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The Top Ranked Football Players by Rookie Year-1962
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 | Lance Alworth | WR | 39 |
| 2 | Nick Buoniconti | LB | 62 |
| 3 | Merlin Olsen | DL | 119 |
| 4 | Roman Gabriel | QB | 166 |
| 5 | Mick Tingelhoff | OL | 249 |
| 6 | John Hadl | QB | 372 |
| 7 | Cornell Green | DB | 506 |
| 8 | Mike Stratton | LB | 540 |
| 9 | Gary Collins | WR | 821 |
| 10 | Tom Sestak | DL | 833 |
| 11 | George Andrie | DL | 946 |
| 12 | Gary Ballman | WR | 1117 |
| 13 | Mike Lucci | LB | 1194 |
| 14 | Ernie Green | RB | 1209 |
| 15 | Jim Bakken | K | 1437 |
| 16 | Roy Winston | LB | 1751 |
| 17 | Frank Buncom | LB | 2082 |
| 18 | Curtis McClinton | RB | 2141 |
| 19 | Fred Arbanas | TE | 2154 |
| 20 | Earl Gros | RB | 2194 |
| 21 | Charley Frazier | WR | 2298 |
| 22 | Bake Turner | WR | 2327 |
| 23 | Bobby Hunt | DB | 2345 |
| 24 | Irv Goode | OL | 2403 |
| 25 | Pat Holmes | DL | 2419 |
| 26 | Pettis Norman | TE | 2603 |
| 27 | Walt Suggs | OL | 2709 |
| 28 | Ike Lassiter | DL | 2869 |
| 29 | Garland Boyette | LB | 2891 |
| 30 | Ronnie Bull | RB | 2894 |
| 31 | Ed O'Bradovich | DL | 2976 |
| 32 | Clark Miller | DL | 3070 |
| 33 | Booker Edgerson | DB | 3088 |
| 34 | Jerry Hillebrand | LB | 3139 |
| 35 | Bennie McRae | DB | 3174 |
| 36 | Joe Carollo | OL | 3359 |
| 37 | Bill Triplett | RB | 3398 |
| 38 | Sonny Bishop | OL | 3698 |
| 39 | Dan Birdwell | DL | 3856 |
| 40 | Billy Neighbors | OL | 3904 |
| 41 | Steve Stonebreaker | LB | 4031 |
| 42 | Mike Gaechter | DB | 4054 |
| 43 | Sam Gruneisen | OL | 4158 |
| 44 | John Meyers | DL | 4160 |
| 45 | Ralph Smith | TE | 4165 |
| 46 | Cookie Gilchrist | RB | 4456 |
| 47 | Dan Sullivan | OL | 4458 |
| 48 | Ray Jacobs | DL | 4527 |
| 49 | Gary Collins (P) | P | 4590 |
| 50 | Pete Case | OL | 4684 |
| 51 | Joe Taylor | DB | 4686 |
| 52 | Bobby Jancik (KR) | KR | 4705 |
| 53 | Dick Wood | QB | 4839 |
| 54 | Kay McFarland | WR | 5031 |
| 55 | Jim Shorter | DB | 5034 |
| 56 | Bert Coan | RB | 5083 |
| 57 | Jim Cadile | OL | 5149 |
| 58 | Bill Miller | WR | 5314 |
| 59 | Tom Hall | WR | 5521 |
| 60 | Bill Saul | LB | 5528 |
| 61 | Bobby Jancik (PR) | PR | 5616 |
| 62 | Reggie Carolan | TE | 5644 |
| 63 | Gary Cutsinger | DL | 5710 |
| 64 | Wendell Harris | DB | 5786 |
| 65 | Howie Williams | DB | 5855 |
| 66 | Tommy Brooker (K) | K | 5878 |
| 67 | Jim Fraser | LB | 5914 |
| 68 | Jim Fraser (P) | P | 5996 |
| 69 | Larry Bowie | OL | 6240 |
| 70 | Bobby Jancik | DB | 6344 |
| 71 | Jim Skaggs | OL | 6442 |
| 72 | Don Talbert | OL | 6485 |
| 73 | Tommy Morrow | DB | 6797 |
| 74 | Claude Crabb | DB | 6887 |
| 75 | Ed Blaine | OL | 6939 |
| 76 | Dick Hudson | OL | 7074 |
| 77 | George Gross | DL | 7091 |
| 78 | Bobby D. Jackson | RB | 7284 |
| 79 | John McGeever | DB | 7321 |
