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The Top Ranked Football Players by Rookie Year-1969
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 | Roger Staubach | QB | 20 |
| 2 | Ted Hendricks | LB | 30 |
| 3 | Mean Joe Greene | DL | 60 |
| 4 | Roger Wehrli | DB | 129 |
| 5 | Bill Bergey | LB | 167 |
| 6 | O.J. Simpson | RB | 206 |
| 7 | Gene A. Washington | WR | 388 |
| 8 | Larry Brown Jr. | RB | 402 |
| 9 | L.C. Greenwood | DL | 412 |
| 10 | Charlie Joiner | WR | 417 |
| 11 | Bill Thompson | DB | 516 |
| 12 | Calvin Hill | RB | 618 |
| 13 | George Kunz | OL | 646 |
| 14 | Bill Stanfill | DL | 653 |
| 15 | Ken Riley | DB | 785 |
| 16 | Robert James | DB | 837 |
| 17 | Jim R. Mitchell | TE | 912 |
| 18 | Ed White | OL | 969 |
| 19 | Ron A. Johnson | RB | 1008 |
| 20 | Jeff Van Note | OL | 1098 |
| 21 | Fred Dryer | DL | 1157 |
| 22 | Jon Kolb | OL | 1294 |
| 23 | Mercury Morris | RB | 1408 |
| 24 | Ed Podolak | RB | 1433 |
| 25 | Bill Bradley | DB | 1521 |
| 26 | John Zook | DL | 1721 |
| 27 | Altie Taylor | RB | 1855 |
| 28 | Roy Gerela (K) | K | 1856 |
| 29 | Ted Kwalick | TE | 1940 |
| 30 | George Buehler | OL | 2028 |
| 31 | James Harris | QB | 2056 |
| 32 | Larry Walton | WR | 2069 |
| 33 | Carl Garrett | RB | 2090 |
| 34 | Bob Klein | TE | 2234 |
| 35 | Dave Hampton | RB | 2245 |
| 36 | Tom Dempsey | K | 2265 |
| 37 | Horst Muhlmann | K | 2386 |
| 38 | Don Herrmann | WR | 2442 |
| 39 | Skip Vanderbundt | LB | 2605 |
| 40 | Nate Wright | DB | 2843 |
| 41 | Carl Mauck | OL | 2882 |
| 42 | Larry Smith | RB | 3028 |
| 43 | Jim Marsalis | DB | 3094 |
| 44 | Frenchy Fuqua | RB | 3248 |
| 45 | Harold McLinton | LB | 3347 |
| 46 | Ron Pritchard | LB | 3584 |
| 47 | Dave Foley | OL | 3627 |
| 48 | Carl Garrett (KR) | KR | 3644 |
| 49 | Bobby Douglass | QB | 3771 |
| 50 | Pat Curran | TE | 3960 |
| 51 | Richard Neal | DL | 3970 |
| 52 | Curt Knight | K | 4046 |
| 53 | Bruce Coslet | TE | 4051 |
| 54 | Bill Thompson (PR) | PR | 4121 |
| 55 | Bob Lee | QB | 4123 |
| 56 | Jim Bailey | DL | 4156 |
| 57 | Art Thoms | DL | 4211 |
| 58 | Mike Montler | OL | 4255 |
| 59 | Steve Preece | DB | 4267 |
| 60 | Royce Berry | DL | 4268 |
| 61 | Marty Domres | QB | 4283 |
| 62 | Rufus Mayes | OL | 4428 |
| 63 | Eddie Hinton | WR | 4464 |
| 64 | Fair Hooker | WR | 4582 |
| 65 | John Outlaw | DB | 4591 |
| 66 | Jerry LeVias | WR | 4805 |
| 67 | Larry Watkins | RB | 4853 |
| 68 | Lloyd Mumphord | DB | 4981 |
| 69 | Wade Key | OL | 5126 |
| 70 | Ron Sellers | WR | 5386 |
| 71 | Joe Owens | DL | 5399 |
| 72 | Roger Finnie | OL | 5506 |
| 73 | Elbert Drungo | OL | 5584 |
