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The Top Ranked Football Players by Rookie Year-1965
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 | Chris Hanburger | LB | 48 |
| 2 | Dick Butkus | LB | 50 |
| 3 | Bob Hayes | WR | 126 |
| 4 | Craig Morton | QB | 230 |
| 5 | Fred Biletnikoff | WR | 239 |
| 6 | Joe Namath | QB | 368 |
| 7 | Gale Sayers | RB | 421 |
| 8 | Otis Taylor | WR | 464 |
| 9 | Ken Willard | RB | 482 |
| 10 | Mike Curtis | LB | 522 |
| 11 | Roy Jefferson | WR | 603 |
| 12 | Jerry Smith | TE | 623 |
| 13 | Ralph Neely | OL | 747 |
| 14 | Jack Snow | WR | 1148 |
| 15 | Verlon Biggs | DL | 1162 |
| 16 | Ed Flanagan | OL | 1174 |
| 17 | Lance Rentzel | WR | 1306 |
| 18 | Norm Evans | OL | 1309 |
| 19 | Walter Johnson | DL | 1427 |
| 20 | Spider Lockhart | DB | 1430 |
| 21 | Jim Nance | RB | 1494 |
| 22 | Dick Gordon | WR | 1528 |
| 23 | Bill Curry | OL | 1561 |
| 24 | Harry Schuh | OL | 1588 |
| 25 | Dave Osborn | RB | 1628 |
| 26 | Bob Berry | QB | 1882 |
| 27 | Gus Otto | LB | 2116 |
| 28 | Miller Farr | DB | 2131 |
| 29 | Frank Pitts | WR | 2134 |
| 30 | Larry Hand | DL | 2247 |
| 31 | Jethro Pugh | DL | 2368 |
| 32 | Willie Williams | DB | 2378 |
| 33 | Al Atkinson | LB | 2507 |
| 34 | Bobby Maples | OL | 2547 |
| 35 | Cannonball Butler | RB | 2666 |
| 36 | Lonnie Warwick | LB | 2720 |
| 37 | Jim Whalen | TE | 2859 |
| 38 | John Hilton | TE | 2900 |
| 39 | George Sauer (WR) | WR | 2961 |
| 40 | Ron Smith (KR) | KR | 3000 |
| 41 | John Bramlett | LB | 3042 |
| 42 | Jim Kearney | DB | 3046 |
| 43 | Tucker Frederickson | RB | 3179 |
| 44 | Roy Hilton | DL | 3228 |
| 45 | Ron Smith (PR) | PR | 3241 |
| 46 | Jerry Simmons | WR | 3257 |
| 47 | Dale Lindsey | LB | 3376 |
| 48 | Ernie Kellermann | DB | 3383 |
| 49 | Bill Laskey | LB | 3471 |
| 50 | Ron Smith | DB | 3570 |
| 51 | Dan Reeves | RB | 3581 |
| 52 | Rick Redman | LB | 3587 |
| 53 | Ernie Koy | RB | 3626 |
| 54 | Clancy Williams | DB | 3629 |
| 55 | John W. Henderson | WR | 3643 |
| 56 | Olen Underwood | LB | 3699 |
| 57 | Steve DeLong | DL | 3759 |
| 58 | Bob Svihus | OL | 3837 |
| 59 | Kent McCloughan | DB | 3863 |
| 60 | Mike Howell | DB | 3918 |
| 61 | Paul Costa | TE | 3936 |
| 62 | Jim Snowden | OL | 4034 |
| 63 | Nemiah Wilson | DB | 4043 |
| 64 | Jim Nettles | DB | 4187 |
| 65 | Rickie Harris | DB | 4214 |
| 66 | Bob Hayes (PR) | PR | 4263 |
| 67 | Glenn Ressler | OL | 4279 |
| 68 | Fred Hill | TE | 4387 |
| 69 | Al Nelson | DB | 4427 |
| 70 | Tom O. Neville | OL | 4479 |
| 71 | Ed Beard | LB | 4530 |
| 72 | Tom Nowatzke | RB | 4540 |
| 73 | Jerry Rush | DL | 4555 |
| 74 | Rickie Harris (PR) | PR | 5212 |
| 75 | Bo Scott | RB | 5214 |
| 76 | Gale Sayers (KR) | KR | 5258 |
| 77 | Gene Foster | RB | 5564 |
| 78 | J.R. Wilburn | WR | 5752 |
| 79 | Steve Tensi | QB | 5802 |
| 80 | Ernie Koy (P) | P | 5900 |
| 81 | Glen Condren | DL | 5905 |
| 82 | Tom Vaughn | DB | 6126 |
| 83 | Howard Kindig | DL | 6161 |
| 84 | Junior Coffey | RB | 6310 |
| 85 | Jon Kilgore | P | 6324 |
| 86 | Harold Wells | LB | 6541 |
| 87 | Chuck Hurston | DL | 6646 |