| 80 | Glenn Glass | DB | 7373 |
| 81 | Dick Compton | WR | 7516 |
| 82 | Gary Barnes | WR | 7690 |
| 83 | Ed Pine | LB | 7743 |
| 84 | Bookie Bolin | OL | 7840 |
| 85 | Bake Turner (KR) | KR | 7904 |
| 86 | John Burrell | WR | 7968 |
| 87 | Larry Vargo | DB | 8097 |
| 88 | Ray Abruzzese | DB | 8098 |
| 89 | Jerry Robinson (1939) | WR | 8191 |
| 90 | Bobby Smith | DB | 8204 |
| 91 | Gary Ballman (KR) | KR | 8440 |
| 92 | John McCormick | QB | 8595 |
| 93 | Dobie Craig | WR | 8688 |
| 94 | Bob McCullough | OL | 9402 |
| 95 | Guy Reese | DL | 9504 |
| 96 | Mike Bundra | DL | 9747 |
| 97 | Charlie Rieves | LB | 9841 |
| 98 | Stan Sczurek | LB | 9909 |
| 99 | Lynn Hoyem | OL | 10151 |
| 100 | Eddie Wilson | QB | 10256 |
| 101 | Bobby Ply | DB | 10643 |
| 102 | Lance Alworth (PR) | PR | 10711 |
| 103 | Bobby Smith (KR) | KR | 10830 |
| 104 | Bake Turner (PR) | PR | 10914 |
| 105 | Jim Christopherson (K) | K | 11017 |
| 106 | Bert Wilder | DL | 11192 |
| 107 | Tommy Brooker | TE | 11239 |
| 108 | Bob Mitinger | LB | 11524 |
| 109 | Johnny Counts (KR) | KR | 11604 |
| 110 | Bill Triplett (KR) | KR | 11793 |
| 111 | John Powers | TE | 11932 |
| 112 | Amos Bullocks (KR) | KR | 12225 |
| 113 | Galen Hall | QB | 12323 |
| 114 | John Hadl (P) | P | 12462 |
| 115 | Pat Shea | OL | 12501 |
| 116 | Bobby Smith (PR) | PR | 12635 |
| 117 | Oscar Donahue | WR | 12685 |
| 118 | Art Perkins | RB | 12784 |
| 119 | Jerry Tarr | WR | 12818 |
| 120 | Wendell Harris (PR) | PR | 12819 |
| 121 | Bob Suci (PR) | PR | 13111 |
| 122 | Carl Charon | DB | 13233 |
| 123 | Wayne Frazier | OL | 13237 |
| 124 | Tom Hall (PR) | PR | 13261 |
| 125 | Larry Onesti | LB | 13453 |
| 126 | Pete Perreault | OL | 13499 |
| 127 | Bob Suci | DB | 13518 |
| 128 | Earl Gros (KR) | KR | 13547 |
| 129 | George Flint | OL | 13760 |
| 130 | Bert Coan (KR) | KR | 13808 |
| 131 | Jerry Robinson (1939) (KR) | KR | 13934 |
| 132 | John McCormick (P) | P | 13973 |
| 133 | Leroy Jackson | RB | 14120 |
| 134 | Glenn Glass (KR) | KR | 14215 |
| 135 | Jim Bakken (P) | P | 14270 |
| 136 | Norm Beal (KR) | KR | 14364 |
| 137 | Ray Abruzzese (PR) | PR | 14365 |
| 138 | Dave Yohn | LB | 14491 |
| 139 | Ken Byers | OL | 14780 |
| 140 | Ernie Green (KR) | KR | 14877 |
| 141 | Jim Collier | TE | 15001 |
| 142 | Bob Suci (KR) | KR | 15170 |
| 143 | Jim Tiller (KR) | KR | 15171 |
| 144 | Dave Cloutier (PR) | PR | 15419 |
| 145 | Clyde Brock | OL | 15469 |
| 146 | Eddie Wilson (P) | P | 15594 |
| 147 | Tom Adams | WR | 15699 |
| 148 | Tommy Morrow (P) | P | 15700 |
| 149 | Willie D. Jones (KR) | KR | 15701 |
| 150 | Jim Perkins | OL | 15730 |
| 151 | Amos Bullocks | RB | 15734 |
| 152 | Keith Lincoln (K) | K | 15820 |
| 153 | Doug Elmore | P | 15855 |
| 154 | Sam Tidmore | LB | 15856 |
| 155 | Bob Ferguson | RB | 15863 |
| 156 | Alex Kroll | OL | 15962 |