| 74 | Morris Stroud | TE | 5677 |
| 75 | Chip Glass | TE | 5700 |
| 76 | Steve O'Neal | P | 5822 |
| 77 | Sam Havrilak | WR | 5972 |
| 78 | Jimmy Thomas | RB | 6081 |
| 79 | Bill Bradley (PR) | PR | 6094 |
| 80 | Bob Adams | TE | 6137 |
| 81 | Walt Sumner | DB | 6171 |
| 82 | Rich Houston | WR | 6207 |
| 83 | Ed Podolak (PR) | PR | 6255 |
| 84 | Jim Yarbrough | OL | 6607 |
| 85 | Bob Heinz | DL | 6610 |
| 86 | Terry Hanratty | QB | 6745 |
| 87 | Mercury Morris (KR) | KR | 6762 |
| 88 | Wayne Mulligan | OL | 7180 |
| 89 | Bob Stein | LB | 7223 |
| 90 | Mal Snider | OL | 7359 |
| 91 | Warren Bankston | RB | 7361 |
| 92 | Perry A. Williams | RB | 7439 |
| 93 | Rich Coady III | OL | 7521 |
| 94 | Terry Brown | DB | 7648 |
| 95 | Dick Enderle | OL | 7657 |
| 96 | Al Woodall | QB | 7737 |
| 97 | Speedy Thomas | WR | 7800 |
| 98 | Leroy Keyes | DB | 8370 |
| 99 | John Didion | OL | 8433 |
| 100 | Bill Bradley (P) | P | 8453 |
| 101 | Greg Cook | QB | 8461 |
| 102 | Dave Hampton (KR) | KR | 8585 |
| 103 | Ken Criter | LB | 8631 |
| 104 | Jerry LeVias (PR) | PR | 8660 |
| 105 | Jerry LeVias (KR) | KR | 8940 |
| 106 | Clarence Scott | DB | 8966 |
| 107 | John Shinners | OL | 9370 |
| 108 | Wayne Stewart | TE | 9456 |
| 109 | Jim Sniadecki | LB | 9660 |
| 110 | Tommy Maxwell | DB | 9903 |
| 111 | Rolf Krueger | DL | 9910 |
| 112 | John Spilis | WR | 10080 |
| 113 | Carl Garrett (PR) | PR | 10238 |
| 114 | Hugo Hollas | DB | 10268 |
| 115 | Craig Cotton | TE | 10329 |
| 116 | Brian Stenger | LB | 10363 |
| 117 | Richmond Flowers | DB | 10505 |
| 118 | Guy Dennis | OL | 10948 |
| 119 | George Nock | RB | 10949 |
| 120 | Mike Battle (PR) | PR | 11116 |
| 121 | Mike Battle (KR) | KR | 11120 |
| 122 | Ernie Calloway | DL | 11145 |
| 123 | Bill Enyart | RB | 11248 |
| 124 | Rudy Redmond | DB | 11274 |
| 125 | Karl Kremser | K | 11746 |
| 126 | Dan Goich | DL | 11875 |
| 127 | Bob Lee (P) | P | 12068 |
| 128 | Edd Hargett | QB | 12088 |
| 129 | Jesse Powell | LB | 12122 |
| 130 | Jim Weatherford | DB | 12145 |
| 131 | Paul Gipson | RB | 12505 |
| 132 | Clem Turner | RB | 12659 |
| 133 | Bill Thompson (KR) | KR | 12681 |
| 134 | Tom McCauley (PR) | PR | 12682 |
| 135 | Drew Buie | WR | 12765 |
| 136 | Mike D. Wilson | OL | 12902 |
| 137 | Mercury Morris (PR) | PR | 12978 |
| 138 | Willie Grate | TE | 13014 |
| 139 | Halvor Hagen | OL | 13037 |
| 140 | George Hoey | DB | 13055 |
| 141 | Otto Brown | DB | 13189 |
| 142 | Johnny Peacock | DB | 13218 |
| 143 | Mike Schnitker | OL | 13324 |
| 144 | Bubba Thornton (KR) | KR | 13383 |
| 145 | Roy Gerela (P) | P | 13705 |
| 146 | Bill Hobbs | LB | 13729 |