| 88 | Earsell Mackbee | DB | 6771 |
| 89 | Marty Schottenheimer | LB | 6855 |
| 90 | Kent Nix | QB | 6892 |
| 91 | Doug Woodlief | LB | 6993 |
| 92 | Jerry Rhome | QB | 7190 |
| 93 | Ralph Kurek | RB | 7233 |
| 94 | Ray Ogden | TE | 7556 |
| 95 | Dick Gordon (KR) | KR | 7654 |
| 96 | Jim Carroll | LB | 7753 |
| 97 | Cannonball Butler (KR) | KR | 7783 |
| 98 | Rickie Harris (KR) | KR | 7822 |
| 99 | Jim Harvey | OL | 7875 |
| 100 | Larry Todd | RB | 8138 |
| 101 | Charlie Leigh | RB | 8234 |
| 102 | Jim Jones | WR | 8343 |
| 103 | Maxie Williams | OL | 8448 |
| 104 | Mike Haffner | WR | 8561 |
| 105 | Chuck Mercein | RB | 8577 |
| 106 | Jim A. Norton | DL | 9058 |
| 107 | Roy Jefferson (PR) | PR | 9135 |
| 108 | Frank Lambert | P | 9228 |
| 109 | Jim Hudson | DB | 9277 |
| 110 | Henry Carr | DB | 9375 |
| 111 | Bill Sandeman | OL | 9556 |
| 112 | Jim Harris Jr. | DL | 9627 |
| 113 | Remi Prudhomme | OL | 9768 |
| 114 | Mitch Johnson | OL | 9800 |
| 115 | Spider Lockhart (PR) | PR | 9839 |
| 116 | Al Nelson (KR) | KR | 10191 |
| 117 | Obert Logan | DB | 10335 |
| 118 | Jay Cunningham (KR) | KR | 10472 |
| 119 | Rick Redman (P) | P | 10539 |
| 120 | Tom Vaughn (KR) | KR | 10872 |
| 121 | Frank Marchlewski | OL | 11080 |
| 122 | Charlie Leigh (PR) | PR | 11238 |
| 123 | Tony Guillory | LB | 11244 |
| 124 | Max Leetzow | DL | 11400 |
| 125 | George W. Wilson Jr. (P) | P | 11496 |
| 126 | Dick Degen | LB | 11564 |
| 127 | Ronnie Caveness | LB | 11719 |
| 128 | Jim Allison | RB | 11802 |
| 129 | Gale Sayers (PR) | PR | 11888 |
| 130 | Larry Elkins | WR | 12004 |
| 131 | A.D. Whitfield | RB | 12216 |
| 132 | Lance Rentzel (PR) | PR | 12232 |
| 133 | Malcolm Walker | OL | 12244 |
| 134 | Lance Rentzel (KR) | KR | 12273 |
| 135 | Dave Pivec | TE | 12342 |
| 136 | Ollie Cordill (P) | P | 12865 |
| 137 | Tom Vaughn (PR) | PR | 12981 |
| 138 | Bobby Felts | RB | 13034 |
| 139 | Clancy Williams (KR) | KR | 13109 |
| 140 | Bobby Felts (KR) | KR | 13165 |
| 141 | Steve Heckard | WR | 13175 |
| 142 | Bob Hayes (KR) | KR | 13258 |
| 143 | Justin Canale | OL | 13318 |
| 144 | Rich Zecher | DL | 13505 |
| 145 | Danny McIlhany | DB | 13543 |
| 146 | Fred R. Brown | LB | 13623 |
| 147 | Dave A. Simmons | LB | 13728 |
| 148 | Dick Gordon (PR) | PR | 13806 |
| 149 | Allen Jacobs | RB | 13872 |
| 150 | Jay Cunningham (PR) | PR | 13931 |
| 151 | Bud Marshall | DL | 13998 |
| 152 | Gene Jeter | LB | 14033 |
| 153 | Al Dotson | DL | 14046 |
| 154 | Bob Breitenstein | OL | 14062 |
| 155 | Levert Carr | OL | 14171 |
| 156 | Fred Mazurek (KR) | KR | 14211 |
| 157 | Billy Hunter (KR) | KR | 14362 |
| 158 | Chuck Mercein (K) | K | 14526 |
| 159 | John Meyer | LB | 14610 |
| 160 | Jay Cunningham | DB | 14681 |
| 161 | Charlie Leigh (KR) | KR | 14731 |
| 162 | George W. Wilson Jr. | QB | 14732 |
| 163 | Mike Strofolino | LB | 15115 |
| 164 | Jack Chapple | LB | 15166 |
| 165 | Larry Todd (KR) | KR | 15167 |
| 166 | Bill Cronin Jr. | TE | 15301 |
| 167 | Sammie Taylor | WR | 15417 |
| 168 | Willie Williams (PR) | PR | 15418 |
| 169 | Bob Timberlake | K | 15559 |