| 157 | Jim Christopherson | LB | 16091 |
| 158 | Mike Woulfe | LB | 16092 |
| 159 | Chon Gallegos | QB | 16334 |
| 160 | Tom Pennington | K | 16335 |
| 161 | Donnie Davis | TE | 16392 |
| 162 | John Frongillo | OL | 16413 |
| 163 | Don Thompson | DL | 16629 |
| 164 | Frank Budd | WR | 16652 |
| 165 | Joe Bob Isbell | OL | 16764 |
| 166 | Mike McClellan | DB | 17176 |
| 167 | Glynn Griffing | QB | 17283 |
| 168 | Jim Tiller | RB | 17284 |
| 169 | Paul Dudley | RB | 17391 |
| 170 | Bill Frank | OL | 17481 |
| 171 | Whit Tucker | WR | 17509 |
| 172 | Jim Thomas (RB) | RB | 17772 |
| 173 | Jimmy Saxton | RB | 18060 |
| 174 | Bill Whisler | DL | 18106 |
| 175 | Harold Stephens | QB | 18329 |
| 176 | Greg Findlay | LB | 18364 |
| 177 | Al Miller | LB | 18379 |
| 178 | Jim Dillard | RB | 18407 |
| 179 | Ed Ulmer | LB | 18408 |
| 180 | Hank Rivera | DB | 18431 |
| 181 | Willie D. Jones | RB | 18694 |
| 182 | Joe Zuger | QB | 18716 |
| 183 | Jim Furlong | LB | 18736 |
| 184 | Willie Bethea | RB | 18840 |
| 185 | Bob Clemens | RB | 18945 |
| 186 | Wayne Fontes | DB | 18946 |
| 187 | Bill Hull | DL | 19076 |
| 188 | Dick Davis | DL | 19077 |
| 189 | George Hultz | DL | 19078 |
| 190 | Joe Novsek | DL | 19079 |
| 191 | Karl Kaimer | DL | 19080 |
| 192 | Pat Russ | DL | 19081 |
| 193 | Ron Gassert | DL | 19082 |
| 194 | Billy Roy | OL | 19122 |
| 195 | Ed Harrington | DL | 19243 |
| 196 | John Denvir | OL | 19451 |
| 197 | Dale West | DB | 19521 |
| 198 | Sherwyn Thorson | OL | 19606 |
| 199 | Billy Booth | DL | 19615 |
| 200 | Mike Martin (1940) | DL | 19860 |
| 201 | Dave Viti | E | 19982 |
| 202 | Gary Schwertfeger | LB | 20142 |
| 203 | Kelton Winston | DB | 20236 |
| 204 | Marshall Shirk | DL | 20241 |
| 205 | Ted Page | DB | 20437 |
| 206 | Doug P. Brown | DL | 20642 |
| 207 | Ronny Payne | DL | 20662 |
| 208 | Joe Zuger (P) | P | 20815 |
| 209 | Ted Woods | RB | 21017 |
| 210 | Bob O'Billovich | DB | 21087 |
| 211 | Tom Minter | DB | 21178 |
| 212 | Ian Hagemoen | LB | 21301 |
| 213 | Ed Ulmer (P) | P | 21345 |
| 214 | Norm Beal | DB | 21479 |
| 215 | Jim Furlong (P) | P | 21593 |
| 216 | Dave Cloutier | DB | 21657 |
| 217 | Jim Vollenweider | RB | 21794 |
| 218 | Chuck Marshall | DB | 21827 |
| 219 | Bobby Reed | RB | 21865 |
| 220 | Jim Norris | DL | 21924 |
| 221 | Don Jonas | QB | 22281 |
| 222 | Bob Good | RB | 22284 |
| 223 | Mack Burton | E | 22736 |
| 224 | Bucky Wegener | OL | 22976 |
| 225 | Charlie Moore | OL | 23272 |
| 226 | Mike Wicklum | DB | 23400 |
| 227 | Pete Nicklas | OL | 24220 |
| 228 | Tom Goosby | OL | 24221 |
| 229 | Don Fuell | QB | 24334 |
| 230 | Bill Byrne | OL | 24379 |
| 231 | Reed Bohovich | OL | 24690 |
| 232 | Charles E. Brown | OL | 24989 |
| 233 | Johnny Counts | RB | 25045 |
| 234 | Bill Kirchiro | OL | 25094 |
| 235 | Bill Quinter | DL | 25113 |
