1962 American Football League draft

The 1962 American Football League draft was held on December 2, 1961 for rounds 1-25 and February 23, 1962 for rounds 26-28. Rounds 29-34 included players drafted by the NFL in 1961 and occurred before the 1962 AFL draft. With the first overall pick, the Oakland Raiders selected quarterback Roman Gabriel.

In addition to the normal draft, the AFL held an "equalization draft" on August 15th, in which teams were able to draft players off the rosters of other teams - or their own. The two lowest-ranking teams, Oakland and Denver, were allowed to select up to 6 players and the other six were allowed to select up to 4.

Player selections = Pro Bowler= AFL All-Star= Hall of Famer

Round 1 Pick # AFL team Player Position College 1 Oakland Raiders Roman Gabriel QB NC State 2 Denver Broncos Merlin Olsen DT Utah State 3 Dallas Texans Ronnie Bull RB Baylor 4 Buffalo Bills Ernie Davis HB Syracuse 5 New York Titans Sandy Stephens QB Minnesota 6 Boston Patriots Gary Collins FL Maryland 7 Houston Oilers Ray Jacobs DT Howard Payne 8 San Diego Chargers Bob Ferguson FB Ohio State

Round 2 Pick # AFL team Player Position College 9 Oakland Raiders Lance Alworth FL Arkansas 10 Denver Broncos Jerry Hillebrand LB Colorado 11 Dallas Texans Bill Miller SE Miami (FL) 12 Buffalo Bills Glenn Glass DB Tennessee 13 New York Titans Alex Kroll OT Rutgers 14 Boston Patriots Leroy Jackson HB Western Illinois 15 Houston Oilers Earl Gros FB LSU 16 San Diego Chargers Dick Hudson OT Memphis State

Round 3 Pick # AFL team Player Position College 17 Oakland Raiders Ed Pine LB Utah 18 Denver Broncos Charles Holmes FB Maryland State 19 Dallas Texans Eddie Wilson QB Arizona 20 Buffalo Bills Jack Elwell WR Purdue 21 New York Titans Fate Echols OT Northwestern 22 Boston Patriots Sherwyn Thorson G Iowa 23 Houston Oilers Pete Case G Georgia 24 San Diego Chargers John Hadl QB Kansas

Round 4 Pick # AFL team Player Position College 25 Oakland Raiders John Meyers DT Washington 26 Denver Broncos John Furman QB Texas Western 27 Dallas Texans Chuck Hinton DT North Carolina Central 28 Dallas Texans Irv Goode G Kentucky 29 New York Titans Ed Blaine G Missouri 30 Houston Oilers Gary Cutsinger DE Oklahoma State 31 San Diego Chargers Bob Bill OT Notre Dame 32 San Diego Chargers Mack Burton HB San José State

Round 5 Pick # AFL team Player Position College 33 Oakland Raiders Joe Hernandez WR Arizona 34 San Diego Chargers Robert Mitinger LB Penn State 35 Dallas Texans Bobby Plummer OT TCU 36 Buffalo Bills Tom Dellinger HB NC State 37 New York Titans Bobby Ply DB Baylor 38 Boston Patriots Bill Hull DE Wake Forest 39 Houston Oilers Bill Rice E Alabama 40 San Diego Chargers John Cornett OT Rice

Round 6 Pick # AFL team Player Position College 41 Oakland Raiders Dan Birdwell DT Houston 42 San Diego Chargers Roy Winston LB LSU 43 Dallas Texans Al Hinton E Iowa 44 Buffalo Bills Dave Viti E Boston University 45 New York Titans Mel Melin QB Washington State 46 Boston Patriots Billy Neighbors G Alabama 47 Houston Oilers Ray Pinion G TCU 48 San Diego Chargers Frank Buncom LB USC

Round 7 Pick # AFL team Player Position College 49 Oakland Raiders Jim Norris DT Houston 50 Denver Broncos John McGeever CB Auburn 51 San Diego Chargers Wendell Harris CB LSU 52 Buffalo Bills Jim LeCompte G North Carolina 53 New York Titans George Mans E Michigan 54 Boston Patriots John Schopf OT Michigan 55 Houston Oilers Gus Gonzales G Tulane 56 San Diego Chargers Bob Jackson FB New Mexico State

Round 8 Pick # AFL team Player Position College 57 Oakland Raiders Ferrell Yarborough E Northwestern State 58 Denver Broncos Elbert Harris HB Southeastern Louisiana 59 Dallas Texans Larry Bowie G Purdue 60 Buffalo Bills Paul White HB Florida 61 New York Titans John Lomakowski OT Western Michigan 62 Boston Patriots Bennie McRae CB Michigan 63 Houston Oilers Clyde Brock OT Utah State 64 San Diego Chargers Jerry Robinson FL Grambling

