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The Top Ranked Football Players by Rookie Year-1967
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 | Alan Page | DL | 43 |
| 2 | Gene Upshaw | OL | 71 |
| 3 | Willie Lanier | LB | 73 |
| 4 | Bob Griese | QB | 77 |
| 5 | Ken Houston | DB | 113 |
| 6 | Larry Little | OL | 121 |
| 7 | John Gilliam | WR | 255 |
| 8 | Rayfield Wright | OL | 268 |
| 9 | Floyd Little | RB | 360 |
| 10 | Lem Barney | DB | 607 |
| 11 | Danny Abramowicz | WR | 987 |
| 12 | Rick Volk | DB | 1176 |
| 13 | Jack Gregory | DL | 1411 |
| 14 | Jim Lynch | LB | 1535 |
| 15 | Mel Farr | RB | 1551 |
| 16 | Gene Washington | WR | 1615 |
| 17 | Bubba Smith | DL | 1663 |
| 18 | Paul Naumoff | LB | 1748 |
| 19 | Diron Talbert | DL | 1898 |
| 20 | Zeke Moore | DB | 2187 |
| 21 | Alvin Reed | TE | 2248 |
| 22 | Willie Ellison | RB | 2269 |
| 23 | Chip Myers | WR | 2270 |
| 24 | Bob Rowe | DL | 2277 |
| 25 | Bob Grim | WR | 2282 |
| 26 | Mike Bass | DB | 2389 |
| 27 | Preston Pearson | RB | 2440 |
| 28 | Billy Masters | TE | 2481 |
| 29 | Pete Barnes | LB | 2552 |
| 30 | Frank Nunley | LB | 2582 |
| 31 | Dave L. Williams | WR | 2705 |
| 32 | Bob Windsor | TE | 2715 |
| 33 | Bob Howard | DB | 2738 |
| 34 | Dave Rowe | DL | 2824 |
| 35 | George Webster | LB | 2895 |
| 36 | Ray May | LB | 2958 |
| 37 | John Beasley | TE | 2975 |
| 38 | John Elliott | DL | 3002 |
| 39 | Mike Current | OL | 3116 |
| 40 | Gloster Richardson | WR | 3140 |
| 41 | Elmer Collett | OL | 3183 |
| 42 | Billy Andrews | LB | 3191 |
| 43 | Randy Rasmussen | OL | 3337 |
| 44 | Larry Seiple (P) | P | 3431 |
| 45 | Ron Porter | LB | 3593 |
| 46 | Earl Edwards | DL | 3630 |
| 47 | Mac Percival | K | 3683 |
| 48 | Bob Matheson | LB | 3715 |
| 49 | John Demarie | OL | 3716 |
| 50 | John Rowser | DB | 3743 |
| 51 | Charlie Stukes | DB | 3809 |
| 52 | Ken Avery | LB | 3909 |
| 53 | Bob Lurtsema | DL | 3954 |
| 54 | Don Shy | RB | 4091 |
| 55 | Clint Jones | RB | 4194 |
| 56 | Mike Weger | DB | 4287 |
| 57 | Steve Spurrier | QB | 4303 |
| 58 | Pete Duranko | DL | 4429 |
| 59 | Chip Myrtle | LB | 4492 |
| 60 | Lem Barney (PR) | PR | 4628 |
| 61 | Ron East | DL | 4753 |
| 62 | Jeff Staggs | LB | 4826 |
| 63 | Fran Lynch | RB | 4923 |
| 64 | Dickie Post | RB | 4935 |
| 65 | Ben Davis | DB | 4937 |
| 66 | Randy B. Jackson | OL | 5038 |
| 67 | John Richardson | DL | 5070 |
| 68 | Doug Cunningham | RB | 5102 |
| 69 | Tom Beer | TE | 5161 |
| 70 | Leroy Mitchell | DB | 5265 |
| 71 | Ray Perkins | WR | 5499 |
| 72 | Tom McNeill | P | 5514 |
| 73 | Del Williams | OL | 5585 |
| 74 | Sam Davis | OL | 5621 |