| 236 | Ted Page (PR) | PR | 25199 |
| 237 | Larry Jordan | DL | 25387 |
| 238 | Bob Kelly | OL | 25491 |
| 239 | Dick Dalatri | DL | 25542 |
| 240 | Fred Gillett | OL | 25625 |
| 241 | John Sutro | OL | 25702 |
| 242 | Fate Echols | OL | 25785 |
| 243 | Jim Thomas (KR) | KR | 26042 |
| 244 | Bill Diamond | OL | 26106 |
| 245 | Don Jonas (K) | K | 26148 |
| 246 | Jack Elwell | WR | 26430 |
| 247 | Neil Thomas | DL | 26451 |
| 248 | Fred Fleming | DL | 27328 |
| 249 | Bobby Walden (RB) | RB | 27647 |
| 250 | Willie Bethea (KR) | KR | 27718 |
| 251 | Joe Williams (RB) | RB | 27781 |
| 252 | Martin Fabi (P) | P | 28008 |
| 253 | Dave Washington (TE) | TE | 28723 |
| 254 | Sandy Stephens | QB | 28954 |
| 255 | Martin Fabi | E | 29893 |
| 256 | Chuck Wood | DL | 29903 |
| 257 | Walt Weaver | DB | 30003 |
| 258 | Doug Campbell | DL | 30041 |
| 259 | Ted Woods (KR) | KR | 30078 |
| 260 | Ted Frechette | LB | 30225 |
| 261 | Jon Rechner | RB | 30350 |
| 262 | Tom Bland | RB | 30569 |
| 263 | Jim Dillard (KR) | KR | 30629 |
| 264 | Henry Huth | RB | 30721 |
| 265 | Bill McKenny | RB | 31376 |
| 266 | Gary Strickler | DL | 31496 |
| 267 | Phil Lohmann | E | 31507 |
| 268 | Bob Myers | RB | 31607 |
| 269 | Harvey Scott | DL | 31816 |
| 270 | Tom Larscheid | E | 32153 |
| 271 | Mike Snodgrass | LB | 32197 |
| 272 | Bob Bisacre | RB | 32562 |
| 273 | Bobby Walden (KR) | KR | 32623 |
| 274 | Gus Gonzales | DL | 32634 |
| 275 | Cookie Gilchrist (KR) | KR | 32754 |
| 276 | Marvin Lee | DL | 32787 |
| 277 | Al Hinton | DL | 32898 |
| 278 | Norb Roy | DL | 32915 |
| 279 | James Wright (QB) | QB | 32996 |
| 280 | Len Vella | DL | 33025 |
| 281 | Emery Barnes | DL | 33029 |
| 282 | Bobby Walden (PR) | PR | 33256 |
| 283 | Walt Weaver (P) | P | 33357 |
| 284 | Frank Thrasher | LB | 33401 |
| 285 | Mel Melin | QB | 33484 |
| 286 | Dave Viti (K) | K | 33756 |
| 287 | Sam Fernandez | DB | 33757 |
| 288 | Roger Johnson | E | 33787 |
| 289 | Cody Binkley | LB | 33811 |
| 290 | John Childress | DB | 33914 |
| 291 | Doug Elmore (PR) | PR | 34148 |
| 292 | Mike Wicklum (PR) | PR | 34168 |
| 293 | Whit Tucker (PR) | PR | 34388 |
| 294 | Dick Easterly | E | 34566 |
| 295 | Bobby Reed (KR) | KR | 35166 |
| 296 | Paul Dudley (KR) | KR | 35167 |
| 297 | Bill McKenny (KR) | KR | 35363 |
| 298 | Dave Sarette | QB | 35673 |
| 299 | Ted Frechette (PR) | PR | 35753 |
| 300 | Henry Huth (PR) | PR | 36325 |
| 301 | Ed Ulmer (PR) | PR | 36507 |
| 302 | Tom Bland (PR) | PR | 36664 |
| 303 | Bill McKenny (PR) | PR | 37174 |
| 304 | Bob Deegan | E | 37270 |
| 305 | Tom Walker (DL) | DL | 37410 |
| 306 | Dale West (PR) | PR | 37594 |
| 307 | Bob O'Billovich (PR) | PR | 37932 |
| 308 | Gary Robson | DL | 38150 |
| 309 | Dick Easterly (PR) | PR | 38294 |
| 310 | Doug Elmore (DB) | DB | 39171 |
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