NOW YOU KNOW
True running backs selected No. 1 in the NFL draft:
*--* Year Player Team College 1960 Billy Cannon L.A. Rams Louisiana State 1961 Tommy Mason Minnesota Tulane 1962 Ernie Davis Washington Syracuse 1965 Tucker Frederickson New York Giants Auburn 1966 Jim Grabowski Miami (AFL) Illinois 1969 O.J. Simpson Buffalo (AFL) USC 1977 Ricky Bell Tampa Bay USC 1978 Earl Campbell Houston Texas 1980 Billy Sims Detroit Oklahoma 1981 George Rogers New Orleans South Carolina 1986 Bo Jackson Tampa Bay Auburn 1995 Ki-Jana Carter Cincinnati Penn State
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