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The Top Ranked Football Players by Rookie Year-1963
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 | Bobby Bell | LB | 38 |
| 2 | Willie Brown | DB | 134 |
| 3 | Buck Buchanan | DL | 173 |
| 4 | Daryle Lamonica | QB | 221 |
| 5 | Andy Russell | LB | 274 |
| 6 | Lee Roy Jordan | LB | 324 |
| 7 | Jackie Smith | TE | 440 |
| 8 | Dave Robinson | LB | 466 |
| 9 | John Mackey | TE | 485 |
| 10 | Bob Vogel | OL | 589 |
| 11 | Bill Nelsen | QB | 782 |
| 12 | Ed Budde | OL | 814 |
| 13 | Winston Hill | OL | 838 |
| 14 | Walt Sweeney | OL | 929 |
| 15 | Jerry Logan | DB | 1079 |
| 16 | Hewritt Dixon | RB | 1232 |
| 17 | Jerry Stovall | DB | 1461 |
| 18 | Fred D. Miller | DL | 1491 |
| 19 | Paul Flatley | WR | 1516 |
| 20 | Dave Costa | DL | 1603 |
| 21 | George Saimes | DB | 1624 |
| 22 | Jerrel Wilson | P | 1648 |
| 23 | Lee Roy Caffey | LB | 1649 |
| 24 | Larry Stallings | LB | 1652 |
| 25 | Jim Dunaway | DL | 1666 |
| 26 | Bob Jeter | DB | 1705 |
| 27 | Kermit Alexander | DB | 1777 |
| 28 | Fred Cox (K) | K | 1812 |
| 29 | Willie Richardson | WR | 1820 |
| 30 | Bob Reynolds | OL | 2026 |
| 31 | Dave Edwards | LB | 2029 |
| 32 | Tom Woodeshick | RB | 2113 |
| 33 | Lionel Aldridge | DL | 2184 |
| 34 | Mike Clark (K) | K | 2266 |
| 35 | Don Brumm | DL | 2307 |
| 36 | Wendell Hayes | RB | 2427 |
| 37 | Walt Rock | OL | 2528 |
| 38 | Karl Kassulke | DB | 2621 |
| 39 | Gary Cuozzo | QB | 2699 |
| 40 | Dennis Gaubatz | LB | 2777 |
| 41 | Ron Snidow | DL | 2781 |
| 42 | Dave Hill | OL | 2837 |
| 43 | Ray Mansfield | OL | 2856 |
| 44 | Don Hultz | DL | 2999 |
| 45 | Marv Fleming | TE | 3104 |
| 46 | Dave Manders | OL | 3135 |
| 47 | Bill Baird | DB | 3148 |
| 48 | Ray Poage | WR | 3156 |
| 49 | Willis Crenshaw | RB | 3303 |
| 50 | Jim Kanicki | DL | 3353 |
| 51 | Art Graham | WR | 3432 |
| 52 | Ralph Heck | LB | 3661 |
| 53 | John Campbell | LB | 3733 |
| 54 | Sam Silas | DL | 3778 |
| 55 | Nate Ramsey | DB | 3799 |
| 56 | Billy Gambrell | WR | 3854 |
| 57 | Billy Joe | RB | 4475 |
| 58 | Chuck Walton | OL | 4772 |
| 59 | Ernie Clark | LB | 4792 |
| 60 | Tom Janik | DB | 4829 |
| 61 | Tony Liscio | OL | 4830 |
| 62 | Dave Kopay | RB | 4995 |
| 63 | Lee Calland | DB | 5091 |
| 64 | Dave Meggyesy | LB | 5340 |
| 65 | Ray Schoenke | OL | 5371 |
| 66 | Pat Richter (P) | P | 5421 |
| 67 | Ed Rutkowski | WR | 5449 |
| 68 | Pat Richter | WR | 5801 |
| 69 | Jerry Hopkins | LB | 5899 |
| 70 | Harold Hays | LB | 5960 |
| 71 | Dick Westmoreland | DB | 5967 |
