The 1965 NFL draft was held at the Summit Hotel in New York City on Saturday, November 28, 1964. The first player selected was Tucker Frederickson, back from Auburn, by the New York Giants.
The draft was marked by the failure of the St. Louis Cardinals to sign quarterback Joe Namath of Alabama, who instead committed to the New York Jets of the rival American Football League for a record contract amount. The AFL draft was held the same day.
Player selections = Pro BowlPlayers are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.= AFL All-StarPlayers are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star team at any time in their career.= Hall of Famer
Round 1
Pick # NFL team Player Position College1New York GiantsTucker FredericksonBackAuburn2San Francisco 49ersKen WillardFullbackNorth Carolina3Chicago Bears (Pick acquired from the Pittsburgh Steelers) Dick ButkusLinebackerIllinois4Chicago Bears Gale SayersHalfbackKansas5Dallas CowboysCraig MortonQuarterbackCalifornia6Chicago Bears (Pick acquired from the Washington Redskins)Steve DeLongSteve DeLong signed with the San Diego Chargers of the American Football League.TackleTennessee7Green Bay Packers (Pick acquired from the Philadelphia Eagles)Donny AndersonHalfbackTexas Tech8Minnesota VikingsJack SnowWide receiverNotre Dame9Los Angeles RamsClancy WilliamsCornerbackWashington State10Green Bay PackersLarry ElkinsWide receiverBaylor11Detroit LionsTom NowatzkeRunning backIndiana12St. Louis CardinalsJoe NamathJoe Namath signed with the New York Jets of the American Football League.QuarterbackAlabama13San Francisco 49ers (Pick acquired from the Cleveland Browns)George DonnellyBackIllinois14Baltimore ColtsMike CurtisLinebackerDuke
Round 2
Pick # NFL team Player Position College15Minnesota VikingsArchie SuttonTackleIllinois16San Francisco 49ersJoe CerneCenterNorthwestern17Cleveland Browns (pick acquired from Chicago Bears)Jim GarciaTacklePurdue18Pittsburgh SteelersRoy JeffersonWide receiverUtah19Dallas CowboysMalcolm WalkerLinebackerRice20Philadelphia EaglesRay RissmillerTackleGeorgia21Washington RedskinsBob BreitensteinTackleTulsa22Cleveland BrownsGerry BussellRunning backGeorgia Tech23Minnesota VikingsLance RentzelWide receiverOklahoma24Green Bay PackersAlphonse DotsonTackleGrambling25Detroit LionsJerry RushTackleMichigan State26St. Louis CardinalsDave SimmonsLinebackerGeorgia Tech27Cleveland BrownsWalter JohnsonDefensive tackleCal State-Los Angeles28Baltimore ColtsRalph NeelyTackleOklahoma
Round 3
Pick # NFL team Player Position College29San Francisco 49ersBob SchweickertBackVirginia Tech30San Francisco 49ersJim NortonTackleWashington31New York GiantsChuck MerceinRunning backYale32Cleveland Browns (pick acquired from Chicago Bears)Bo ScottRunning backOhio State33New York GiantsBob TimberlakeQuarterbackMichigan34Washington RedskinsKent McCloughanBackNebraska35Philadelphia EaglesAl NelsonRunning backCincinnati36Baltimore ColtsGlenn ResslerCenter/Middle guardPenn State37Los Angeles RamsFred BrownEndMiami (FL)38Green Bay PackersAllen BrownEndMississippi39Detroit LionsFred BiletnikoffFred Biletnikoff signed with the Oakland Raiders of the American Football LeagueWide receiverFlorida State40St. Louis CardinalsRay OgdenEndAlabama41Cleveland BrownsBobby MaplesLinebackerBaylor42San Francisco 49ersJack ChappleLinebackerStanford
Round 4
Pick # NFL team Player Position College43New York GiantsHenry CarrRunning backArizona State44San Francisco 49ersLarry ToddWide receiverArizona State45Chicago BearsJim NanceJim Nance signed with the Boston Patriots of the American Football League.FullbackSyracuse46Detroit LionsTommy MyersQuarterbackNorthwestern47Dallas CowboysJimmy SidleRunning backAuburn48Philadelphia EaglesFred HillWide receiverUSC49Baltimore ColtsMarty SchottenheimerMarty Schottenheimer signed with the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League.LinebackerPittsburgh50Los Angeles RamsMike StrofolinoLinebackerVillanova51Minnesota VikingsJim WhalenEndBoston College52Green Bay PackersWally MahleBackSyracuse53Dallas CowboysBob SvihusBob Svihus signed with the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League. TackleUSC54St. Louis CardinalsJohnny RolandRunning backMissouri55Minnesota VikingsJim HarrisTackleUtah State56Baltimore ColtsDave JohnsonWide receiverSan Jose State
