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No.  Name                Pos. Ht.       Wt.  Age Exp.  College 
2    Trumaine Johnson    WR   6-3       189  22   R    Grambling
3    Frank Corral        P/K  6-2       231  27   4    UCLA
7    Tom Porras          QB   6-2       192  25   R    Washington
10   Bobby Scott         QB   6-1       197  34   10   Tennessee
11   Greg Landry         QB   6-4       209  36   14   Massachusetts
14   Tim Koegel          QB   6-4       204  24   R    Notre Dame
15   Tom Rozantz         QB   6-2       192  26   3    William & Mary
20   Tim Groves          S    6-1       210  24   R    Florida
21   Doug Dennison       RB   6-1       196  31   5    Kutztown St.
22   Lance Shields       CB   6-0 1/2   177  23   R    Drake
24   Virgil Livers       CB   5-9 1/2   184  31   5    Western Kentucky
25   Eddie Brown         S    5-11 1/2  190  31   6    Tennessee
27   Luther Bradley      S    6-2       196  28   4    Notre Dame
28   Don Schwartz        S    6-l 1/2   196  27   4    Washington State
29   Ted Walton          S    5-10 1/2  197  25   R    Connecticut
31   Walter Easley       RB   6-1       226  26   1    West Virginia
32   Carl Allen          CB   6-0       172  27   6    Southern Mississippi
34   Walter Poole        RB   5-11      185  23   R    Southern Illinois
37   Pat Schmidt         S    6-2 1/2   190  26   R    Hawaii
43   Mack Boatner        RB   6-0       220  24   R    SE Louisiana
46   Tim Spencer         RB   6-1       210  22   R    Ohio State
48   Kevin Long          RB   6-1 1/2   217  28   5    South Carolina
52   Stan White          LB   6-1       223  33   11   Ohio State
53   Andy Melontree      LB   6-3 1/2   217  25   1    Baylor
54   Robert Barnes       G/C  6-4       250  25   R    Southern Methodist
55   Jim Fahnhorst       LB   6-4       231  24   R    Minnesota
56   Ed Smith            LB   6-2       219  26   3    Vanderbilt
57   Doak Field          LB   6-2       223  24   2    Baylor
58   Bruce Gheesling     LB   6-1       211  22   R    Furman
59   Tom Piette          C    6-4       242  22   R    Michigan State
61   Tom Thayer          G    6-4       263  21   R    Notre Dame
62   Jim Lohmann         G/T  6-5       265  28   5    Texas El Paso
63   Mark Buben          DT   6-3       244  26   3    Tufts
65   Wally Pesuit        C    6-4       246  29   5    Kentucky
68   Tim Norman          G    6-6 1/2   263  23   R    Illinois
69   John Lee            DE   6-2       260  30   6    Nebraska
70   Kit Lathrop         DT   6-4 1/2   254  26   R    Arizona State
71   Karl Lorch          DE   6-4       254  32   6    Southern California
74   Joe Ehrmann         DT   6-3       249  34   10   Syracuse
75   Rob Taylor          T    6-6       283  22   R    Northwestern
76   Ken Gillen          DE   6-4       240  23   R    Illinois
77   Junior Ah You       DE   6-2 1/2   234  35   10   Arizona State
78   Nick Eyre           T    6-6       277  23   1    BYU
79   Troy Thomas         G/T  6-6       250  25   R    Grambling
80   Marcus Anderson     WR   5-11 1/2  172  23   1    Tulane
81   Tim Wrightman       TE   6-3 1/2   230  23   R    UCLA
82   Larry Douglas       WR   6-1       192  25   R    Southern
84   Doug Cozen          TE   6-4 1/2   220  25   R    Illinois
86   Paul Ricker         TE   6-3 1/2   232  26   R    Norwich (VT)
88   Wamon Buggs         WR   6-2 1/2   194  23   R    Vanderbilt
89   Lenny Willis        WR/KR6-11 1/2  182  30   4    Ohio State