| 72 | Tom Brown | DB | 6060 |
| 73 | Ron Goodwin | WR | 6073 |
| 74 | Kermit Alexander (KR) | KR | 6074 |
| 75 | Rex Mirich | DL | 6078 |
| 76 | Jimmy Burson | DB | 6242 |
| 77 | Ben Wilson | RB | 6431 |
| 78 | Warren Powers | DB | 6499 |
| 79 | Lane Howell | OL | 6836 |
| 80 | Ken Herock | TE | 6906 |
| 81 | John H. Johnson | DL | 6918 |
| 82 | Butch Wilson | TE | 6924 |
| 83 | Johnny Baker | LB | 7129 |
| 84 | Bill Swain | LB | 7244 |
| 85 | Mickey Slaughter | QB | 7283 |
| 86 | Charley Mitchell | RB | 7331 |
| 87 | Kermit Alexander (PR) | PR | 7411 |
| 88 | Jim Bradshaw | DB | 7426 |
| 89 | Bill Baird (PR) | PR | 7449 |
| 90 | Larry Benz | DB | 7673 |
| 91 | Tom Nomina | DL | 7723 |
| 92 | Chuck Sieminski | DL | 7766 |
| 93 | Danny Brabham | LB | 7802 |
| 94 | Jim Stiger | RB | 7823 |
| 95 | Lonnie Sanders | DB | 7843 |
| 96 | Don Chuy | OL | 7917 |
| 97 | Tom Hutchinson | TE | 8231 |
| 98 | Daryl Sanders | OL | 8243 |
| 99 | Mike Lind | RB | 8259 |
| 100 | Tom Janik (P) | P | 8390 |
| 101 | Ed Rutkowski (PR) | PR | 8657 |
| 102 | Bob Petrich | DL | 8760 |
| 103 | Jim Stiger (PR) | PR | 8821 |
| 104 | Dan Grimm | OL | 8866 |
| 105 | Gary Kroner (K) | K | 9412 |
| 106 | Ron Vander Kelen | QB | 9542 |
| 107 | Ernie Park | OL | 9635 |
| 108 | Charley Warner (KR) | KR | 9669 |
| 109 | Bill Thornton | RB | 9861 |
| 110 | Bob Jencks | K | 9872 |
| 111 | Jackie Smith (P) | P | 10261 |
| 112 | Jim Simon | OL | 10262 |
| 113 | Jerry Stovall (KR) | KR | 10916 |
| 114 | Dave Graham | OL | 10991 |
| 115 | Jerry Logan (PR) | PR | 11062 |
| 116 | Gene Heeter | TE | 11068 |
| 117 | Billy Gambrell (PR) | PR | 11188 |
| 118 | Don Breaux | QB | 11638 |
| 119 | Jimmy Burson (PR) | PR | 11648 |
| 120 | Ed Holler (P) | P | 12035 |
| 121 | Charley Mitchell (KR) | KR | 12419 |
| 122 | Charley Mitchell (PR) | PR | 12420 |
| 123 | Frank Atkinson | DL | 12421 |
| 124 | Charley Warner (PR) | PR | 12527 |
| 125 | Jan Barrett | TE | 12528 |
| 126 | Jerry Stovall (P) | P | 12579 |
| 127 | Vern Burke | WR | 13061 |
| 128 | Charley Warner | DB | 13195 |
| 129 | Harry Crump | RB | 13259 |
| 130 | Tom Brown (PR) | PR | 13260 |
| 131 | Larry Ferguson (PR) | PR | 13807 |
| 132 | Jim Stiger (KR) | KR | 13932 |
| 133 | Neal Petties | WR | 13933 |
| 134 | John Griffin | DB | 14020 |
| 135 | Jim B. Price | LB | 14180 |
| 136 | Jim Bradshaw (PR) | PR | 14213 |
| 137 | Lucien Reeberg | OL | 14214 |
| 138 | Daryle Lamonica (P) | P | 14255 |
| 139 | Charlie Killett (KR) | KR | 14363 |
| 140 | Ed Rutkowski (KR) | KR | 14490 |
| 141 | Nick Ryder | RB | 14553 |