| 75 | Al Dodd | WR | 5665 |
| 76 | Duane Benson | LB | 5685 |
| 77 | Ed Philpott | LB | 5815 |
| 78 | Bob E. Davis | QB | 5827 |
| 79 | John Pitts | DB | 5871 |
| 80 | Larry Carwell | DB | 6195 |
| 81 | John Charles | DB | 6269 |
| 82 | Carl Cunningham | LB | 6424 |
| 83 | Travis Williams (KR) | KR | 6739 |
| 84 | Jim Riley | DL | 6792 |
| 85 | Don Horn | QB | 6986 |
| 86 | Don Shy (KR) | KR | 7088 |
| 87 | Bob Hyland | OL | 7138 |
| 88 | Al Dodd (PR) | PR | 7335 |
| 89 | Chuck Latourette (P) | P | 7349 |
| 90 | Preston Pearson (KR) | KR | 7429 |
| 91 | Rick Volk (PR) | PR | 7434 |
| 92 | Dave Olerich | LB | 7453 |
| 93 | Bill Tucker | RB | 7493 |
| 94 | Garry Lyle | DB | 7672 |
| 95 | Scott Eaton | DB | 7677 |
| 96 | Woody Campbell | RB | 7756 |
| 97 | Frank Gallagher | OL | 7819 |
| 98 | Travis Williams | RB | 7882 |
| 99 | Dave Lewis (P) | P | 7906 |
| 100 | George Goeddeke | OL | 7933 |
| 101 | Jack Clancy | WR | 7960 |
| 102 | Noland Smith (PR) | PR | 8170 |
| 103 | Wendell Tucker | WR | 8189 |
| 104 | Floyd Little (PR) | PR | 8190 |
| 105 | Dick Absher | LB | 8387 |
| 106 | Roy Hopkins | RB | 8498 |
| 107 | Ron Billingsley | DL | 8580 |
| 108 | Noland Smith (KR) | KR | 8611 |
| 109 | Joe Taffoni | OL | 8726 |
| 110 | John Gilliam (KR) | KR | 8789 |
| 111 | Clint Jones (KR) | KR | 8860 |
| 112 | Charlie Durkee | K | 8873 |
| 113 | Brad Hubbert | RB | 8875 |
| 114 | Floyd Little (KR) | KR | 9165 |
| 115 | Jimmy Hester | TE | 9176 |
| 116 | Steve Spurrier (P) | P | 9184 |
| 117 | Bruce Alford (K) | K | 9263 |
| 118 | Craig Baynham | RB | 9315 |
| 119 | Zeke Moore (KR) | KR | 10187 |
| 120 | Tom Regner | OL | 10223 |
| 121 | Willie D. Parker | DL | 10235 |
| 122 | John Huard | LB | 10591 |
| 123 | Chuck Latourette (PR) | PR | 10821 |
| 124 | Terry Swanson | P | 11001 |
| 125 | Jim Flanigan Sr. | LB | 11138 |
| 126 | Jim Hargrove | LB | 11450 |
| 127 | Rich Kotite | TE | 11650 |
| 128 | Doug Cunningham (KR) | KR | 11842 |
| 129 | Ken Houston (PR) | PR | 11850 |
| 130 | Ben Davis (PR) | PR | 11886 |
| 131 | Lem Barney (KR) | KR | 11887 |
| 132 | Frank Richter | LB | 12118 |
| 133 | Larry Seiple | TE | 12127 |
| 134 | Chuck Latourette (KR) | KR | 12147 |
| 135 | Don McCall (KR) | KR | 12148 |
| 136 | Doug Cunningham (PR) | PR | 12272 |
| 137 | Chuck Hughes | WR | 12386 |
| 138 | Rudy Kuechenberg | LB | 12397 |
| 139 | Carl Ward (KR) | KR | 12524 |
| 140 | John Love (PR) | PR | 12594 |
| 141 | Phil Clark | DB | 12606 |
| 142 | John Love (KR) | KR | 12684 |
| 143 | Craig Baynham (KR) | KR | 12816 |
| 144 | Bob Grim (PR) | PR | 12927 |
| 145 | Philip Spiller (PR) | PR | 12979 |