| 170 | Gregg Schumacher | DL | 15789 |
| 171 | Kern Carson (KR) | KR | 15818 |
| 172 | Jim Garcia | DL | 16135 |
| 173 | Ernie Koy (KR) | KR | 16211 |
| 174 | Allen Brown | TE | 16332 |
| 175 | Fred Mazurek | WR | 16444 |
| 176 | Frank Molden | DL | 16851 |
| 177 | Leroy Kelly (P) | P | 16935 |
| 178 | George Donnelly | DB | 17100 |
| 179 | Colin Ridgway | P | 17153 |
| 180 | Kern Carson | RB | 17281 |
| 181 | Mike Melinkovich | DL | 17380 |
| 182 | White Graves | DB | 17381 |
| 183 | Jack Abendschan | OL | 17386 |
| 184 | Jeff F. Jordan | DB | 17752 |
| 185 | Jim Young (1943) | WR | 17771 |
| 186 | Braden Beck | K | 17801 |
| 187 | Smith Reed | RB | 17802 |
| 188 | Bill Symons | RB | 18131 |
| 189 | Jon Hohman | OL | 18143 |
| 190 | Willie Williams (P) | P | 18201 |
| 191 | Lanny Boleski | OL | 18357 |
| 192 | Phil Minnick | LB | 18375 |
| 193 | Dick Hermann | LB | 18559 |
| 194 | Russell Wayt | LB | 18560 |
| 195 | Floyd Hudlow | DB | 18652 |
| 196 | Carl Silvestri | DB | 18693 |
| 197 | Ed McQuarters | DL | 18835 |
| 198 | Gerry Shaw | WR | 18861 |
| 199 | Dick Dupuis | DB | 18891 |
| 200 | Ellis E. Johnson | RB | 18943 |
| 201 | Wally Dempsey | LB | 19039 |
| 202 | Ted Dushinski | DB | 19164 |
| 203 | Paul Desjardins | OL | 19175 |
| 204 | Ron Forwick | DL | 19176 |
| 205 | Al Ford | RB | 19365 |
| 206 | Dick Aldridge | LB | 19471 |
| 207 | Basil Bark | OL | 19549 |
| 208 | Bill Danychuk | OL | 19726 |
| 209 | Ken Nielsen | WR | 19856 |
| 210 | George Pyne | DL | 19935 |
| 211 | Tim Powell | DL | 19936 |
| 212 | Don Croftcheck | OL | 20026 |
| 213 | Wayne Swinford | DB | 20182 |
| 214 | Bob Brown (1943) | OL | 20220 |
| 215 | Bill Van Burkleo | QB | 20245 |
| 216 | Jack Abendschan (K) | K | 20256 |
| 217 | Dave Recher | OL | 20306 |
| 218 | Larry Fairholm | DB | 20311 |
| 219 | Rosey Davis | DL | 20343 |
| 220 | John Huarte | QB | 20345 |
| 221 | Joe Cerne | OL | 20434 |
| 222 | Roy Shatzko | DL | 20438 |
| 223 | Ray Rissmiller | OL | 20514 |
| 224 | George Harold | DB | 20523 |
| 225 | Archie Roberts | QB | 20767 |
| 226 | Don Gilbert | DB | 20803 |
| 227 | Ron Capham | OL | 20852 |
| 228 | Gerry Sternberg | RB | 20854 |
| 229 | Ted Collins | DL | 21097 |
| 230 | Bob Nichols | OL | 21192 |
| 231 | Willie Adams | DL | 21225 |
| 232 | Doug Specht | OL | 21296 |
| 233 | Bob McCarthy | RB | 21317 |
| 234 | Roger Perdrix | OL | 21498 |
| 235 | Al Ford (P) | P | 21508 |
| 236 | Charlie Parker | OL | 21535 |
| 237 | Lee Bernet | OL | 21613 |
| 238 | Solomon Brannan | DB | 21699 |
| 239 | Jim Walter | DB | 21776 |
| 240 | Arnie Simkus | DL | 21923 |
| 241 | Gary Hill | DB | 21996 |
| 242 | Bill Goods | RB | 22047 |
| 243 | John Atamian | OL | 22055 |
| 244 | Jimmy Sidle | RB | 22113 |
| 245 | Dave Simmons | LB | 22172 |
| 246 | Walt Balasiuk | OL | 22326 |
| 247 | Don Gulseth | LB | 22347 |
| 248 | Dick Dupuis (PR) | PR | 22504 |
| 249 | Archie Sutton | OL | 22625 |
| 250 | Charlie Brandon | OL | 22632 |
| 251 | Gary Lane | QB | 22952 |
| 252 | Billy Cline | DB | 22992 |
| 253 | Nick DeFelice | OL | 23072 |