| 142 | Lou Kirouac (K) | K | 14734 |
| 143 | Tom Neumann | RB | 15169 |
| 144 | Marshall Starks (KR) | KR | 15560 |
| 145 | Roy Curry | WR | 15561 |
| 146 | Fred Cox (P) | P | 15593 |
| 147 | Dick Westmoreland (KR) | KR | 15819 |
| 148 | Dave Behrman | OL | 15872 |
| 149 | Eugene Sykes | DB | 15917 |
| 150 | Ed Holler | LB | 16214 |
| 151 | Curt Farrier | DL | 16240 |
| 152 | Lou Kirouac | OL | 16244 |
| 153 | Dave O'Brien | OL | 16283 |
| 154 | Tony Stricker | DB | 16333 |
| 155 | Larry Glueck | DB | 16530 |
| 156 | Dave Raimey | DB | 16632 |
| 157 | Jerry Mazzanti | DL | 16895 |
| 158 | Keith Kinderman | RB | 16936 |
| 159 | Don Lisbon | RB | 17021 |
| 160 | Dennis Claridge | QB | 17053 |
| 161 | Don McKinnon | LB | 17054 |
| 162 | George Reed | RB | 17091 |
| 163 | Charlie Killett | RB | 17154 |
| 164 | Bob McAdams | DL | 17360 |
| 165 | Dave Crossan | OL | 17860 |
| 166 | Jim Hayes | DL | 17983 |
| 167 | Fred Moore | DL | 17991 |
| 168 | Roger Kochman | RB | 18059 |
| 169 | Nat Whitmyer | DB | 18268 |
| 170 | Dave Fleming | RB | 18275 |
| 171 | Hugh Campbell | E | 18404 |
| 172 | Terry Kosens | DB | 18430 |
| 173 | John Wydareny | DB | 18475 |
| 174 | Jim Thibert | LB | 18561 |
| 175 | Bob Krouse | LB | 18757 |
| 176 | Kenny Reed | LB | 18863 |
| 177 | Randy Kerbow | WR | 18982 |
| 178 | Anton Peters | DL | 19075 |
| 179 | Herb Schumm | OL | 19117 |
| 180 | Butch Pressley | RB | 19906 |
| 181 | Bill Munsey | RB | 19912 |
| 182 | Jim O'Mahoney | LB | 20246 |
| 183 | Bob Rowley | LB | 20287 |
| 184 | Butch Maples | LB | 20288 |
| 185 | Lowell Caylor | DB | 20401 |
| 186 | Gary Kroner | DB | 20416 |
| 187 | Peter Kempf | E | 20663 |
| 188 | Ted Watkins | E | 20890 |
| 189 | Louis Guy | DB | 20923 |
| 190 | Jerry Overton | DB | 20981 |
| 191 | Bill Lasseter | RB | 21114 |
| 192 | Noel Dunford | E | 21353 |
| 193 | Bob Taylor | DL | 21425 |
| 194 | Rick Black | RB | 21496 |
| 195 | Jeff Atcheson | RB | 21528 |
| 196 | Moe Levesque | DL | 21694 |
| 197 | Larry Degraw | DB | 21853 |
| 198 | Steve Barnett | OL | 21934 |
| 199 | Bob Paremore | RB | 22012 |
| 200 | Jim Battle | OL | 22099 |
| 201 | Roy Williams (DL) | DL | 22173 |
| 202 | Larry Ferguson | RB | 22364 |
| 203 | Herb Paterra | LB | 22372 |
| 204 | Ted Rzempoluch | DB | 22446 |
| 205 | Cookie Gilchrist (K) | K | 22513 |
| 206 | Peter Kempf (K) | K | 22584 |
| 207 | Terry Dillon | DB | 22774 |
| 208 | Pete Ohler | QB | 22840 |
| 209 | Fran Mallick | DL | 23073 |
| 210 | Len Sparks | DB | 23118 |
| 211 | Dennis Biodrowski | OL | 23197 |