| 146 | Jim Copeland | OL | 13079 |
| 147 | Larry Carwell (PR) | PR | 13107 |
| 148 | Eppie Barney | WR | 13207 |
| 149 | Bo Hickey | RB | 13257 |
| 150 | John Love | WR | 13293 |
| 151 | Ben Davis (KR) | KR | 13384 |
| 152 | Chet Anderson | TE | 13385 |
| 153 | Bob Humphreys | K | 13426 |
| 154 | Lem Barney (P) | P | 13449 |
| 155 | Cornelius Johnson | OL | 13645 |
| 156 | Don McCall | RB | 13649 |
| 157 | Pete Larson | RB | 13845 |
| 158 | Mike Haggerty | OL | 13847 |
| 159 | Dick Cunningham | OL | 13859 |
| 160 | Dickie Post (KR) | KR | 13929 |
| 161 | Garry Lyle (PR) | PR | 13930 |
| 162 | Marty Amsler | DL | 14304 |
| 163 | Bill Tucker (KR) | KR | 14359 |
| 164 | Ray D. McDonald | RB | 14360 |
| 165 | Willie Ellison (KR) | KR | 14487 |
| 166 | Elijah Nevett | DB | 14538 |
| 167 | Bo Burris | DB | 14576 |
| 168 | Claudis James | WR | 14607 |
| 169 | Jim Elliott | P | 14764 |
| 170 | Al Coleman | DB | 14814 |
| 171 | Bob Grim (KR) | KR | 14875 |
| 172 | Wayne Walker (K) | K | 14997 |
| 173 | Don Alley | WR | 15059 |
| 174 | Noland Smith | WR | 15060 |
| 175 | Larry Carwell (KR) | KR | 15164 |
| 176 | Carel Stith | DL | 15388 |
| 177 | Al Dodd (KR) | KR | 15415 |
| 178 | Loyd Phillips | DL | 15471 |
| 179 | Larry Conjar | RB | 15902 |
| 180 | John Gilliam (PR) | PR | 15960 |
| 181 | Spain Musgrove | DL | 16005 |
| 182 | John H. Douglas | DB | 16161 |
| 183 | Les Murdock | K | 16329 |
| 184 | Bob D. Jones | WR | 16443 |
| 185 | Marshall Cropper | WR | 16480 |
| 186 | Ray Ilg | LB | 16517 |
| 187 | John Love (K) | K | 16584 |
| 188 | Neal Sweeney | WR | 16585 |
| 189 | Estes Banks | RB | 16659 |
| 190 | Harold Deters | K | 16819 |
| 191 | Marty Baccaglio | DL | 16981 |
| 192 | Les Kelley | LB | 16994 |
| 193 | Bobby Nichols | TE | 17051 |
| 194 | Wayne Walker (P) | P | 17152 |
| 195 | Mel Witt | DL | 17207 |
| 196 | Rick Duncan | K | 17279 |
| 197 | Gregory Wojcik | DL | 17330 |
| 198 | Leo Carroll | DL | 17399 |
| 199 | Bernie Erickson | LB | 17468 |
| 200 | Jack Lentz | DB | 17609 |
| 201 | Bill Darnall | WR | 17672 |
| 202 | John LaGrone | DL | 17723 |
| 203 | Tom Beier | DB | 17870 |
| 204 | Ed Breding | LB | 17898 |
| 205 | Mike H. Barnes | DB | 18325 |
| 206 | Terry Stoepel | TE | 18326 |
| 207 | Dave Dunaway | P | 18429 |
| 208 | Harry Jones | RB | 18511 |
| 209 | Rod Woodward | DB | 18592 |
| 210 | Charlie Turner | OL | 18621 |
| 211 | Jerry Griffin | LB | 18842 |
| 212 | Steve Newell | WR | 18940 |
| 213 | Jim Copeland (PR) | PR | 19030 |
| 214 | Jerry Marion | WR | 19215 |
| 215 | Denis Moore | DL | 19263 |
| 216 | Fred James | DL | 19370 |
| 217 | Don Bahnuik | DL | 19406 |