| 147 | O.J. Simpson (KR) | KR | 13802 |
| 148 | Rich Houston (KR) | KR | 13927 |
| 149 | Wandy Williams (KR) | KR | 13928 |
| 150 | Dave Jones | WR | 14039 |
| 151 | Bob Campbell (PR) | PR | 14209 |
| 152 | Rocky Rasley | OL | 14419 |
| 153 | Waddey Harvey | DL | 14425 |
| 154 | Mike W. Richardson | RB | 14448 |
| 155 | Roland Moss | TE | 14484 |
| 156 | Tom Longo | DB | 14548 |
| 157 | Ken Riley (KR) | KR | 14728 |
| 158 | Roger Wehrli (PR) | PR | 14729 |
| 159 | Cal Snowden | DL | 14809 |
| 160 | Thomas Stincic | LB | 14818 |
| 161 | Sam Havrilak (PR) | PR | 14995 |
| 162 | Bob Gladieux | RB | 15114 |
| 163 | Bill Hayhoe | OL | 15124 |
| 164 | George Burrell | DB | 15162 |
| 165 | Bill Bradley (KR) | KR | 15297 |
| 166 | Ed Podolak (KR) | KR | 15694 |
| 167 | Terry Brown (KR) | KR | 15695 |
| 168 | Mike Simpson | DB | 15725 |
| 169 | Grady Cavness | DB | 15790 |
| 170 | Bob Campbell (KR) | KR | 15815 |
| 171 | Erwin Williams | WR | 15816 |
| 172 | Frenchy Fuqua (KR) | KR | 15959 |
| 173 | Ross Montgomery | RB | 15981 |
| 174 | Ken Vinyard | K | 16084 |
| 175 | Lloyd Pate | RB | 16085 |
| 176 | Claxton Welch | RB | 16249 |
| 177 | Frenchy Fuqua (PR) | PR | 16327 |
| 178 | Momcilo Gavric | K | 16328 |
| 179 | Bob Campbell | WR | 16582 |
| 180 | Chip Healy | LB | 16658 |
| 181 | Frank Quayle | RB | 16817 |
| 182 | Al Jenkins | OL | 16903 |
| 183 | Altie Taylor (KR) | KR | 16932 |
| 184 | Jim Seymour | WR | 17098 |
| 185 | John Helton | DL | 17237 |
| 186 | Kent Lawrence | WR | 17560 |
| 187 | Rich Moore | DL | 17622 |
| 188 | Chuck Pastrana | QB | 17799 |
| 189 | John Embree | WR | 17853 |
| 190 | Gene Ferguson | OL | 17869 |
| 191 | Dale McCullers | LB | 18200 |
| 192 | Tom McCauley | DB | 18260 |
| 193 | Chuck Detwiler | DB | 18289 |
| 194 | Ted Cottrell | LB | 18351 |
| 195 | Al Brenner | DB | 18374 |
| 196 | Paul Williams (1947) | DB | 18391 |
| 197 | Mike McCaffrey | LB | 18427 |
| 198 | Jimmie L. Jones | DL | 18498 |
| 199 | John F. Hoffman | DL | 18537 |
| 200 | Jim Mertens | TE | 18558 |
| 201 | Tommy Boutwell | WR | 18691 |
| 202 | Jim Heighton | DL | 18759 |
| 203 | Sonny Wade | QB | 18843 |
| 204 | Wayne Smith (DL) | DL | 18909 |
| 205 | Chuck Beatty | DB | 19187 |
| 206 | Steve Molnar | RB | 19241 |
| 207 | Rob McLaren | LB | 19298 |
| 208 | Tom Buckman | TE | 19332 |
| 209 | Wandy Williams | RB | 19333 |
| 210 | Ray Watrin | OL | 19362 |
| 211 | Rich Johnson | RB | 19450 |
| 212 | Noel Jenke | LB | 19508 |
| 213 | Jackie Allen | DB | 19531 |
| 214 | Craig Koinzan | DL | 19767 |
| 215 | Gary Robinson | DL | 19863 |
| 216 | Garrett Hunsperger | DL | 19901 |