| 254 | Bo Scott (KR) | KR | 23225 |
| 255 | Erwin Will | DL | 23271 |
| 256 | Bill Van Burkleo (P) | P | 23648 |
| 257 | Dennis Duncan | RB | 23660 |
| 258 | Mike Alford | OL | 23898 |
| 259 | Gerry Bussell | DB | 23979 |
| 260 | Mitch Dudek | OL | 23980 |
| 261 | John Reykdal | LB | 24095 |
| 262 | Ollie Cordill | DB | 24136 |
| 263 | Roger Pillath | OL | 24341 |
| 264 | Dave McCormick | OL | 24459 |
| 265 | Eli Strand | OL | 24537 |
| 266 | Bob Shann | DB | 24921 |
| 267 | John Pentecost | OL | 25135 |
| 268 | Larry Fairholm (PR) | PR | 25200 |
| 269 | Paul Latzke | OL | 25254 |
| 270 | Philip Brady | DB | 25509 |
| 271 | George Hughley | RB | 25546 |
| 272 | Jim Gray | DB | 25561 |
| 273 | Errol Prisby | DB | 25700 |
| 274 | Dick Leeuwenburg | OL | 25784 |
| 275 | Art Strahan | DL | 25946 |
| 276 | Mike Gibbons (RB) | RB | 26037 |
| 277 | Jim Walter (PR) | PR | 26060 |
| 278 | Wallace Dickey | OL | 26918 |
| 279 | Mickey Sutton (1943) | DB | 27185 |
| 280 | Norm Winton | DL | 27228 |
| 281 | Ernie Allen | DB | 27631 |
| 282 | Dick Wozney | RB | 27720 |
| 283 | Dick Wozney (PR) | PR | 27745 |
| 284 | King Corcoran | QB | 28109 |
| 285 | Ken Maglicic | DL | 28128 |
| 286 | Bill Symons (KR) | KR | 28130 |
| 287 | Gerry Sternberg (PR) | PR | 28131 |
| 288 | Kent Francisco | DL | 28525 |
| 289 | Billy Cline (P) | P | 28533 |
| 290 | Mario Mariani | OL | 28852 |
| 291 | Marty Rosen | RB | 28978 |
| 292 | Garry Porterfield | LB | 29212 |
| 293 | Al Ford (KR) | KR | 29529 |
| 294 | Robert Reed | OL | 29578 |
| 295 | Bill Goods (K) | K | 30032 |
| 296 | Dick Aldridge (PR) | PR | 30072 |
| 297 | Norm Winton (K) | K | 30332 |
| 298 | Pat Watson | LB | 30516 |
| 299 | Pat Brosnan | RB | 30743 |
| 300 | Leo Levandowski | OL | 31072 |
| 301 | Bob Brown (RB) | RB | 31338 |
| 302 | Don Gilbert (PR) | PR | 31393 |
| 303 | Pete Warren | E | 31939 |
| 304 | Mickey Bitsko | DL | 32320 |
| 305 | Jerry McClurg | DL | 32431 |
| 306 | Pete Thompson | E | 32522 |
| 307 | Justin Canale (K) | K | 32744 |
| 308 | Dennis Liebrecht | RB | 33041 |
| 309 | Philip Brady (PR) | PR | 33635 |
| 310 | George Hughley (KR) | KR | 33911 |
| 311 | Ernie Allen (PR) | PR | 34399 |
| 312 | Bob McCarthy (PR) | PR | 35031 |
| 313 | Jim Young (KR) | KR | 35572 |
| 314 | Sonny Utz (KR) | KR | 35752 |
| 315 | Billy Cline (PR) | PR | 35761 |
| 316 | Sonny Utz | RB | 35780 |
| 317 | Jim Walter (KR) | KR | 35946 |
| 318 | Richard Badar | QB | 36228 |
| 319 | Pete Walker | DL | 36345 |
| 320 | Ted Dushinski (PR) | PR | 36409 |
| 321 | Ken Danchuk | DB | 36536 |
| 322 | Marty Rosen (PR) | PR | 36663 |
| 323 | Jim Fauver | RB | 36749 |
| 324 | Willie Shine | RB | 36926 |
| 325 | John Erickson | OL | 37099 |
| 326 | Jim Jones (KR) | KR | 37172 |
| 327 | John Vignone | DB | 37356 |
| 328 | Ted Rodosovich | DL | 37725 |
| 329 | Clarence Kachman (PR) | PR | 37815 |
| 330 | Joe Williams (DL) | DL | 37816 |
| 331 | George Kinney | DL | 37931 |
| 332 | Norm Nicola | DB | 39087 |
| 333 | Rudy Myers | DB | 39177 |
| 334 | Gord McTaggart | DB | 39201 |
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