| 218 | Gary Brandt | OL | 19473 |
| 219 | Wayne Giardino | RB | 19499 |
| 220 | Dick Arndt | DL | 19516 |
| 221 | Kay Stephenson | QB | 19559 |
| 222 | Chuck Latourette | DB | 19789 |
| 223 | Bob Print | LB | 19882 |
| 224 | Bob Briggs | RB | 19933 |
| 225 | Thomas Fussell | DL | 19934 |
| 226 | Larry Bird | OL | 19983 |
| 227 | Willie Jones (1942) | DL | 20087 |
| 228 | Trevor Ekdahl | OL | 20094 |
| 229 | Bob J. Sanders | LB | 20171 |
| 230 | Ron Goovert | LB | 20172 |
| 231 | John Williams (DB) | DB | 20192 |
| 232 | Alan Ische | OL | 20367 |
| 233 | Jay Bachman | OL | 20551 |
| 234 | Gord Christian | TE | 20590 |
| 235 | Ken Ferguson | LB | 20679 |
| 236 | Philip Spiller | DB | 20696 |
| 237 | Barry Randall | OL | 20789 |
| 238 | Ted Wheeler | OL | 20810 |
| 239 | Paul Brothers | QB | 20841 |
| 240 | Gene Lakusiak | DB | 20849 |
| 241 | Gary Tucker | RB | 20878 |
| 242 | Freddie Woodson | OL | 20887 |
| 243 | Ed Toner Sr. | DL | 20907 |
| 244 | Dave Gasser | LB | 20951 |
| 245 | Earl Denny | RB | 20977 |
| 246 | Lach Heron | WR | 21020 |
| 247 | Carl Ward | DB | 21030 |
| 248 | Ted Gerela (K) | K | 21039 |
| 249 | Dick Capp | LB | 21078 |
| 250 | Gene Trosch | DL | 21216 |
| 251 | Tom Schuette | OL | 21233 |
| 252 | Norman Davis | OL | 21630 |
| 253 | Paul Seiler | OL | 21688 |
| 254 | Pete Johns | DB | 21868 |
| 255 | Bo Wood | DL | 21917 |
| 256 | Bob Hughes | DL | 21918 |
| 257 | Lew Kamanu | DL | 21919 |
| 258 | Randy Staten | DL | 21920 |
| 259 | Richard Sligh | DL | 21921 |
| 260 | Tom Holzer | DL | 21922 |
| 261 | Doug Mitchell | LB | 21977 |
| 262 | Dennis Randall | DL | 22179 |
| 263 | Mike Law | DB | 22209 |
| 264 | Leroy Sledge | RB | 22226 |
| 265 | Rhome Nixon | WR | 22232 |
| 266 | John Reid (OL) | OL | 22236 |
| 267 | Gary Bugenhagen | OL | 22271 |
| 268 | Andy Bowling | LB | 22530 |
| 269 | Henry Sorrell | LB | 22664 |
| 270 | Bill Fairband | LB | 22811 |
| 271 | Dave Lewis | QB | 23037 |
| 272 | Andy Gross | OL | 23116 |
| 273 | Jeff Richardson | OL | 23276 |
| 274 | Doug Kriewald | OL | 23459 |
| 275 | Chuck R. Hinton | OL | 23485 |
| 276 | Charlie Fowler | OL | 23701 |
| 277 | Wayne Conrad | OL | 23759 |
| 278 | Henry King | DB | 23794 |
| 279 | Jim Summers | DB | 23806 |
| 280 | Carroll Williams | QB | 23909 |
| 281 | Bill Sabatino | DL | 23935 |
| 282 | Chip Barrett | DB | 24005 |
| 283 | Nate Shaw | DB | 24015 |
| 284 | Dan Archer | OL | 24103 |
| 285 | Tim Casey | LB | 24219 |
| 286 | Jim Mankins | RB | 24279 |
| 287 | Don Bandy | OL | 24298 |
| 288 | Glen Schapansky | OL | 24406 |
| 289 | Bob Kruse | OL | 24621 |
| 290 | Randy Winkler | OL | 24671 |