| 217 | Roger Scales | OL | 20004 |
| 218 | Bob Naponic | QB | 20058 |
| 219 | Joe Critchlow | DL | 20077 |
| 220 | Dave Cutler (K) | K | 20082 |
| 221 | Dick Wesolowski | RB | 20203 |
| 222 | Jim Thorpe (WR) | WR | 20366 |
| 223 | Julian Nunamaker | DL | 20412 |
| 224 | Angelo Loukas | OL | 20759 |
| 225 | Butch Riley | LB | 20760 |
| 226 | Jerald Collins | LB | 20761 |
| 227 | Ray Hickl | LB | 20762 |
| 228 | Tim Buchanan | LB | 20763 |
| 229 | Clarence Washington | DL | 20835 |
| 230 | Ron Sayers | RB | 20877 |
| 231 | Joe Righetti | DL | 21333 |
| 232 | Mike Battle | DB | 21490 |
| 233 | Dave Hale | DL | 21510 |
| 234 | Dave Easley | DB | 21590 |
| 235 | Bob Oliver | DL | 21915 |
| 236 | Norm McBride | DL | 21916 |
| 237 | Loyd Wainscott | LB | 21943 |
| 238 | Freddie Summers | DB | 21957 |
| 239 | Barry Pryor | RB | 21993 |
| 240 | Harold Rice | DL | 21994 |
| 241 | Vern Vanoy | DL | 22042 |
| 242 | Clancy Oliver | DB | 22228 |
| 243 | John Guillory | DB | 22419 |
| 244 | Gene Moore (RB) | RB | 22623 |
| 245 | Bob Houmard | RB | 22832 |
| 246 | John Kruspe | DB | 23084 |
| 247 | Bubba Thornton | WR | 23438 |
| 248 | Hank Autry | OL | 23671 |
| 249 | Doug Fisher | LB | 23723 |
| 250 | Dave Golinsky | OL | 23922 |
| 251 | Cecil Leonard | DB | 24052 |
| 252 | Mike Richey | OL | 24166 |
| 253 | Jay Johnson | LB | 24378 |
| 254 | Chuck Reynolds | OL | 24381 |
| 255 | Dan Sartin | DL | 24410 |
| 256 | Dean Brown | DB | 24417 |
| 257 | Doug Strong | DB | 24423 |
| 258 | Brian Dowling | QB | 24424 |
| 259 | Ward Smith | DB | 24488 |
| 260 | Terry Swarn | WR | 24550 |
| 261 | Bubba Wyche | QB | 24595 |
| 262 | Glenn Woods | DL | 24777 |
| 263 | Rick Shaw | WR | 24787 |
| 264 | Mike W. Richardson (PR) | PR | 24957 |
| 265 | John Cagle | DL | 25093 |
| 266 | Gary Crane | LB | 25213 |
| 267 | Bob Joswick | DL | 25248 |
| 268 | Jim Silye | DB | 25268 |
| 269 | Ben Mayes | DL | 25293 |
| 270 | Bob Hudspeth | DL | 25502 |
| 271 | Hilton Crawford | DB | 25559 |
| 272 | Jim Henderson | WR | 25643 |
| 273 | Willie Pearson | DB | 25695 |
| 274 | Mike Wilson (DB) | DB | 25736 |
| 275 | Don Seaman | LB | 25738 |
| 276 | Ezell Jones | OL | 25783 |
| 277 | John Boynton | OL | 25865 |
| 278 | Doug Strong (PR) | PR | 25892 |
| 279 | Jim Silye (PR) | PR | 26041 |
| 280 | Paul Williams (PR) | PR | 26187 |
| 281 | Jim Tomlin | DB | 26485 |
| 282 | Paul Williams (KR) | KR | 26497 |
| 283 | Thurmos Butler | RB | 26570 |
| 284 | Nolan Bailey | TE | 26672 |
| 285 | Al Phaneuf | DB | 26741 |
| 286 | Gary Roberts | OL | 26810 |
| 287 | Ted Warkentin | WR | 26833 |
| 288 | Al Rankin | WR | 26912 |
| 289 | Ken Frith | DL | 27148 |