Round 5
Pick # NFL team Player Position College57Detroit LionsTommy VaughnBackIowa State58San Francisco 49ersDave McCormickTackleLouisiana State59Green Bay PackersJim HarveyTackleMississippi60Los Angeles RamsFrank MarchlewskiCenterMinnesota61Dallas CowboysRoger PetteeLinebackerFlorida62New York GiantsFrank LambertEndMississippi63Philadelphia EaglesJohn HendersonEndMichigan64Detroit LionsEd FlanaganCenterPurdue65Los Angeles RamsDoug WoodliefEndMemphis State66Green Bay PackersDoug GoodwinRunning backMaryland-Eastern Shore67Detroit LionsJohn FlynnEndOklahoma68St. Louis CardinalsBobby BondsRunning backSan Jose State69Cleveland BrownsBill IrwinTackleMississippi70Baltimore ColtsJohn McGuireWide receiverSyracuse
Round 6
Pick # NFL team Player Position College71Baltimore ColtsBobby FeltsRunning backFlorida A&M72Cleveland BrownsArnie SimkusTackleMichigan73Chicago BearsTony CareyRunning backNotre Dame74Green Bay PackersRichard KoeperTackleOregon State75Dallas CowboysSonny UtzRunning backVirginia Tech76Philadelphia EaglesJohn HuarteJohn Huarte, 1964 Heisman Trophy winner John Huarte signed with the Boston Patriots of the American Football League.QuarterbackNotre Dame77Philadelphia EaglesGary GarrisonWide receiverSan Diego State78Los Angeles RamsBill HarrisonEndElon79Minnesota VikingsJim GrishamBackOklahoma80Green Bay PackersBill SymonsRunning backColorado81Detroit LionsEarl HawkinsBackEmory & Henry82St. Louis CardinalsGlen Ray HinesTackleArkansas83Cleveland BrownsCorwyn AldredgeWide receiverNorthwestern State (LA)84Baltimore ColtsAl AtkinsonTackleVillanova
Round 7
Pick # NFL team Player Position College85Green Bay PackersJerry RobertsBackBaldwin–Wallace86Green Bay PackersRoger JacobazziTackleWisconsin87Pittsburgh SteelersCharley BrowningBackWashington88Chicago BearsDick GordonRunning backMichigan State89Dallas CowboysBrig OwensQuarterbackCincinnati90Chicago BearsMickey SuttonBackAuburn91Philadelphia EaglesErwin WillTackleDayton92Detroit LionsGreg KentTackleUtah93Los Angeles RamsTony GuilloryGuardLamar94Green Bay PackersJunior CoffeyRunning backWashington95Detroit LionsBob KowalkowskiGuardVirginia96St. Louis CardinalsFrank RoyEndUtah97Cleveland BrownsDale LindseyLinebackerWestern Kentucky98Baltimore ColtsJohn KolocekTackleCorpus Christi State
Round 8
Pick # NFL team Player Position College99New York GiantsWillie WilliamsBackGrambling100Minnesota VikingsJohn HankinsonQuarterbackMinnesota101Chicago BearsBrian SchwedaTackleKansas102Pittsburgh SteelersBill HowleyEndPittsburgh103Dallas CowboysRussell WaytLinebackerRice104Philadelphia EaglesAl PirainoTackleWisconsin105Washington RedskinsDon CroftcheckGuardIndiana106Los Angeles RamsStan DzuraTackleCalifornia107Minnesota VikingsJeff JordonBackTulsa108Green Bay PackersMike ShinnEndKansas109Detroit LionsLarry HarbinBackAppalachian State110St. Louis CardinalsJohn MeyerLinebackerNotre Dame111Cleveland BrownsMike HowellDefensive backGrambling112Baltimore ColtsRoosevelt DavisTackleTennessee State
Round 9
Pick # NFL team Player Position College113New York GiantsJohn FrickEndOhio114San Francisco 49ersWayne SwinfordRunning backGeorgia115Pittsburgh SteelersTom NevilleTackleMississippi State116Chicago BearsKen AmbruskoBackMaryland117Dallas CowboysJim ZaniosRunning backTexas Tech118Washington RedskinsJerry SmithTight endArizona State119Philadelphia EaglesFloyd HudlowBackArizona120Minnesota VikingsFrank McClendonTackleAlabama121Los Angeles RamsRonnie CavenessLinebackerArkansas122Green Bay PackersLarry BulaichBackTexas Christian123Detroit LionsBruce McLennaBackHillsdale124St. Louis CardinalsJimmy HeidelBackMississippi125Cleveland BrownsGary LaneQuarterbackMissouri126Baltimore ColtsTom BleickBackGeorgia Tech
