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The WFL held a Pro Draft of players from the CFL and NFL on March 18, 1974. Below is a list of pro players the Jacksonville Sharks chose in the draft. The first number is the round that the player was selected, and the second number is the overall order in which the player was selected.

1974 Jacksonville Sharks

Round Pick Player Pos. Team/League

1 5 Virgil Robinson RB New Orleans, NFL

2 20 Bubba Smith DE Oakland, NFL

3 29 Dave Leffers OT Oakland, NFL

4 44 Dave Roller DT Toronto, CFL

5 53 Ray Nettles LB British Columbia, CFL

6 68 Ed George OL Montreal, CFL

7 77 Dave Braggins OG Free Agent

8 92 Steve Davis RB Pittsburgh, NFL

9 101 Bill Lefear RB Cleveland, NFL

10 116 Paul Seiler OT Oakland, NFL

11 125 Jack Tatum DB Oakland, NFL

12 140 Bruce Taylor DB San Francisco, NFL

13 149 Randy Jackson OG Chicago, NFL

14 164 Wayne Benson LB Atlanta, NFL

15 173 Greg Sampson DE Houston, NFL

16 188 Doug Buffone LB Chicago, NFL

17 197 Hubert Ginn RB Baltimore, NFL

18 212 Glen Holloway OG Chicago, NFL

19 221 Bob Hayes WR Dallas, NFL

20 236 Dan Fouts QB San Diego, NFL

21 245 Clarence Davis RB Oakland, NFL

22 260 Pete Lazetich LB Cleveland, NFL

23 269 Larry Ball LB Miami, NFL

24 284 Doug Adams LB Cincinnati, NFL

25 293 Carl Garrett RB Chicago, NFL

26 308 Roger Lawson RB Chicago, NFL

27 317 Chip Glass TE Cleveland, NFL

28 332 Guy Dennis OG Detroit, NFL

29 341 Tony Plummer DB Atlanta, NFL

30 356 Bill Gregory DE Dallas, NFL

31 365 Jim Gunn LB Chicago, NFL

32 380 Ron Berger DE Miami, NFL

33 389 Eddie Hinton WR Houston, NFL

34 404 Charles Goodwin OL Minnesota, NFL

35 413 Carleton Oats DT Green Bay, NFL

36 428 Dan Ryczek C Washington, NFL

37 437 Mirro Roder K Chicago, NFL

38 452 Leon Crosswhite RB Detroit, NFL

39 461 George Buehler OG Oakland, NFL

40 476 Jerry Moore DB New Orleans, NFL

The Sharks Pro Draft was researched and compiled by Tod Maher and Mark Speck. Used with permission from the World Football League Encyclopedia.