Round 9 Pick # AFL team Player Position College 65 Oakland Raiders Jim Dillard HB Oklahoma State 66 Denver Broncos Larry Jepson C Furman 67 Dallas Texans Marshall Shirk OT UCLA 68 Buffalo Bills Bill Saul LB Penn State 69 New York Titans Gary Barnes WR Clemson 70 Boston Patriots Bill Triplett RB Miami (OH) 71 Houston Oilers Larry Onesti LB Northwestern 72 San Diego Chargers Tom Minter DB Baylor

Round 10 Pick # AFL team Player Position College 73 Oakland Raiders Hank Rivera DB Oregon State 74 Denver Broncos Gale Weidner QB Colorado 75 Dallas Texans Jimmy Saxton HB Texas 76 Buffalo Bills Amos Bullocks HB Southern Illinois 77 New York Titans Ted Stute OT Ohio 78 Boston Patriots John Knight HB Valparaiso 79 Houston Oilers Bob Moses E Texas 80 San Diego Chargers Dan Sullivan G Boston College

Round 11 Pick # AFL team Player Position College 81 Dallas Texans Bobby Hunt S Auburn 82 Denver Broncos Mike Kline G Oregon State 83 Dallas Texans Guy Reese DT SMU 84 Buffalo Bills Jerry Croft G Bowling Green 85 New York Titans Curtis Miranda C Florida A&M 86 Buffalo Bills Tom Pennington E / K Georgia 87 Houston Oilers John Thomas G McMurry 88 San Diego Chargers Sonny Bishop G Fresno State

Round 12 Pick # AFL team Player Position College 89 Oakland Raiders Jim Skaggs G Washington 90 New York Titans Bill Winter OT West Virginia 91 Dallas Texans Bobby Thompson DB Arizona 92 Oakland Raiders Gary Schwertfeger LB Montana 93 San Diego Chargers Ralph Smith TE Ole Miss 94 Oakland Raiders Oscar Donahue WR San José State 95 Houston Oilers Jack Collins HB Texas 96 San Diego Chargers George Andrie DE Marquette

Round 13 Pick # AFL team Player Position College 97 Oakland Raiders George Pierovich FB California 98 Denver Broncos Bob Cegelski C Montana State 99 Buffalo Bills Ron Gassert DT Virginia 100 Buffalo Bills Mike Stratton LB Tennessee 101 New York Titans Wilburn Hollis QB Iowa 102 Boston Patriots Nick Buoniconti LB Notre Dame 103 Houston Oilers Royce Cassell E New Mexico State 104 San Diego Chargers Chuck Bryant E Ohio State

Round 14 Pick # AFL team Player Position College 105 Oakland Raiders Bert Coan HB Kansas 106 Denver Broncos Sonny Gibbs QB TCU 107 Dallas Texans Bookie Bolin G Ole Miss 108 Buffalo Bills Ron Scufca OT Purdue 109 New York Titans Bert Wilder DE NC State 110 Boston Patriots Chuck Sieminski DT Penn State 111 Houston Oilers Glynn Griffing QB Ole Miss 112 San Diego Chargers Jim Bates HB USC

Round 15 Pick # AFL team Player Position College 113 Oakland Raiders Floyd Dean LB Florida 114 Denver Broncos Bill Louden G St. Benedict's (KS) 115 Dallas Texans Dave Graham OT Virginia 116 Buffalo Bills Roger Kochman HB Penn State 117 New York Titans Sam Mudie HB Rutgers 118 Boston Patriots Gerry Goerlitz C Northern Michigan 119 Houston Oilers Ken Shaffer OT Marquette 120 San Diego Chargers Fred Moore DT Memphis State

Round 16 Pick # AFL team Player Position College 121 Oakland Raiders Pat Russ DT Purdue 122 Denver Broncos Gary Ballman FL Michigan State 123 Dallas Texans Pettis Norman TE Johnson C. Smith 124 Buffalo Bills Frank Imperiale OT Southern Illinois 125 New York Titans Jim Smith OT Penn State 126 Boston Patriots Ken Byers G Cincinnati 127 Houston Oilers Billy Ray Adams FB Ole Miss

Round 17 Pick # AFL team Player Position College 129 Oakland Raiders Larry Ferguson HB Iowa 130 Denver Broncos Jerry Tarr WR Oregon 131 Dallas Texans Tommy Brooker E Alabama 132 Buffalo Bills Tom Sestak DT McNeese State 133 New York Titans Allen Miller LB Ohio 134 Boston Patriots Scott Maentz E Michigan 135 Houston Oilers Bill Miller DT New Mexico Highlands 136 San Diego Chargers Frank Gardner OT North Carolina Central

Round 18 Pick # AFL team Player Position College 137 Oakland Raiders Jim Vollenweider HB Miami (FL) 138 Denver Broncos Pete Schenck E Washington State 139 Dallas Texans Joe Carollo OT Notre Dame 140 Buffalo Bills Joe Kehoe E Virginia 141 New York Titans Buddy Iles E TCU 142 Boston Patriots Tom Chandler OT Florida A&M 143 Houston Oilers Art Perkins FB North Texas State 144 San Diego Chargers Dennis Biodrowski G Memphis State