| 290 | Dave Bradley | OL | 27574 |
| 291 | Steve Molnar (PR) | PR | 27674 |
| 292 | Bruce Gainer | LB | 27728 |
| 293 | Amos Van Pelt | RB | 27794 |
| 294 | Ken Phillips (P) | P | 28009 |
| 295 | Dave Malheiro | OL | 28395 |
| 296 | Don Weiss | QB | 28418 |
| 297 | Ike Brown | WR | 28815 |
| 298 | John Manel | QB | 28855 |
| 299 | Tom Nettles | WR | 29011 |
| 300 | Glen Orris | WR | 29073 |
| 301 | Don Shanklin | WR | 29388 |
| 302 | Chuck Bailey | DL | 29513 |
| 303 | Larry Kerychuk | RB | 29695 |
| 304 | Ross Richardson | OL | 29747 |
| 305 | Terry Hoeppner | DB | 29879 |
| 306 | Dave Crabbe | LB | 30748 |
| 307 | Chad Brown (1947) | DL | 31065 |
| 308 | Rex Pitts | OL | 31066 |
| 309 | Walt Mitchell | DL | 31067 |
| 310 | Ron Johnson (QB) | QB | 32030 |
| 311 | Dave Easley (PR) | PR | 32183 |
| 312 | Sam Campbell | TE | 32192 |
| 313 | Tom Whittier | WR | 32407 |
| 314 | Greg Thompson | RB | 32524 |
| 315 | Sonny Wade (P) | P | 32571 |
| 316 | Dicky Lyons | DB | 32616 |
| 317 | Dave Wray | LB | 32743 |
| 318 | Uriel Johnson | WR | 33052 |
| 319 | Jim Tomlin (KR) | KR | 33134 |
| 320 | Mickey McCarty | TE | 33239 |
| 321 | Chuck Kyle | LB | 33522 |
| 322 | Ken Phillips (K) | K | 33754 |
| 323 | Tom Johansen (K) | K | 34028 |
| 324 | George Dames | LB | 34537 |
| 325 | Jerry Warren | K | 34538 |
| 326 | Johnny Mack | LB | 34539 |
| 327 | Rocky Martin | LB | 34540 |
| 328 | Terry Black | RB | 34568 |
| 329 | Bill Hobbs (P) | P | 34695 |
| 330 | Greg Thompson (P) | P | 34696 |
| 331 | Amos Van Pelt (KR) | KR | 34928 |
| 332 | Jim Thorpe (P) | P | 34929 |
| 333 | Al Rankin (PR) | PR | 35238 |
| 334 | Thurmos Butler (KR) | KR | 35361 |
| 335 | Keith Christensen | OL | 35577 |
| 336 | Terry Ireland | DB | 35658 |
| 337 | Hank Grenda | DB | 36024 |
| 338 | Ward Smith (PR) | PR | 36035 |
| 339 | Jim Thorpe (KR) | KR | 36128 |
| 340 | Bill Rhodes | OL | 36327 |
| 341 | Karl Sneider | WR | 36336 |
| 342 | Don Shanklin (PR) | PR | 36499 |
| 343 | Doug Strong (KR) | KR | 36500 |
| 344 | Ed Hayes | DB | 36501 |
| 345 | Paul Zaeske | WR | 36502 |
| 346 | Larry Smith (KR) | KR | 36660 |
| 347 | Tom Busch | WR | 36692 |
| 348 | Mike Wilson (PR) | PR | 36907 |
| 349 | Richmond Flowers (KR) | KR | 37171 |
| 350 | Garry Grady | DB | 37354 |
| 351 | Jim Tomlin (PR) | PR | 37591 |
| 352 | Tom Krawczyk | DL | 38023 |
| 353 | Dave Cutler | DB | 38239 |
| 354 | Ken Phillips | DB | 38240 |
| 355 | Darwin Gonnerman | DB | 39124 |
| 356 | Gene Beard | DB | 39125 |
| 357 | Tom Johansen | DB | 39211 |
| 358 | Dan Eckstein | DB | 39228 |
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