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   The best of the best in Alabama High   
  School Football over the past 100 seasons.






Alabama Players in the National Football League Draft


 
 
1969
RoundPick PlayerPositionTeam High School
8208 Cecil LeonardCBNew York JetsSylacauga
 
 
1968
RoundPick PlayerPositionTeam High School
120 Dennis HomanWRDallas CowboysMuscle Shoals
12314 Jimmy HolifieldCB/SNew York GiantsAbrams
240 Freddie HyattWRSt. Louis CardinalsSylacauga
252 Ken StablerQBOakland RaidersFoley
 
 
1967
RoundPick PlayerPositionTeam High School
114 Ron BillingsleyDE/DTSan Diego ChargersGadsden
126 Les KelleyLBNew Orleans SaintsCullman
16398 Rex KeelingDB/KHouston OilersGadsden
491 Wayne TrimbleDBSan Francisco 49ersCullman
 
 
1966
RoundPick PlayerPositionTeam High School
Terry OwensDE/OT/TSan Diego ChargersSamson
10 Ceasar BelserLB/SWashington RedskinsCarver Montgomery
15230 Tommy TollesonWRAtlanta FalconsTalladega
16 David RayKCleveland BrownsCentral Phenix City
7 Johnnie RobinsonDBDetroit LionsTheodore
 
 
1965
RoundPick PlayerPositionTeam High School
Tom NevilleOT/TBoston PatriotsSidney Lanier
Gene JeterLBDenver BroncosB.T. Washington Montgomery
4 Jimmy SidleFBDallas CowboysBanks
9 Wayne SwinfordDB/SESan Francisco 49ersMunford
9 Tom BleickDBBaltimore ColtsTalladega
9120 (0) Frank McClendonTMinnesota VikingsGuntersville
 
 
1964
RoundPick PlayerPositionTeam High School
Benny NelsonDBHouston OilersHuntsville
Charlie ParkerOGDenver BroncosBlount
8102 (4) Bob PooleTESan Francisco 49ersCoffee
 
 
1963
RoundPick PlayerPositionTeam High School
Dave WatsonOGBoston PatriotsEufaula
Buck BuchananDE/DTKansas City ChiefsParker
Dave HillTKansas City ChiefsLanett
Jerrel WilsonFB/LB/P/RBKansas City ChiefsMurphy
1 Lee Roy JordanLBDallas CowboysExcel
18251 (13) Al GreerEDetroit LionsAnniston
2 Butch WilsonTEBaltimore ColtsHueytown
 
 
1962
RoundPick PlayerPositionTeam High School
Dave EdwardsLBDenver BroncosAbbeville
Bobby HuntDBDallas TexansLanett
Tommy BrookerOEDallas TexansDemopolis
Billy NeighborsGBoston PatriotsTuscaloosa County
John McGeeverDBDenver BroncosJohn Carroll
11 Clifton McNeilFL/WRCleveland BrownsCentral Mobile
3 Gary BarnesOE/SEGreen Bay PackersValley
 
 
1961
RoundPick PlayerPositionTeam High School
Jerry BurchOEOakland RaidersMcGill
Charlie LongOG/OT/RB/TEBoston PatriotsFyffe
13 Doug ElmoreDHB/PWashington RedskinsPickens County
16 Wayne FrazierCChicago BearsEvergreen
671 (0) Jerry BurchWR-PMinnesota VikingsMcGill-Toolen
7 George HultzOTSt. Louis CardinalsGrand Bay
8 Allen GreenKNew York GiantsHanceville
9 Bobby BethuneDBChicago BearsLeeds
 
 
1960
RoundPick PlayerPositionTeam High School
George HerringP/QBHouston OilersHokes Bluff
Zeke SmithLBNew York TitansUniontown
2 Maxie BaughanLBPhiladelphia EaglesJess Lanier

Players must have played high school football within the state to qualify.




Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

Morris Higginbotham coached three different teams to divisional state championships in the 1950s. He won titles at Walnut Grove in 1952, West Blocton in 1955 and Enterprise in 1960.