Round 19 Pick # AFL team Player Position College 145 Oakland Raiders Dennis Spurlock QB Whitworth 146 Oakland Raiders Kent Horne OT BYU 147 Dallas Texans Lee Welch HB Mississippi State 148 Buffalo Bills Bill Johnson LB Southeastern Louisiana 149 New York Titans Reed Bohovich G Lehigh 150 Boston Patriots Ron Meyers E Villanova 151 Houston Oilers Bobby Jancik CB Lamar Tech

Round 20 Pick # AFL team Player Position College 153 Oakland Raiders John Sutro OT San José State 154 Denver Broncos Mike Martin E Washington State 155 Dallas Texans Mike Semcheski G Lehigh 156 Buffalo Bills Sam Tidmore LB Ohio State 157 New York Titans Judge Dickson FB Minnesota 158 Boston Patriots Tommy Neck DB LSU 159 Houston Oilers Joe Isbell G Houston 160 San Diego Chargers Ron Herman QB Bradley

Round 21 Pick # AFL team Player Position College 161 Oakland Raiders Bill Tunnicliff FB Michigan 162 Denver Broncos Jim Perkins OT Colorado 163 Dallas Texans Kent Martin OT Wake Forest 164 Buffalo Bills Carey Henley HB Chattanooga 165 New York Titans Ron Hatcher FB Michigan State 166 Boston Patriots John Traynham HB VMI 167 Houston Oilers Roland Jackson FB Rice 168 San Diego Chargers Jesse Williams C Fresno State

Round 22 Pick # AFL team Player Position College 169 Oakland Raiders Jim Cadile G San José State 170 Denver Broncos Don Kasso HB Oregon State 171 Dallas Texans Jim Bernhardt OT Linfield 172 Buffalo Bills Tom Hall WR Minnesota 173 New York Titans Tom Nolan OT Pennsylvania Military 174 Boston Patriots Bob Asack OT Columbia 175 Houston Oilers Kenny Bolin HB Houston 176 San Diego Chargers Jim Thibert LB Toledo

Round 23 Pick # AFL team Player Position College 177 Oakland Raiders Elvin Basham G Kansas 178 Denver Broncos Ken Tureaud HB Michigan 179 Dallas Texans Russ Foret OT Georgia Tech 180 Buffalo Bills Ray Abruzzese S Alabama 181 New York Titans John Kuprok E Pittsburgh 182 Boston Patriots Walt Crate HB Pennsylvania Military 183 Houston Oilers Bill Van Buren C Iowa 184 San Diego Chargers Dick Farris G North Texas State

Round 24 Pick # AFL team Player Position College 185 Oakland Raiders Mickey Bruce HB Oregon 186 Denver Broncos Neil Thomas G Hillsdale 187 Dallas Texans Pat Trammell QB Alabama 188 Buffalo Bills Stan Sczurek LB Purdue 189 New York Titans Johnny Counts HB Illinois 190 Boston Patriots Don Christman C Richmond 191 Houston Oilers Boyd Melvin OT Northwestern 192 San Diego Chargers Homer Jones HB Texas Southern

Round 25 Pick # AFL team Player Position College 193 Oakland Raiders Tom Cagaanan HB Utah State 194 Denver Broncos Dave Edwards LB Auburn 195 Dallas Texans John Burrell WR Rice 196 Buffalo Bills Dave Gash E Kentucky 197 New York Titans Russ Warren HB Columbia 198 Boston Patriots Bob Stem C Syracuse 199 Houston Oilers Bob Johnson OT Rice 200 San Diego Chargers Sam Gruneisen C Villanova

Round 26 Pick # AFL team Player Position College 201 Oakland Raiders Fred Miller DT LSU 202 Denver Broncos Jim Roberts OT Ole Miss 203 Dallas Texans Walt Rappold QB Duke 204 Buffalo Bills Ed Reynolds OT Tulane 205 New York Titans Chuck Morris HB Ole Miss 206 Boston Patriots Jimmy Field QB LSU 207 Houston Oilers Harold Hays LB Mississippi Southern 208 San Diego Chargers Mike Woulfe LB Colorado

Round 27 Pick # AFL team Player Position College 209 Oakland Raiders Keith Luhnow FB Santa Ana 210 Denver Broncos Andy Von Sonn LB UCLA 211 Dallas Texans Scott Tyler HB Miami (OH) 212 Buffalo Bills Claude Crabb CB Colorado 213 New York Titans Jerry Archer C Pittsburg State 214 Boston Patriots Albert Gursky LB Penn State 215 Houston Oilers Roger McFarland HB Kansas 216 San Diego Chargers Mel Rideout QB Richmond

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