Round 10
Pick # NFL team Player Position College127New York GiantsBen CrenshawBackJackson State128San Francisco 49ersBob CappadonaRunning backNortheastern129Chicago BearsDennis MurphyTackleFlorida130Pittsburgh SteelersDave TobeyCenterOregon131Dallas CowboysGaylon McCulloughCenterAlabama132Philadelphia EaglesRick RedmanCenterWashington133Washington RedskinsBob BriggsRunning backCentral State (OK)134Los Angeles RamsJim BurtRunning backWestern Kentucky135Minnesota VikingsJerald SchweigerTackleWisconsin–Superior136Green Bay PackersBud MarshallTackleStephen F. Austin137Detroit LionsFrank PennieTackleFlorida138St. Louis CardinalsChuck DrulisEndDuke139Cleveland BrownsPat ScreenQuarterbackLouisiana State140Baltimore ColtsGeorge HaroldBackAllen
Round 11
Pick # NFL team Player Position College141New York GiantsErnie KoyRunning backTexas142San Francisco 49ersSteve MassTackleDetroit143Pittsburgh SteelersFrank MoldenTackleJackson State144Chicago BearsFrank CornishTackleGrambling145Dallas CowboysJethro PughTackleElizabeth City State146Washington RedskinsWillie AdamsGuardNew Mexico State147Philadelphia EaglesLouis JamesRunning backTexas-El Paso148Minnesota VikingsJohn ThomasEndUSC149Los Angeles RamsMerlin WaletRunning backMcNeese State150Green Bay PackersJim WeatherwaxTackleCal State-Los Angeles151Detroit LionsJim KearneyBackPrairie View A&M152St. Louis CardinalsBud FrenchBackAlabama153Cleveland BrownsOlie CordillBackMemphis State154Baltimore ColtsLamar RichardsonWide receiverFisk
Round 12
Pick # NFL team Player Position College155New York GiantsJim CarrollLinebackerNotre Dame156San Francisco 49ersDave PlumpRunning backFresno State157Chicago BearsSteve CoxTackleSouth Carolina158Pittsburgh SteelersCraig LofquistBackMinnesota159Dallas CowboysErnie KellermannQuarterbackMiami (OH)160Washington RedskinsJohn StrohmeyerTackleNebraska161Philadelphia EaglesJohn KuznieskiRunning backPurdue162Los Angeles RamsBob WerlEndMiami (FL)163Minnesota VikingsMike TillemanTackleMontana164Green Bay PackersGene JeterRunning backArkansas-Pine Bluff165Detroit LionsJim MooreLinebackerNorth Texas State166St. Louis CardinalsGlen SasserEndNorth Carolina State167Cleveland BrownsJustin CanaleGuardMississippi State168Baltimore ColtsTed RodosovichGuardCincinnati
Round 13
Pick # NFL team Player Position College169New York GiantsCarl LockhartDefensive backNorth Texas State170San Francisco 49ersGregg SchumacherEndIllinois171Pittsburgh SteelersJ.R. WilburnBackSouth Carolina172Chicago BearsDave DanielsTackleFlorida A&M173Dallas CowboysJack SchraubEndCalifornia174Washington RedskinsBiff BracyRunning backDuke175Philadelphia EaglesJohn FouseEndArizona176Minnesota VikingsDave OsbornBackNorth Dakota177Los Angeles RamsBrent BerryTackleSan Jose State178Green Bay PackersRoy SchmidtGuardLong Beach State179Detroit LionsJack JacobsonBackOklahoma State180St. Louis CardinalsSteve MurphyRunning backNorthwestern181Cleveland BrownsHenry PickettRunning backBaylor182Baltimore ColtsBruce AirheartRunning backNorth Dakota State
Round 14
Pick # NFL team Player Position College183New York GiantsOlen UnderwoodEndTexas184San Francisco 49ersFrank AndruskiRunning backUtah185Chicago BearsDave PivecWide receiverNotre Dame186Pittsburgh SteelersJim (Cannonball) ButlerBackEdward Waters187Dallas CowboysGarry PorterfieldWide receiverTulsa188Philadelphia EaglesTom LongoBackNotre Dame189Washington RedskinsDave EstradaRunning backArizona State190Los Angeles RamsBill RobertsonEndAustin191Minnesota VikingsMax LeetzowEndIdaho192Green Bay PackersJohn PutnamRunning backDrake193Detroit LionsLarry BrownBackOklahoma194St. Louis CardinalsMike AlfordCenterAuburn195Cleveland BrownsDan SimrellQuarterbackToledo196Baltimore ColtsJerry FishmanLinebackerMaryland
Round 15