| 212 | Marshall Starks | DB | 24277 |
| 213 | Dave Watson | OL | 24320 |
| 214 | Bill Tobin | RB | 24675 |
| 215 | Francis LaRoue | DL | 25222 |
| 216 | Don Estes | OL | 25429 |
| 217 | Dave Raimey (KR) | KR | 25464 |
| 218 | Ed Hoerster | LB | 25743 |
| 219 | Bill Lasseter (PR) | PR | 26124 |
| 220 | Randy Kerbow (P) | P | 26495 |
| 221 | Paul Seale | LB | 26744 |
| 222 | Joe Pikula | DL | 27746 |
| 223 | Dick Aboud | DL | 27751 |
| 224 | George Reed (KR) | KR | 28046 |
| 225 | Bob White (1942) | DL | 28140 |
| 226 | Rick Black (PR) | PR | 29015 |
| 227 | Roger Locke | E | 29070 |
| 228 | John Autry | DB | 29390 |
| 229 | Bill Siekerski | OL | 29413 |
| 230 | Jesse Branch | DB | 30230 |
| 231 | Dave Hoppmann | RB | 30634 |
| 232 | Tom Bailey (OL) | OL | 31074 |
| 233 | Steve Shafer | DB | 31276 |
| 234 | Larry Degraw (PR) | PR | 31598 |
| 235 | Harold Cooley | DL | 31846 |
| 236 | Don Derrick | DB | 32040 |
| 237 | Lynn Amedee | QB | 32189 |
| 238 | Brian Palmer | DB | 32205 |
| 239 | Jon Anabo | QB | 32769 |
| 240 | John Sklopan | DB | 32859 |
| 241 | Terry Baker | QB | 33388 |
| 242 | Jesse Branch (PR) | PR | 33636 |
| 243 | Rick Black (P) | P | 33913 |
| 244 | Dave Hoppmann (KR) | KR | 33928 |
| 245 | Bill Munsey (KR) | KR | 34387 |
| 246 | Eldon Fortie (KR) | KR | 34700 |
| 247 | C.B. Simons | LB | 34840 |
| 248 | Millard Flemming (KR) | KR | 34932 |
| 249 | Butch Pressley (KR) | KR | 35573 |
| 250 | John Nichols (DB) | DB | 35574 |
| 251 | Bob Peterson | LB | 35579 |
| 252 | Peter Quinn (PR) | PR | 35583 |
| 253 | Mel Foss | DL | 35683 |
| 254 | John Wydareny (PR) | PR | 35832 |
| 255 | Leon Pagac | DL | 35833 |
| 256 | Gene Raesz | E | 36037 |
| 257 | Millard Flemming | RB | 36038 |
| 258 | Bob Jeter (KR) | KR | 36131 |
| 259 | Nate Craddock | RB | 36165 |
| 260 | Bob Taylor (KR) | KR | 36317 |
| 261 | Don Lisbon (KR) | KR | 36318 |
| 262 | Larry Ferguson (KR) | KR | 36319 |
| 263 | Conrad Hitchler | E | 36347 |
| 264 | Dave Fleming (KR) | KR | 36505 |
| 265 | Jeff Atcheson (KR) | KR | 36506 |
| 266 | Peter Quinn | DB | 37045 |
| 267 | Mike Kirkpatrick | OL | 37048 |
| 268 | Dave Fleming (PR) | PR | 37173 |
| 269 | Butch Pressley (PR) | PR | 37593 |
| 270 | Ian Monteith | RB | 37663 |
| 271 | Eldon Fortie | RB | 37778 |
| 272 | Tom Gates | E | 37888 |
| 273 | Rene Riopelle (PR) | PR | 38025 |
| 274 | Pete Ohler (PR) | PR | 38199 |
| 275 | Steve Shafer (PR) | PR | 38542 |
| 276 | Ron Maddocks | DB | 38888 |
| 277 | Rene Riopelle | DB | 39045 |
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