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1975 Charlotte Hornets

No. Player Pos. Hgt. Wgt. College

86 Barbour, Bennie DE/DT 6-2 255 Winston-Salem State

-- Barnes, Rodrigo LB 6-1 215 Rice

45 Benson, Dave LB 6-3 235 Weber State

47 Blake, David RB 6-0 210 Ball State

60 Bonham, Bracy OG 6-2 242 North Carolina Central

51 Brown, Jere LB 6-2 225 Villanova

70 Bunge, Darrel OT 6-2 253 Minnesota

60 Bushong, John DE 6-4 250 Western Kentucky

66 Butler, Larry OG 6-2 250 Appalachian State

-- Campbell, Carter DE 6-4 235 Weber State

61 Carpenter, Dana LB 5-11 230 South Carolina

50 Chandler, Tom LB 6-2 225 Minnesota

17 Cobb, Randy WR 6-1 180 Duke

73 Collins, Carl OT/DT/DE 6-4 265 North Carolina A&T St.

64 Culpepper, John OG 6-2 248 California

74 Douglas, David DT/DE 6-1 240 Morgan State

10 Dowling, Brian QB 6-1 205 Yale

59 Dubinetz, Greg OG 6-2 250 Yale

67 Ellison, Jerry DE 6-3 250 North Texas

45 Embrey, Tom LB 6-2 212 North Carolina

46 Ford, Jim RB 6-0 205 Texas Southern

76 Gantt, Jerome OT 6-4 268 North Carolina Central

36 George, Tim WR 6-5 210 Carson-Newman

82 Greenfield, Cliff DE 6-3 250 Morgan State

9 Hicks, Sonny CB 6-1 192 North Carolina A&T St.

32 Highsmith, Don HB 6-1 210 Michigan State

28 Hoeppner, Terry S 6-1 190 Franklin

54 Huff, Marty LB 6-3 235 Michigan

77 Hyde, Glenn OT/OG 6-3 253 Pittsburgh

-- Jackson, Joey DT 6-4 260 New Mexico State

65 Jacquot, John OG 6-2 240 Bowling Green State

44 Jolley, Lewis FB 6-0 210 North Carolina

25 Kapitan, Kreg WR 6-2 203 Minnesota State

12 Kupec, Chris QB 6-3 200 North Carolina

69 Lens, Greg DT 6-4 260 Trinity (Texas)

65 Margavage, Dave OG 6-4 240 Kentucky

27 McGee, Sylvester RB 5-11 205 Rhode Island

11 McGriff, Lee WR 5-9 170 Florida

83 Parson, Ray TE 6-6 240 Minnesota

3 Rajecki, Pete K 5-9 160 Georgia

15 Reynolds, Robby P 6-0 210 South Carolina

8 Rhino, Randy S 5-10 180 Georgia Tech

-- Richards, Dave RB/WR 5-10 185 Miami (Ohio)

23 Shears, Larry CB 5-11 185 Lincoln (Missouri)

19 Sherman, Tom QB 6-1 190 Penn State

72 Smith, Marty DT 6-2 260 Louisville

-- Smith, Rollen DB 6-1 180 Arkansas

21 Sykes, John HB 6-0 195 Morgan State

22 Thomas, Ike S 6-3 207 Bishop

48 Thompson, James WR 6-2 190 Memphis

52 Tiblom, Charlie C 6-2 250 Central Conn. State

85 Turner, J.T. DE 6-3 250 Duke

24 White, Bryan CB 6-0 195 Arkansas-Pine Bluff

-- White, Ed FB 6-1 220 Tulsa

80 Whyte, Danny TE 6-1 245 Johnson C. Smith

-- Williams, Matt FB 5-10 205 Louisiana-Monroe

20 Woodcock, Jeff S 6-1 180 Kentucky

29 Young, Al WR 6-2 190 South Carolina State

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