| 291 | Lou Andrus | LB | 24710 |
| 292 | Mack Lamb | DB | 24724 |
| 293 | Tom Cassese | DB | 24982 |
| 294 | John McCambridge | DL | 25175 |
| 295 | Jack Pyburn | OL | 25362 |
| 296 | Lance Fletcher | DL | 25380 |
| 297 | Tony King | DB | 25490 |
| 298 | Bobby Post | DB | 25698 |
| 299 | Tommy Luke | DB | 25699 |
| 300 | John Foruria | DB | 25867 |
| 301 | Don Parker | OL | 26027 |
| 302 | Jerry Bradley | DB | 26215 |
| 303 | J.B. Christian | OL | 26875 |
| 304 | Tom R. Harmon | OL | 27053 |
| 305 | Bob Storey | RB | 27558 |
| 306 | Harold Akin | OL | 27613 |
| 307 | Rod Woodward (PR) | PR | 27797 |
| 308 | Phil Sobocinski | OL | 28207 |
| 309 | Corey Colehour | QB | 28437 |
| 310 | Art Froese | LB | 28529 |
| 311 | George Harvey | OL | 28595 |
| 312 | Roger Murphy | E | 28681 |
| 313 | Roger Bonk | OL | 28958 |
| 314 | Dewey Czupka | LB | 29162 |
| 315 | Bill Bufton | DL | 29216 |
| 316 | Jerry Bradley (PR) | PR | 29667 |
| 317 | Bob Howard (TE) | TE | 29752 |
| 318 | Bob Hall | DB | 30434 |
| 319 | Ted Gerela | DB | 30460 |
| 320 | Ron McCall | LB | 30568 |
| 321 | Jim Long | LB | 31070 |
| 322 | Don Vallery | DB | 31579 |
| 323 | Tom Machan | DL | 31854 |
| 324 | Bob Trygstad | DL | 31858 |
| 325 | Skip Diaz | LB | 31957 |
| 326 | Robbie Campbell | DB | 32292 |
| 327 | Bobby Morgan | DB | 32644 |
| 328 | Ben Woodson | RB | 33051 |
| 329 | Ernie Kuzyk (K) | K | 33481 |
| 330 | Vidal Carlin | QB | 33482 |
| 331 | Joe Lewallen | DL | 33633 |
| 332 | Ronnie Parson | DL | 33634 |
| 333 | Gene Lakusiak (K) | K | 33755 |
| 334 | Ronnie Parson (K) | K | 34029 |
| 335 | Ted Gerela (P) | P | 34144 |
| 336 | Tim Lavens | LB | 35027 |
| 337 | Mike Law (PR) | PR | 35039 |
| 338 | Jim Greth | E | 35066 |
| 339 | Ron Kirkland | RB | 35266 |
| 340 | Andy Walton | RB | 35387 |
| 341 | Mack Lamb (KR) | KR | 35571 |
| 342 | Bob Storey (PR) | PR | 35664 |
| 343 | Gord Lund | RB | 35687 |
| 344 | Ross Gwinn | OL | 36026 |
| 345 | Ernie Kuzyk | E | 36052 |
| 346 | Jerry Bradley (KR) | KR | 36129 |
| 347 | Fritz Greenlee | WR | 36149 |
| 348 | Bobby Duncum | OL | 36217 |
| 349 | George Brajcich | OL | 36239 |
| 350 | Leroy Sledge (KR) | KR | 36503 |
| 351 | Bill Seman | OL | 36533 |
| 352 | Ed Marcontell | OL | 36534 |
| 353 | Andy Walton (KR) | KR | 36661 |
| 354 | Ben Woodson (KR) | KR | 36662 |
| 355 | Jessie Kaye | QB | 36747 |
| 356 | John Williams (PR) | PR | 36909 |
| 357 | Lance Fletcher (PR) | PR | 37355 |
| 358 | George Stetter | DB | 37613 |
| 359 | Ian MacDonald | DL | 37930 |
| 360 | Jerry West | DL | 38241 |
| 361 | Ralph Schoenfeld | DB | 39055 |
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