 |
| 182 | Tom Casey | RB | 22348 |
| 183 | Ed Kelley | OL | 22447 |
| 184 | Larry Beil | OL | 22532 |
| 185 | Carl Fennema | OL | 22696 |
| 186 | Corwin Clatt | RB | 22977 |
| 187 | Lin Sexton | RB | 23169 |
| 188 | Joe Corn | RB | 23460 |
| 189 | Glenn Johnson | OL | 23529 |
| 190 | Aubrey Fowler | RB | 23635 |
| 191 | John Treadaway | OL | 23750 |
| 192 | George Roman | OL | 23840 |
| 193 | Dick Ottele | RB | 24137 |
| 194 | Carl B. Allen | RB | 24297 |
| 195 | Frank Williams | RB | 24461 |
| 196 | Ray Richeson | OL | 24462 |
| 197 | Normie Kwong | RB | 24783 |
| 198 | Johnny Naumu | RB | 25016 |
| 199 | Ralph Hutchinson | OL | 25017 |
| 200 | Pete Bennett | OL | 27155 |
| 201 | Davey West | RB | 28139 |
| 202 | Pete Barbolak | OL | 28596 |
| 203 | Davey West (PR) | PR | 33931 |
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