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1832:Larry Brooks
1791:Duane Putnam
1785:Joe Scibelli
1743:Tank Younger
1673:Eddie Meador
1637:Merlin Olsen
1631:Deacon Jones
1577:
1566:Elroy Hirsch
1478:George Jugum
1461:Jerry Gordon
1434:
1088:
949:Pasquariello
872:
864:
811:Phil Krueger
806:Craig Fertig
791:Head coach:
775:Dennis Crane
763:
655:Eddie Hinton
645:Jim Marsalis
634:
625:Roger Wehrli
575:Marty Domres
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2016:1947 births
1826:Lamar Lundy
1779:Joe Carollo
1773:Doug France
1767:Lamar Lundy
1708:LeRoy Irvin
1655:Jack Pardee
1649:Les Richter
1643:Rosey Grier
1481:Henry Hipps
1475:Dennis Yell
1444:A.Z. Drones
1430:Jim Seymour
1425:Larry Smith
1109:Cappelletti
879:(1995–2015)
780:Bill Hayhoe
752:Mike Taylor
728:Mike Battle
716:Steve Sogge
650:Calvin Hill
630:Ron Johnson
600:Rufus Mayes
580:Jim Seymour
570:Larry Smith
565:Ted Kwalick
560:Ron Sellers
545:Leroy Keyes
540:George Kunz
357:Billy Truax
322:Los Angeles
318:USC Trojans
236:Receptions:
201:First-team
173:(1977–1979)
167:(1969–1976)
1980:Categories
1903:Tom Harmon
1856:Pat Thomas
1814:Fred Dryer
1749:Dan Towler
1737:Jon Arnett
1714:Jon Arnett
1484:Jim Thorpe
1458:Mike Foote
1448:Pat Curran
1415:selections
1134:Brudzinski
1104:Youngblood
801:Dick Coury
793:John McKay
746:Jimmy Gunn
660:Dave Foley
620:Bob Babich
595:Fred Dryer
590:Rich Moore
550:Joe Greene
481:January 8,
438:References
374:After the
367:in chilly
345:fraternity
253:Touchdowns
142:NFL draft:
78:1947-07-27
52:No. 80, 84
1909:Drew Hill
1862:Rod Perry
1755:Jack Snow
1608:Rich Saul
1578:Bob Klein
1572:Tom Fears
1560:Dick Bass
1440:John Zook
1435:Bob Klein
1269:Archuleta
1169:Dickerson
1099:Robertson
939:Wedemeyer
924:Butkovich
785:Mike Hull
764:Bob Klein
640:Art Thoms
635:Bob Klein
555:Greg Cook
451:Bob Klein
404:Dan Fouts
369:Minnesota
295:tight end
203:All-Pac-8
61:Tight end
57:Position:
43:Klein in
32:Bob Klein
1838:Don Paul
1797:Ken Iman
1596:Tom Mack
1467:Tim Carr
1344:Robinson
1339:Ogletree
1329:Brockers
1319:Bradford
1314:J. Smith
1304:Carriker
1259:Canidate
1239:Kennison
1234:Phillips
1094:Reynolds
1079:L. Smith
1069:Williams
1039:McKeever
1019:Phillips
1014:Michaels
944:Thomason
758:Ron Yary
454:Archived
414:season.
316:for the
291:football
132:College:
1299:T. Hill
1289:Jackson
1284:Kennedy
1274:Pickett
1249:Wistrom
1214:Gilbert
1204:Brostek
1194:Hawkins
1154:Johnson
1149:K. Hill
1144:Andrews
1139:Peacock
1114:Fanning
1084:Seymour
1059:Guthrie
1044:Gabriel
1029:Dickson
1009:Shofner
994:Marconi
959:McFadin
919:Holovak
904:Cordill
365:Vikings
363:to the
336:by the
103:Weight:
95:Height:
1354:Gurley
1349:Donald
1334:Austin
1294:Barron
1279:Thomas
1229:Carter
1219:Bettis
1164:Redden
1129:McLain
1124:France
1119:Harrah
1064:Munson
1034:Cannon
1004:Arnett
999:Horton
989:Morris
984:Beatty
979:Barker
974:Moomaw
929:Hirsch
914:Wilson
418:Honors
90:, U.S.
1700:P-PK
1364:Verse
1324:Quinn
1264:Lewis
1224:Gandy
1209:Lyght
1184:Green
1179:Schad
1159:Owens
1089:Klein
1054:Baker
1049:Olsen
969:Carey
934:Sitko
909:Mucha
894:Davis
889:Drake
422:In a
247:2,687
72:Born:
1937:stub
1359:Goff
1309:Long
1254:Holt
1244:Pace
1199:Gary
1174:Gray
1074:Mack
1024:Bass
964:Wade
954:West
899:Hall
483:2016
424:1985
412:1979
396:1976
376:1970
330:1968
326:1967
305:and
214:1967
207:1968
196:1967
146:1969
45:1975
1907:KR
1901:PR
1872:DB
1866:DB
1860:DB
1854:DB
1848:LB
1842:LB
1836:LB
1830:DL
1824:DL
1818:DE
1812:DE
1777:OT
1771:OT
1765:TE
1759:WR
1753:WR
1747:FB
1741:RB
1735:RB
1729:QB
1712:KR
1706:PR
1683:DB
1677:DB
1671:DB
1665:DB
1659:LB
1653:LB
1647:LB
1641:DT
1635:DT
1629:DE
1623:DE
1588:OT
1582:OT
1576:TE
1570:WR
1564:WR
1558:FB
1552:RB
1546:RB
1540:QB
1189:Cox
768:88
762:84
756:77
750:74
744:56
738:32
732:22
726:17
714:2
320:in
274:PFR
239:219
136:USC
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