Players are identified as a All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star team at any time in their career. It should have remained second down due to the Bears accepting the penalty on the Rams, but the referees forgot to reset the down marker. Jets had pick #18 in this round, however Bears appear to have passed at #16 - #18 allowing Jets to move up from #18 to #17 and Cowboys to move up from #19 to #18. They appeared headed for a similar showdown in 1968 (they were scheduled to face each other in the season finale in L.A.), as the Rams entered week 13 with a 10-1-1 record while the Colts were 11-1-0. Home Teams Players Coaches Drafts Awards Leaders Contact. This article will be permanently flagged as inappropriate and made unaccessible to everyone. 1968 NFL Draft History - Round 1 MyNFLDraft.com brings you round-by-round NFL Draft History dating back to 1967. No major player transactions happened in the offseason, although the team would draft Notre Dame running back Rocky Bleier with their last pick (16th round) in the 1968 draft. Do you have a blog? We present them here for purely educational purposes. Subscribe to our Free Newsletter, This Month in Sports ReferenceFind out when we add a feature or make a change. The Eastern Conference was split into the Capitol and Century Divisions, and the Western Conference had the Coastal and Central Divisions. on 1967-10-25, Traded • John Brown to Steelers for • 1968 third round pick (#64-Harry Olszewski) • 1968 tenth round pick (#255-James Greer) on 1967-08-03, Traded • Dave Kopay to Lions for • 1968 third round pick (#65-Lance Olssen) • 1969 fourth round pick (#86-Jim Sniadecki) on 1968-01-30, Traded • Jim Ninowski to Redskins for • Dick Shiner • 1968 third round pick (#66-Reece Morrison) on 1967-08-08, Traded • 1967 fourth round pick (#105-Andy Bowling) to Cardinals for • 1968 third round pick (#67-Billy Stevens) on 1967-03-14 [per Milwaukee Journal], third round pick Bill Stevens "from St. Louis Cardinals for Fred Heron" per Packers media guide, third round #12 Billy Stevens "Green Bay from St. Louis" per AP, Traded • Austin Denney • Mac Percival to Bears for • 1968 third round pick (#71-Ed Harmon) on 1967-09-06, Traded • Jon Brittenum to Chargers for • 1968 third round pick (#73-Dick Anderson) on 1967-12-03, Traded • George Youngblood to Browns for • 1968 third round pick (#74-Charlie Sanders) on 1967-08-28, Traded • Wendell Hayes • Goldie Sellers to Chiefs for • 1968 third round pick (#75-Bob Vaughn / Bob Vaughan) • 1968 fourth round pick (#102-Drake Garrett) • player to be named later (?) Lane was the 13th overall selection of the 1968 NFL/AFL Draft, taken by the St. Louis Cardinals. Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career. As such, only one team in a division would be the division winner, even if the won-lost record was the same.

He played college football at the University of Southern California and was one of five USC Trojans players taken in the first round of the 1968 NFL Draft after his senior year. In addition, they received the sixth round picks from all existing AFL teams except the Dolphins (the Bengals received the Broncos fifth round pick instead of their sixth round pick because the Broncos had previously traded their sixth round pick). All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Moses was selected ninth overall in the 1968 NFL/AFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills of the AFL. Traded • Dick Compton to Steelers for • 1968 sixth round pick (#147-Joe Wynns) on 1899-12-30, sixth round #9 Joe Wynns "Atlanta from Pittsburgh" per AP, Joe Wynns pick "from Pittsburgh" per Falcons media guide, Traded • Vince Costello to Giants for • 1968 sixth round pick (#152-Nathan James) on 1967-09-11, Traded • Ron Duncan to Browns for • 1968 sixth round pick (#157-Dave Martin) on 1967-09-11, Traded • Alex Hawkins to Colts for • 1968 sixth round pick (#162-Rick Eber) on 1967-04-05, Traded • Ron VanderKelen to Falcons for • 1968 seventh round pick (probably #167-Oscar Reed) • 1969 draft pick (possibly #106-Jim Barnes) on 1968-01-30, seventh round #167 Oscar Reed "choice from Atlanta" per Vikings media guide, seventh round "choice traded to Minnesota" per Falcons media guide, seventh round #2 Oscar Reed "Minnesota from Atlanta" per AP, seventh round #3 John Harper "Oakland from Denver" per AP, seventh round #10 Gene Howard "New Orleans from Detroit" per AP, Lions seventh round pick "Choice to NO" per Lions media guide, #175 Eugene Howard "choice acquired from Detroit" per Saints media guide, Rams seventh round "choice to Pittsburgh" per Rams media guide/web site, seventh round #24 Bill Glennon "Pittsburgh from Los Angeles" per AP, Traded • Archie Roberts to Dolphins for • 1968 eighth round pick (#200-Bob Taylor) on 1967-09-26, Traded • Ed Weisacosky to Giants for • draft pick (possibly #206-Charley Brown) on 1967-08-28, "Choice from N.Y. Giants" per 49ers web site, Giants eighth round pick "to San Francisco" per Giants media guide, eighth round #14 Charley Brown "San Francisco from New York Giants" per AP, "acquired from Houston for rights to Rich Marshall" per Jets web site, pick #214 traded to Jets per Titans media guide, eighth round #22 Karl Henke "New York Jets from Houston" per AP, Traded • Dave Kocourek to Raiders for • 1968 eighth round pick (#217-Randall Edmonds) on 1967-09-05, Traded • Don Trull to Patriots for • 1968 ninth round pick (#224-Bob Robertson) on 1967-10-14.

Oilers had pick #22 in this round, however Cowboys appear to have passed at #21 allowing Oilers to move up from #22 to #21 and dropping Cowboys from #21 to #22. Excessive Violence          Sexual Content Raiders had pick #25 in this round, however they passed at #25 allowing Packers to move up from #26 to #25.