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When pro football's annual college draft begins next month, the obvious first choice would seem to be Ohio State Running Back Archie Griffin. He has, after all, run for 100 yds. or more in 31 consecutive regular-season games and carried the ball for nearly three miles in his Ohio State career. Last week he became the only player ever to win the Heisman Trophy twice. Despite those credentials, Griffin may not be first to go. According to pro scouts, the man most likely to succeed in an N.F.L. backfield is Chuck Muncie, a harddriving, shifty tailback from...
...Muncie is valued over Griffin because of his superior size and pass-catching skills. Like Chuck Foreman, the Minnesota Vikings' multitalented running back, Muncie is called "a devastating runner with the moves of a halfback." Griffin, though he may not be the top draft choice, is hardly a forgotten man. "He's superquick and super-competitive," notes a scout. Griffin is also durable. He has never missed a college game because of injury, though he carries the ball an average of 20 times per game. For a team in the market for a scatback like Terry Metcalf...
CENTER. Pete Brock, Colorado, 6 ft. 6 in., 258 lbs. Brock is considered the best offensive lineman in the draft. He scatters opposing linemen with his blocks and hits his punter on the numbers with every long snap. "If an expansion team wants a thinking big man to start building an offense around," claims one scout, "Brock is the pick...
ENDS. Leroy Selmon, Oklahoma, 6 ft. 3 in., 256 lbs.; and Troy Archer, Col orado, 6 ft. 3 in., 219 lbs. Selmon, one of the most tantalizing prospects in the draft, is from a family of Oklahoma line men (Brother Lucious played guard two years ago, and Brother Dewey plays it now). Selmon's ability to shed blockers and diagnose plays is not his only at traction. "You can say all the clever things you want," says one scout, "but with Leroy it boils down to one thing...
...takes off like a running back. Haynes is another return threat who led the country in interceptions (eleven) when he was a junior. The scouts say that Pat Thomas, Texas A. & M., 5 ft. 10 in., 180 lbs., is also a cornerback who will not last long in the draft...